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.

  • @[email protected]
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    222 months ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      102 months ago

      The Fediverse is terrible at handling misinformation, maybe its biggest flaw. The budget is precisely $0 and it shows.

      • @[email protected]
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        -22 months ago

        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.

        • @[email protected]
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          42 months ago

          It’s easier to limit wrong information than how critical mass can understand information

          • @[email protected]
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            22 months ago

            It gives a false sense of trust. If you trust everything on the internet, you’ll trust everything on the internet.

            • @[email protected]
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              12 months ago

              Kind of. Limiting false information can’t reach an absolute point, so there’s always something to be not trusted so it will still cause less harm than a population not being able to discern falsehoods from an unlimited amount.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      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.

    • atro_city
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      02 months ago

      Veracity of news is important though. Some random person claiming Gandi rapes kids would carry much less weight than @[email protected] saying so. “News” from some mastodon.social account would (hopefully) get more scrutiny.