Tumblr Finally Breaks Its Silence on Russian Propaganda
Tumblr Finally Breaks Its Silence on Russian Propaganda
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
March 27, 20185m 42s
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After months of silence, Tumblr Friday released a list of 84 usernames and their aliases that it says were connected to "state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda campaigns." It's the first time the company has publicly acknowledged what journalists and researchers have known now for months: Russian trolls also used Tumblr to spread their divisive memes and gifs, reportedly to the tune of hundreds of thousands of interactions.
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