The strange twists of the Twitter story under Elon Musk’s ownership throw light on one of the crucial fronts of the conflict in Ukraine — the information war.
Twitter, along with Telegram, Instagram and other platforms like Tik Tok, You Tube and Reel, has been a main channel for propaganda, information, disinformation, misdirection, deceit and fake news. They have also been a means of getting out eyewitness reports from disgruntled Russian recruits, amateur military analysts on the frontline, cities under siege and bombardment.
