Fediverse vs Disinformation
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.
Community rules
Same as instance rules, plus:
- No disinformation
- Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation
Related websites
- EU vs Disinfo
- FactCheck.org
- PolitiFact
- Snopes
- Media Bias / Fact Check
- PEN America
- Media Matters
- FAIR
Matrix chat links
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Remind the person posting that stuff that there are lots of ways to support the Girl Scouts and he could just make a charitable contribution if he wants.
I'd wait until cookie time next year, and if this is the excuse he uses for not buying cookies, have a locked-and-loaded event he could help volunteer for instead.
I saw your previous comment and I appreciate you digging into it! To be clear, I don't have a special affinity to Girl Scouts of America and I agree that the cookies probably are contaminated, although not enough to really matter. It's just a fun activity for my kid. If my uncle or whoever doesn't want to give them money that's fine. I just don't want it to be because he was influenced by some organization with an ulterior motive. I don't think it's really about the cookies.