this post was submitted on 10 Jun 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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[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dude again I know what it means to say someone or something or someplace is “third world.” It’s the very specific “first worlder” term I’ve never encountered.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sure bro, I hear what you're saying. I'm just saying that I've heard regressive folk refer to groups of people as third worlders since before 2015. Just because you haven't heard it doesn't mean it hasn't been said (especially if its not a phrase that would typically be directed at you with contempt).