cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/675670

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The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, received criticism from researchers after it labeled a link by the investigative journalism group Bellingcat about Russia’s attack on a children’s hospital in Kyiv as “potentially spammy or unsafe.”

In their latest research, Bellingcat identified a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile that struck Ukraine’s largest children’s medical center, Okhmatdyt, during an attack on Kyiv over the weekend that killed 33 people, including 5 children.

Bellingcat’s investigation debunked claims from pro-Russian accounts that denied responsibility for the attack and “sought to shift the blame for the incident onto Ukraine,” researchers said.

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Despite its reputation, X marked the link to the group’s latest research as “unsafe,” saying that it could lead users to “violent or misleading content” or to a website that misleads people, disrupts their experience, or steals their personal information.

  • @[email protected]
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    952 months ago

    No duh, look at the pathetic owner.

    What is anyone that’s still on that bot filled shit platform expecting?

    Close your account already. Mastodon is right there.

  • @[email protected]
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    632 months ago

    Billionnaires trying to shape the narrative. Why else is every mainstream media outlet owned by them?

  • @[email protected]
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    212 months ago

    The more i hear about twitter censoring shit the less i respect what elon has done. If he did what he said he would do great but unfortunatly i don’t see any of this free speach he allegedly loves.

    Btw what was the exact link that twitter thinks is so dangerous?

    • Alphane Moon
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      2 months ago

      An argument can be made that the vast majority of “free speech” polemics from US oligarchs are a ruse.

      They couldn’t care less. They see it as a tool to manipulate plebs and promote their financial interests as well as leveraging such polemics as a cover for corruption.

      With respect to Musk, it is likely a republican administration will cancel any legal proceedings against him and give him a formal “get out of jail free” card. Although some of Musk’s posturing is likely tied to his degenerate tendencies.

  • NutWrench
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    192 months ago

    Who would have guessed that a social media platform owned by an apartheid-loving fascist would trend conservative?

  • @[email protected]
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    172 months ago

    Not surprising. Musk has referred to the entirety of Bellingcat as “a psyop” before.

  • @cheddar
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    172 months ago

    This isn’t the first time Twitter is trying to affect The Bellingcat’s post’s visibility.

  • ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
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    12 months ago

    i pitty the americans. gerontophile during elections and getting scammed all day long. that must suck a lot.

  • @[email protected]
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    -232 months ago

    It’s not spam. Bellingcat is propaganda. What kind of missile it was is very easy to verify on your own.

  • @[email protected]
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    -332 months ago

    "Warning to all kids, anywhere, any age:

    Playing with things may sometimes be dangerous. Or boring. Or funny. Or whatever. You have been warned!"