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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Yes, the problem is free press, not the ten or so ghouls that collectively own mainstream media. 🙄
I don't consider spreading literal lies to have much inherent virtue.
Capture of the media is a separate issue and falls under the broader umbrella of capitalism being fucking awful.
And you’ve got an impartial way to decide what is and isn’t a lie, I’m sure?
Are you being obtuse just to bait?
There were already systems for this kind of thing. If you published something that was incorrect, you'd retract it and issue a correction. Freedom of press shouldn't mean freedom of consequence. Putting a skew on something to fit a particular agenda is fine, if a bit scummy. Talk about how a bill that suggests we feed school kids is an "expensive investment better put elsewhere" all you want, just don't make up shit like "the bill also means we'll grind up pregnant women and their foetuses as feed" or whatever, that's the sort of accountability people want.
Via sources that were basically gifted to them by the general public (at the governments behest) so that they could present an unbiased source of information for that same public.
Free press doesn't mean you get to say whatever you want with no consequences, it means everyone is given equal footing when presenting journalistic media. That includes those critical of leading so-called journalists.
Yes, a problem is the ghouls who own most of mainstream media. It's also the lack of pushback from both the general public and their representatives in the government.