Powerful US utilities secretly fund ‘grassroots’ groups to sway cities away from switch to public power

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Powerful US utilities secretly fund ‘grassroots’ groups to sway cities away from switch to public power

www.theguardian.com

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Fediverse vs Disinformation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 months ago

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As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop them

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Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception.

What’s the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The inadvertent spread of false information is misinformation. Disinformation is the intentional spread of falsehoods.

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