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.
Bluesky list you can subscribe to and block these suspected accounts
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6vblwh2edno4ayc2mku72r7e/lists/3ldrmfbe54m2s
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Be the change you want to see (ie. make it :))
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Love all these updating block lists that bluesky has. It’s great.
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.
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)
Meanwhile, I’m just in this thread to call out Lemmy.ml lies.
That’s why institutions should be on mastodon, not bluesky. @[email protected] is much more recognizable than whatever bluesky has.
If Mastodon were as big as Bluesky is, it would also have this problem.
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
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.
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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.
Yeah, I’m sure that someone who lives in China will point that out in this thread once it gets more attention. Oh wait…
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Did the US propaganda machine tell you that?
*Americans rushing in to tell you how not brainwashed they are*
