10:18, 18 марта 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Ruslan KHARIZOV
The social network Twitter has deleted about 50,000 materials about the events in Ukraine with inaccurate or unreliable information. The company’s Vice President for Public Policy Sinéad McSweeney reported.
The number of content that is misleading or contains inaccurate information has increased recently, she said.
«In line with our synthetic and manipulated media policy, we have labeled or removed more than 50,000 pieces of content and have permanently suspended more than 75,000 accounts,» the statement says.
She also told about the social network’s innovations, which were decided to be introduced against the backdrop of the escalating situation in Ukraine. In particular, Twitter has started adding labels to the accounts of a number of state-run media outlets in Belarus and Ukraine.
Situation in Ukraine remains complicated. Fighting continues. Russia started a special military operation on February 24, 2022. The number of military and civilian casualties continues to grow. Many states have imposed and continue to impose severe sanctions on Russia.