Chinese propaganda is rampant on the fediverse. We need to discuss ways to combat this. One group- memes or something is wholly controlled by Chinese state actors. What do you think?

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    edit-2
    3 days ago

    There are a lot of people supportive of the PRC, both because the US Empire is declining and the PRC is positioned as an alternative to the US Empire’s naked terrorism, and because Lemmy has a lot of communists. Lemmy has a lot of communists because the lead developers are communists, FOSS attracts communists, and because as Reddit bans communist communities they are often suggested to come here.

    There’s absolutely no credible evidence of CPC interference in Lemmy, this is a normal thing to happen to a FOSS alternative to Reddit.

    • king_comrade@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 days ago

      Man’s freaking out cos he just learned .ml stands for marxist-leninist 😂 Glad to find something we strongly agree on tho comrade.

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 days ago

        To be clear, .ml stands for Mali, and it was allegedly chosen because it was cheap/free. Lemmy.ml is just the flagship, test instance, and happens to have a lot of communists because the devs are communists. Lemmygrad.ml is explicitly ML.

        • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          2 days ago

          @Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml

          Lemmygrad. ml is explicitly ML.

          Exploring Left-Wing Extremism on the Decentralized Web: An Analysis of Lemmygrad. ml

          … findings reveal a substantial increase in user activity and toxicity levels following the migration of these subreddits to Lemmygrad. ml. We also identify posts that support authoritarian regimes, endorse the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and feature anti-Zionist and antisemitic content … Moreover, their support can extend beyond backing these authoritarian regimes, even cheering on their violent actions, as evidenced by their posts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine …

          The whole study makes a good read.