Fediverse vs Disinformation
Pointing out, debunking, and spreading awareness about state- and company-sponsored astroturfing on Lemmy and elsewhere. This includes social media manipulation, propaganda, and disinformation campaigns, among others.
Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception.
What's the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The inadvertent spread of false information is misinformation. Disinformation is the intentional spread of falsehoods.
By equipping yourself with knowledge of current disinformation campaigns by state actors, corporations and their cheerleaders, you will be better able to identify, report and (hopefully) remove content matching known disinformation campaigns.
Community rules
Same as instance rules, plus:
- No disinformation
- Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation
Related websites
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"Women"? Is there something preventing journalists from calling 17 year olds children, like they are?
A 17-year-old is not a child.
They very much are, both legally and emotionally.
I would generally describe a 17 year old as a young adult. Not defending Gaetz, who is a colossal turd, but I think it's disingenuous to call a 17 year old a "child".
Edit for posterity: Yeah, Gaetz sucks, no I am not trying to say it's okay for a grown man to have any kind of sexual relationship with a 17 year old. I'm just saying that using the same term to describe a 5 year old as someone literally months away from being able to vote is just... I dunno. Imprecise. For a community called "Fediverse vs. Disinformation" calling Gaetz a pedo for having sex with a 17 year old doesn't feel correct to me.
it's not though? if we're talking about their emotional or even academic performance, sure I'd say it might be a bit of a stretch as your brain continues development well into your mid-late 20s but yeah why not, it's pretty innocuous.
but when the topic is getting paid for sex...you still wanna call them young adults? why not 16 y/o as well? 15 is only two years away, that's a young adult too, no?
fuck outta here with that shit. she's under 18, she's legally a child. there is nothing disingenuous about that, it's literally the law.
How about 9 years old? Old enough, eh?
What the fuck kinda shit do you have to be on to do some shit like this?
It's a trip because physically they're pretty close to adulthood, although they still have some more maturing to do. Mentally and emotionally they're close to adulthood in some regards, and still very much children in others. Their brains literally haven't developed certain processing areas yet, so they're not as capable as actual adults at processing things like long-term consequences. Lastly, to anyone who is an actual full-blown adult, 17 year olds are full-on kids. The only people who don't think they are, are other kids around their age, and apparently dudes like Gaetz.