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Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com) Publishes Fake Articles About Linux and About (for) 'Linux' Foundation Openwashing

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 14, 2025

Brittany Day is at it again, even twice on the same day:

Notice that this one is search engine-optimised (SEO) for "security" something, but it's not real:

Words salad made by a bot days after an important release.

And some likely plagiarised (by scanning real articles) "content" about the 'Linux' Foundation:

Throw in some "security" slant for SEO:

This is what's killing the Web even faster. Some people cannot distinguish and Google might direct searchers towards plagiarism with errors, not accurate originals. In other words, rewarding cheaters and LLM slop. This lessens the incentive to produce good journalism. █

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