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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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After the gestapo shot and killed Renee Nicole Good on January 7 during a fascist attack on Minneapolis, hegemonic media reacted by blaming Good for her death, saying it "was her own doing” and attacking her character by labeling her “a perpetrator” and “trained agitator.”

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[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The total absence of human decency in these right wingers is appalling. And the fact that most of them are Christians - a religion that claims to be all about love and compassion - is a contradiction so monumental, I wonder how these people can sleep at night.

[–] krigo666@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They are not christians, they use christianism as a shield and for whitewashing their actions. Same for zionists, they use judaism as a shield and to be able to shame call anti-semits to those that criticize them.

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Hyperrealism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yes and no.

Fascists delight in acting in bad faith and don’t actually believe half of what they claim to believe. For example, fascists often claim to be pro-free speech or that they love democracy. If I told you fascists weren't really free speech advocates or pro-democracy, you would likely not cite the no true Scotsman fallacy.

This being said, a lot of Christianity has been like this for a long time. So, meh.

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You're talking to a 49 year old German.

When I was about 15 or 16, I once naïvely asked my grandmother why noone resisted Hitler. She got very angry, told me I knew nothing about the time, and how much good Hitler had done, and then told me to shut up.

She suddenly turned from this loving person into a stubborn, old, bitter and aggressive woman, showed a side I had never seen of her. So she was a counter example to not one, but two of your claims:

  • She was a real believer in fascism, and remained that even decades after the catastrophe fascism had plunged Germany and the world into.
  • She emphatically was not pro free speech and would absolutely not tolerate me saying anything against her belief.

And she was a woman who claimed to be of a strong Christian faith. I'm well aware that not all of her circumstances translate 100% to modern day America, however I'm still inclined to think that most American Christian fascists also truly believe in both fascism and Christianity, just like my grandmother did.

In other words, I stand by what I said - "They are not christians" is a no true scotsman fallacy used to try and manufacture a distance between Christianity and fascism that does not exist. These people are both, Christians and fascists, and saying otherwise is a bad attempt to absolve religion.

As I mentioned at the end of my comment:

This being said, a lot of Christianity has been like this for a long time. So, meh.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, they're Christians. Sorry.

[–] krigo666@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

No, they think they are christians. There's a difference.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

A religion is defined by the behaviors and beliefs of it's followers, they absolutely are Christians. "Being Christian" just doesn't mean what you want think it does.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Doesn't the Bible say something about only god knowing what's in people's hearts? And that only he can judge?

Sorry that it embarrasses you, but they absolutely are Christians.

[–] Hyperrealism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago

Copy paste:


Related term: secular Christianity and cultural Chrisianity… Especially popular in America.

People identify as Christian, cling to the bible, cross, Jesus on the cross, religious symbology as totems or symbols which demonstrate they belong. But they don’t actually believe in God or what’s in the bible. It’s mainly virtue signaling or a dog whistle for white supremacy. In fact most of their core beliefs contradict many of the core tenents of Christianity.

Given fascists delight in acting in bad faith, don’t actually believe half of what they claim to believe, it’s not surprising that the religious right are often fascists. They experience no discomfort, because they don’t actually believe in Christ’s teachings