Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation

BBC News debunks several disinformation narratives making the rounds on Twitter - amplified in particular by paid "blue check" accounts: - Weapons for Ukraine not used in French riots - No evidence of 'baby factories' in Ukraine - Kramatorsk missile not Ukrainian - Zelensky has not cancelled elections
Title: Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation
URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66113460
Publisher: BBC News
Date published: July 8, 2023
Description:

BBC News debunks several disinformation narratives making the rounds on Twitter – amplified in particular by paid “blue check” accounts:

– Weapons for Ukraine not used in French riots
– No evidence of ‘baby factories’ in Ukraine
– Kramatorsk missile not Ukrainian
– Zelensky has not cancelled elections

Title: Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation
URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66113460
Publisher: BBC News
Date published: July 8, 2023
Description:

BBC News debunks several disinformation narratives making the rounds on Twitter – amplified in particular by paid “blue check” accounts:

– Weapons for Ukraine not used in French riots
– No evidence of ‘baby factories’ in Ukraine
– Kramatorsk missile not Ukrainian
– Zelensky has not cancelled elections

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