Twitter accounts using the 'I Stand With Putin' hashtag in favor of Russian President Vladimir Putin are banned one after another

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, opinions about Russia and Ukraine are being exchanged on various SNS. In this situation, many posts by pro-Russian factions with the hashtag ' #IStandWithPutin ' were posted on Twitter, and more than 100 accounts using that hashtag were suspended. It is developing into a situation of receiving measures.

Twitter bans over 100 accounts that pushed #IStandWithPutin
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/twitter-bans-100-accounts-pushed-istandwithputin-rcna18655

According to the major American media NBC, the hashtag '#IStandWithPutin' began to prevail a few days after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, including '#IStandWithPutin' a few days later. More than 100 accounts that posted tweets have been suspended. A Twitter spokeswoman claimed that the suspended account violated ' Twitter's policy on platform operations and spam .' He also states that he is investigating the connections between each account.

At the time of writing, a search for '#IStandWithPutin' on Twitter says, 'President Putin is just doing the same thing as President of the United States. President Putin is doing what he needs to protect his country.' Posts by pro-Russian factions ...

#IStandWithPutin
Listen. Just listen (or read).
Putin is just doing what other Americans President did. He's doing what he must to protect his Nation.
I do feel bad for the innocents casualties of war like civilians and soldiers. But I don't buy the US propaganda.

— ???? FireMadePrime (@ 4everbuffy) March 7, 2022

'Go to Kharkov (Ukrainian city being attacked by Russian troops) and see for yourself. The information that President Putin and the Russian state broadcaster are showing you is crap,' said '#IStandWithPutin.' A tweet calling for the pro-Russian faction to use is posted.

???? Another thread for the #IStandWithPutin crowd. If you don't believe it, go to Kharkiv and see for yourself. What Putain and Russian state TV are feeding you is bullshit. Go there and you will see #PutinsWar first hand. #EndPutinsWarNow #StandWithUkraine
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— Edward Nielson (@suprddy) March 7, 2022

According to Mark Owen Jones , who studies information dissemination on social media at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, accounts that posted tweets containing '#IStandWithPutin' are posted manually rather than automatically by bots. It was said that it was difficult for the system to detect it. Jones points out that the main reason why '#IStandWithPutin' has entered the trend is the increase in posts by 'people who blame the hashtag'#IStandWithPutin''.

According to a report by research firm Omelas, the opinions of the Russian camp were widely disseminated on SNS from the beginning of 2022 until the start of the invasion of Ukraine. However, after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, many pro-Ukrainian opinions have been shared on various SNS, and especially on relatively new platforms such as TikTok, pro-Ukrainian content is dominant and pro-Russian content is overshadowed. I'm hiding. 'The consistent treatment of Russia as an invader by Western media has created a global sympathy for Ukraine,' said Andrew Gonzalez, an analyst at Omelas. Considers why is dominant.