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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Channel 4 to mark Trump’s U.K. visit with “longest uninterrupted reel of untruths ever broadcast on television” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

submitted 1 week ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse_vs_disinfo@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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'Trump v the Truth' will run for several hours on Sept. 17 and is set to be punctuated by "brief text-based fact-checks."

Channel 4 is welcoming Donald Trump to the U.K. with a special program: an unbroken catalogue of over 100 falsehoods, distortions and inaccuracies he’s come up with since taking office in January.

The U.S. President will come to London for a second state visit this month, and the British channel has vowed to put a spotlight on his “prolific oeuvre of untruths.”

On Sep. 17 from 10 a.m. local time, Channel 4 will broadcast Trump v the Truth, the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths running over several hours. The statements will be punctuated by “brief text-based fact-checks, offering viewers the truth behind the tweets, speeches and soundbites.”

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[–] tonytins@pawb.social 18 points 1 week ago

Just say "lies," people.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why not call it lies again? Why all this careful maneuvering around calling them out? Why always so gentle? They call for people's death ffs.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It really depends what the individual clips are. They could be lies, mistruths, falsehoods, distortion. All are slightly different, usually to do with intent.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Who the fuck cares what exactly it would be called in a 100 % logical, purely neutral setting? These assholes need to be called out EVERY SINGLE TIME, right away, without fumbling around what it should be called!

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

While I agree wholeheartedly, the show hasn't been broadcasted yet. You don't yet know what you're calling out.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That is a direct quote from the channel’s chief content officer Ian Katz. So before it even started they already soften the blow. How likely is it that they now started doing that but did not do it for the collection of bullshit prior, when they created it? I doubt it.

This is exactly the same as calling it "immigration crackdown", absolutely disgusting.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I imagine lawyers* on both sides care

*barristers in the uk

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

(Hopefully Obvious Disclaimer: No, I'm not saying that Channel 4 is spreading disinfo. Yes, this is about trump lying all the time.)