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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Classic right wing logic: "If only there had been a cop on every street corner to prevent this from happening!".
In one of the security camera photos one can clearly see him carrying an assault rifle from the street and into the building and in the background nobody is freaking out. Even with more cops nobody would've noticed him enter that building. And once inside he killed someone from security.
The only things that could've prevented this is if that guy had gotten help for his mental health and if it wasn't so fucking easy to get a hold of firearms.
Or if we, like, stopped the massive media engine of stochastic terrorism and went after the various terrorism cults and fixed our culture. Yeah.
Really any of the three options; that, providing mental healthcare and having a society, not drowning everyone in guns.