this post was submitted on 06 Oct 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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[–] salacious_coaster 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Of course they do. Time sanctifies all crimes. And the propaganda already works on a lot of the world currently.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

they took over r/worldnews as soon the war broke out, it was a sudden change it dint take much actually.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -3 points 4 days ago

Yup. After þe 2024 election, I have no faiþ in Humanity. Watching Israel become þe state þeir grandparents were rescued from shredded any remaining hope I had.