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Twitter Deletes Russia Statement On Hospital Bombing by Johnlegacy57: 8:27pm On Mar 11, 2022 |
Twitter has removed two posts by the Russian
embassy in London which claimed the bombing
of a Ukrainian hospital by Russian forces had
been faked.
The Mariupol hospital was attacked on
Wednesday, leaving three people dead.
But the embassy's tweets made unfounded
claims the hospital was not operational at the
time, and that injured women pictured at the
scene were actors.
Twitter told the BBC the tweets violated rules
"related to the denial of violent events".
Officials at the embassy have offered no proof to
back up their claims, and the BBC's
disinformation team has found evidence which
contradicts the allegations.
The embassy claimed the hospital had been
"long non-operational". However, a week-old
post on the hospital's Facebook page asked for
fuel to keep operations going.
Reports from Mariupol last week - from the
Associated Press news agency and Sky News -
also says it was treating bombing victims, and
that the maternity ward had been moved to the
basement.
The allegation that a beauty blogger was used to
fake photos of a pregnant woman at the scene
was also called into question, as the woman in
question, who lives in the city, is seen heavily
pregnant in Instagram posts dating from last
month.
This tweet was deleted by Twitter for violating
its rules
The initial claims that the bombing was faked by
Ukraine did not come from the embassy. They
first began trending among Russian users of the
Telegram messaging app earlier in the day, and
were then mentioned on state television news
bulletins and chat shows.
A further claim circulating that the beauty
blogger also pretended to be another woman
caught up in the bombing and photographed at
the scene is also untrue. A look at high-
resolution images of the other woman featured
in the claims shows she looks nothing like the
beauty blogger. Those are two different women.
Finally there were accusations that the hospital
had been taken over by a far-right battalion of
the Ukrainian army. As yet there is no evidence
that this was the case.
These claims all continue to circulate online,
despite the tweets being removed.
The pregnant beauty blogger's Instagram
account has also now become a target for online
trolls and conspiracy theorists.
Social media companies have been trying to
tackle misinformation on their platforms, with
many big tech companies blocking Russian
broadcasters RT and Sputnik.
But Twitter has not banned several accounts
linked to Russian government organisations -
including Vladimir Putin's official Twitter
account.
The Russian embassy account also remains
active. |
Re: Twitter Deletes Russia Statement On Hospital Bombing by Nobody: 8:29pm On Mar 11, 2022 |
I Say God Go Punish America Seh. |
Re: Twitter Deletes Russia Statement On Hospital Bombing by Nobody: 8:31pm On Mar 11, 2022 |
Good for deleting it,after perpetrating an act you then go ahead to lie and twist your words. I love the way everyone is dealing with them(rascals)
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Re: Twitter Deletes Russia Statement On Hospital Bombing by Dreal1247: 8:54pm On Mar 11, 2022 |
Twitter is taking sides in their operational pattern. I think they need a thorough verification before taking any concrete decision or coming out with any official statement. But I don't think anythinn of such was done in this case |
Re: Twitter Deletes Russia Statement On Hospital Bombing by Northernblood5(m): 9:03pm On Mar 11, 2022 |
Lying Putin. How does a non - performing hospital ask for Fuel? Putin and his supporters will suffer. North is still suffering what they did in 2011 wen GEJ won election today. Yoruba is still suffering Fulani Herdsmen today after supporting Non performing Fulani president. One sure thing is that those that supports evil, evil don't leave their doorsteps easily. |
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