Calling itself #AltGov, the network has developed a visible, public-facing presence in recent weeks through Bluesky accounts, most of which bear the names or initials of federal agencies, aimed at getting information out to the public – and correcting disinformation – about the chaos being unleashed by the Trump administration.
With 40 accounts to date, their collective megaphone is getting louder, as most of the accounts have tens of thousands of followers, with “Alt CDC (they/them)” being the largest, at nearly 95,000 followers.
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The #AltGov hashtag has roots in the first Trump administration, perhaps most famously through the “ALT National Park Service” account on what was then Twitter, according to Amanda Sturgill, journalism professor at Elon University, whose book We Are #AltGov: Social Media Resistance from the Inside documents the earlier phenomenon. (That account, with its 774,000 followers, has since moved to Bluesky. Its online presence is parallel to and separate from the #AltGov network.)
I have bsky account but haven’t had a reason to use it. Maybe this is it.
Elon university doesn’t sound too trustworthy :D
Deep State confirmed.
“Secret” things like this really should be invite only and not publicly shared
This is their public face and means of communicating to the world. I am sure their planning and organizing is being done as securely as they know how or are able, as evidenced by them having not been silenced, yet.
The altgov network could be using TOR to pass information and then publish it on Bluesky.
