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
Matrix chat links
Good read, and valid point. The author is showing his age by suggesting they used Zip drives though. Lol
Also relevant, The Plot Against America which puts it in a philosophical / idealogical context. Their actions now make (an awful) sense to me.
if I say get off my property and you leave
the fact it's not my property has zero relevance.
He has the power to do whatever he can get away with.
i guess the moron majority in congress thinks there's no danger of a president usurping congressional power and authority, because there won't ever be someone not 'one of them' in that office again.
They want the dictator. They're absolutely going to sit with their thumbs up their asses and cheer it on.
I mean conservatives are inherently against democracy. I'm sure most of them are behind this 100%.
Fuck no.
legally? obviously not
practically? we'll see
also
monies
that would be funny if I wasn't so tired
No, the answer is no.
As a child in elementary school, I recall the teacher describing balance of power and thinking it seemed like the president had too much power. I later learned some of the intricacies of the system, but am no expert and still recall not grasping how the checks and balances would actually play out if a nefarious individual were to infiltrate the system.
At this point, I’m thinking either my naive younger self was right, or these people that made it to power didn’t understand any better than my elementary knowledge and genuinely believe they have this power.
Or they know what they’re doing and it’s a blatant attack in the USA.
In any of these situations, there’s no clean way out when nearly half the population actually supports it.