this post was submitted on 13 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.


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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[โ€“] Icalasari@fedia.io 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It does feel that the only way Canada will improve again is if the US starts being better than Canada, removing our excuse of, "At least we're not as bad as the US!"

[โ€“] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

...if the US starts being better than Canada, removing our excuse of, "At least we're not as bad as the US!"

Dude, don't fucking tell them! Now our well hidden favourite pastime is out in the open.