Twitter to Show Warnings on Russian Media’s Tweets

The echoes of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine still continue on social media. Many companies began to impose sanctions against Russia. With a statement made by Apple yesterday, sales of Apple products in Russia have stopped and some services will be unavailable. was announced. Electronic Arts also sanctioned of the app Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Federov gave a message to all gaming and e-sports companies in the world. had called.

Twitter also did not remain silent about this invasion and blocked its platform in Russia. had brought. Today, taking a new step, Twitter started to show a warning in the shares of Russian media channels.

Warning due to ‘risk of misinformation’

The Californian social media platform, just as it warned its users about channels that made ‘false information’ during the pandemic, this time about Russian media outlets. started to warn. In their statement, the authorities said that since the beginning of the invasion, media outlets from Russia have received an average of daily average daily rates. 45 thousand tweets were sent explained. These tweets are on social media.perception manipulation‘ and explaining that it may cause information pollution and therefore they should warn users, the authorities offered this feature to its users today.

This system of Twitter matches the links shared by the media and users with the news sites of the Russian media, and below these links. “Be aware. This tweet is linked to a Russian website.” makes the warning appear.

Twitter is also one of the Russian media outlets that share too much. hide some of your posts and that they aim to prevent information pollution on the internet.

After this new sanction of Twitter, many Russian media outlets shared their posts. Telegram and VK He started adding links to platforms such as