Mar 19, 2022

How Kremlin accounts manipulate Twitter

The Russian Government has a huge network of official Twitter accounts - the BBC found more than 100 of them. Many of the accounts are labelled as Russian Government organisations by Twitter. On 28 February, Twitter announced it would prevent tweets from Russian state-affiliated media outlets from being eligible for "Amplification" - meaning they wouldn't be recommended in the Home timeline, notifications, and other places on Twitter. There are many other examples of Russian disinformation still up on the Russian government's Twitter accounts. "We'll be expanding our government account labels to additional Russian embassies to add context for people interacting with these accounts on Twitter.

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