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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (9 children)

websites with anti-fake sections don't smell reputable to me

edit: i think i'm quibbling over semantics. i'd call it rus-prop or something, but ask 5 interpreters for the same thing interpreted and you'll get 18 different interpretations.

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Can you expand on this? What does "anti-fake" mean to you, what does it mean to them? Is this something a lot of news outlets have? Is this the only one? I've never heard of this and I'm confused.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

See I'm confused by it too. I clicked on the link and there's an anti fake section. Dude says it's Ukrainian gov so I'll give it a grain of salt but I'm not sure.

The section is more visible on desktop than mobile, that may be the thing

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The articles under the "anti-fake" heading seem to mostly be about illuminating and countering Russian propaganda efforts, Russian disinformation campaigns, Russian media subversion, etc.

"Anti-fake" is a term that has apparently been applied to official legislative efforts to counter propaganda, disinfo, and media subversion around the world. I hadn't heard the term before, but I'm not seeing anything inherently suspect about it, under the circumstances.

Maybe it's just an appropriate response to the times.

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