Twitter Will Label, Reduce Visibility of Tweets Linking to Russian State Media

Twitter Will Label, Reduce Visibility of Tweets Linking to Russian State Media
A 3D-printed Twitter logo displayed in front of Russian flag is seen in this illustration picture, on Oct. 27, 2017. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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Twitter is adding labels and reducing the visibility for tweets containing content from Russian state-affiliated media websites like RT and Sputnik, the social media company said on Monday.

It said that since Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday, it had seen more than 45,000 tweets a day from people sharing these links. Twitter said this meant the majority of content from state-affiliated media was coming from individuals sharing the material rather than the state-affiliated media accounts it already labels.