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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Are you legit ignoring the fact that there's been no state or federal notice about said undeniable claim of direct danger to every single gas range household? Seems pretty fishy —excepting the current regime, ofc; this has been going on for quite some to time, fwiw.
An open fire in an indoor environment is putting carbon into the air, there is no getting around that. I don’t need a state or federal notice to understand how fire works and what happens to something when it is burned. There is no “clean burning” anything, anyone trying to tell you otherwise is selling you something. A gas stove is releasing known carcinogens and things that are actively antagonistic to respiratory conditions like asthma every time you use it.
Yes, that isn't in contention here, but good on ya.
You were contending just that, were you not? You called it agitprop. If not, then what was your point?
My point is simple: this is not as dire as they want us to believe —especially as the election ramps up. Maybe I'd be more amenable to the "breaking news" (that's been publicly available for years now) if, say, the Epstein files were released already. Dunno. 🤷🏼♂️ It certainly smacks of distractionary at the moment.
I see what’s going on. Have fun making a mountain out of your mole hill.
I don’t disagree with you at concept, but this is not the place to try to fight that fight. There are plenty of places where that would be valid input, but this just ain’t it. This is nothing new and nothing has been done about it, it is still an issue that needs addressed, that doesn’t mean it’s being pushed to be the biggest nor most important issue that needs to be addressed. This is more about awareness than anything.
Also, nobody claimed this to be “breaking news.” It’s just talking about a more recnt study on more specific areas on how gas stoves affect health issues.