The decentralized social network Bluesky has updated its impersonation policy to fight fake accounts on the platform. Almost half of its top 100 accounts reported having at least one duplicate.
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YouTube has updated its impersonation policy which will roll out later this year. As per the new policy, fan channels should make it obvious that they don't represent the original creator or entity.
In what appears to be a revamped verification system for Twitter, Elon Musk hinted that his team will relaunch its paid verification service in a multicolored scheme, comprising three colors.
New Twitter owner Elon Musk is holding off on relaunching its paid verification service until significant impersonations stop. He originally announced that the service will return on November 29.
As Elon Musk's Twitter allows anyone to wear a blue tick for $8 a month, the company is aiming to prevent impersonations by permanently banning accounts that do not indicate that they are a parody.
According to WikiLeaks' latest report, the CIA used seemingly harmless domains as a facade to hide its 'Hive' communications platform that enabled the covert exfiltration of data from target machines.