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Suspicious score 90/100 · text cluster · 4 accounts · 4 posts

TierSuspicious

Current assessment

Accounts4

Linked profiles

Posts4

Observed activity

First seenSat 14 Nov

14:48 UTC

My 5-year-old son Mohammed should be playing, not fighting an injury. Life in Gaza makes his recovery so hard. I need your empathy, your donation, your share. Link on my page.

View in 3D: where it comes from and what it is linked to

Part of a campaign: FactsLens campaign report (40 clusters, 23 accounts), linked by Nemotron.

First seen Sat 14 Nov 14:48 UTC, last Sat 14 Nov 15:05 UTC. Languages: ar 4

Coordinated activity by accounts with several signs of being inauthentic.

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

Staged confidence high · recommended: human review

Four accounts post verbatim text claiming a 5-year-old son Mohammed is injured in Gaza and asking for empathy, donations, and shares, with a promised link on the poster's page.

Narrative: A first-person donation appeal for an injured child in Gaza, repeated word-for-word across four accounts.

Strongest innocent explanation considered: A genuine parent or independent supporters sharing a personal appeal for help for an injured child in Gaza.

S:copy_paste = 100%: all four posts repeat near-identical text (P1-P4)
S:new_accounts = 50% and S:creation_burst = 50%: A1 and A4 created 9 days ago within the same 72 hours (A1, A4)
S:empty_profiles = 100%: all accounts have no bio and no profile picture or bio (A1-A4)
S:cross_cluster = 100%: all accounts appear in at least two other flagged clusters within 24 hours (A1-A4)
S:low_reach = 75%: three accounts have fewer than 10 followers (A1, A3, A4)

Manipulation techniques

Technique	Exact words	Why	Post
loaded_language	“My 5-year-old son Mohammed should be playing, not fighting an injury”	Frames the child as a victim denied a normal childhood to elicit sympathy.	P1
loaded_language	“I need your empathy, your donation, your share”	Direct emotional appeal combining guilt, urgency, and a call to amplify.	P1
fear_appeal	“Life in Gaza makes his recovery so hard”	Invokes hardship in Gaza to pressure readers into donating.	P1

Sources

Domain	Trust	Why
none	unknown	No URLs appear in any post; the text says 'Link on my page' but the linked-pages section is empty (P1-P4) No domain age, registrar, or propaganda-list check is possible because no link was posted

Independent news check

Claim	Finding	Why	Sources
A 5-year-old son named Mohammed is injured in Gaza and needs donations	no coverage found	No independent outlet covers this specific child or appeal. Searches in English (Q1, Q2) and Arabic (Q4) returned no articles. One related result (Q3, N1) is a DW News report about meningitis among children in Gaza, which does not mention Mohammed, this appeal, or Bluesky. Absence of coverage is weak evidence and does not verify or debunk the claim.	Q1Q2Q3Q4N1

Q1 searched “"5-year-old" son Mohammed Gaza injury donation empathy share” (en): 0 articles
Q2 searched “Mohammed Gaza child injured donation appeal "link on my page"” (en): 0 articles
Q3 searched “Gaza child donation appeal Bluesky” (en): 1 articles
- N1 Facebook: MENINGITIS SPREADS AMONG CHILDREN IN GAZA Overcrowded hospitals and displacement camps are contributing to the spread of meningitis among children in Gaza. #DWNews (2026-11-09)
Q4 searched “غزة طفل تبرع إصابة” (en): 0 articles

Evidence-backed claims

A 5-year-old son named Mohammed is injured in Gaza and needs donations Q1Q2Q3Q4N1S:copy_paste

nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl-120b-a12b, prompt v6, Sat 16:04 UTC, 5 model calls, 80.8 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

18 minutes, peak 1 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	25%	≥ 50%	no	25% of the activity happened within a single minute.
coordination	repetition	1.0	≥ 2.0	no	Each account posted this 1.0 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	50%	≥ 50%	yes	50% 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	75%	≥ 60%	yes	75% of the accounts have fewer than 10 followers.
account	empty_profiles	100%	≥ 50%	yes	100% of the accounts have no profile picture or no bio.
account	template_bios	0%	≥ 30%	no	0% 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	0%	≥ 50%	no	0% of the accounts say in their profile that they are bots or automated feeds.

Accounts (4)

Median account age: 788 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	9	0	2	1	active
account 2	788	10	128	1	active
account 3	798	2	100	1	active
account 4	9	0	3	1	active

Clusters sharing accounts with this one (24 h)

Tier	Kind	Shared message or link	Shared accounts
Suspicious	text	Please see my son Mohammed, 5, injured in Gaza. I've done all I can, and it isn't enough. I need you	4
Suspicious	text	Mohammed is only 5, and he was hurt in Gaza. I'm a mother doing everything for him, but it isn't eno	4
Suspicious	text	My son Mohammed is just 5 and carries wounds no child should. Treatment in Gaza is hard to reach and	4
Suspicious	text	My son Mohammed, 5, was injured in Gaza and lives in constant pain. We can't afford the treatment he	4
Suspicious	text	Mohammed, my 5-year-old, was injured in Gaza and still needs proper care. Every day without it hurts	4
Suspicious	text	I'm a mother in Gaza asking for help for my injured son Mohammed, 5. His treatment costs more than w	4
Suspicious	repost	at://did:plc:tvlv54cckwojmjecn2cz2hwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3n27l2ci2fc2u	4
Suspicious	repost	at://did:plc:kjzab2os2aey7xojrxznl23w/app.bsky.feed.post/3n27lcn2yms2d	4
Suspicious	text	After his injury in Gaza, little Mohammed, 5, needs ongoing care. Our savings are gone. I need your	4
Suspicious	text	Every night in Gaza, my little Mohammed struggles with the pain of his injury. I can't ease it alone	4
Suspicious	text	💔 I wish I could take my son's pain away, but all I can do is search for help. He urgently needs tre	3
Suspicious	repost	at://did:plc:hbp4wlzbykzwnso53quqpz37/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzkkgi3wmc26	3

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