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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How to Sniff Out ‘Copaganda’: When the Police and the Media Manipulate Our News (www.teenvogue.com)

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I wrote the book Copaganda based on my years of being a civil rights lawyer and public defender representing the most vulnerable people in our society. I watched as the police and the news media distorted how we think about our collective safety. Copaganda makes us afraid of the most powerless people, helps us ignore far greater harms committed by people with money and power, and always pushes on us the idea that our fears can be solved by more money for police, prosecution, and prisons. Based on the evidence, this idea of more investment in the punishment bureaucracy making us safer is like climate science denial.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Teenvouge has been killing it this year. This isn't the first really good article from them posted here

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Teen Vogue has been running some very good political commentary for a few years now. Here's another good one from last week: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/moms-for-liberty-public-schools-christian-education

I think they started during Trump's first term. (Or, at least that's when it got noticed.) A lot of people were like, "Wow, they used to print articles about which jeans will get you a prom date!" I guess somebody had to do the job that the NYT won't do.