On the night of February 22, some Ukrainian social media accounts shared images from the eastern Donbas and Luhansk regions. Videos of Russian helicopters advancing to Crimea and tanks approaching the border were removed by Twitter and accounts were suspended. Users expressed their complaints with their tweets.
The platform apologized, saying that it “accidentally” removed these posts. He also shared tips on how to restore the accounts and ensure the security of the accounts. Here are the details…
Twitter apologized and tweeted in Ukrainian
Most of the accounts suspended from the night of February 22 included members of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) struggling to disprove fake news and allegations. Kyle Glen, an OSINT researcher, shared a tweet saying he was suspended from his account for 12 hours. The researcher, whose account was suspended 2 times without specifying the reason, shared a screenshot of this under his tweet series.
Users whose accounts were suspended, initially reported that their account or posts were reported While they might think so, Yoel Roth, Head of Site Integrity at Twitter, said it wasn’t. This was a fault of the human moderators, who judged shared posts as ‘proactive about manipulated media’. Twitter spokesperson Elizabeth Busby said:
“We proactively monitor emerging narratives that violate our policies. In this case, we took enforcement action on a series of faulty accounts. We are quickly reviewing these actions. We have proactively re-enabled access to a number of affected accounts. Claims that the errors were the result of a coordinated bot campaign or collective reporting are untrue.”
Twitter spokesperson Elizabeth Busby
Saying that this is a mistake, Twitter also shared Ukrainian tips on how to provide account security to users in a tweet she shared. Social media accounts sharing news and images in Ukraine may also be in danger, as they have been cyber-attacked with the impact of the events.
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