Twitter And Facebook Removed The Russian Embassy Tweet About The Explosion In The Hospital In Mariupol

Emergency services at the site of the destroyed Mariupol Children’s Hospital, Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022, in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022 Ukraine Military/Handout via REUTERS

March 10 – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) and Facebook’s Meta Platform (FB.O) removed posts from the Russian embassy in the UK about the bombing of a children’s hospital in Mariupol for violating rules against denying violent events. , the company said on Thursday.

On Wednesday, an airstrike on a maternity hospital in a Ukrainian city killed three people, including a child, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday.

“We took enforcement action against the tweets you linked to because they violated Twitter policies, specifically our hateful behavior and abusive behavior policy of denying violent events,” a Twitter spokesperson said.

One of @RussianEmbassy’s tweets posted images with a red “fake” tag saying that the maternity hospital is out of service and is being used by the Ukrainian armed forces.

Russia changed its stance on the hospital explosion, issuing a series of statements on Thursday that vacillated between aggressive denials and a call from the Kremlin to establish clear facts. More

Moscow cracked down on tech platforms during what it calls a “special operation” invasion of Ukraine, including restricting Twitter and blocking Facebook owned by Meta (FB.O). Twitter has also launched a privacy-protected version of its site known as the “onion service” that can be accessed via the dark web and can bypass such restrictions.

Reporting by Elizabeth Culliford; Editing: Sandra Mahler and Jonathan Oatis

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