JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Facebook on Wednesday (March 16) eliminated official Russian posts that falsely claimed stories of Russia bombing a kids’s hospital in Ukraine have been a hoax, an organization spokesperson mentioned, at the same time as related messages appeared on different social media platforms.
The misinformation, on Russian Embassy Twitter, Facebook and Telegram accounts, circulated even after Twitter Inc and Meta Platform’s Facebook took down posts from the Russian Embassy within the United Kingdom for breaking their guidelines in opposition to denying violent occasions, an Israeli watchdog discovered.
A survey by the watchdog, FakeReporter, and verified by Reuters confirmed the posts have been nonetheless circulated on not less than 18 Russian Embassy or ministry Twitter, Facebook and Telegram accounts.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed the corporate eliminated the posts after Reuters contacted them early on Wednesday.
Twitter and Telegram didn’t reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.
Russian embassies in Costa Rica, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico and Tunisia didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark about their postings on Facebook.
At least three individuals together with a toddler have been killed within the March 9 air strike on the maternity and youngsters’s hospital within the Ukrainian metropolis of Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned.
Russia has shifted its stance over the hospital bombing, with a mixture of statements on Thursday that veered between aggressive denials and a name by the Kremlin to determine clear details.
The Defence Ministry on the time denied having bombed the hospital, accusing Ukraine of staging the incident.
The posts on official Russian social media accounts claimed stories of the bombing have been a hoax.
Moscow has cracked down on tech platforms through the invasion of Ukraine, which it calls a “special operation,”together with limiting Twitter and blocking Facebook.
Twitter has additionally launched a privacy-protected model of its web site, often called an “onion service”, which will be accessed by way of the darkish net and will bypass such restrictions.
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