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<p>Russia continues to use disinformation to attempt to justify its military action
against Ukraine. Accompanied by baseless rhetoric and disinformation, Russian authorities
falsely cast Ukraine as a threat to justify their aggressive stance.</p><p>The DCMS-led
Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) is working to identify and counter Russian disinformation
targeted at UK and international audiences. We are working closely with the major
social media platforms, including Meta (Facebook’s parent company), to ensure that
they are cooperating at speed to swiftly remove disinformation and coordinated inauthentic
or manipulated behaviour, as per their Terms of Service. We are also ensuring that
platforms are promoting authoritative content which accurately depicts the ongoing
situation in Ukraine.</p><p>The government welcomes the actions that Meta and YouTube
have taken to block channels connected to RT and Sputnik in the EU and the UK, and
the Secretary of State has written to other major platforms, including Twitter and
TikTok, to ask that they take similar action. We also welcome the actions Twitter
has taken to label Russian-state affiliated accounts and media links and prohibit
Russian state media from running adverts or monetisation on the platform.</p><p> </p>
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