this post was submitted on 07 Aug 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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[โ€“] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mamdani does not currently support "defund the police", although he did once supported it in 2020.

Besides, no "defund the police" movement even came to fruition, so you literally can't blame that at all.

[โ€“] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

Literally everyone that ran on that and got elected had their police budget grow after they got elected.