Tech companies have taken unprecedented steps to crack down on war disinformation. But more than a dozen YouTube and Twitter accounts tied to individuals and entities on the sanctions list espoused many Kremlin talking points — largely unfettered.
Pushilin and the Donetsk People’s Republic are on the U.S. government’s sanctions list, a designation that bars Americans from doing business with them and limits their economic activity. But they have powerful perches across American social media platforms, including Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, where they’re helping Russia spread the false narrative that the war will protect the people of Ukraine and that the country welcomes its invaders.
YouTube, which is a subsidiary of Google, disabled several of the accounts identified by The Post on Wednesday afternoon. For years, sites like Facebook and YouTube have faced questions about what limits to impose on controversial or even sanctioned leaders, like Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran. These questions are more urgent in war.
Sanctions experts say there’s been little government action to clarify what responsibility tech companies have to remove accounts or posts from people and organizations on the U.S. sanctions list, placing the subject in a legal gray zone. Limiting those communications could run afoul of laws to protect free speech.
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