Seth CotlarJan 2, 2023
Get ready for the propaganda initiative in which Mastodon will be labeled a site for “groomers” and “pedophiles.” It’s the least creative messaging imaginable, but you know it’s only a matter of time before we hear it coming from Elon, Fox, Daily Wire, etc. FWIW, Human Events is a right wing rag with roots that stretch back to the Goldwater conservatism of the early 1960s. It was Reagan’s favorite source of information.
Show threadSeth CotlarJan 3, 2023
The former Infowars guy behind Macron Leaks and Pizzagate is now on the case. Given his ties with Bannon and Elon’s habit of interacting on friendly terms with him, I’d guess it’s only a matter of time before this becomes “the well known truth” in certain segments of Twitter land. And of course, real journalists will now be forced to discuss this.
Show threadDante Mercurio

@sethcotlar Kind of strange originating from a security publication house given the amount of infosec professionals on Mastodon. Not the writer of this article but some of the contributing authors are on here.

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Show threadSeth CotlarJan 3, 2023
@dantemercurio It could be a case of propagandists taking a complicated story and amplifying it in a simplified and self-serving manner. CP and other illegal activities are obviously matters that Mastodon instances will have to be mindful of and so it's worthy of a conversation amongst infosec people, but when it's taken out of that world of informed conversation and into the right wing ecosystem it can be turned into a simple story of "Mastodon = pedophiles."