Twitter Now Restricting Russian Gov't Accounts
As the west and NATO continue to find themselves handcuffed in their response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the corporate war-corps are stepping up to make life difficult from the streets of Moscow to the arctic depths of Siberia.
Most notable have been the businesses that have pulled out of Russia entirely: Â McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca Cola, Visa, and MasterCard to name a few.
But now, a new front in the private war against Vladimir Putin has arrived.
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N)and Meta Platform’s (FB.O) Facebook have removed posts from the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom about the bombing of a children’s hospital in Mariupol for breaking its rules against denying violent events, the companies said on Thursday.
Three people including a child were killed in Wednesday’s air strike on the maternity and children’s hospital in the Ukrainian city, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
Twitter was clinical in their response.
“We took enforcement action against the Tweets you referenced as they were in violation of the Twitter Rules, specifically our Hateful Conduct and Abusive Behavior policies related to the denial of violent events,” said a Twitter spokesperson.
Of course, one has to wonder if Twitter’s decision to restrict the reach of an entire government isn’t a line that cannot be uncrossed.