{"text":"@antimundo Thanks.So, first off, no verification process can 100% guarantee that everything a person says is true.In the video calls, @joynewacc joins me and, being from Gaza, she can immediately tell if the person is speaking the Palestinian dialect.Beyond that, we ask for outside views. Again, it\u2019s rather easy to tell when you\u2019re shown around a tent city with the sounds of drones overhead. (Either they\u2019re in Gaza or a Hollywood-grade film studio.)There are also other checks we are implementing as we go but I am not going to reveal those at this point.To put it into perspective, this immediately separates the non-Gazans from the Gazans. Are there one or two Th\u00e9nardiers left? Perhaps. But we are evolving ways of detecting that (not least of all because we now have a trusted group of people in Gaza to help).","truncated":false,"created_at":"Wed Oct 01 16:24:44 +0900 2025","in_reply_to_status_id":"11200042","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/users\/aral\/statuses\/115297708951859323","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":11200043,"in_reply_to_user_id":286577,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"antimundo","geo":null,"attachments":[{"url":"https:\/\/thanks.so\/","mimetype":"text\/html; charset=utf-8","size":null,"id":"374763","version":"1.2","thumb_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/thumbnail\/374763?w=3384&h=573","large_thumb_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/thumbnail\/374763?w=3384&h=573","width":null,"height":null},{"url":"http:\/\/true.In\/","mimetype":null,"size":null,"id":"1637778","version":"1.2"},{"url":"http:\/\/point.To\/","mimetype":null,"size":null,"id":"5281199","version":"1.2"}],"user":{"id":4627,"name":"Aral Balkan","screen_name":"aral","location":null,"description":"Social oncologist. I make small things.Unapologetically anti-genocide.Warning: May not fit your taxonomy.From Gaza? If you need to get verified, please go here: https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/join\/Want to donate to people in Gaza? Please see https:\/\/gaza-verified.org\/donate\/My posts are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/)\ud83c\udf49\ud83c\udf3b \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20250906071718.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-48-20250906071718.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-96-20250906071718.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4627-original-tmp20250906070226.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":1,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Fri Aug 12 09:25:59 +0900 2022","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":20135,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/mastodon.ar.al\/@aral","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":2},"statusnet_html":"

@antimundo<\/a> Thanks.<\/p>

So, first off, no verification process can 100% guarantee that everything a person says is true.<\/p>

In the video calls, @joynewacc<\/a> joins me and, being from Gaza, she can immediately tell if the person is speaking the Palestinian dialect.<\/p>

Beyond that, we ask for outside views. Again, it\u2019s rather easy to tell when you\u2019re shown around a tent city with the sounds of drones overhead. (Either they\u2019re in Gaza or a Hollywood-grade film studio.)<\/p>

There are also other checks we are implementing as we go but I am not going to reveal those at this point.<\/p>

To put it into perspective, this immediately separates the non-Gazans from the Gazans. Are there one or two Th\u00e9nardiers left? Perhaps. But we are evolving ways of detecting that (not least of all because we now have a trusted group of people in Gaza to help).<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":5702613,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"attachment_error":{"code":500,"message":"No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.","file":"\/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/classes\/File_thumbnail.php","line":185,"trace":"#0 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/classes\/File_thumbnail.php(110): File_thumbnail::byFile()\n#1 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/classes\/File.php(601): File_thumbnail::fromFileObject()\n#2 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/local\/plugins\/Qvitter\/QvitterPlugin.php(609): File->getThumbnail()\n#3 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/util\/event.php(89): QvitterPlugin->onNoticeSimpleStatusArray()\n#4 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/api\/apiaction.php(382): Event::handle()\n#5 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/api\/apiaction.php(271): ApiAction->twitterSimpleStatusArray()\n#6 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/api\/apiaction.php(622): ApiAction->twitterStatusArray()\n#7 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/actions\/apistatusesshow.php(137): ApiAction->show_single_json_status()\n#8 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/actions\/apistatusesshow.php(114): ApiStatusesShowAction->showNotice()\n#9 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/action\/action.php(211): ApiStatusesShowAction->handle()\n#10 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/action\/action.php(98): Action->execute()\n#11 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/public\/index.php(340): Action::run()\n#12 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/public\/index.php(343): main()\n#13 {main}"},"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11200043","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@antimundo","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/antimundo","attentions":[{"id":286577,"screen_name":"antimundo","fullname":"Antimundo","profileurl":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@antimundo","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/antimundo"},{"id":359864,"screen_name":"joynewacc","fullname":"Joy","profileurl":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@joynewacc","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/joynewacc"}],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}