this post was submitted on 11 Oct 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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[–] SmokumJoe@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can they sue them for defamation?

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago

I would, especially because of the harassment they suffered as a result of the false claim

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

No idea, but it's pretty scummy how the republicans can ruin so many people's lives just by making their crazy claims.