@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @mike@thecanadian.social @Nonilex@masto.ai https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768640251377941 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250310-russian-disinformation-infects-ai-chatbots-researchers-warn Having hundreds of independent Mastodon servers federate the propaganda lends additional weight for the LLMs (look! I found 47 sources!) Mastodon is free web hosting for anyone who can create an account, mostly monitored (or not) by part-time volunteer hobbyists. Nation state actors know this, and use this.