Investigation platform Bellingcat warns of ‘censorship’ on X after research on Russian attack on children's hospital in Kyiv is labeled spam (therecord.media)
from 0x815@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 06:17
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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.

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BroBot9000@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 06:24 next collapse

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.

[deleted] on 11 Jul 2024 06:35 next collapse

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abfarid@startrek.website on 11 Jul 2024 12:19 next collapse

Who they?

Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip on 11 Jul 2024 12:57 collapse

Elon was kissing the road when he landed in Israel. Dude is a weirdo.

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 06:44 next collapse

“Warning to all kids, anywhere, any age:

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

sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz on 11 Jul 2024 16:27 collapse

What?

muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 07:36 next collapse

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?

0x815@feddit.org on 11 Jul 2024 07:59 next collapse

Maybe this helps: x.com/bellingcat/status/1810952736264855916

Or just go to Bellingscat’s Twitter, there’s more about it: twitter.com/bellingcat

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 08:51 collapse

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.

Kyrgizion@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 07:43 next collapse

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

Thunderbird4@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 15:01 next collapse

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

eleitl@lemm.ee on 11 Jul 2024 15:48 next collapse

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

rbesfe@lemmy.ca on 11 Jul 2024 16:05 next collapse

So tell us, what did you identify it as and what characteristics did you use to make that identification?

0x815@feddit.org on 11 Jul 2024 16:14 next collapse
nomous@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 16:26 collapse

Bellingcat does actual investigative journalism, who’s your preferred news source?

NutWrench@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 16:01 next collapse

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

cheddar@programming.dev on 11 Jul 2024 16:18 next collapse

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

yournamehere@lemm.ee on 11 Jul 2024 16:44 collapse

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