this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2025
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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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Same as instance rules, plus:

  1. No disinformation
  2. Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36921525

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[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reminder that the US gives Israel more than $10 million dollars every day. So if you're in the US and wonder why you can't afford healthcare or education...it's because @dongzilla42069 posted that there is no genocide.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Deleted account? I noticed they stop using them and spin up new ones if they get called out a few times.

[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago

No, I just picked a name of the kind of twitter troll I thought would take the money for the grift. But yeah, you're right about them popping up new accounts so it's like a game of wack-a-~~mole~~troll

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Now you know where US tax dollars will be going.

Imagine all the chucklefucks there doing it for free

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

A man needs a face.

[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

money is the root of all evil.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 2 days ago

Pay a man enough and he will walk barefoot into hell.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago
[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Regime whores working for a foreign hostile state should have to register as foreign agents and have their content labeled as such.

This shit is getting tiring

Regime whores working for a foreign hostile state should have to register as foreign agents and have their content labeled as such.

They could conveniently print this right on the flags behind his desk in the Oval Office.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alluded to a cohort of Israel’s influencers. “We have to fight back. How do we fight back? Our influencers. I think you should also talk to them if you have a chance, to that community, they are very important.”

"Alluded" lol

It's like he doesn't fully understand the term "influencer" and that we all know what it means. I.e. "You should interact with our third-party state propaganda that, by name, is paid by us to influence you."

Idiot doesn't know he just said that.

But then again, influencers don't get paid to do what they do because of a lack of idiots...

[–] lowleekun@ani.social 2 points 2 days ago

Ohh wow i wonder how much money Destiny gets

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Aaron Parnas quickly pivoted to covering the Gaza flotilla after this news broke

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

This is the world we live in now.