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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There need to be legal consequences outside of civil law suits normal people can't afford to push in the first place.
I agree. Maybe cyberbullying laws could be applied? There and here in the US. Also maybe defamatory libel?
I'd be interested in what a lawyer would say about that.
Probably but all of that requires you pay someone to make the government do something about it.
Wait... If you report a crime, you need a lawyer to see that it is prosecuted? Am usaian. Don't know how it work in canadia.
Referring to Cyberbullying.
No I am basing my analysis on how the US legal system works. Wait until you find out about how District Attorneys work.
Which is....
They have the authority to decide how and which laws are enforced, including who those laws apply to and have the disgression to simply not enforce the law.
I disengage from this conversation. Have a nice weekend.