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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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Headline after headline fails to mention that seizing the ships and kidnapping humanitarians violates international law. Instead the articles repeat Israeli propaganda.

This is how Western media normalizes Israel's crimes.

embedded screenshot 1 (BBC News headline):

Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound flotilla

embedded screenshot 2 (Reuters headline):

Live: Israel says it has stopped several vessels from Gaza aid flotilla

embedded screenshot 3 (AP headline):

Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla

embedded screenshot 4 (CNN headline):

Israeli military intercept and board several aid ships bound for Gaza, organizers say

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[โ€“] xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Being intercepted in international waters, and by illegal blockades, kidnapping someone is not dependant on how long you keep that person locked up.

Nobody is thinking they will solve the hunger (because we know how bad the situation is), they are, pressuring a fragile Nazi-esque government and it's supporters to show their real motivations.

Protests are breaking out all over as a reaction to our governments helping Israel illegally stopping a humanitarian fleet by sending gestapo freaks, they're also making sure media and the public can't just stop talking about it, i'd say their mission has been increasingly succesful every run of the last year.

Honestly, you should probably stop being such a cynical asshole, it's really fucking disgusting.

[โ€“] bishoponarope@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're responding to a German. They have an incredibly warped perception of everything Israel.