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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Damn even Lemmy.today wasn’t having none of that.
Don't worry, all the usual suspects have accounts on this server
Wait, did we defed an instance?
No... I dont know where that page gets its information but anyone can check https://lemmy.today/instances and maga.place is right there, along with every other instance in the fediverse.
We still federate with every other instance, including this one. Not sure how that site collects its information but we are federated with every other instance: https://lemmy.today/instances
Since we are a small instance, we dont get much/any trouble by being federated with everyone. It may be different for large ones.
Users can block instances if they want, its simple to do in settings for everyone. Its not up to me to decide what users should read.