Russo-Ukraine War: In the wake of Russia’s crackdown on technological platforms amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Twitter of inc and meta platforms Facebook Posts have been removed from the Russian embassy in the United Kingdom about the bombing of a children’s hospital in Mariupol Denying violent incidents against breaking their own rules, the companies said Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that three people, including a child, were killed in an airstrike on Wednesday on a maternity and children’s hospital in the Ukrainian city.
Twitter Inc. removed false tweets from the account of the Russian embassy in London because it claimed that pictures of the bombing of a children’s and maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, were fake. The now-deleted tweets claimed that the hospital was “used by armed forces and radicals” and that an injured, pregnant woman photographed in the attack was an actor, according to screenshots published by . Guardian,
A Twitter spokesperson said, “We took enforcement action against the tweets you referenced because they were in violation of the Twitter Rules, specifically our hateful conduct and abusive behavior policies relating to the denial of violent incidents. “
Russia has changed its stance on the hospital bombing, with a mix of statements on Thursday that changed between aggressive denials and calls by the Kremlin to establish clear facts. Reuters report good.
Moscow has cracked down on tech platforms during its invasion of Ukraine in what it calls a “special operation”, including banning Twitter and blocking Meta-owned Facebook. Twitter has also launched a privacy-protected version of its site, known as an “onion service,” that can be accessed via the dark web and bypasses such restrictions.
Twitter said it has taken steps in the past weeks to stop the spread of false information on the war, such as blocking tweet recommendations and ads in Ukraine and Russia. Twitter has been banned in Russia in retaliation for blocking Russian state-owned media content on the service throughout the European Union.
(with inputs from agencies)
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