title: Too Little, Too Late: Moderation of Misinformation around the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
abstract: In this study, we examine the role of Twitter as a first line of defense against misinformation by tracking the public engagement with, and the platform's response to, 500 tweets concerning the Russo-Ukrainian conflict which were identified as misinformation.Using a real-time sample of 543 475 of their retweets, we find that users who geolocate themselves in the U.S. both produce and consume the largest portion of misinformation, however accounts claiming to be in Ukraine are the second largest 