Twitter Allows Former UK MP to Doxx Journalist In Ukraine, Putting Her Life In Danger

A blogger who used to serve as a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) recently doxxed an independent journalist covering the war in Ukraine and essentially called for her to be murdered or taken prisoner.

While this message was posted on the social media website Twitter, the company is refusing to remove the dangerous comment.

On July 29, a Twitter user asked independent journalist Eva K. Bartlett if she was still on the scene in the Donbas region of Ukraine where she was exposing attacks on civilians.

See Bartlett’s Donbas report below:

In response, Bartlett replied, “Yes,” and former UK Conservative MP Louise Mensch answered, “Hear that @SOF_UKR?”

Mensch, now an online blogger, tagged the Special Forces of Ukraine Twitter page to inform them Bartlett was in fact still in the area so they could take action if they wished.

“Twitter effectively called upon the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces to assassinate Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett,” writes independent journalist Vanessa Beeley.

When journalist and The Convo Couch host Fiorella Isabel brought Mensch’s tweet to light, Twitter deleted her post, claiming it violated their rules against “posting media depicting gratuitous gore.”

Responding to Twitter’s decision to delete Isabel’s tweet, The Convo Couch account asked Twitter Support why they didn’t take down the tweet calling for the death of Bartlett while censoring the tweet calling attention to that fact.

“Can you explain?” the account asked. “We would all like to know. Fiorella’s tweet was a screenshot of a tweet that’s still up also.”

Morning Star International Editor Steve Sweeney also asked the Twitter Communications team to respond to the company’s decision to silence Bartlett while refusing to censor Mensch’s tweet.

As Beeley points out, “This effectively means that while Twitter will suspend accounts for pointing out the criminality of Western foreign policy, it will endorse the targeting of an independent journalist reporting on the murder of civilians with prohibited weapons.”

Modern Diplomacy author George Eliason, an American who lives in Ukraine, posted a video breaking down the call to assassinate Bartlett.

Eliason explained that the issue goes beyond the reach of Twitter and is actually illegal, potentially falling under the category of terrorism.