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I see a lot of posts lately, mainly in 'world news' communities, that when I investigate their source, I cannot come to any other conclostion that purposefully spreading of fake news and propaganda on lemmy.

I love this platform and want to see it thrive, but the fact that these kind of posts can so easily populate my feed is disturbing.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you see hate-inciting posts, wilful disinformation or egregious misinformation, then be sure to use the report button.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The issue is that some communities are run by mods who think these are real news

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Find new communities when that happens, or bring it up with the admins so those mods are replaced

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Find communities with mods who will seriously look into reported fake news

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This is the correct answer