Elon Musk's Twitter is now recommending Kremlin-linked accounts to users after restricting them

[BootinUp]

last year, tests suggest

Elon Musk's Twitter is amplifying Kremlin-linked accounts including Vladimir Putin's presidential account after restricting them last year, testing revealed.

Analysis by The Telegraph showed accounts belonging to Putin, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Russian embassy in Britain are appearing in Twitter's search results, timeline and recommendations.

The findings suggest that restrictions designed to reduce the Russian state's social media reach, brought in after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, have been softened.

When Twitter was still a public company run by former CEO Parag Agrawal, it issued a statement laying out its plans to suppress Russian misinformation.

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[sakabatou]

1. Of course he would.

[RockRaven]

2. Specifically including war criminals. Calling them "Kremlin-linked" is underselling it.

[Farmer-Rick]

3. Musk loves Trump and his major campaign donor, Putin

Of course he pushes Russian trolls. That's why he bought Twitter. To get TFG elected again.

[ZonkerHarris]

4. Elon is Putin's puppet

[crickets]

5. Grr.

No paywall link: https://archive.ph/WrR4A

[ecstatic]

6. He really ruined the Twitter experience for me

Tiny d and other rw thugs are showing up on my Twitter "home" screen despite no one in my circle having commented or liked their posts. Where is the alternative? We need an alternative IMMEDIATELY.

[Bev54]

8. Why do people stay with twitter?

[Tetrachloride]

10. Indeed. DU doesn't seem to push back on Musk anymore.

nevertheless, regardless, irregardless, I avoid twitter links , especially if no context.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. Yet tik tok is sooooo

Danngggeeerooouss.