Lead review
Declared bots score 20/100 · domain cluster · 5 accounts · 7 posts
View in 3D: where it comes from and what it is linked to
First seen Sat 14 Nov 13:12 UTC, last Sat 14 Nov 18:49 UTC. Linked: wv511.org 7
The accounts act together and look automated, but say so openly (e.g. weather or traffic alert bots). Disclosed automation is not inauthentic; a known-propaganda link would override this.
This is a lead for a human reviewer, not an accusation. Signals are measured; thresholds are starting values evaluated on the metrics page.
Account profiles fetched: 100%.
Nemotron investigation
Organic confidence high · recommended: no action
Five Bluesky accounts linked to wv511.org, West Virginia's official traveler information system, posting near-identical traffic advisories about two incidents: a signal not cycling on Willowdale Rd/Valley View Ave in Monongalia County, and a vehicle crash on WV-20 (Coalfield Trail) in Greenbrier County. The accounts present themselves as WVDOH-affiliated or automated 511 feeds.
Narrative: Routine public-safety traffic advisories from West Virginia's 511 traveler information system: a traffic signal malfunction on Willowdale Rd/Valley View Ave in Monongalia County and a vehicle crash on WV-20 (Coalfield Trail) in Greenbrier County, each linking to the corresponding event page on wv511.org.
Strongest innocent explanation considered: The accounts are official or affiliated feeds of the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) Transportation Management Center's 511 system. Several accounts explicitly declare themselves automated feeds in their bios, and all identify wv511.org as the state's free traveler information system. Multiple regional feeds from the same state system naturally pick up and post the same incidents, producing identical text and close timing without any inauthentic coordination.
- : A1 bio: "West Virginia's free traveler information system. Info provided by WVDOH Transportation Management Center" [A1]; A4 bio: "West Virginia's free traveler information system, info provided by WVDOH Transportation Management Center" [A4]; A3 and A5 bios explicitly state "*Automated feed. Monitored 7AM-5PM*" [A3, A5]; domain wv511.org registered 2010-01-22 via Network Solutions, LLC [W1, W2]; accounts aged 246-667 days with 23-142 followers and thousands of posts each [A1-A5]; 0% suspended/deleted, 0% new accounts, 0% low-reach [S:removed_accounts, S:new_accounts, S:low_reach]; domain not on propaganda lists [S:known_domains]; content is mundane, non-political traffic information.
Sources
| Domain | Trust | Why |
|---|---|---|
| wv511.org | high | Registered 2010-01-22 via Network Solutions, LLC [W1, W2]; not on VIGINUM/CheckFirst propaganda lists [S:known_domains]; pages identify the site as West Virginia's traveler information system operated by the WVDOH Transportation Management Center [W1, W2]; does not hide its content source. |
Independent news check
| Claim | Finding | Why | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Not Cycling on Willowdale Rd/Valley View Ave. Monongalia County | no coverage found | No independent coverage found; minor traffic signal malfunctions are typically not reported by news media. Absence of coverage is weak evidence and does not refute the claim. | Q1 |
| Vehicle Crash on WV-20 (4300 Coalfield Trail). Greenbrier County | no coverage found | No independent coverage found; individual vehicle crashes are typically not reported by news media. Absence of coverage is weak evidence and does not refute the claim. | Q2 |
- Q1 searched “Willowdale Rd Valley View Ave Monongalia County signal not cycling” (en): 0 articles
- Q2 searched “WV-20 Coalfield Trail vehicle crash Greenbrier County” (en): 0 articles
Evidence-backed claims
- Signal Not Cycling on Willowdale Rd/Valley View Ave. Monongalia County P1P2Q1
- Vehicle Crash on WV-20 (4300 Coalfield Trail). Greenbrier County P3P4P5Q2
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl-120b-a12b, prompt v6, Sat 13:29 UTC, 3 model calls, 65.5 s · 100% of its references checked against the evidence. Evidence ids: P post, A account, I image, V video, W web page, Q news search, N news article, S FactsLens signal.
Activity per minute
1 minutes, peak 7 posts in one minute.
Signals
| Category | Signal | Value | Threshold | Fired | What it means here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coordination | copy_paste | 100% | ≥ 50% | yes | 100% of posts repeat near-identical text from another account. |
| coordination | synchrony | 100% | ≥ 50% | yes | 100% of the activity happened within a single minute. |
| coordination | repetition | 1.4 | ≥ 2.0 | no | Each account posted this 1.4 times on average. |
| coordination | cross_cluster | 100% | ≥ 50% | yes | 100% of the accounts also appear in at least two other flagged clusters (24 h). |
| account | removed_accounts | 0% | ≥ 20% | no | 0% of the accounts are no longer served by Bluesky (suspended or deleted). |
| account | new_accounts | 0% | ≥ 50% | no | 0% of the accounts were created in the last 30 days. |
| account | creation_burst | 50% | ≥ 40% | yes | 50% of the accounts were created within the same 72 hours. |
| account | low_reach | 0% | ≥ 60% | no | 0% of the accounts have fewer than 10 followers. |
| account | empty_profiles | 0% | ≥ 50% | no | 0% of the accounts have no profile picture or no bio. |
| account | template_bios | 100% | ≥ 30% | yes | 100% of the accounts have a bio that near-duplicates another account's bio. |
| provenance | known_accounts | 0 | ≥ 1 | no | 0 account(s) are on IFTAS's public list of suspected Portal Kombat accounts. |
| provenance | listed_servers | 0% | ≥ 30% | no | 0% of the accounts are bridged from Mastodon servers on IFTAS's list. |
| provenance | known_domains | 0 | ≥ 1 | no | Links to 0 domain(s) on VIGINUM/CheckFirst propaganda lists. |
| provenance | pravda_sources | 0 | ≥ 1 | no | Links to 0 Telegram channel(s) that Pravda sites republish (a lead, not proof). |
| disclosure | declared_automation | 71% | ≥ 50% | yes | 71% of the accounts say in their profile that they are bots or automated feeds. |
Accounts (14)
Median account age: 282 days. Names are shown only for accounts on IFTAS's public list or already removed by Bluesky; reviewers see all.
| Account | Age (days) | Followers | Follows | Posts here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| account 1 | 282 | 35 | 14 | 6 | active |
| account 2 | 282 | 24 | 1 | 3 | active |
| account 3 | 282 | 23 | 1 | 1 | active |
| account 4 | 668 | 142 | 17 | 3 | active |
| account 5 | 246 | 39 | 13 | 1 | active |
| account 6 | 246 | 54 | 13 | 1 | active |
| account 7 | 282 | 25 | 1 | 1 | active |
| account 8 | 282 | 16 | 1 | 2 | active |
| account 9 | 246 | 40 | 13 | 1 | active |
| account 10 | 246 | 37 | 13 | 1 | active |
| account 11 | 282 | 11 | 1 | 1 | active |
| account 12 | 246 | 26 | 13 | 1 | active |
| account 13 | 282 | 19 | 1 | 2 | active |
| account 14 | 246 | 37 | 13 | 1 | active |
Clusters sharing accounts with this one (24 h)
Human review
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