Fediverse vs Disinformation

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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.

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Fox News continues to tie New Orleans attack to border security despite no apparent link (www.mediamatters.org)

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After a truck-ramming attack killed at least 14 people at a New Year's celebration in New Orleans, Fox News misreported that the vehicle used came across the southern border two days earlier, implying that the suspected perpetrator — later identified as an Army veteran born in the U.S. — had also crossed the border.

Although the network has seemingly attempted to quietly walk back the false information, Fox personalities and guests — including some former and incoming Trump administration picks — have continued to baselessly connect an act of terror reportedly committed by a U.S. citizen to the southern border in order to fearmonger about terrorists entering the country. [...]

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[–] shalafi 11 points 3 weeks ago

That's how it works. They throw something out there, let it stew for awhile, then quietly retract.

I was watching a Carlson clip where he's interviewing a sheriff on the Texas border. This guy claims the feds give every illegal a $1,000 Visa card when they cross. I'm screaming bullshit, that would be a monster scandal and we'd all hear about it.

Carlson lets the guy ramble on for awhile, let's the idea sink in for the viewer, then asks him to come back to the Visa thing.

"(mumble, mumble) Oh, it's just something I heard about."

And Carlson is completely satisfied with that answer!