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submitted 3 weeks ago by DSN9@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Chinese propaganda is rampant on the fediverse. We need to discuss ways to combat this. One group- memes or something is wholly controlled by Chinese state actors. What do you think?

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[-] realitista@lemmus.org 31 points 3 weeks ago

You can safely assume that anything on .ml or lemmygrad is. Just don't subscribe to them. I can give you a block list that encompasses most of the ones who don't stay nicely in .ml land. We should have shareable block lists like BlueSky to get new users up and running quickly. I hope that PieFed eventually does some stuff like this.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 3 weeks ago

It's safe to assume that the enemy is promoting propaganda while our noble nation is promoting the truth!!! \s

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 14 points 3 weeks ago

The difference is that I don't get banned/censored on western instances for criticizing Trump or US military interventions.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 18 points 3 weeks ago

You don't get banned on hex, grad, or ml for it either, either. People should really check the mod logs a few times daily.

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 13 points 3 weeks ago

I've gotten banned and censored from communities there for saying that Ukraine should fight back against Russia.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago

Unfortunately for you, the modlog is public

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago

You were temp banned, usually those are for a few days for the person to cool down. The removed comment was part of a chain advocating for the collective punishment of russian civilians

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Where did I say civilians? That's just the pretext they used to silence any words against Russia.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago

Where did I say civilians?

In the linked chain, repeatedly.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's amazing how many don't see people as civilians simply because live in the wrong spot

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[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

What do you think people need to be punished implies?

Asking as have seen way too many say it totally only means the bad ones especially when talking about areas they believe everyone in the area are fair game

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 3 weeks ago

That's a US military intervention.

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

criticizing trump or us military interventions is pretty much all i do on ml, grad, hexbear

i eventually leave or get banned from the anarcho lib comms for doing that.

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

Well sure you can criticize Trump there. But try criticizing the CCCP, China, or Russia.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

we have reservations about, and criticize them all the time.

what i don't really see being tolerated is insistent propaganda talking points or trolling, and even then most will talk to you if you are reasonable.

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Insistent propaganda talking points and trolling are tolerated if they are from the Russian or China/CCP perspective. Honestly that's about all there is on their news or politics discussions.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

communists will mostly discuss communism and related

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

You can criticize them as long as you aren't doing so from a liberal, anti-communist perspective. The genuine flaws of existing socialism are better analyzed by those that actually study socialism and socialist countries.

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Ive been banned for criticzing the PRC explictly from a socialist perspective.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

You were temp-banned, for dogmatically repeating debunked claims pushed by liberals, in the face of evidence to the contrary. You appear to be free to comment there.

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[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 12 points 3 weeks ago

Ah. Enlightened centrism.

[-] DSN9@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

Lemmy.ml is?!? That's who I signed up for though. I like the privacy stuff. So which instance is politically neutral but technically aligned, pirate party, self hosting etc?

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 17 points 3 weeks ago

Yes Lemmy.ml is the most popular of the tankie instances. They will ban you, remove your posts, etc in most major communities if you say anything negative about CCCP, Russia, Communism, etc.

I can recommend lemmus.org as a very fast and efficient instance. Remember, you don't have to have an account on the instance who's communities you want to access. You can access communities on all instances from any instance. So the policies of your home instance don't really affect you much. They only affect the communities hosted there.

[-] DSN9@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

Why is Lemmy.ml the most popular tankie instance? I've been played by Poo bear, interesting. Thanks I will switch.

[-] ezyryder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

ml literally stands for Marxist Leninist aka tankies aka red fascism

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[-] myrmidex@belgae.social 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

politically neutral <> pirate party

Pick one

I don't see many self-hosters celebrating the wonders of capitalism.

[-] DSN9@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

Not dominated by Chinese, Russian nor Western state actors. That's all I'm asking for. Where truth isn't censored.

[-] myrmidex@belgae.social 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Where truth isn’t censored

Self-hosting seems your only option then. You might be cut off from other instances if they decide to defederate, but at least on your instance you'll be able to enjoy free speech (and block unwanted speech).

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

I've been pretty happy here on lemmy.zip. We haven't defederated from the tankie instances so you still see their content sometimes, but you can always filter them yourself. Same with the zionists on lemmy.world.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago

So which instance is politically neutral

There is no such thing as “politically neutral.” What you perceive as neutral is that which is hegemonic.

[-] Coastal_Explorer@feddit.online 5 points 3 weeks ago

If you're concerned about privacy, you should probably know that a lot in the fediverse is very open by design so that other instances can communicate effectively.

That's why everyone can see what you upvote/downvote, even if Lemmy itself doesn't show this to you in its UI.

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