‘It’s not good to spread pictures or videos of suffering, that’s why Twitter wants to implement this new mandate.’
Twitter Inc. will block Russian government accounts and ask other government coalition media to stop posting content featuring prisoners of war (POWs).
Most recently, Twitter has cited the issue of how social media platforms are used to achieve justice respecting freedom of speech while it displays horrific images or accounts, as well as often manipulated by partnerships from the front lines of Russia’s aggression on Ukraine.
The San Francisco -based company further said that it would add a warning to government -backed accounts about POWs when they have a ‘public interest’ while citing Article 13 of the Geneva III Convention.
In addition, Twitter will also submit a mandate to remove posts from any user whether country-related or not, from posting about POWs with ‘malicious intent’ such as insults, calls for revenge or mocking someone’s suffering.
According to Sinead McSweeney, Twitter’s Global Public Policy Vice President, the platform will also immediately stop recommending state -owned government accounts that limit access to free information and engage in conflicts between armed states.
He further explained that Twitter will apply the policy to Russian government accounts first.
