{"id":1338054,"date":"2022-02-24T14:53:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T19:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338054"},"modified":"2022-02-24T14:53:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T19:53:15","slug":"twitter-suspends-accounts-sharing-russian-military-activity-in-ukraine-then-backtracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-suspends-accounts-sharing-russian-military-activity-in-ukraine-then-backtracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Suspends Accounts Sharing Russian Military Activity in Ukraine &#8211; Then Backtracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-suspends-accounts-sharing-russian-military-activity-in-ukraine-then-backtracks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338054&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Social media giant Twitter recently banned a number of accounts sharing Russian military activity during the Ukraine invasion \u2014 then promptly had a change of heart and unsuspended the accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Engadget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/twitter-restores-suspended-accounts-russian-military-activity-080401248.html\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that as Russia began moving into Ukrainian territory, accounts across social media began sharing images and videos from eastern Donbas and Luhansk regions providing crucial information. The accounts shared footage of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ELINTNews\/status\/1490489628897513476\">Russian helicopters flying towards Crimea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RALee85\/status\/1496544602647666692\">tank divisions arriving on the border.<\/a>\u00a0Twitter was quick to suspend many of these accounts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19999946\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/APTOPIX-Ukraine-Tensions-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19999946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/APTOPIX-Ukraine-Tensions-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian servicemen sit atop armored personnel carriers driving on a road in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to \" consequences you have never seen \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian servicemen sit atop armored personnel carriers driving on a road in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to \u201cconsequences you have never seen.\u201d (Vadim Ghirda\/AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19999098\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TOPSHOT-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19999098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TOPSHOT-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - A photograph taken on February 19, 2022, shows smoke rising from an explosion after a shelling in Novohnativka village, Donetsk region, not far from position of Ukrainian Military Forces on the front line with Russia-backed separatists. - OSCE monitors recorded more than 1,500 violations of the truce supposedly in effect on the front line in eastern Ukraine in 24 hours, they announced in a statement, a record this year.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOPSHOT \u2013 A photograph taken on February 19, 2022, shows smoke rising from an explosion after a shelling in Novohnativka village, Donetsk region, not far from position of Ukrainian Military Forces on the front line with Russia-backed separatists. \u2013 OSCE monitors recorded more than 1,500 violations of the truce supposedly in effect on the front line in eastern Ukraine in 24 hours, they announced in a statement, a record this year. (ANATOLII STEPANOV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On February 22, open-source intelligence (OSINT) researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleJGlen\/status\/1496449720390238208\">Kyle Glen found his account locked<\/a> for 12 hours. Security analyst Oliver Alexander also claims to have been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OAlexanderDK\/status\/1496513006657839108\">locked out of his account twice in 24 hours<\/a>. Multiple other OSIN research accounts such as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeuroneIntel\/status\/1496501031185928196\">Neurone Intelligence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MundoEConflicto\/status\/1496478302428893193\">Mundo en Conflicto<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AverageLatinAm\/status\/1496532823020343305\">Not\u00edcias e Guerras<\/a> also reported being affected over the course of 24 hours.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Researchers immediately became worried that the account suspension was the result of a mass reporting campaign by Russian actors in an effort to disable OSINT accounts and prevent them from sharing crucial information.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has confirmed that the accounts were suspended by the company itself and has since reversed the decision. A Twitter spokesperson told Engadget:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019ve been proactively monitoring for emerging narratives that are violative of our policies, and, in this instance, we took enforcement action on a number of accounts in error. We\u2019re expeditiously reviewing these actions and have already proactively reinstated access to a number of affected accounts. The claims that the errors were a coordinated bot campaign or the result of mass reporting is inaccurate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/2\/23\/22947769\/twitter-osint-russia-ukraine-invasion-suspended-error\">the Verge<\/a>, Aric Toler the director of research and training at Bellingcat, stated that it was surprising how many English-language accounts were affected by Twitter\u2019s policies.\u00a0\u201cNormally when this happens it\u2019s to relatively smaller accounts and accounts in foreign languages, because Twitter mods don\u2019t have as much language proficiency there,\u201d Toler stated. \u201cBut here you\u2019re getting a lot of people tweeting in English as well, some pretty big accounts with tens of thousands of followers going down as well. It\u2019s kind of strange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/twitter-restores-suspended-accounts-russian-military-activity-080401248.html\">Engadget here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media giant Twitter recently banned a number of accounts sharing Russian military activity during the Ukraine invasion \u2014 then promptly had a change of heart and unsuspended the accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}