this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
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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.


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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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"CEO said a thing!" journalism is now utterly pervasive, and includes parroting billionaire and CEO claims with a total disregard for whether or not anything being said is actually true.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

He’s an idiot whose only skill is using his frankly disgusting access to money and power to steal ideas from actual geniuses and calling them his own.

"Actual geniuses," my ass! Musk steals his ideas from decades-old issues of Popular Science. Electric cars? Spaceships? Hyperloops? That's like the to-do list of every geeky 12-year-old!

Even your disparagement gives that piece of shit more credit than he deserves. I can't really blame you, though: it is genuinely difficult to find words emphatic enough to express how unexceptional and unworthy of accolade he really is.