Fediverse vs Disinformation
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:
- No disinformation
- Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation
Related websites
- EU vs Disinfo
- FactCheck.org
- PolitiFact
- Snopes
- Media Bias / Fact Check
- PEN America
- Media Matters
- FAIR
Matrix chat links
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Nobody cares.
Fling shit until something sticks. Go wild.
I disagree. Tearing down the very concept of the truth, and making everything a fact-free free-for-all where whoever has the loudest platform can convince everyone of whatever crazy nonsense and then people will run with it, is exactly their goal.
Russia actually, in the early days when they were deploying this stuff for regional politics, used this to great effect. They would propagandize for themselves, for their enemies, for random other points of view, they would fund opposition-aligned organizations and promote big messy fights, until people couldn't tell up from down anymore. Truth matters. That is the only solution, to me.