cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/675670
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.
Not surprising. Musk has referred to the entirety of Bellingcat as “a psyop” before.
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.
This isn’t the first time Twitter is trying to affect The Bellingcat’s post’s visibility.
Who would have guessed that a social media platform owned by an apartheid-loving fascist would trend conservative?
i pitty the americans. gerontophile during elections and getting scammed all day long. that must suck a lot.
It’s not spam. Bellingcat is propaganda. What kind of missile it was is very easy to verify on your own.
So tell us, what did you identify it as and what characteristics did you use to make that identification?
Bellingcat does actual investigative journalism, who’s your preferred news source?
Billionnaires trying to shape the narrative. Why else is every mainstream media outlet owned by them?
"Warning to all kids, anywhere, any age:
Playing with things may sometimes be dangerous. Or boring. Or funny. Or whatever. You have been warned!"
What?
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?
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.
Maybe this helps: https://x.com/bellingcat/status/1810952736264855916
Or just go to Bellingscat’s Twitter, there’s more about it: https://twitter.com/bellingcat
