‘Game of Whac-a-Mole’: why Russian disinformation is still running amok on social media

Social media companies' response amid war in Ukraine has been haphazard and confusing, experts say

As the war in Ukraine rages on, Russia is ramping up one of its most powerful weapons: disinformation. Social media companies are scrambling to respond.

False claims about the invasion have been spread by users in Russia as well as official state media accounts. Russia frequently frames itself as an innocent victim and has pushed disinformation including that the US was providing biological weapons to Ukraine (denounced by the White House as a conspiracy theory") and that victims of an attack on a Ukrainian hospital were paid actors.