Dear pandoramachine,
As part of our commitment to transparency, we want you to know
that we uncovered and terminated 84 accounts linked to Internet Research
Agency or IRA (a group closely tied to the the Russian government)
posing as members of the Tumblr community.
The IRA engages in electronic disinformation and propaganda
campaigns around the world using phony social media accounts. When we
uncovered these accounts, we notified law enforcement, terminated the
accounts, and deleted their original posts.
While investigating their activity on Tumblr, we discovered that
you either followed one of these accounts linked to the IRA, or liked
or reblogged one of their posts:
- mooseblogtimes
You aren’t in trouble, and don’t need to take any action if you don’t want to.
We deleted the accounts but decided to leave up any reblog chains so
that you can curate your own Tumblr to reflect your own personal views
and perspectives.
Democracy requires transparency and an informed electorate and
we take our disclosure responsibility very seriously. We’ll be
aggressively watching for disinformation campaigns in the future, take
the appropriate action, and make sure you know about it.
— Tumblr
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