disinformation

This @surf feed from @tchambers has pretty much every disinfo expert you can think of (and then some). https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01j83e4b17kgq1k7jqz1bxkmjm

#surffeeds #disinformation #disinformationoverload

JFC

#PutinsPuppet is spreading #RussianPropaganda & attacking #Zelensky, #Obama & #Biden in disgusting #racist code & advocating for #Russia’s demands.

“I have nothing to do with Russia, but have much to do with wanting to save, on average, five thousand Russian & Ukrainian soldiers a week, who are dying for no reason whatsoever.

No reason?! Just their #sovereignty, #independence & #democracy

#Trump #geopolitics #Ukraine #disinformation #alliance #NATO #authoritarianism #StandWithUkraine

ALT

Hannah Arendt on #disinformation

Please note: We have learned that the quotation we originally posted was not actually Arendt's words. Though not a clear or intentional distortion, we do not want to promote the misquotation.

This is discussed further here:
https://hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/on-fake-hannah-arendt-quotations-2024-08-04

Mike Masnick compares how the Free Press covered the (misleading-to-false) story of the #Biden admin’s "censorship" of #SocialMedia [actually trying to combat harmful #disinformation like #election & #COVID #lies & #ConspiracyTheories or #HateSpeech like #WhiteSupremacy], to how they handled the very real #censorship attack on #Wikipedia by #Trump’s DC #USAttorney #EdMartin.

Spoiler: there are differences.

#law #tech #moderation #dictatorship #FourthEstate #journalism
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/

#Disinformation Campaign of #Fake Images & #ConspiracyTheories On #SocialMedia Stoke #RightWing #Rage Around #LAProtests

Misleading photos, videos & texts have spread widely on social #media as #protests against #immigration #raids unfolded in #LosAngeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories‘ to support #Trump’s actions.

The flood of falsehoods appears intended to stoke outrage toward #immigrants & #Democrats.

#MediaLiteracy #moderation #TrumpLies #propaganda #Resist
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Trump is currently [live now] repeating #ConspiracyTheories from the Oval Office
about the protesters in #LosAngeles, saying they are “paid” by #Democrats. Total #disinformation.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #propaganda #law #democracy #RightToProtest

"HUGE DEVELOPMENT: An official Department of Defense account is spreading #fake images—from old #protests—to justify #Trump's illegal militarization of Los Angeles. This isn't just #disinformation. It's a #propaganda campaign from the #Pentagon." - Gov. Newsom

Gavin Newsom Accuses Trump Administration of Spreading Fake Protest Images - Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-trump-fake-protest-images-2085492

#uspol #FreeLA

The #Trump admin has sued <California for allowing #transgender athletes to compete on #school sports teams that match their #gender #identity.

The suit alleges that California has violated federal civil rights law by discriminating against women [which doesn’t make any sense].

California officials have denied any wrongdoing & rejected federal demands to bar transgender #athletes from girls’ & women’s school #sports teams.

#law #LGBTQ #disinformation #bigotry
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-09/trump-sues-california-alleges-title-ix-violations-transgender-athletes

#FactCheck #TrumpLies

#Trump expressed his disdain for #WindPower during a meeting with his Cabinet recently, calling it an expensive form of #energy that “smart” countries
don’t use.

His comments contained false & misleading information about the use of wind power in the #UnitedStates & around the world, & came on the heels of an #ExecutiveOrder he signed Monday that would end subsidies around “#green” energy.

#FossilFuels #disinformation #Climate #ClimateChange
https://apnews.com/article/wind-turbines-power-electricity-energy-trump-5eb370dfb407b86a11d420917e4acaba

Just learned some frankly disconcerting stuff, accounts on #private #SocialMedia #platforms that have more than 10,000 followers actually get paid.

This makes me sad.

But also glad that I am dedicated to the #fediverse, #mastodon in particular.

I don’t say shit for clicks nor $$$$.

I am dedicated to the desimination of true factual #information.

I see the #FarRight #Nazi #propaganda #disinformation campaign for what it is, & I hope to be a rock in the road on the way to their #tyranny.

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