this post was submitted on 11 Feb 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.


Community rules

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

Trump won the election. Does that mean the US is full of nazis?

Means it's full of people who are cool with us heading that way. Have some quips, though still not the one I was looking for.

I also post news about earthquakes and ufo’s and tornado’s. Does that mean I support all of these things?

Do you roll out the red carpet for them and explicitly say you are helping them?

Even though I’m not conservative, I feel they have a right to partake in Lemmy.

And I’ll help them do that. Cool?

Nope, not cool.