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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Who cares why let's just stop supporting it and replace it with journalism that is not for sale and is grounded in truth not just the facts or fairness.
Because its easier to avoid in the future if we can identity the cause now.
There has always been a subset of political writers who suddenly veer into supporting authoritarian movements, surprising friends and colleagues. It has more to do with authoritarian family, when they were small children, than anything else. Later as adults, otherwise repulsive movements seem correct for such people, like water to a fish. This can happen even with gifted people who offer valid criticism in other areas.
One can find many examples, in other times and places.
I think you have two claims here:
I would argue the latter is much harder to demonstrate.
I was first introduced to this by the Swiss writer Alice Miller; her rewrite Drama of the Gifted Child was translated into several languages and is still in print. The revised is much more readable than the original
people would have to be paid enough to be willing to not sell out. I see how the existence of the middle class is inconvenient to the rich now.