#fakeaccounts — Public Fediverse posts

Sweden is preparing for AI-powered election interference. What does that defence actually look like? https://www.byteseu.com/2350477/ #FakeAccounts #MalignInfluence #MatteoMagnani #OlaSvenonius #PoliticalContent #Sweden #SwedishGovernment

FYI: Explaining sockpuppet: A sockpuppet is a fake online identity used to deceive others, typically to inflate apparent support, post reviews, attack rivals, or dodge a platform ban. https://ppc.land/sockpuppet/ #Sockpuppet #OnlineIdentity #DigitalDeception #SocialMedia #FakeAccounts

AI cuts scam farm entry cost to $5,000, HUMAN Security research shows: Satori researchers priced a working scam kit at $2,970 monthly, no hardware required. Fake-account creation now runs faster than ad platforms can detect it. https://ppc.land/ai-cuts-scam-farm-entry-cost-to-5-000-human-security-research-shows/ #AI #Scam #CyberSecurity #FakeAccounts #OnlineFraud

FYI: Facebook banned 3.5 billion fake accounts in 2025, VAB analysis finds: Bans equal 43 percent of the global population in 2025, yet Meta allows advertisers 8 to 32 fraud strikes before an account ban. A brand safety flashpoint. https://ppc.land/facebook-banned-3-5-billion-fake-accounts-in-2025-vab-analysis-finds/ #Facebook #FakeAccounts #SocialMedia #Meta #BrandSafety

ICYMI: Facebook banned 3.5 billion fake accounts in 2025, VAB analysis finds: Bans equal 43 percent of the global population in 2025, yet Meta allows advertisers 8 to 32 fraud strikes before an account ban. A brand safety flashpoint. https://ppc.land/facebook-banned-3-5-billion-fake-accounts-in-2025-vab-analysis-finds/ #Facebook #FakeAccounts #SocialMedia #Meta #BrandSafety

Facebook banned 3.5 billion fake accounts in 2025, VAB analysis finds: Bans equal 43 percent of the global population in 2025, yet Meta allows advertisers 8 to 32 fraud strikes before an account ban. A brand safety flashpoint. https://ppc.land/facebook-banned-3-5-billion-fake-accounts-in-2025-vab-analysis-finds/ #Facebook #FakeAccounts #SocialMedia #Meta #BrandSafety

🌍🇲🇾 Maleisië waarschuwt Meta: Stop nepaccounts over de koninklijke familie! 🛑👑 #FakeAccounts #SocialMedia 
https://itinsights.nl/analyses/maleisie-dreigt-meta-om-nepaccounts-koninklijke-familie/

Shopify's myshopify.com gap exposes merchants to unstoppable bot floods: A Shopify merchant traced 500+ fake carts per hour to a subdomain Shopify controls, exposing a structural gap that custom WAF rules and Cloudflare cannot close. https://ppc.land/shopifys-myshopify-com-gap-exposes-merchants-to-unstoppable-bot-floods/ #Shopify #Ecommerce #CyberSecurity #FakeAccounts #BotFloods

📬 Deepfakes werden zum Fall fürs Recht: Alberta und der Fall Collien Fernandes
#Internet #Rechtssachen #Alberta #Bill23 #CollienFernandes #Deepfakes #FakeAccounts #Missbrauch #StefanieHubig https://sc.tarnkappe.info/5f364b

Elon Musk misled investors during his Twitter takeover, jury finds

A group of former Twitter investors have prevailed at a federal civil trial over Elon Musk’s actions amid…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #ElonMusk #fakeaccounts #federalciviltrial #Headlines #TopStories #twitter
https://www.newsbeep.com/445292/

Is it only me or am I seeing the start of more fake accounts on Mastodon? Usual culprits, military, no real bio etc and they send private messages. (I do report them).

#mastodon #Fediverse #fakeaccounts

Hundreds of X accounts have just been activated with two things in common:
- they all follow Netanyahu
- they display a banner of the protests in Iran
These accounts will almost certainly be used to spread Israeli propaganda in the event of a war against Iran.

They share, like and comment on each other creating fake engagements just like the 2008 uprising, but much more obvious and openly supporting Israel

#Propaganda #SocialMedia #FakeAccounts #Iran #Israel #Pahlavi #IranProtests #WarOnIran

🚨 Ban Bí thư yêu cầu xử lý triệt để SIM “rác”, tài khoản “ảo” và áp dụng biện pháp xác thực danh tính bắt buộc cho người dùng mạng xã hội. Đảm bảo không gian mạng an toàn, giảm rủi ro lừa đảo! #SIMrác #tài_khoản_ảo #xác_thực_danh_tính #MạngXãHội #Vietnam #FakeAccounts #IdentityVerification

https://vtcnews.vn/xu-ly-tai-khoan-ao-bat-buoc-xac-thuc-danh-tinh-voi-nguoi-dung-mang-xa-hoi-ar1000464.html

Habt ihr auch regelmäßig neue Follower, angeblich weiblich mit aufreizendem Profilbild, die nur die große Liebe im Sinn haben?
Bin mir gar nicht sicher, ob ich so begehrenswert bin. 😅
#Fakeaccounts

Because I see more and more on here www.sciencealert.com/ai-faces-foo... #trolls #ai #fakeaccounts

AI Faces Fool Most of Us, But ...

#COTSI tracks real-time #prices for #fakeaccount #verifications on over 500 online #platforms: The index reveals a thriving #undergroundmarket for #fakeaccounts, with prices varying by country due to factors like #SIMcard #costs and #regulations. The research highlights the need for #SIMcardregulation and suggests that platforms should label #accountorigins to combat online #manipulation. https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/price-bot-army-global-index?eicker.news #tech #media #news

🤑💻 Oh, look! Yet another groundbreaking #exposé on the deep, dark web of fake accounts! Too bad you need to enable #JavaScript and #cookies to unlock the secrets of democracy's downfall. 🙄🔓 Spoiler: It's probably cheaper than your Starbucks addiction. ☕️
https://www.science.org/content/article/want-sway-election-here-s-how-much-fake-online-accounts-cost #fakeaccounts #darkweb #democracy #HackerNews #ngated

Want to sway an election? Here’s how much fake online accounts cost

https://www.science.org/content/article/want-sway-election-here-s-how-much-fake-online-accounts-cost

#HackerNews #fakeaccounts #electioninfluence #onlinepropaganda #misinformation #socialmedia

Lesenswerte Sonntagskolumne von @chrisstoecker

"Die EU sollte sich hier keinesfalls erpressen lassen. Was in den sozialen Medien derzeit passiert, ist weder harmlos noch irrelevant. Unsere Gesellschaften werden angegriffen, für kleines Geld und Bauernfängerei."

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/social-media-propaganda-demokratiezersetzung-als-billiglohn-job-kolumne-a-33964199-ac0f-4206-bf30-c134cb45e200

#FakeNews #Cryptoscam #Fakeaccounts

#mastodon ist schon populär genug für #fakeaccounts
#Scamp #Spam

KI-unterstütze Algorithmen müssten problemlos #FakeAccounts, aber auch diffamierende und beleidigende Inhalte erkennen und sperren können. Mir ist es unbegreiflich, warum #FakeProfile trotz Meldung wochenlang stehenbleiben und ich zahlreiche Nachfragen bekomme, ob ich inzwischen Finanzprodukte verticke. Die #TechKonzerne haben hier eine #Verantwortung zu übernehmen – oder der Gesetzgeber muss ran.

#Euro #cops take down #cybercrime network with 49 million #fakeaccounts

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/euro-cops-take-down-cybercrime-network-with-49-million-fake-accounts-621174

Massives SIM-Karten-Netzwerk mit 49 Millionen Fake-Accounts von Europol zerschlagen
Polizeikräfte aus mehreren europäischen Ländern und Europol haben ein internationales SIM-Farm-Netzwerk ausgehoben. Das Netzwerk unterstützte weltweit betrügerische Ak
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/massives-sim-karten-netzwerk-mit-49-millionen-fake-accounts-von-europol-zerschlagen/
#News #Tellerrand #Betrug #Cybercrime #Europa #Europol #FakeAccounts #Lettland #sterreich #Polizei #SIMBox #SIMKarten

@jkruse_de

Ja, da eskaliert jemand im #Fediversum. 💁‍♂️

Mit zahlreichen #FakeAccounts auf #Mastodon versuchte sich z.B. der antideutsche #Troll & Rechtsextremist #Weinthal , von dem sich auch schon das Generalkonsulat des Staates #Israel distanziert hatte.

Wie & wie lange wohl @TELawrence aktiv bleibt?

https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.nach-troll-angriffen-israel-verteidigt-michael-blume.1aaebdcc-d0d3-4a21-885d-8d4de599087e.html

I'm 17, built a face-verified social network to fight fake accounts

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whitelotus.social&hl=en_US

#HackerNews #I’m #17 #faceverification #socialnetwork #fakeaccounts #youthinnovation

 Scammers on Mastodon: Stop Falling for the Fake Verification Trap

https://jaimedavid.blog/2025/09/03/16/39/30/analysis/jaimedavid27/6448/scammers-on-mastodon-stop-falling-for-the-fake-verification-trap/

Reddit prüft, ob es World ID einsetzen wird!

#Reddit prüft #WorldID-Integration 👁️ Reddit denkt über den Einsatz von World ID nach, einem #IrisScan-basierten Verifizierungssystem von #SamAltman, um echte Nutzer.innen zu erkennen.

#Schutz vor KI-Fakes 🤖 Ziel ist es, die #Echtheit der #Nutzenden zu sichern und sich gegen #KI-generierte #FakeAccounts und Spam zu wappnen. (1/2)

Insane Fake Girl Bot on *Mastodon* takes shots at: William Gibson, Craig Newmark, Jeff “Dark Tangent” Moss, David Preiss, …

I can only think that because it’s such a small community on Mastodon it decided to go with spamming a list and it chose poorly.

#fakeAccounts #mastodon #spam

Social Media: Immer mehr Identitätsklau und Fake-Profile

Fake-Profile und Identitätsklau im Netz: Immer mehr Prominente sind davon betroffen, immer häufiger auch Journalistinnen und Experten. Sich zu wehren ist schwierig. Von Volker Hirth.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/social-media-identitaetsklau-fake-profile-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#FakeAccounts #Identitätsklau #SocialMedia #Instagram #META #Facebook #Betroffene #Schadensbilanz

I manually review accounts who want to follow me (too many bot and scam waves). I automatically reject empty accounts!

If you don't want to be mistaken for a fake account, fill out your profile, post something that shows you as a human, only then follow people. How to: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-customise-my-profile-how-do-i-upload-a-profile-banner-how-do-i-verify-my-account/

#profile #follow #following #accounts #fakeAccounts #spam #bots #Mastodon #HowTo #feditips