this post was submitted on 13 Sep 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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[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Exactly. There are people who should be fired and even charged for the things they are posting in response to Kirk's death: All the foaming at the mouth rabid brain-dead assholes calling for a civil war/violent response.

That's actually not protected by free speech.

Saying "Charlie Kirk got the death he fought for and the world got a little better for it." Is protected.