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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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Trump has baselessly claimed at least twice in recent days that Harris had a meeting with Putin just days before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

“Remember when [President Joe] Biden sent Kamala to Europe to stop the war in Ukraine,” Trump said at a North Carolina campaign rally on Aug. 21. “She met with Putin to tell him, ‘Don’t do it.’ And three days later, he attacked. That’s when the attack started.”

The next day, during an interview on “Fox & Friends,” Trump repeated the claim and took it a step further, falsely claiming Harris had been sent to Russia.

He said: “But let me tell you — and a little known fact and the press doesn’t want to talk about, Biden sent — I call her comrade Kamala — sent comrade Kamala to see Putin in Russia three days before the attack. She went. She said — she gave her case. He attacked three days later. He attacked three days later. He laughed at her. He thought she was a joke.”

But it’s not a fact, and there is no reason for the press to talk about it because there is no indication a meeting happened. There’s nothing about such a meeting — let alone a trip to Russia — in the press pool reports, which were filed daily by one of the reporters traveling with Harris. The idea that the press would ignore such a high-level meeting is absurd.

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[–] Gingerlegs 44 points 4 months ago

You know who met with Putin? As president? OFF THE FUCKING RECORD????

[–] Snapz 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But do you know who did meet with putin...

Don't let your ding ding friends and relatives vote for jill stein and think they are avoiding trump. Same daddy.

[–] ArmyTiger 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's such a weird picture, I've seen fancier tables and chairs at a tailgate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They kinda look like some sort of overpriced Phillipe Starke design.

[–] Crazyslinkz 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hate this timeline sometimes. Facts have lost meaning.

[–] cabron_offsets 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah bruh, we been living in a post-truth world for minimum 9 years.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

...and it's openly admitted.

Fox News in court: we're not obligated to tell the truth, as we're here to make entertainment.

Kellyanne CONway: Donald Trump simply tells "alternative facts".

Now AI is being abused to make the alternative reality more realistic.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Did he confuse Harris meeting with Zelenskyy before the invasion with the idea she somehow met with Putin? (https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081987356/harris-meets-with-zelensky-in-munich)

So weird.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

So she supposedly spoke with Putin to stop a war?

True or not, that's pretty awesome, even if she "failed"?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Pictured: A very normal and not weird person having a drink of water.

Trump might actually be some kind of demon or hostile alien wearing human skin. Maybe that’s the October Surprise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Daddy P's not gonna be happy with that.,