Facebook on Wednesday removed official Russian posts that falsely claimed news Russia bombed children’s hospital There was a hoax in Ukraine, a company spokesperson said, even as similar messages appeared on other social media platforms.
An Israeli watchdog found that misinformation was posted on the Russian Embassy’s Twitter, Facebook and Telegram accounts, after Twitter Inc and the meta platform Facebook used to break their rules against denying violent incidents from the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom. also aired.
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A poll verified by watchdog, FakeReporter and Reuters showed that posts were still circulated on the Twitter, Facebook and Telegram accounts of at least 18 Russian embassies or ministry.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed the posts were removed after the company contacted Reuters on Wednesday.
Twitter and Telegram did not respond to Reuters requests for comment. Russian embassies in Costa Rica, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico and Tunisia did not immediately respond to a request for comment about their postings on Facebook.
On March 9, at least three people, including a child, were killed in an airstrike on a maternity and children’s hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Russia changed its stance on the hospital bombing with a mix of statements on Thursday, which swirled between aggressive denials and calls by the Kremlin to establish clear facts. At the time, the Defense Ministry denied bombing the hospital, accusing Ukraine of perpetrating the incident.
Posts on the official Russian social media account claimed that the reports of the bombing were a hoax.
Moscow has cracked down on tech platforms during its invasion of Ukraine in what it calls a “special operation”, including banning Twitter and blocking Facebook.
Twitter has also launched a privacy-protected version of its site, known as an “onion service,” that can be accessed via the dark web and bypasses such restrictions.
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