Post by @iftas@mastodon.iftas.org

IFTAS has now observed and reported over 4,000 inauthentic accounts created by the Portal Kombat/Matryoshka disinfo #FIMI team. This number is just the accounts manually observed and verified by humans.

Could be there's twice as many, ten times as many, who knows?

Each account spews non-stop automated slopaganda and inauthentic boosts.

Roughly 65% of our reports are acted on.

In other words, huge volumes of unchecked spam federating around the web.

Learn more: https://about.iftas.org/library/suspected-portal-kombat-accounts/

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Contacted 249
DNIorAUD 1250
False Positive 15
HTTP Error 202
Limited 57
Suspended 2238
New 0
Total 4012
Mitigated 2455
% Mitigated 61.19%
% DNIorAUD 31.16%
% Pending 6.21%
% False Positive 0.37% — Contacted 249 DNIorAUD 1250 False Positive 15 HTTP Error 202 Limited 57 Suspended 2238 New 0 Total 4012 Mitigated 2455 % Mitigated 61.19% % DNIorAUD 31.16% % Pending 6.21% % False Positive 0.37%

🟢 Fully 65.04%
🔵 Mostly 7.08%
🟡 Somewhat 4.87%
🟠 Poor 3.54%
🔴 Unresponsive 19.47% — 🟢 Fully 65.04% 🔵 Mostly 7.08% 🟡 Somewhat 4.87% 🟠 Poor 3.54% 🔴 Unresponsive 19.47%

#fimi

rzeta0

@rzeta0@mastodon.ie 1 hour ago

@iftas

is this where we can report #zionist admins and instances that crush anti-#genocide voices?

* taking down posts

* limiting accounts to reduce visibility and followership

* suspending accounts without due process

* ignoring GDPR requests for those based in the EU

* censoring content even if it is reported on regulated national news channels or newspapers, or discussed by world-class scholars and journalists

yes, #mastodon admins are a threat actor too

IFTAS

@iftas@mastodon.iftas.org 1 hour ago

@rzeta0 no, this activity covers the harms listed at https://about.iftas.org/library/social-web-information-sharing-and-analysis-centre-sw-isac/#Scoped_Activities

Your concerns are more likely represented by the FediBlock tag or group discussions with other service providers about federation in general.

mekhos

@mekhos@mastodon.social 1 hour ago

@iftas Such important work to make this a constructive place to hang out. Thank you!

Evan Prodromou

@evan@cosocial.ca 3 hours ago

@iftas forgive me for being dumb, but: would shared user blocklists help here?

IFTAS

@iftas@mastodon.iftas.org 3 hours ago

@evan this is what prompted the creation of the Abandoned / Unmonitored Domain denylist, so yes, IFTAS believes it would help tremendously.

Specific account denylists could also be created, this is not something IFTAS plans on taking on.

https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/

Evan Prodromou

@evan@cosocial.ca 3 hours ago

@iftas excellent, thx

Evan Prodromou

@evan@cosocial.ca 3 hours ago

@iftas excellent, thx

IFTAS

@iftas@mastodon.iftas.org 4 hours ago

Here's an example of what we're monitoring from the overdue reports:

Overdue Accounts Overdue All Active All Known Suspended Limited

crazylab.online 24 27 46 19 0
burma.social 12 33 36 3 0
social.ludepress.com 12 12 29 17 0
imastodon.blue 11 12 77 65 0
alive.bar 9 28 34 6 19
mastoturk.org 8 8 81 73 0
na.social 7 7 28 21 0
noc.social 7 7 7 0 0
todon.ploud.fr 5 144 144 0 0
mikumikudance.cloud 4 11 13 2 0 — Overdue Accounts Overdue All Active All Known Suspended Limited crazylab.online 24 27 46 19 0 burma.social 12 33 36 3 0 social.ludepress.com 12 12 29 17 0 imastodon.blue 11 12 77 65 0 alive.bar 9 28 34 6 19 mastoturk.org 8 8 81 73 0 na.social 7 7 28 21 0 noc.social 7 7 7 0 0 todon.ploud.fr 5 144 144 0 0 mikumikudance.cloud 4 11 13 2 0

utzer

@utzer@f.utzer.de 3 hours ago

@iftas are these the Russian propaganda accounts I see in my timeline all the time? Sharing stuff like Ukrainian soldier surrendering turns out to be a pregnant woman?

IFTAS

@iftas@mastodon.iftas.org 3 hours ago

@utzer could be, feel free to share some accounts for us to review.

You can see examples of the accounts at https://about.iftas.org/library/suspected-portal-kombat-accounts/

IFTAS

@iftas@mastodon.iftas.org 3 hours ago

@utzer just happened to review that particular post. Yes, that is one of those accounts.

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