Are you on BlueSky? If so, Frank Figiuzzi has some important information:

[Attilatheblond]

‪Frank Figliuzzi‬ ‪@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social‬
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Here they come: theins.ru/en/news/277378
Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues
The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the ...
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[hlthe2b]

1. What was he trying to say about Bellingcat?

[Nittersing]

4. That Bluesky post links to this article from "The Insider"

https://theins.ru/en/news/277378

"The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.

Each disinformation video begins with a real person — a professor, a student from a top university, or a recognized expert — introducing themselves and beginning to speak on a topic unrelated to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The footage then transitions to segments that do not show the speaker on screen — while what sounds like their voice continues narrating. In these moments, the speaker seems to promote claims that the West should end its support for Ukraine, that Europe should align its future with Russia, and that Volodymyr Zelensky is a dictator — or even a vampire.

The videos are published alongside phrases like “Do you think that’s true?” or “You can confirm or deny this information, can’t you?” accompanied by tags of well-known media outlets and fact-checkers. They are then reposted by hundreds of other accounts. The number of shares reach the hundreds on X (formerly Twitter), while on the newer Bluesky, reposts remain low — the most widely shared video has so far garnered 288 reposts, and another just four.

The videos circulating on Bluesky had previously appeared on X, according to the Bot Blocker project (@antibot4navalny), which first uncovered and detailed the workings of the Matryoshka network in early 2024."

More at link

[hlthe2b]

7. I hope Bluesky dovotees are appropriately skeptical to this targeting...

[ecstatic]

2. I added some kind of blocklist subscription to my account

Hopefully the list will be updated to include those trolls. I have no interest in reading their bullshit.

[Renew Deal]

3. Bluesky has made it

[JohnSJ]

5. Not yet. I have not been a fan of social media, but am strongly considering it if nothing more than to add to their

subscription numbers.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. The Insider: Russian disinfo network "Matryoshka" is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues

The Insider - Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues

The Insider
20 December 2024 13:04

The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.

Each disinformation video begins with a real person — a professor, a student from a top university, or a recognized expert — introducing themselves and beginning to speak on a topic unrelated to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The footage then transitions to segments that do not show the speaker on screen — while what sounds like their voice continues narrating. In these moments, the speaker seems to promote claims that the West should end its support for Ukraine, that Europe should align its future with Russia, and that Volodymyr Zelensky is a dictator — or even a vampire.

The videos are published alongside phrases like “Do you think that’s true?” or “You can confirm or deny this information, can’t you?” accompanied by tags of well-known media outlets and fact-checkers. They are then reposted by hundreds of other accounts. The number of shares reach the hundreds on X (formerly Twitter), while on the newer Bluesky, reposts remain low — the most widely shared video has so far garnered 288 reposts, and another just four.



The videos circulating on Bluesky had previously appeared on X, according to the Bot Blocker project (@antibot4navalny), which first uncovered and detailed the workings of the Matryoshka network in early 2024.

This month, The Insider and Bot Blocker reported on a similar campaign in which anti-Ukrainian narratives were presented as coming from professors affiliated with globally renowned institutions — including Harvard University and the University of Cambridge. The professors’ voices were replicated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools — a fact that was verified by the University of Bristol, which at The Insider’s request analyzed a video featuring Ronald Hutton, a prominent British historian and faculty member.

/snip

[PurgedVoter]

8. Kind of like the Strisand effect

After these are shown to be lies, it make is that much harder for any of their propaganda to work. I also suspect that the people being used and abused in these videos may react.

[Cha]

9. Get Rid of them, BlueSky! TY

[Mike 03]

10. Kicking for importance

[Meowmee]

11. Which is why I will not be joining blue sky. I knew this would happen.

Why doesn’t blue sky stop this?