Commandeered Facebook accounts are a disinformation spewing machine.
This showed up in my timeline yesterday and I felt compelled to respond. The account reposting this conspiracy meme belonged to a former shipmate. It’s bad enough when you see that relative reposting some crazy conspiracy content. But where do *they* get it from? Turns out it may be coming from their friends’ compromised accounts. Sometimes it’s not super obvious… but sometimes it is.
http://thepacketrat.com/2024/10/09/commandeered-facebook-accounts-are-a-disinformation-spewing-machine/
Sean Gallagher :verified: 🐀 :donor:
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