this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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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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Same as instance rules, plus:

  1. No disinformation
  2. Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation

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A Fox News insider gave Donald Trump's campaign the questions in advance of Trump’s January 2024 town hall on the network, according to a forthcoming book. Later that year, Trump baselessly claimed someone at ABC had “very likely” provided Vice President Kamala Harris with the questions for their debate — and called for government retribution against the network if that were confirmed.

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[–] WoolyNelson 67 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Every accusation a confession.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's been the entire GOP strategy since Karl Rove. Nobody seems to know how to handle it.

[–] uberdroog 11 points 1 week ago

No, they are complicit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How would you? Any response is going to sound like "no, you!"

[–] isles 2 points 6 days ago

"Here are the past 15 examples of when 'No, you' was true. And now, no, you! Launch the investigation"