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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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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I think the 20 billion is the full amount that was appropriated in the IRA, to be disbursed to various NGOs. Part of which went to the specific organisation lead by Abrams. At least that's what I got by paying attention to the specific weasel words used in the 'article', chances are they're outright fabricating stuff and even that's a lie, of course.

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You clearly have more patience than I to read it that closely, lol. Still, a billion dollars is an inconvenience amount; it's not impossible that 20 billion was the total...but that number raises suspicion.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 14 hours ago

I skimmed it and still gave up half way, it is pure drivel.