NewsGuard, a team of analysts who assess the credibility of news and websites, has identified 160 videos on the platform that 'allude to, show, or glorify acts of violence' by the Moscow-linked Wagner Group.
was expected to deploy more than a thousand mercenaries, including senior leaders of Wagner to undertake combat operations.Sir Jeremy Fleming, the head of GCHQ, said they wereIn August, British military intelligence said Wagner played a role in theThe group is believed to be funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman with close links to Vladimir Putin who is also alleged to run Russia's"troll farm", the Internet Research Agency.
The European Union says Wagner was founded by Dmitry Utkin - a former Russian soldier reportedly adorned with Nazi tattoos - and is said to have been named after Richard Wagner, Hitler's favourite composer. NewsGuard said when it asked TiKTok for comment about the content, it"did not challenge NewsGuard's findings"."Our Community Guidelines clearly outline that we do not allow people to use our platform to threaten or incite violence, or share attacks or slurs based on people's nationality or other protected characteristics.and flown on Russian military planes to assist troops loyal to Bashar al Assad in Syria.
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