<p>My personal Twitter account was banned from search results, and all my tweets were marked as sensitive content. My profile is not shown in search results if we are not connected. And my tweets are not displayed in search results when sensitive content is disabled in settings, which is by default.</p><p>It was done to many Ukrainians, and some famous Ukrainian singers are banned similarly. Some say that’s is done to everyone. Twitter’s user base is divided into bubbles by many criteria. In the leaked Twitter code, you can see that everyone marked who writes about the war of Russia against Ukraine, and then such accounts are hidden automatically and less shown to others.</p><p>It was especially noticed by Ukrainians now when they tried to tell the world about the catastrophe caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant’s dam. At the same time, the CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk, posted on his page a video of pro-Russian propagandists Tucker Carlson, who talks about the destruction of the dam in the first seconds and then almost directly blaming Ukraine for the blowing it up without any proofs on the second minute.</p><p>So, the voices of Ukrainian were hushed when they tried to talk about the most monstrous Russian war crime up to date. And in the same time, the voice of Russian propaganda increased multiple times. Tucker Carlson was kicked from American TV, and it’s the first episode of his show on Twitter, and he starts with similar words that Kremlin tells in Russian news sources.</p><p>Despite Elon Musk’s help to Ukraine at the start of the war, his Twitter fights against Ukraine on the Russian side now. Why it’s doing that is well explained in this article: <a href="https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d">https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d</a></p><p>This vividly shows businesses that they will be restricted and left without income if they support Ukraine on Twitter. It explains why many self-employed people are not supporting Ukraine, with their income mainly depending on their social network profile. Also, it might explain why international ecological and wildlife organizations are ignoring the dam destruction, one of the most significant environmental catastrophes of the current century that killed thousands and thousands of animals and fish. If they talk about it, their social network reach will decrease, and they will get less money on other projects. Also, there might be an explanation that such organizations are on Russia’s payroll and Russians launder money through them, but the last thing needs solid proof.</p><p>It would be great if businesses didn’t remain neutral and supported Ukraine despite the risks, especially if they aren’t huge. But it’s hard to determine such a thing if you have ties to Russia and when the country is becoming increasingly inadequate toward its citizens daily. It’s not to mention more than 80% of Russia’s citizens support the war and bring danger to the world and people around them. Yeah, pretty idealist and naive thoughts that business will be on Ukrainian’s side. It’s better to express them in a separate post.</p><p>Finding a solution and effective way to fight against money would be great. Russia and Elon Musk spend enormous amounts of money on informational warfare against Ukraine. Ukrainians have quantity on our side, but is it sufficient? We should better understand the enemy, their motives and methods.</p><p>Elon Musk’s goal is to weaken the US and strengthen other poles worldwide. He’s chosen to try to keep Russia in power, but he could decide to make Ukraine powerful and make it one of the poles of the world that he envisions. Ukraine has more significant potential than Russia, and it was such a power in the distant past. Yes, idealistic and naive thoughts again, but this is part of me, one of the parts that keep me going.</p><p>We should strive to achieve something greater. And then we reach something for sure. Try to change the world for the better, and those around you will try to do that. Now, we must help those in need in the Kherson region. Please donate to organizations that rescue people and animals there, at least.</p><p>I hope I won’t be shadowbanned by Medium and LinkedIn. If such a thing happens, it would be interesting to investigate.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=71296c18d22a" width="1" height="1" alt="">