Are you running an open registration mastodon instance?
Have you dealt with local accounts being reported for Russian troll farm or misinformation activity?
You NEED to look at more than just those accounts.
For each one that is getting reported, there are probably a dozen that do not. Once the troll farms get one in and that lasts a while, they'll come back and make more. Lots more.
🧵 1/5
That "el" person on IRC
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2026-03-20 00:25:56 UTC
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2026-03-20 00:25:56 UTCEvent JSON
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