Damnit, this isn’t helping. Democrats need to not be the party of fake news and bogus slander. There are enough legitimate complaints about Trump and his cult without making shit up.
Nobody is immune to propaganda and it’s why not falling into demagoguery is crucial.
In other news, Hank Azaria discovered to have secretly invented time travel.
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:
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