Social media platforms are scrambling to confront a growing list of challenges, some of which appear to be almost unheard of in their histories, as war unfolds in Europe. 9News
: "hey people, let's demand @Twitter to remove @Russia from here ... they should not be allowed to use these platforms to promote their image while brutally killing the Ukrainian people @TwitterSupport."
But given the life-or-death circumstances and Russia's history of deploying propaganda and covert online manipulation, the stakes are heightened.After Russia's invasion of Ukraine officially began, social media was flooded with photos of bombed out buildings, first-person accounts from Ukrainian civilians fleeing their homes, and even videos purporting to be from soldiers engaged in the fighting.
"In these moments, there is always going to be something that gets through unfortunately, so I think ... the platforms being as transparent as they can be is very important."parent company Meta both told CNN Business that they have teams monitoring for misinformation, coordinated inauthentic behaviour and other potential issues related to the conflict.TikTok did not respond to requests for comment about its response to the war on their platforms.
But the company did spin up a new feature that allows users in Ukraine to lock their profiles for "an extra layer of privacy and security protection.""We have established a Special Operations Center to respond to activity across our platform in real time," Meta spokesperson Dani Lever told CNN Business on Thursday.
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