• @hedgehog@ttrpg.network
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    35 months ago

    To summarize, since the article headline is a bit misleading and the autotldr comment was garbage:

    At least 33 times, shortly after the “Libs of Tiktok” X account posted about an accusation about a particular school, hospital, government office, small business, etc., that place received a threat of some kind. 21 of those threats were bomb threats.

    Detectives, police officers, and government officials find the timing of the threats suspicious and believe they might have been issued by supporters of the account. When NBC News asked about this, Raichik, who runs the Libs of Tiktok account, declined to respond, but referenced the communication on X with a yawning emoji, dismissing such claims, stating that the threats were by people seeking to paint her as an extremist and discredit her.

    Three of the threats have resulted in prosecutors pursuing charges.

    The article also gives some other info on Raichik and the account:

    • EM unbanned the account and he regularly engages with and boosts the account’s posts
    • “Raichik was appointed to the Oklahoma Department of Education’s Library Media Advisory Committee by Superintendent Ryan Walters” earlier this year
    • Konstantine Anthony received violent threats by email within an hour of Libs of Tiktok featuring him