this post was submitted on 05 Jan 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:
- 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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This post is disinformation with an editorialized post title. Here is the actual source: https://www.semafor.com/article/01/03/2026/new-york-times-washington-post-held-off-on-reporting-venezuela-raid
Tl;dr: the only thing that's surprising is that they kept this tradition even with Trump's attacks on them. whatever your feelings on the topic this behavior is not our of the ordinary.
Thanks for the link.
It’s not a tabloid source, at least. Still, I think this community specifically should have a higher sourcing standard.
I notice that a lot of mods on the fediverse sadly carry over the reddit tradition of doing the bare minimum amount of actual moderating.
I saw one mod respond in a thread like this. They expressed that the post's alignment/content was more important than sourcing.
Granted, that's a sample size of one; I think most mods aren't like that. Still, a sentiment bordering on 'misinformation is fine as long as its the right kind' is horrifying to me. It sums up everything wrong with the world's information ecosystem.
Oof, I wouldn't want that in any community, but a community specifically about disinformation is particularly disturbing. I reported this thread to the mods, if it's not removed shortly I guess I'll be reporting it to my instance admins for removal too.
It wasn't this community, it was somewhere in .world I think.
Well the ordinary in this country is total fucking bullshit so that tracks