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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.


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The liberal establishment's war on the New York City mayoral candidate reflects panic over a growing left challenge to Zionist orthodoxy and the mainstreaming of Palestine solidarity

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 23 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

I mentioned Zohran to my aging mother (who lives in a suburb, and cannot vote in NYC elections). She was like, "You didn't vote for him did you? He's a communist"

We decided not to go into details right then, but it's wild what a deep, emotional, response the idea of "communism" evokes. I don't know what she even thinks it is.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world -3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

"Communism" as it was in history should 100% invoke that reaction. The dude is not a communist tho.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Maybe. The natural reflex is to point out the horrors of capitalism, but people are more okay with that.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world -1 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

Not "maybe". Countries were screwed over by communists, people murdered in the thousands with famines that killed millions. People excusing communism - either the Soviet Union or China are delusional.

[–] iridebikes@lemmy.world 2 points 18 minutes ago

Then fix capitalism because this shit is busted.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

I don't know what she even thinks it is.

She thinks it's the enemy.

That type of response has nothing to do with politics or even reality, it's just "us vs. them". People attribute everything they think is evil to "them".

(It's not just communism hate. Because anyone who knows what it is, know that he isn't one.)

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

You know those experiments Pavlov did with dogs that made them salivate to the sound of a bell (because they associated the sound with food)? Boomers essentially had that but the trigger is the word communism and the response is aversion / disgust.

They didn't have the internet back then so mainstream media could essentially control mainstream thought.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 15 hours ago

None of them do. They were just programmed real good during the red scare to have a knee-jerk reaction to anything with the name communist or socialist.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

That reminds me of the woman who declared that she couldn't vote for Barack Obama because he was a Muslim and an atheist.