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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.


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In a two-month span, only 14% of Fox News’ segments about immigration enforcement mentioned noncriminal migrants being detained

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

My immigrant wife was under the impression that they were only deporting "bad guys". I didn't want to scare the shit out of her, but I pointed out that over 70% have no criminal record, and some have been straight up citizens. White people too! The horror.