this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2024
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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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Same as instance rules, plus:

  1. No disinformation
  2. Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

the fairness doctrine only applied to broadcast TV and radio. the logic was since there were limited airwaves, news was required to present both sides. never had anything to do with cable networks, print media, the internet, or anything else.

in fact the fairness doctrine could lead to false balance being presented, depending on how courts rule "fair". for example, do we want to give equal time and attention to both sides on mostly settled issues like climate change?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission

Cable is regulated by the FCC. We could have prevented Fox News from becoming a thing, but we didn't.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

so, the point is you were barking up the wrong tree. if you want regulation just say that, but the fairness doctrine ain't it.

also I don't see how it's relevant to this post anyway, it's just some jackass on twitter who photoshopped an image.