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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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In this News Brief, we detail recent "updates," "clarifications" and "added context" pro-Israel crybullies have pressured Western media outlets to make (some more willingly than others) that give readers the distinct impression emaciated children in Gaza aren't really an urgent humanitarian crisis if they have rickets, cancer, or cerebral palsy. With guest Beatrice Adler-Bolton.

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[–] FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Israel is Starving these poor children.

Media: No don’t you see, Israel is starving these poor sick children. Pff you communists and anarchists can’t even get the basic facts right.

[Sick people are disposable and worth less is the apparent messaging]

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The beatings will continue until morale improves

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Anarchists were not addressed. The only mean word they have for us makes us dound like something they would fuck, and also was im pretty cure coined by tankies who they couldn't live down having to credit.

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using eugenics logic to justify or explain genociders' behavior is not very convincing. Arguing "it is normal for sick people to starve and die" makes the bias of these organizations very clear to anyone paying attention.

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As long as 20-30% of the western citizens accept it... That's good enough.

They don't need all of us to believe, they just need enough of us to do it.

And the rest to do nothing without that 20-30%'s consent.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do any of these conditions cause children to appear extremely emaciated under normal circumstances?

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Western values state that you should not, under any circumstances, feed children with health conditions

The weak should not be coddled, or they will continue to be weak. Do you like children to starve and eie horribly? Because feeding starving children is how you get children to die horribly.

Really this whole situation could have been prevented if you had just not made them weak with all those free calories.

Well no but see its complicated. You wouldn't understand.