The suspicious Twitter accounts claiming to be run by journalists in Ukraine

A social media user who uses the handle Conspirador Norteño has made a name for himself as an online investigator who works on debunking misinformation. He’s identified three suspicious Twitter accounts that claim to be run by journalists in Ukraine, but the Conspirador believes that they are fakes. © Observers

The FRANCE 24 Observers team has launched an investigation into three Twitter accounts that claim to be run by journalists on the frontlines in Ukraine. The suspicious accounts were originally spotted by Conspirador Norteño, an account that specialises in studying misinformation on social media. But before that, they were thought to be authentic – one even appeared in an article in a British newspaper. We found several clues that raise concerns about whether these three people exist.

A Twitter account claiming to be run by a Ukrainian journalism student