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Fake CBC ads have flooded X with sketchy headlines. We looked for the source (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 2 days ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Ads featuring fake CBC articles have inundated the social media platform X in recent weeks. The ads are designed to lure Canadians into a sophisticated scam that uses Russian internet infrastructure, CBC News has found.

CBC News' visual investigations unit has investigated both the internet infrastructure behind the ads β€” leading from a Barrie, Ont., provider, to the Netherlands, to Russia β€” as well as the spoofed accounts from local businesses sharing the ads.

Dozens of accounts on X, formerly Twitter, have shared the ads, which often feature sensationalist headlines focusing on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre or NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like X is a security threat. We should ban it.

[–] Slax@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Add it to the list. Definitely changing my blocklist on pihole/adguard