Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad

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misk@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
A cold take but soliciting donations by random anonymous social media accounts is very easily abused. I can believe there’s lots of spammers / scammers among them and they’ll cry foul same as any genuine charity.

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Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
They need to move to or at least join mastodon. Bluesky is corporate.

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gressen@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Since when The Guardian requires sign-in?

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- Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Wait until they require identity verification. 💀
  
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  - misk@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    That’s fine. I draw the line at acquiring DNA samples via butt probe /s
    
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