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/ [https://euvsdisinfo.eu/], which was the main
inspiration for this community. My hope is that, alongside the excellent
projects developed by @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/db0]
(such as fediseer [https://github.com/Fediseer/fediseer], fedi-safety
[https://github.com/db0/fedi-safety], and threativore
[https://github.com/db0/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.
I just noticed this come into existence, and I don’t know if it will take off, but I figure it can’t hurt to let people know and give it a chance.