• jarfil@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    harassment is just “political speech I don’t like”

    Some communities on Lemmy have switched to calling it “misinformation”. As in: you provide links to reputable sources to support your point, and it’s “misinformation”.

    Harassment seems to be more of a label for “too many people downvoted you, and you still dared to answer”.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, that’s better. Misinformation covers situations like defamation and many kinds of hate speech. Although there still needs to be a solution for stalking and sexual harassment, as long as it doesn’t overlap and outlaw protest or deplatforming.

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        1 year ago

        Misinformation covers situations like defamation and many kinds of hate speech.

        Not really:

        • Misinformation: “false information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to mislead.”
        • Disinformation: “deliberately misleading or biased information; manipulated narrative or facts; propaganda.”

        The difference is between “I don’t believe you, so you get banned” vs. “I think you’re trying to mislead people, so you get banned”.

        Misinformation allows banning any information a mod believes to be “false”, for whatever reason, no matter the proof.

        (PS: if any mod doesn’t agree with these definitions, they could remove this comment based on “misinformation”)

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      1 year ago

      That explains why a troll tried ban baiting me for “disinformation” when I said something they didn’t like.