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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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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35786937

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There are no major news outlets that actually are actually liberal

That's not true. Modern liberalism is Neoliberalism, a center right to right wing and pro-capital, pro-cop ideology that sometimes allows pretending to be left wing but never actually BEING or ACTING in accordance with left wing ideology.

MSNBC, CNN, CBS News, Politico, Huffpo, and the NYT are all examples of Neoliberal major news outlets.

American liberalism hasn't been left wing or progressive since before Bill Clinton became the Dem nominee in 1992.