The free speech train isn’t pulling into the station just yet, at least on Twitter. Rather than easing up on content suppression, the social media platform announced yesterday that they will be imposing additional scrutiny of tweets that supposedly contain “potentially dangerous false stories.” The category of tweets they chose to highlight was a curious one, however. Twitter is now apparently very worried about people spreading “misinformation” regarding “conflict zones,” particularly when it comes to the war in Ukraine. They are especially concerned that people may be making “false allegations of war crimes or atrocities against civilians.” Because we wouldn’t want anyone painting the Russian soldiers shooting civilians in the back of the head in a bad light, right?

Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories. The change is part of a broader effort to promote accurate information during times of conflict or crisis.

Starting Thursday, the platform will no longer automatically recommend or emphasize posts that make misleading claims about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including material that mischaracterizes conditions in conflict zones or makes false allegations of war crimes or atrocities against civilians.