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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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- PEN America
- Media Matters
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A large percentage of people voting for mass deportations (i.e. Trump) are certainly xenophobic and racist, but a lot of them also believed that mass deportations would solve all their problems: available jobs would go up, wages would go up, while inflation and crime rates would go down.
None of those things have happened--in fact, their media bubble keeps telling them that major cities are burning to the ground, and it's so bad that the army has to occupy them to "stop the violence." They were willing to inflict savagery on non-violent immigrants with the understanding that it would solve America's problems. Things were supposed to get better not worse. And that's what they mean when they say they "didn't vote for this."
There are and have always been jobs available all over. Most of them don't pay enough. There's always been more than enough jobs. Fascists, just despise sharing their hoard and would rather victimize someone.