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.
Same as instance rules, plus:
I commented on it yesterday, but CNNs first headline was to label it as a preemptive strike.
No such thing.
I have not looked yet at the US main stream media, but I expect coverage is horrific with lots of misdirection, lies and half truths; presented with many amazing images
They are pretty good at images.
DW and BBC the same
"military operation"... it's war.
LoL "Unprovoked Attack on Iran"
Irans existence is enough of a provocation for Israel to attack, lets be real here.
As a genocidal fascist state every Other Nation existing is enough of a provocation to Israel to attack.
Iran wantes to develop their countries peacefully. This the united snake organized a coup and israel joined it to support the dictator the shah