Telegram takes unprecedented step in blocking Russian media channels, but enforcement remains incomplete
Social media giant Telegram, a platform long regarded for its hands-off approach to content moderation, announced on 30 December that…
Charles Terroille
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Sanctioned but Thriving: How Online Platforms Fail To Address the Widespread Presence of Entities Under EU Sanctions
given the ease with which such illegal content was discovered, Meta, Google, X/Twitter, TikTok and Telegram’s compliance teams should investigate why they seem not to have taken sufficient action to limit access.
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Twitter/X fails to act on Doppelganger-related notices
it appears that X has left the network almost completely untouched: of the 663 tweets that were online as of the report’s publication on 4 September, 656 were still accessible as of 25 September.
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European Union: Sanctioned Russian media entities and individuals’ content accessible on Telegram
Report co-author: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe This report is the fifth in a series looking at major online platforms’ enforcement of…
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Fool me once: Russian Influence Operation Doppelganger continues on X and Facebook – French chapter
In order to reach its objectives, the influence operation attempts to make use of domestic news or context, often trying to frame the tweets in the context of larger French political debates.
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European Union: Sanctioned Russian media entities and individuals’ content accessible on Facebook and other Meta services
Despite these legal provisions, as of late July 2024, several Meta services—including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp— still make content produced by sanctioned Russian state-controlled media and sanctioned media personalities accessible to European audiences.
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European Union: Sanctioned Russian media entities and individuals’ content accessible on YouTube and Google products
Despite EU sanctions, some Russian state-controlled media remains accessible to EU audiences on Google services.
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European Union: Sanctioned Russian media entities and individuals’ content accessible on X (Twitter)
Despite these legal provisions, as of early June 2024, in the week before the European elections, X accounts linked to EU-sanctioned Russian state-controlled media and media personalities remained accessible to EU-based audiences.
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Incorrect
Arctic sea ice has been melting over the past decades with projections for summer ice-free conditions by mid-century
Claim:
Arctic sea ice is not melting and there is no indication that we should expect the Arctic sea summer ice to disappear completely, as predicted
Source: The Epoch Times, Allan Astrup Jensen, 2024-02-06 -
Inaccurate
EU is not passing law to ‘seize and scrap’ cars under climate agenda, contrary to Peter Sweden claim
Claim:
The EU could SEIZE and SCRAP your old car if it doesn't meet their criteria as part of their climate agenda.
Source: Twitter/X, Peter Imanuelsen (aka Peter Sweden), 2023-11-27
