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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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Lauren Weber has been covering health policy for a long time. At The Washington Post, she focuses on accountability stories – specifically, the forces promoting scientific and medical disinformation. Her coverage includes the impacts of birth control misinformation, the lucrative world of covid misinformation and the toll of malnutrition on children in Gaza. She said she prioritizes these types of stories because they go a long way in highlighting the truth.

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