this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2025
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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

it's on the OPINION section. it's okay to not agree with it, they want to have opinions expressed, usually not the norm, so you can have a better formed option about the subject

if you read it and think "that's stupid bullshit!"

you might come to the conclusion the editor wants.

[–] Isoprenoid 2 points 2 weeks ago

they want to have opinions expressed, usually not the norm, so you can have a better formed option about the subject

You can't a better formed opinion on a subject by reading trash.

GIGO

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