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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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Harris Once Said, 'An Undocumented Immigrant Is Not a Criminal'? [TRUE] (www.snopes.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The X post in question is indeed authentic; the official @KamalaHarris X account originally published it on April 21, 2017, as part of a longer thread on the topic of immigration and citizenship. The full thread is as follows:

An undocumented immigrant is not a criminal.

Give people a path to citizenship. The vast majority of folks we're talking about are living a lawful life and paying taxes.

It's ludicrous to say we're going to deport 12 million people. Now how are you going to do that?

We are not a society that is going to stand for tearing families apart. We are not going to buy into this administration's fear mongering.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Coming illegally is a civil violation, not criminal. That's why they are not criminals.

It is hilarious seeing as her opponents trying to make her as some kind of extremist. For example even on the same channel one could see them saying she is not tough on crime, and also that she was packing jails with low offendera and and turning them into modern slavery.

You don't have to be an extremist. You can still understand the importance of borders and not want take basic human rights from people who managed to cross the border illegally or overstayed their visas.

It's hilarious seeing comments from the left how she is a fake progressive, while at the same time seeing from trump campaign that she is what would happen if Karl Marx and Joseph Stalin had a baby.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Coming illegally is a civil violation, not criminal. That's why they are not criminals

I've literally never even heard that! I had no idea

I'm not doubting you in the slightest, but do you have a source? I'm not sure where I would look

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325

She was a persecutor so she talks in legal terms, and there's a clear distinction between criminal and civil violation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you!

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