Disinformation similar to the pro-Russian “Matryoshka” campaign is emerging on Bluesky, using deepfakes and fake profiles to spread pro-Russian messages, prompting calls for more proactive action from the platform.
Information warfare is Russia’s specialty, in that its the only way they can fight NATO. Convetionally, they would be wiped from the field. and they know that. the Ukrainian army, that was "supposed " to last 3 days, completely shitrocked them and fought them to a bitter standstill for 2 years to the point the only way Russia could push forward, was by getting Ukraine’s allies to stab them in the back (information warfare).
They dont stand a chance in hell of defeating NATO militarily so their only option is to have NATO tear itself apart politically, (the third option of NOT being an imperialist warmongering sphere of influence obsessed peice of shit, is not negotiable, that concept is practically joined at the hip with Russia’s very identity)
Omg, someone more tech savvy please copy it and make it anti-greed bots everywhere instead.
Meanwhile, I’m just in this thread to call out Lemmy.ml lies.
Bluesky list you can subscribe to and block these suspected accounts
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6vblwh2edno4ayc2mku72r7e/lists/3ldrmfbe54m2s
Love all these updating block lists that bluesky has. It’s great.
Lemmy needs these.
And instead of calling it a ban list we’ll call it a Linkerbaan list.
Autobahns
Just be very sure you trust the list owner, as some have already started doing shit like turning them into grudge lists once a bunch of people subscribe, using lists that are popular for leftist reasons to mass add trans people without subscribers knowing, etc. I think Bluesky has been cracking down on that sort of thing, but it’s also something they can only act on once they know about it.
@rahaeli.bsky.social is an old school trust and safety worker/Dreamwidth admin who also runs an excellent collection of lists of inauthentic accounts.
Yeah she’s great.
Wish there was one for mexican propaganda… The mexican userbase is really small, but I’ve already run into some bots
Be the change you want to see (ie. make it :))
Now, now, now. Let’s not be too quick to call it “disinformation” or “propaganda”. It could just be Respectful Dissent. Every Opinion Matters. /s
It could just be Respectful Dissent. Every Opinion Matters. /s
Uhu…;)
Still amazed this didn’t happen immediately when they launched their bias bot
We need to allow emoji reactions so I can respond with 🤢🤮. Or is there one yet for bOtH sIdEs SaMe?🤡😈
🫠🙃
That’s why institutions should be on mastodon, not bluesky. @user@social.someinstitution.com is much more recognizable than whatever bluesky has.
The Feddiverse doesn’t really protect against these kind of campaigns. That’s up to the instances themselves.
And it’s not about mimicking official accounts. It’s about spreading and gaining traction to specific opinions. It’s known that disinformation campaigns have been targeting posts from real politicians. They boost the opinion while also boosting a counter opinion. Not to mention spread hate in the comments below them.
I think a huge problem for the fediverse is going to be these kinds of coordinated troll campaigns. It will be so easy for them to launder accounts through undermoderated instances that are federated with their targets.
The Fediverse is terrible at handling misinformation, maybe its biggest flaw. The budget is precisely $0 and it shows.
Misinformation shouldn’t be a main concern of the internet.
Whenever you go on the internet you should instead get a big “EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET IS A LIE” disclaimer in your face.
It’s easier to limit wrong information than how critical mass can understand information
It gives a false sense of trust. If you trust everything on the internet, you’ll trust everything on the internet.
Veracity of news is important though. Some random person claiming Gandi rapes kids would carry much less weight than @brandy@bbc.com saying so. “News” from some mastodon.social account would (hopefully) get more scrutiny.
If Mastodon were as big as Bluesky is, it would also have this problem.
BlueSky’s verification system lets you make your handle any URL you own (via DNS or a meta tag in your HTML). Like the Washington Post’s handle is just @washingtonpost.com
That seems like a pretty trivial thing for any institution to setup even if most users are just going to stick with the default (“whatever dot bsky dot social”), if only because a URL costs a few dollars a year.
Not that I disagree about institutions being on Mastodon. Important government agencies should be basically everywhere. (Like a local weather service that issues critical safety warnings should be on every service possible.)
Yet our biggest threat for misinformation has been and always will be the US.
The US certainly isn’t good on that front. But they’re nowhere near the mastery of it as Russia, Mainland Taiwan, or other Korea.
Did the US propaganda machine tell you that?
People still think China isn’t a democracy or Cuba is under a military dictatorship… The US is the undisputed master of disinformation and propaganda.
Yeah, I’m sure that someone who lives in China will point that out in this thread once it gets more attention. Oh wait…
No state under a vanguard party is Democratic. No state is communist either. When is emperor Xi’s next election? Is he enjoying the royal palace? Democratic my ass. Cuba factually has been under a military dictatorship for the last many decades. I think it’s better than many of the others would have been. If it only because Castro somehow managed to be less corrupted than most leninist dictators/vanguards. Which is why we should have no vanguards or oligarchs.
Believe me I have no love for the US government. They stole my ancestors land. Marched them to death. Sent my grandmother to those quaint little Indian schools that practiced cultural genocide. And often actual genocide with mass graves out back. But that you think Lenin’s shit smells good. Lenin/Stalin actively helped Hitler invade my other ancestors home. Slaughtering family and neighbors. Then returning to Russia to slaughter more that lived there. Because the fucking vanguard perceived them as a threat. Passive genocide, active genocide, passive genocide, active genocide. They both suck. But somehow leninist apologia manages to always be more hypocritical and out of touch.
Based on what?
Case in fucking point
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