Twitter Blue Accounts Are Spreading Misinformation About The War In Ukraine
Twitter Blue Accounts Are Spreading Misinformation About The War In Ukraine
Twitter Blue is currently trending with such disinformation and misinformation. … [+]The result of the changes in the verification process which began this year. (Photo by Getty Images/STR/NurPhoto)
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Twitter Blue users may have a tendency to spread false information about the conflict in Ukraine. The BBC reported that some of the most false and misleading posts about the conflict are being shared by subscribers with the blue checkmark – those who pay for their content to be promoted to other users.
Among the misinformation/disinformation that has gained steam on the social media platform include reports that weapons for Ukraine are being used in the riots in France, that Ukraine has “baby factories” where children are bred to have their organs harvested and sold in the West or are sent to “child sex brothels” or that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has “canceled” elections in his nation.