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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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The only purported evidence for the claim that Khelif is trans comes from an undisclosed test performed by an allegedly corrupt sports governing body that may have shown she has a DSD condition. The IOC has said Khelif meets its requirements for participation, with Adams, the IOC spokesman, specifically clarifying, "This is not a transgender issue."

Because Khelif is not transgender, claims attempting to make her victory against Carini an issue about transgender rights or "woke" politics are without basis.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 89 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Gee, I wonder if the right wing morons will stop screeching about it now.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 77 points 3 months ago

Narrator: they did not.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 46 points 3 months ago

Take a page from the Democrats' current tactics: “what is it with you people and genitalia?”

Don’t engage in debate, because that just implies their position is worthy of it. Ridicule them at every turn.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

No they won't. You assume they are legitimately trying to base their beliefs and arguments in some factuality. Once they get the idea that something is what they think it is then they will never budge from it.

In the past they used to make claims about being rational and dispassionate and using facts over feels. But none of that was ever true. Rationality is not a process to them, to them it is a trait like eye color. They believe their beliefs are rational because they are inherently rational and therefore if you argue against them, you are being irrational by default.

In their minds Khelif is transgender and there us nothing you can say that'll convince them otherwise.

They also have a tendency to create definitions for things that are otherwise not defined as such. For example they might start to label any woman that doesn't behave or look exactly as they want a woman to behave or look as transgender no matter how straight and cisgender they are.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 47 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Well dang. It seems like corporate news could have done this right off the bat.

FOR SOME REASON they didn't. Huh. Weird.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 3 months ago

Even the BBC mentioned it in the first article I saw about this.

I'm still not surprised to see all the social media things, like JKKK Rowling sharing their usual slop.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Men when they're abnormally good compared to their peers: Wow, amazing!

Women when they're abnormally good compared to their peers: She's a man!

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

IF YOU HAVE A VAGINA YOU'RE A WOMAN! It would be REALLY WEIRD if Republicans DIDN'T agree with that Statement anymore considering all the Legislation regarding Youth Genitalia they've been Passing!

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago

Republicans are just so obsessed with people’s genitalia, it’s honestly quite weird.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

but if she was it also wouldn't be a big deal.

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