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this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2024
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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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Very interesting read! And looking at the chart, it's easy to see which countries are most targeted by these influence campaigns.
Edit: it's just a shame they only show Chinese and Russian influence campaigns. What about other countries (e.g., the US)?
I don’t know much academic censorship there is in the US but I imagine the authors being american probably has some relation to this.
Also to be completely fair to the authors, Russia and China are the two most studied in this regard (and very likely the two biggest offenders) so if you had to limit the scope of the study to two nations russia and china would be the obvious choice.