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openSUSE LinuxMore clarity, less confusion. The latest <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OBS</a> update enhances the Report Overview: ✅ See why something was reported ✅ Make decisions faster ✅ View past actions clearly It’s all about smoother, more informed <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#content</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a>. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openSUSE</a> <a href="https://openbuildservice.org/2025/06/25/content-moderation-ui/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://openbuildservice.org/2025/06/25/content-moderation-ui/</a>

dansupLoops has a pretty impressive moderation system, allowing admins to enforce fine-grained limits, and users to appeal enforcement actions.This is just the beginning, we have big plans to make this even more powerful in future releases 😎<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/loops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#loops</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a>

knoppixThousands of Facebook Groups hit by mass bans, including harmless communities like birdwatching and parenting. ⚠️Meta blames a “technical error” — but many suspect faulty AI moderation 🤖🚫.Can we trust AI to judge what’s safe online?<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sarahp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sarahp</a> <a href="https://threads.net/@sarahprz/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sarahprz</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@Techcrunch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Techcrunch@flipboard.com</a> <a href="https://threads.net/@techcrunch/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@techcrunch@threads.net</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/facebook-group-admins-complain-of-mass-bans-meta-says-its-fixing-the-problem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/facebook-group-admins-complain-of-mass-bans-meta-says-its-fixing-the-problem/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIModeration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moderation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechEthics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a>

LorryFacebook's "fact-checking" review and appeals process is insanely bad. I'd have sent anyone who wrote policy this ridiculous for retraining.I posted the same post as I posted here about Hunter Biden's Laptop ( <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@lorry/114741328048838021" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://infosec.exchange/@lorry/114741328048838021</a> ) as a partly satirical and partly informative post on what those MAGA nutjobs are saying - And I got a strike for posting misinformation.I appealed, and was told instantly that my appeal was rejected - Both of the messages Facebook sent to me pointed at a misinformation page that was nothing to do with this which is even weirder:<a href="https://www.open.online/2025/02/06/agenzia-americana-usaid-non-ha-finanziato-politico-8-milioni-dollari-fc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.open.online/2025/02/06/agenzia-americana-usaid-non-ha-finanziato-politico-8-milioni-dollari-fc/</a>Is the link they say explains why this Hunter Biden laptop post is wrong.I was told: "A reviewer from our team checked your post again. They found information that fact checkers say is missing context."The post clearly has a whole load of context, it explains the reason for the post clearly. This crap needs nuance, or it's just removing the ability to flag misinformation by flagging it as misinformaiton.La la laaaa. No wonder people complain about moderation!<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moderation</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Misinformation</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disinformation</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Policy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Shitty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shitty</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Lack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lack</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Of" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Of</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Nuance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nuance</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rant</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HunterBidenlaptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HunterBidenlaptop</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Satire</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/is" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#is</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dead</a>

Stefano MarinelliI just had to do one of the things I hate most: remove someone from the BSD Cafe. Thankfully, it's happened very few times, but it's my job to maintain the tone that currently makes the BSD Cafe a serene and positive place for its users.This isn't about censorship or ideology - the last two users I had to remove had radically opposing political views - it's solely about maintaining the atmosphere. And that doesn't mean I agree or disagree with the content posted, but rather with the general tone brought into the Cafe.Now I'm turning off my computer, because I still feel a sense of sadness about what I had to do.<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSDCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BSDCafe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moderation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/MastodonModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonModeration</a>

WordofTheHour<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> : the act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint- French: modération- German: die Mäßigung- Italian: moderazione- Portuguese: moderação- Spanish: moderación------------Join our new subreddit for language learners @ <a href="https://reddit.com/r/LearnANewLanguage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://reddit.com/r/LearnANewLanguage</a>

Axel KnaufAfter <a href="https://mastodon.social/@_elena" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@_elena</a> 's <a href="https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01JXMZ8HBDR425YXHWFWDG2BPY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recent story about trolls on the fediverse</a> I learned about the possibility to configure blocklist subscriptions on my <a href="https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/@gotosocial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gotosocial</a> instance:<a href="https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/v0.19.1/admin/domain_permission_subscriptions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/v0.19.1/admin/domain_permission_subscriptions/</a>In short, it is possible to automatically import curated lists of offensive domains - CSV or JSON in a specific format - and block them automatically. There are already good lists and more detailed explanations available here:<a href="https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/the-oliphant-social-blocklist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/the-oliphant-social-blocklist</a> <a href="https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/05/02/fediverse-blocklists/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://seirdy.one/posts/2023/05/02/fediverse-blocklists/</a>This does not take away the responsibility of taking care of moderation and administration for an instance. But for me running a single-user instance, it is a good way of reducing the noise of potentially unwanted interactions and attention.Let's make the fediverse a wholesome, healthy place for all decent people. You rock! <3<a href="https://fedi.4x31.dev/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediVerse</a> <a href="https://fedi.4x31.dev/tags/gotosocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoToSocial</a> <a href="https://fedi.4x31.dev/tags/trolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trolls</a> <a href="https://fedi.4x31.dev/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moderation</a>

NonilexPretty sure <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is both such an idiot that he swallows whole online <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> campaigns & also can’t help but make shit up to further his personal agenda to mess with Democrat cities & states & to be a “strongman” dictator.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

Nonilex“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InformationWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InformationWarfare</a> is always a symptom of conflict, stoked often by those in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> to fuel their own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illiberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illiberal</a> goals,” she said. “It confuses audiences, scares people who might otherwise have empathy for the cause & divides us when we need <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> most.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disinformation</a> in situations like these spreads so quickly & widely that efforts to verify <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facts</a> cannot keep up, said Nora Benavidez, senior counsel at Free Press, an advocacy organization that studies the intersection of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>. She described it as part of “a much longer effort to delegitimize <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/peaceful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peaceful</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resistance</a> movements.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> & its supporters have long accused <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeSoros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeorgeSoros</a> or the US govt of covertly sponsoring “color revolutions” to overthrow govts—from the Arab Spring countries swept up by mass street <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a> in 2011 to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>.“It is nationwide conspiracy of liberals against not only <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> but against American people in general,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AleksandrDugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AleksandrDugin</a>, a prominent nationalist in Russia, posted.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a>

NonilexHe based that simply on Mayor Bass’s role as a board member for the National Endowment for Democracy, the congressionally mandated org formed during the Reagan admin to promote <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratic</a> governance around the world.Not surprisingly, perhaps, the theme was echoed by accounts across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> linked to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a>, which often amplifies content that discredits the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>

NonilexSome posts disparaging the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a> were shared by accounts w/deceptive handles that closely resembled those of ofcl govt sources or news orgs.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeBenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MikeBenz</a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a>-minded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#influencer</a> on X who last year claimed that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> used the pop star <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaylorSwift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaylorSwift</a> as part of a psyop to undercut <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, advanced an outlandish theory that the mayor had links to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CIA</a> & had helped start riots in the city where she lives.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a>

NonilexIt also fits into the narrative that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a> against government policies are somehow inauthentic. On his own platform, Truth Social, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> also suggested that the protesters were “Paid Insurrectionists!”Numerous posts echoed unsubstantiated claims that the protests were the work of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeSoros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeorgeSoros</a> as well as local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NGOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NGOs</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> elected officials, including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mayor</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenBass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KarenBass</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a>

Nonilex“These days, it feels like every time there’s a protest, the old clickbaity ‘pallets of bricks’ hoax shows up right on cue,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> Lab, a research center at the Toronto Metropolitan University, wrote on Bluesky. “You know the one, photos or videos of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bricks</a> supposedly left out to encourage rioting. It’s catnip for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightWing</a> agitators & grifters.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>

NonilexX posted a *Community Note* pointing out that the photo had nothing to do w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>, but it still was seen >800k times. It was also widely reposted, including by several seemingly inauthentic accounts in Chinese. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a>

NonilexAn innocuous photograph of a pallet of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bricks</a>, actually posted on the website of a building materials wholesaler in Malaysia, was cited as proof that the protests were organized by nonprofit organizations supported by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeSoros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeorgeSoros</a>, the financier who, to the feverishly conspiratorial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightWing</a>, has become a mastermind of global disorder.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JamesWoods</a>, the actor who has become known for spreading <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a>, used his account on X to rail against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#state</a>’s elected ofcls, especially <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Governor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Newsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newsom</a>, a Democrat. He also reposted a fabricated quote, attributed to President Barack <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obama</a>, discussing a secret plot to impose socialism on the country, as well as a video of burning police cars that was from 2020.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>

NonilexDarren L. Linvill, a researcher at Clemson University’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> Forensics Hub, said *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservatives</a>* online were “building up the riots in a performative way” to help bolster <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s claims that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> had been taken over by “violent, insurrectionist mobs.”Linvill said the posts were also “a bit self-fulfilling.” “As they direct attention to it,” he said, “more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a> will show up.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>

NonilexThe latest deployments prompted a new wave of misleading images to spread—some purporting to show <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marines</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> service’s weapons in action. One was a still from “Blue Thunder,” a 1983 action-thriller about a conspiracy to deprive residents of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> of their civil rights. It features a climatic dogfight over the city’s downtown.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaLiteracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAprotests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>

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