this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2024
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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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This article is a couple of weeks old now, but I thought it was important to remind people that despite the fact I've posted a lot recently about Russian and Chinese disinformation, the US also has a track record of engaging in disinformation campaigns against it's adversaries.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Every single person who did this should be hung.

I really mean this, absolute crimes against humanity. These are the orders you need to refuse.