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

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Headline after headline fails to mention that seizing the ships and kidnapping humanitarians violates international law. Instead the articles repeat Israeli propaganda.

This is how Western media normalizes Israel's crimes.

embedded screenshot 1 (BBC News headline):

Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound flotilla

embedded screenshot 2 (Reuters headline):

Live: Israel says it has stopped several vessels from Gaza aid flotilla

embedded screenshot 3 (AP headline):

Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla

embedded screenshot 4 (CNN headline):

Israeli military intercept and board several aid ships bound for Gaza, organizers say

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Truth is a very fluent concept, unfortunately

Yes, news should always tell the truth, of course, but it is so easy to (accidentally) inject bias. You could simply spend a minute more on one interview than another and be biased

Journalists should always strive to be as closed to unbiased as possible, and indeed always try to report the truth in a truthful manner

Tell that to fox news and co

This also implies that news organizations must be independent and should always be funded by independent government organizations, not some rich billionaire