cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/24353606

I’d like to introduce a new Lemmy community intended to help keep Fediverse moderators and users informed about current/trending disinformation campaigns.

I’m currently seeking to compile a list of reliable sources related to political/social/corporate disinformation campaigns. If anyone has any recommendations, I’d love to hear about them in the comments. Once I have a curated list, I’ll publish it in the community sidebar for reference.

To get things started, I’ve already reposted a few articles from https://euvsdisinfo.eu/, which was the main inspiration for this community.

My hope is that, alongside the excellent projects developed by @[email protected] (such as fediseer, fedi-safety, and threativore), this community will play a small part in making the Fediverse a better place to visit.

From the community sidebar:

Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception. […]

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.

  • ericjmorey@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I hope this isn’t part of a disinformation campaign, but if it is, it’s an impressive commitment to disinformation.

  • infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Thanks for trying to help with this. I have had to give up and book some people and communities because I could not stand the manipulation and lies.

  • rhacer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    So who decides what’s disinformation? How do you correct it when something that has been called disinformation turns out to itself be disinformation?

    I’m thinking about things like the lab leak theory or the Hunter Biden laptop, both of which were called disinformation, but ended up being either plausible or true?