Twitter Removes over 50,000 Misleading Ukraine Content

Twitter removed more than 50,000 pieces of content that broke its policy on manipulated media amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the platform announced Thursday.

The company said it has "labeled or removed" the misleading contents in addition to around 75,000 accounts for “inauthentic behavior” and spam.

These numbers include accounts associated with #IStandWithPutin, a hashtag that went viral last month thanks to a coordinated campaign of fake accounts.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Twitter posted safety tips in English, Russian and Ukrainian on how users can secure their accounts against hacking, and make sure their tweets are private.

On the other hand, Facebook has relaxed its violent speech policy to allow users call for death and aggression against Russians.

Reuters reported that Meta will let some Facebook and Instagram posts in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Poland call for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

“As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have temporarily made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules like violent speech such as ‘death to the Russian invaders,” Reuters quoted a Meta spokesperson as saying.