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.
Same as instance rules, plus:
Notice how obsessively, pathetically and incompetently media figures and politicians are trying to cancel Hasan Piker.
Notice how hollow the words of these people are.
You will also find people with Hasan-Derangement Syndrome here on the fediverse too! I encourage asking them to flesh out their arguments it is often hilarious.
I encourage you to ask them to flesh out their arguments it is often hilarious.
It's especially funny when they try to use "the nuke" to do so