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.
Same as instance rules, plus:
At this point shutting the border seems like an attempt to hotbox domestic terrorism.
Maybe Canada will let me seek asylum
Might want to hold off on that...
Mexico and Canada* are definitely in favour of that.
*Not the traitor Pierre Poilievre and his Reform party though.
These kinds of analyses give credence to fox news.
Even the fact the word "news" is in their name is a misnomer tbh.
They spent a lot of money and time in court to be able to still use that term
Call it what it is. Fox News entertainment
That's how it works. They throw something out there, let it stew for awhile, then quietly retract.
I was watching a Carlson clip where he's interviewing a sheriff on the Texas border. This guy claims the feds give every illegal a $1,000 Visa card when they cross. I'm screaming bullshit, that would be a monster scandal and we'd all hear about it.
Carlson lets the guy ramble on for awhile, let's the idea sink in for the viewer, then asks him to come back to the Visa thing.
"(mumble, mumble) Oh, it's just something I heard about."
And Carlson is completely satisfied with that answer!
Why do we need articles about what fox News is doing. No one outside of there gives a fuck and everyone inside of there already knows whatever propaganda they are selling and won't change their mind. Just leave the crazies to their brain rot and stop exposing the rest of us to it.
I think the issue is the uninformed/unengaged and that a sizeable number of doctor’s offices and such have Fox News blaring in the waiting rooms. Sure, articles like this are low hanging fruit but it’s not just crazies being exposed to these falsehoods.
I like knowing what the people in crazy town are currently believing, certainly because I have to interact with some of those people on occasion. For my own sanity I am unable to directly consume their media, so I appreciate it if someone else is reporting on popular misinformation and conspiracy theories.
ARE YOU AFRAID YET?! BE AFRAID SO WE CAN TAKE YOUR RIGHTS AWAY! /s