Twitter removes restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts, writes The Telegraph. Accounts of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian Foreign Ministry and a number of propaganda media reappeared on the social network.

Tests of multiple accounts have shown that Twitter's search results, timeline and recommendation tools show users the accounts of Putin, the country's Foreign Office and the Russian embassy in the UK, which were placed under restrictions when hostilities broke out..

Last April, weeks after Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Twitter stated that it “would not distribute or recommend government accounts belonging to states that restrict access to free information and are involved in armed interstate conflict.”.

However, last week the publication found that Russian government accounts appeared at the top of search results and appeared in suggestions for other accounts it was asked to track..

Russian government tweets appeared in the algorithmically controlled Twitter feed for a new account, even if the user didn't follow them.

Ex-Twitter chief confirms it means a departure from last year's measures.

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Social media is a key part of the Kremlin's disinformation.

The account of the Russian embassy in the UK claimed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shooting at their own citizens and that the defenders of Ukraine "

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Last week it became known that Twitter eased restrictions on state media accounts in Russia and China, such as RT.. com and Global Times introduced in 2020.

A study of the Twitter source code showed that its algorithm reduces the ranks of publications that talk about events in Ukraine.

BBC investigation says that since Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, Russian propaganda and disinformation have circulated on the platform with little to no hindrance..