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
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I didn't say it stopped completely. My point was that the level of police response to these Trump protests is radically different than what we've seen so far.
It is hard to estimate sizes, but the BLM protests in 2020 were somewhere around 5 times bigger than the current round of Trump protests (looks like 3-5 million versus 15-26 million). During the BLM protests, three people that I know of lost their eyes, tens of thousands got arrested, and 17 people died. Presumably a lot more than 17 got injured. That's pretty consistent with the pattern of how protest (peaceful or not) usually gets dealt with in this country.
As far as I know, a few hundred people have been arrested so far this time. That's it. I have literally almost never felt unsafe during the Trump protests. Do you know of more than that which has been happening?
If you're referring to the 50501 or "hands off" protests then yes, there has been no response because those have, generally, been parades not protests. There's no point in repressing the toothless.
Resisting fascism is an inherently unsafe act. If you've never felt unsafe then you are not actually protesting.
Are the Tesla protests and arsons close to what you're asking about? I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "has been happening"?