@leanderlindahl @lexinova The mastodon.social account *was* legitimate, and has been migrated to @HennaVirkkunen. All people who were following on mastodon.social have been moved to follow that account.

@leanderlindahl @lexinova @hennavirkkunen I don't think the link being mislabeled "Patreon” means it’s definitely not her. It could just be an error. But it does cast some doubt.

@leanderlindahl @lexinova @hennavirkkunen Direct confirmation or verification would be ideal. I will add that there is no other account known to mastodon.social with that name, that also claims to be her.

@lexinova @leanderlindahl @hennavirkkunen Multiple reputable news sources (including Die Zeit) picked it up from DPA, which appears to be the German equivalent of the US Associated Press. The DPA say they were told this directly by the EU Commission. Here's a link to Die Zeit's article:

https://www.zeit.de/news/2026-01/13/trotz-kritik-an-x-eu-spitzenvertreter-nicht-bei-mastodon

It's the same article; all the outlets ran the DPA news unchanged.

@leanderlindahl @lexinova @hennavirkkunen Here is another article referencing this:

https://www.gmx.net/magazine/digital/trotz-kritik-x-eu-spitzenvertreter-mastodon-41782668