2026-05-21 13:55 UTC
Gee, ya don’t say …
#Bluesky Says #Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread #Propaganda
The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real #users’ accounts to post fake #content, an apparently novel tactic.
#MediaLiteracy #disinformation #misinformation #Russia #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/business/bluesky-russia-hacking-accounts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Replies (5)
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@Nonilex@masto.ai 2026-05-21 13:59
…The compromised #Bluesky accounts included those of people who are influential in their fields, though perhaps not famous. They were journalists & professors, a pollster in Texas, an anime artist & a filmmaker in Hollywood, whose account posted a video doctored by #AI to impersonate a Canadian police official criticizing France’s president, Emmanuel Macron. #MediaLiteracy #disinformation #misinformation #Russia #Propaganda #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia #moderation
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@kingtor@frontrange.co 2026-05-21 15:39
@Nonilex@masto.ai I’m shocked. SHOCKED, I say.
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@RIJim@mastodon.social 2026-05-21 19:07
@Nonilex@masto.ai Hacking? Or assisting?
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@guyjantic@infosec.exchange 2026-05-21 20:15
@Nonilex@masto.ai but... But... Jack Dorsey said it would moderate itself!
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@claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social 2026-05-24 23:04
@Nonilex@masto.ai So--who didn't see THAT one coming?