In an effort to make people’s safety a priority amid the military conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Twitter temporarily suspended the display of ads on its platform in both countries
The The company reported that the ads could distract users from critical information.
“We temporarily paused ads in Ukraine and Russia to ensure critical public safety information is elevated and not subtracted by ads. value,” Twitter said in a statement on Friday.
In addition, the social network revealed that it had also “paused some Tweet recommendations from people you don’t follow on Home Timeline to reduce the spread of abusive content.”
Furthermore, Twitter announced that it was “proactively reviewing tweets to detect platform manipulation (or other inauthentic behavior)” and was cracking down on “synthetic media.” and manipulated” that provide a “false or misleading representation” of the conflict in Ukraine.
The company also indicated that it would match employee donations to Ukrainian refugees.
It also reported that it was “actively monitoring high-profile vulnerable accounts, including journalists, activists, and government officials and agencies to mitigate any attempts at acquisition or targeted manipulation”.
Twitter made these announcements in three languages: English, Russian and Ukrainian.
The change in Twitter’s policy comes as the Russian military operation in Ukraine enters its third day.
Twitter is not the only social network to announce changes amid the Ukraine-Russia conflict, with Facebook making it known on Friday that it would ban Russian state media from advertising or monetizing their content on its platform in response to attacks. attacks against Ukraine.
For its part, the Russian media regulator, Roskomnadzor, announced this week that access to Facebook would be restricted in the country after Moscow accused it and its parent company Meta of violating “fundamental human rights” and Russian law with its censorship of Russian media organizations.
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