Russia-Ukraine War: Facebook, Twitter highlight security steps for users
By Sanjay Maurya
A company official said in Twitter posts on 24th February, Meta Platforms Inc, which owns Facebook, has established a special operations centre to monitor the situation in Ukraine and has created a function that allows users in the country to freeze their social media profiles for security reasons.
Twitter also published a series of advice on how users can safeguard their accounts to prevent hacking, as well as make sure their tweets are private and only accessible to followers, on February 23. The corporation issued safety advice in English, Russian, and Ukrainian through Twitter. The move came as the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensified on 24 February, prompting fears about disinformation spreading on social media.
On February 23, Twitter claimed it mistakenly suspended around a dozen accounts that were tweeting about Russian military activities, citing its rules against synthetic and manipulated media as the reason for the erroneous action.
Political activists and researchers frequently use both social media platforms to share information during the war. The Russian invasion of Ukraine yesterday has aroused concerns about the spread of misinformation about the conflict on social media. Individuals in Ukraine may freeze their profiles with a single click to prevent users who aren’t their friends from downloading or sharing their profile image or reading anything on their timeline, according to Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of security coverage, on Twitter. Twitter also provided information on how users can delete their accounts on Wednesday.
On Thursday, as the violence in Ukraine worsened, social media users used sites like TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter to share footage of evacuation lines, helicopters in the skies, and anti-war protests in Russia. The hashtags “Russia” and “Ukraine” received 37.2 billion and 8.5 billion views, respectively, on TikTok, a short-form video app.
Indians take shelter in a basement
Nearly 400 Indian students have taken refuge in a basement after coming under Russian military control in the Ukrainian city of Sumy, bordering Russia, and urged the Indian government to evacuate them. Sumy is around 50 kilometres from the Russian border in northern Ukraine. On Thursday, the mayor of the city handed himself over to Russian forces. The students, most of whom are studying at Sumy State Medical University, said they are concerned about their safety because gunshots can be heard outside.
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