Lemmy.ml continues to allow misinfo/propaganda sites "articles" so long as it's anti-west aligned while removing good credible news sources. Instances that federate with them help their spread

This is what the admins of .ml cultivate, as documented in the megathread
Credible sources removed just within the last day: https://lemmy.world/post/32298242 https://lemmy.world/post/32426343
.ml is not much different than the rest of the Triad, continued federation with them is continuing to allow them to spread toxic misinformation and behavior across the Threadiverse.
If you're an instance admin, please consider defederation.
Users, consider joining the lemmy.ml boycott today and help foster a better Lemmy-verse! No more posts, comments (except to counter their propaganda ofc!) or upvotes on any comms on the Lemmy.ml instance.
Other wonderful content, and this is just from when I looked at the local new feed a bit ago:
Classic RT I'm sure you all know and Pravda.ru "Pravda Report"

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5d ago

Lemmy.ml continues to allow misinfo/propaganda sites "articles" so long as it's Russia-aligned/anti-west while removing good credible news sources. Instances that federate with them help their spread

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PLEASE defederate from the tankies. They should have to suffer through engaging with the real world if they want to engage with all of Lemmy, and not have a whole damn instance astroturfing their propaganda to everyone else.
Yes, it is that bad. They literally ban and block anyone who says Russia/China bad, even for wholly valid and factual reasons.
- Actually that last paragraph isn't wholly true. I did so and they followed me around to harass me.
  
  I did so and they followed me around to harass me.
  lmao, that sounds fun!
  Russia and China fucking suck! Come get me, keyboard slaves! Pooh-bear demands it!
  Remember, if it ain't Ukrainian, it ain't vodka.
  
  I got added to someones downvote bot after arguing with tankies from my .ml account.
  Found out who it was and threatened to do it back and it stopped though
- I second the movement to defederate from the tankies!
I sort by new and there are not a whole lot of posts on lemmy every day, but if this is bothering you that much I would recommend blocking the instance. The posts you are showing of this user aren't even popular and get heavily downvoted.
- Instance blocks are nothing more than a comm mute, even if it worked as one would expect, it does nothing to stop them from spreading their toxic misinformation and propaganda to unknowing new users.
  And downvoting to oblivion is not something to be relied upon, IME only obvious ones get downvoted like RT or ones with headlines like "UKRAINE WILL FAIL SOON SUPERIOR RUSSIA..."
  Subtler disinformation, from lesser known sources, can still end up with positive upvotes and is just as dangerous
  
  Piefed has actual instance blocking, you might want to give it a try https://piefed.social/
- A voice of reason drowned out by a red scare.
  Here we cherry pick unpopular posts and gripe about pro-west news censored. But I think it would be also fun to cherry pick some pro genocide from world, posts that are unpopular too, and gripe about how Chinese news is censored.
  Double the fun! Yes?
- Whataboutism. The last refuge of the whining tankie when faced with reality.
- Says the brand new account posting 60 times in one day.
  Busted.
This irony is pretty thick. OP is crying about propaganda while promoting overt imperial propaganda (radio free europe, etc.). Libs and tankies are the same damn thing with different imperial branding. That's all that this is.
- Radio Free [Region] is a perfectly credible news source that does a fair job of minimizing bias
  In any case, bias != Mis/Disinformation. They're vastly different beasts. One just tries to subtly write things in a way that makes the reader favor their position the other is just straight lies and made up conspiracy theories to force a certain narrative among the populace
  
  To anyone reading this except OP:
  This is such a fucking obvious troll it hurts omg. Radio Free [Region] is literally a mouthpiece of blatant western imperialist misinformation.
  This person == 🤡🤡🤡

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