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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I know they said headline, but cmon actually read the article
There are actual issues with these articles but you can't call it propaganda when half of it is criticizing israel
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The point is that a lot of people won't read the articles, they'll just skim the headline and call it a day. "Israeli navy intercepts flotilla bound for Gaza" and "Israeli navy kidnaps protesters in international waters" give very different ideas of the main subject.
fair enough
Notice how the article doesn’t actually call their behavior illegal or cite the international law they broke? They just report that other people are calling it illegal? That’s propaganda.