Twitter Files: FBI Assisted Ukrainian Government’s Effort to Censor Twitter Accounts, Including Journalists

A Ukrainian service member prepares to fire a mortar at his positions at a front line near the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 18, 2023. Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters

The FBI assisted a Ukrainian intelligence service in its attempt to block numerous Twitter accounts, including journalists and media outlets, according to internal documents leaked from the social media platform.

On Wednesday, journalist Aaron Maté published the latest installment of the ongoing “Twitter Files” exposé series. Maté’s latest installment of Twitter internal documents and communications highlighted a March 27, 2022, email sent by FBI Special Agent Aleksandr Kobzanets to Yoel Roth, Twitter’s then-Head of Trust and Safety.