Fediverse vs Disinformation
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:
- No disinformation
- Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation
Related websites
- EU vs Disinfo
- FactCheck.org
- PolitiFact
- Snopes
- Media Bias / Fact Check
- PEN America
- Media Matters
- FAIR
Matrix chat links
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Every single day for the past 50 years, my father has gotten up in the morning to go get the Washington Post and read it.
And while other people’s parents and siblings have slowly or quickly gone nutso watching Fox News, my father has not, and I could see he’s reading a real news source with real news in it reporting facts about things that happened. Biased, sure, selective, sure, but for all this time it’s been a paper that cares about reporting true things and describing the actual real world.
All I can say now is… fuuuuuuuuuuuck.
My father is not gonna stop reading that paper.
I'm probably your father's age and I have cancelled my subscription.