Ukraine's official Twitter account wants @Russia to be removed from the platform. YouTube is facing scrutiny for allowing a Russian broadcaster who is widely viewed as part of the country's propaganda machine to continue making money from ads on the video site. And TikTok, a service that didn't even exist during the 2014 crisis in Ukraine over Russia's annexation of Crimea, is now offering an unprecedented close-up of the front lines through videos — some authentic, others not.
Social media companies have in recent years grappled with how to handle misinformation and conspiracy theories about a pandemic, a fraught US presidential election and an insurrection, often while facing intense criticism from lawmakers for doing too little or too much. Now, the platforms are scrambling to confront a growing list of challenges, some of which appear to be almost unheard of in their histories, as war unfolds in Europe.
Twitter said the accounts were quickly restored. "Twitter's top priority is keeping people safe," Twitter spokesperson Trenton Kennedy said in a statement."As we do around major global events, our safety and integrity teams are monitoring for potential risks associated with the conflict to protect the health of the service, including identifying and disrupting attempts to amplify false and misleading information and to advance the speed and scale of our enforcement.
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