Fediverse vs Disinformation
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:
- No disinformation
- Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation
Related websites
- EU vs Disinfo
- FactCheck.org
- PolitiFact
- Snopes
- Media Bias / Fact Check
- PEN America
- Media Matters
- FAIR
Matrix chat links
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This guy always gives me a creepy vibe and is way overrated.
You're probably too old to be his target audience.
Well, I’m 50-ish for what it’s worth. Have been reading him since before the pandemic I think and on those 10 minute quick take bits he did for PBS for some years now. But stopped seeing those for a while now.
He had good takes often, but sometimes is super out of touch or his logic is just way off or blinded.
Sorry, I was making an insensitive joke about his target audience possibly being young girls.
It didn't work.
Ha, I should have caught that :p