Despite Tumblr having faded into the background in the social media landscape, the Internet Research Agency—the Russian entity that sought to sway the 2016 U.S. presidential election via social media—saw enough use in the microblogging platform to establish at least 84 accounts that were used in a “disinformation campaign.”
Tumblr revealed in a blog post that it discovered 84 accounts linked to the IRA last fall, which were being used to influence the election, adding, “After uncovering the activity, we notified law enforcement, terminated the accounts and deleted their original posts.
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