Messages are spreading on social networks that allegedly Twitter is asking unverified users to remove Ukrainian flags from their account names. The messages included screenshots of a Twitter message from the Ukrainian Walter Report page, allegedly asking the administration of the social network to remove the Ukrainian flag badge. They say that only subscribers of Twitter Blue, a premium service that provides users with access to various functions, can openly support Ukraine. It's fake.

There are no restrictions on the use of the Ukrainian flag badge. The fact-checkers of the MythDetector project drew attention to the distribution of messages. They found out that the Walter Report page deliberately posted a fake message. Thus, the authors wanted to draw attention to the fact that “fake memes” cause more publicity than real events in Ukraine. They also note that Elon Musk repeats the narratives of Russian propaganda and this affects Ukraine and Ukrainians. Subsequently, the owners of the Walter Report account denied the fake they had created.

Social networks have indeed become a convenient platform for the dissemination of Russian propaganda and disinformation. Read more in the investigation of Detector Media.