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They've echoed Putin's pretexts for the invasion, including false allegations that Ukraine is conducting a genocide against Russian speakers and that NATO is to blame for the conflict, said Nina Jankowicz of the Wilson Center.

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State media has played an important role in promoting the Kremlin's version of events in Ukraine to an international audience of millions, not only on internet platforms including Facebook and YouTube, but also on TV and radio stations in many countries. Technology TikTok sees a surge of misleading videos that claim to show the invasion of Ukraine 'So if you really want to dent their ability to shape perceptions, you need to eliminate the entire ecosystem, or mute it to some degree,' he said. He said state-backed outlets like RT and Sputnik play key roles in creating and disseminating pro-Kremlin propaganda, which can then be further seeded across the internet by fake accounts, bots and online trolls. Over the weekend, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter took down accounts involved in a Russian-linked disinformation campaign and a separate hacking attack on prominent Ukrainians.īut those cloak-and-dagger tactics are only part of Russia's playbook, said Clint Watts, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and former FBI special agent who has long tracked Russia's influence operations.

Major social media platforms have become quicker and more effective at spotting and removing Russian interference efforts, in contrast to how they were caught off-guard during the 2016 U.S. Technology Facebook, YouTube and Twitter remove disinformation targeting Ukraine Russian state media broadcasts propaganda to millions of followersĮven as tech companies face Russia's ire, they are also under pressure from Western governments and civil society groups to act aggressively against Russian propaganda and disinformation. The poll found 31% of respondents said they used Instagram, 14% TikTok, 9% Facebook and 3% Twitter. A poll from the independent Levada Center last year found YouTube was the most popular foreign internet platform in Russia, with 35% of respondents saying they used it. The tech companies don't disclose how many of Russia's estimated 113 million internet users are on their services. On Tuesday, Russia's internet regulator demanded that Meta, YouTube and TikTok lift their blocks on RT and Sputnik in Europe, saying they amounted to open censorship. Russia has previously throttled Twitter, and fined Meta and Google, for not taking down posts the government said were illegal. Over the weekend, Twitter said its service was also being restricted in the country.

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