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Tumblr Takes Down 84 Russia-Linked Accounts (thehill.com)
On Friday, Tumblr said it has taken down 84 accounts used by Russia to spread disinformation ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The accounts were reportedly linked to the Russian troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency. The Hill reports: Special counsel Robert Mueller last month indicted 13 Russians and three Russian entities associated with the Internet Research Agency who are accused of orchestrating an elaborate plot to spread divisive messages to U.S. audiences on social media ahead of the election. The individuals face multiple charges, including identity theft and bank fraud. Tumblr said in a statement Friday that it provided information on the 84 Russia-linked accounts from its investigation to the Justice Department. Tumblr said the Russia-linked accounts were solely focused on spreading disinformation by posting "organic content." The company found no indication that the accounts purchased any advertisements. The platform says it will notify any users who interacted with the accounts and provide them with a list of usernames they engaged with. Tumblr also disclosed that it will keep a public record of usernames linked to the Internet Research Agency or other state-sponsored disinformation efforts for the sake of transparency.
So 84 accounts out of 345 million registered? Nothing in other words.
Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
You have no idea what sort of evil they were up to. They were probably claiming something horrible on Tumblr, like saying there are only two genders.
Can you even imagine how much that would disrupt Tumblr?
There's nearly 400 MILLION accounts on tumblr.
*400, MILLION*
So it's newsworthy that 80 accounts 'linked to Russians' were closed? Really? Really? For goodness sakes, there's over 300,000,000 Americans, there's 6 (7?) Billion people on the planet.
There's VPN providers in Russia, when the figure is as low as 84 people, it could literally, literally be Americans just using a VPN or proxy because they're paranoid, coming out of a Russian IP. Christ, it could be 84 Americans who've moved to Russia?
Maybe it's just 84 citizens?
When, WHEN, *WHEN* will the @#$%^ing Russia articles stop on this website? It's this endless braying of Russia Russia Russia! with exceedingly little convincing evidence of anything. *Even if there was* I've no doubt the American govt would've done the same thing historically.
I come to slashdot for technology news, not politics. I'm *NOT* American, no I wouldn't have voted for Trump, I would've voted for Bernie.
Another day, another person, entirely focused on politics, unable to detach politics from everything else in society, has to spam their stuff here, to try to rustle up feathers.
Seriously, I'd be better off hitting /homelab /linux /hardware /android etc on Reddit at this point. Can someone, in some position, stop this shit? It's fucking daily and 2/3 of them are barely tech related.
So when Tumblr says that
"...it will keep a public record of usernames linked to the Internet Research Agency or other state-sponsored disinformation efforts",
does that include those used by the FBI, NSA, and/or CIA, or is it just those evil foreigners?
Go on, citizen, stamp the vote card. R or D, your choice.
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The bigger news is that Tumblr assumed their nationality.
My God, it's Full of Source!
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Because it's the dumbest conspiracy theory of all time, and the one with the most plot holes. Why would Russia try to get either party in the White House when both parties have been anti-Russian for a century. How is it that Putin was able to see years in advance that an asshole gameshow host could be president, yet completely unable to anticipate any blowback. Why would anyone bother with a dozen Twitter trolls trying to make ad revenue for a few thousand dollars in an election that cost the better part of ten billion dollars.
You got punked on Iraq, and you couldn't wait to get punked again.
Somebody pointed that out to Podesta on Meet the Press, iirc. Asked him how the Ruskies knew to target swing states, but the Hillary campaign did not. She just took for granted that she would win states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Iowa and didn't bother to campaign in them - that went to Trump. Hell, she nearly lost Minnesota as well.
Russiagate is nothing more than a sad, sad attempt to excuse Hillary losing the most winnable election in history.
This is like asking how Trump's Twitter account can have any influence or power at all when it's just one single account out of 330 million active users.
These accounts are just entry points for fake news, memes and propaganda. What matters is not how many there are, but how far their messages spread and the influence they had. The number of accounts tells you nothing.
That's why social media is such a powerful tool. That's why Russia uses it. That's why western governments use it too - don't forget that the original leak about this stuff was from GCHQ. If you think it has no effect you are just opening yourself and your country up to manipulation by anyone who understands it.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Because the left _Must_ push the russia narrative. it's all they have.
Well, that and 22 indictments with 5 guilty pleas so far. But keep telling yourself that there's nothing there.