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The US presidential elections will take place on 5 November. And despite their protestations of indifference, warmongers in the Kremlin seem keenly interested in the results.

This became quite clear, when on 4 September the US exposed a Kremlin-backed foreign influence campaign, which relied on influencers, AI-generated content, paid advertisements and other disingenuous means to drive traffic toward typosquatted and other manipulative pro-Kremlin domains. The US Justice Department announced the ongoing seizure of at least 32 domains used for this malign influence operation. Meanwhile, the US Department of Treasury is now taking action against Russian individuals enabling such clandestine influence operations, including the notorious pro-Kremlin propagandists and the editor-in-chief of RT, Margarita Simonyan

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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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