this post was submitted on 05 Nov 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.


Community rules

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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[–] DjangoFett@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago

I absolutely take your point - Boo Radley comes to mind - but I think the original commenter was speaking as much about the cold look in the eyes as anything else to do with the photo.

Though I admit that could just as easily be projection based on what we know of him. The brain is a very silly bit of meat after all.