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The Bigotry of Sam Harris Continues to Hit New Lows
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this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2026
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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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Sam harris almost reeled me in when I discovered him long ago, (don't judge me I was doing a lot of drinking, ok?) until the moment he started talking about how torture can be justified and I was like "lol ok no thank you"
Anyway I learned a lot since and fuck that guy
I definitely don't judge, when I discovered the "rationalist" community I was super interested at first too. But the biases show themselves over time, and in such an obvious way.
PragerU is another one I'm embarrassed to say I was subscribed to for about a month. It's mostly news-based now but it used to present moreso as "Educational YouTube", which, sure, great, I added it to my collection...until I watched a couple episodes.