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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There exists no such thing as being truly neutral or unbiased. In capitalism, every project has funders, every funder has interests.
This source is often shared because it has a good track record on fighting disinformation.
Obviously, because of inherent interests, the source is biased through selective reporting, like every other media outlet in existence. Which is why the community is open for anyone to share articles themselves, helping vary our sources and focus on different issues and perspectives.
A biased source is not the same thing as a paid for propaganda outlet.
Conflating the two is itself pretty dishonest.