this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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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.


Community rules

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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[–] some_sort_of_thing@aussie.zone 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure CBS has been complicit for a long time and helped us reach this horrible point

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago

It's more FCC chair Brendan Carr at this point than it is barefaced corporate capitalism.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who is surprised about that? It's literally in the name ... c BS news

[–] elvith@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] wischi@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I meant "c" pronounced like "see". Like c u as in "see you".

[–] elvith@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

That works, too

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Their editor is a literal fascist. Completely expected.