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   HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 08:40:43 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

   WARNING #Russian bots seem to be flooding the #Fediverse.

   You can use the method described in the post below to block #META and add #RussianTrolls to it in the csv file:

   https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110661273682665718

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 09:30:04 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     • FinchHaven sfba

     @FinchHaven

     1) "I've seen none of it"

     I have one dubios follow request per hour or so myself, up from a couple a day.

     Not seeing does not mean it does not happen, e. g:

     https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111812982140526368

     https://mstdn.social/@stux/111800177230783839

     https://mastodon.social/@phi1997/111800518272783886

     https://mstdn.social/@Linux_Is_Best/111800935446204396

     2) #Threads

     I clearly stated that the *method* can be used to block users, instances on a personal, non-admin level.

     OFC, it does not include today's trolls.
     I prefer to be safe than sorry. #BlockMeta...on an account level

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     FinchHaven sfba (finchhaven@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 09:30:06 JST FinchHaven sfba

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     @HistoPol

     1) Where exactly and with specificity are "Russian Trolls" (NOTE: I will *not* hashtag that) "flooding the Fediverse"?

     Or is the escape hatch the hedge word "seem"

     I'm on Mastodon seven days a week, follow a diverse group of people, topics and hashtags and I've seen none of it

     2) How is adding the hashtag "# RussianTrolls" to anything related to blocking going to do anything but block that hashtag?

     3) the post you link to seems to date to July 3 2023 -- back last summer when everyone (well, some people) were consumed with Meta/Threads panic -- the crux of which has not materialized

     Currently there are nine Threads profiles (Mosseri et al) that can be cloned over here on Mastodon

     You can seem to Reply to those Threads profile clones over here, but your reply does *not* propagate back to the original profile on Threads

     I know: I've experimented with all that repeatedly (see: my pinned posts)

     And that's it: the entire sum of the Meta/Threads invasion as of Jan 24 2024

     Sorry....

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     Ditol (ditol@freiburg.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 09:39:47 JST Ditol

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     @HistoPol If that were true, I'd be really curious about how these trolls want to invade my bubble. If anything, I really miss exposure to content outside my self-created bubble here on mastodon. Seriously, what's the problem with trolls or meta? I can't find them anyway, since I see only what I follow and nothing "trending" or stuff. Totally stupid, but really bad for trolls.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 09:40:41 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     • Ditol

     @ditol

     "If that were true,"
     Check out 1): https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111813761527907049

     Ingredients miss exposure to content outside my self-created bubble "
     Need to do sth. About this, e.g.:

     https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109960697083138864

     "what's the problem with trolls or meta?"

     I've written more than a dozen threads on the latter subject, and I "recommend" being on the #DeadBirdSite" for experiencing the former. Some things can't be learned from acquired learning. 😉

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 17:41:29 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     "OVER ONE MILLION TWEETS [of #Russian #FakeNews]

     #Russian disinformation campaign on #X in #Germany uncovered [by experts of the #German #ForeignOffice]

     According to information from "#DerSpiegel", 👉50,000 fake accounts have been identified.👈 The campaign targeted anti-government and pro-#Ukrainian tweets..."

     "#Disinformation has become a global threat," a spokesperson for the Federal #ForeignOffice told #DerSpiegel. "It is...

     https://www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/aussenpolitik/18031682/russische-desinformationskampagne-auf-x-in-deutschland-aufgedeckt

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 17:44:13 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     ...being used by those who do not share our values to 👉destabilize entire societies👈 - not just in Western democracies, but everywhere."
     //

     Additional source:
     https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/desinformation-kampagne-russland-100.html

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     Snowshadow 🇨🇦 (snowshadow@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 18:13:26 JST Snowshadow 🇨🇦

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     @HistoPol They are decending on Mastodon/fediverse now.😡

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     Snowshadow 🇨🇦 (snowshadow@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 18:16:00 JST Snowshadow 🇨🇦

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     @HistoPol oops. I replied to a different section of your toot before I saw the beginning. Sorry.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 23:51:41 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     • Snowshadow 🇨🇦

     @Snowshadow

     Yes, exacrly my initial point:

     https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111813567119029127

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     Snowshadow 🇨🇦 (snowshadow@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 23:55:39 JST Snowshadow 🇨🇦

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     @HistoPol I bookmarked this. Thanks. 😊

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 23:56:33 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     #FakeNews

     And "#X" is not only permitting #Russians and their collaborators inundate the platform. Sexual harassment is rife, too, on the #DeadBirdSite:

     Sexually explicit #AI-generated images of #TaylorSwift have been circulating on X (formerly Twitter) over the last day in the latest example of the proliferation of AI-generated fake pornography and the challenge of stopping it from spreading.

     One of the most prominent examples on X attracted more than 45 million...

     https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050334/x-twitter-taylor-swift-ai-fake-images-trending

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 23:57:29 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     ...views, 24,000 reposts, and
     hundreds of thousands of likes and bookmarks before the verified user who shared the images had their account suspended for violating platform policy. The post was live on the platform for around 17 hours prior to its removal."

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 00:03:26 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     • Snowshadow 🇨🇦

     @Snowshadow

     Let me know when you need help, and I'll see.

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     Snowshadow 🇨🇦 (snowshadow@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 00:04:49 JST Snowshadow 🇨🇦

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     @HistoPol I will keep you in mind. thank you. Appreciate the help. That goes both directions too, eh.😉

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 00:09:11 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     • Snowshadow 🇨🇦

     @Snowshadow

     👍