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Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation (www.bbc.com)
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False and misleading claims about the war in Ukraine are being widely shared.

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[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

BBC Verify has traced it back to pro-Kremlin channels on the Telegram messaging app.

No one predicted that paying for verification would do something like this....