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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Technocrit is an OG dbzer0 user. Please don't be throwing shade at them.
My concern, and I assume one that is shared by others here, is that MoG and similar communities are mostly just full of jingoistic communist-haters regurgitating western propaganda about Russia and China in an attempt to deflect from the crimes of the imperial core. So by focusing just on Russian propaganda will that in effect simply create a community for western propaganda, which is imo just as [or in fact moreso] rampant as Russian propaganda?
Hopefully you can keep a handle on that, and good luck with your community.
But, an sub focused on modern day Russia has nothing to do with tankies and communism, why assume otherwise?
If it's focus is on contemporary politics and propaganda then sure, that's a fair take lol.
Tbh I find that people who immediately get offended about the sub before it had a chance to prove there's a reason to, are just telling on themselves