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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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  1. No disinformation
  2. Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation

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Even though President Donald Trump’s administration has taken multiple actions that have effectively weakened the economy, Fox News is helping Trump prepare to place the blame for worsening economic indicators on former President Joe Biden, who handed off a strong and stable economy to Trump less than two months ago.

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[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 79 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

Ingraham said the economy is “weighed down with $36 trillion and counting in debt,” calling it “weakness.” ...

Where do you think that giant fucking debt came from? Hint: republican tax breaks for the mega rich and military spending

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Debt always goes up under Republicans.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

its a useful wedge they can use to get re-elected again the next time, because the voters forget this happened very easily.

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