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Twitter has removed about 50,000 materials related to the events in Ukraine and containing “inaccurate or inaccurate information,” Sinead McSweeney, the company’s vice president of public policy, said on her page on the social network.
She stressed that Twitter has recently seen an increase in content that is “misleading or contains inaccurate information.” In particular, according to her, “old videos about past conflicts are being distributed as if these events were taking place in Ukraine.”
McSweeney added that over 75,000 accounts have been permanently banned as a result.
In addition, she said that Twitter added notes to tweets that contain links to materials from Russian state media. “We have taken steps to add context and limit their reach,” the vice president said. The company estimates that more than 61,000 unique tweets have been tagged since February 28, resulting in a 30% reduction in coverage of Russian state media content.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.” In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, EU, UK, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.
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Source: Rosbalt
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