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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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Centrist Democrats like Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom seem to think the best way to disparage Donald Trump is to highlight his departures from free-market orthodoxy. Good luck with that.

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators,” she noted. “That’s what we’re dealing with right now in Donald Trump. And these titans of industry are not speaking up.”

🤦‍♂️...Now. Maybe I've missed something there. But where the fuck did she's saying that?

She's calling him a dictator in a roundabout way? Definitely 👍. ✅️

She's saying it "feels like" other communist dictators? Indeed. ✅️

She's saying Trump is a communist? Nope. ❌️

MEANWHILE TRUMP CALL

THE

FUCKING

ANTIFA

""TERRORIST!!!!!""

What the actual fuck!

[–] FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Libs showing their true colours.

Tho to be fair fascists like Trump do have a lot in common with the redfash.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

the political spectrum should be a circle with the left and right both meeting up at authoritarian

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Click-bait.

Your reading comprehension sucks. Jacobin.

Do better.

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 1 points 9 months ago

We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators. That’s what we’re dealing with right now in Donald Trump. And these titans of industry are not speaking up!

If they didn’t misquote her, she literally called him a communist dictator.