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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.


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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€“] TommySoda@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

When people bitch about DEI hiring giving all the good jobs to unqualified people based on their skin color and genitals, the only thing that comes to mind is how many white men get jobs for the exact same reason they're bitching about. If this was about competence you wouldn't even need to mention what race or gender someone is.

It's deeply telling:

  • when a white person is in charge and shit hits the fan, it's immigrants
  • when a non white person is in charge and there's a minor inconvenience, it's DEI. When shit hits the fan, it's DEI and immigrants