Fediverse vs Disinformation
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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Fuck off lol. The guy disarmed an active shooter for several minutes. Saving lives and letting people flee.
I don't know.
He could probably get sued in America by people who the shooter hurt after the event...
I'm just spiting balls here. Doesn't mean I mean it. There is something to it though, just enough...
The man is a hero sure.
We collectively agree (in principle at least) to give a monopoly on violence to a police force so that assholes don't run around shooting whoever they think is a bad guy.
Judge Dredd is a fucking dystopia, pay attention.
Probably this sounded way cooler and made much more sense in your head than it does now that's out 😀
Nah, I stand by that. Watch the video. The hero probably survived by not becoming another shooter, don't trust cops not to overreact.
Also if he had it would have been a vigilante shooting at that point.
I still don't know what you mean with anything you've said. Except the last part that cops might have shot him. But on the other hand two civilians actually got to the downed shooters before police. One was even mistakingly taken as a shooter and there was quite a mix-up there at the end. Still, police didn't shoot.
The guy could have knock the guy in the head out something.
I’ve never heard the term spitting balls.
In this context I could see the use of the term spitballing. But maybe the former works too?
I thought I heard it on tv, maybe i misheard.
I've never used it like this before. Did it work like this, what do you think?
I would have used the term “spitballing” not “spitting balls.” I have never heard of the latter term.
I'll do that thx.