TacticalMediaRoom

Intro

Tactical Media Room is an informal collective of the organisations in Amsterdam/Holland, working on: “how can tech community work together with journalists & non-techies in conflict areas”, during (and after) the war between Russia & Ukraine;

more notes are here: https://thisisnotgoogledocs.waag.org/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=1711&doc=RDRqd005Q0YrdHJOczVMQmJrL21JVjRjN0pEdlVKSUhJYi9UTlNMRytWQT0_IjE3MTEi0

Newest News

Secure Personal Communication in the Event of Crisis (14 Mar 2022)
by Matthias Wählisch; Contributors: Vesna Manojlovic, Theo Avram, Claudia Borges
https://labs.ripe.net/author/waehlisch/secure-personal-communication-in-the-event-of-crisis/

• Events
  • RIPE cooperation working group (virtual) session coming Tuesday, 22 March. 13:00-14:30 UTC (14:00-15:30 CEST). To participate, you can register at https://www.ripe.net/s/register-coop-wg-20220322
  • more -> https://wiki.techinc.nl/Tea_%26_Networking#Upcoming_Events

(to be placed in categories later)

• https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/internet_russia_sanctions/
• https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/Multistakeholder-Imposition-of-Internet-Sanctions.pdf
• https://vvvvvvaria.org/~systers/UKRAINEINVASION_LinkFarm.html &
  • https://pad.xpub.nl/p/UKRAINEINVASION_LinkFarm
• https://correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2022/03/01/sanctions-tracker-live-monitoring-of-all-sanctions-against-russia/
• https://www.disinfo.eu/ukraine-hub/
• https://graphics.reuters.com/UKRAINE-CRISIS/SANCTIONS/byvrjenzmve/
• https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/the-impact-of-western-sanctions-on-russia/
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/15/internet-technicians-are-the-hidden-heroes-of-the-russia-ukraine-war/?sh=1a709c9c2884
• https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/16/ukraine-mobile-carriers-work-together/

Notes

• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-03-09
• Notes from the Signal Group TacticalMediaRoom/Signal

Technical Infrastructure Communities Efforts

Practical Efforts

• Collecting equipment to "Keep Ukraine Connected" https://nogalliance.org/our-task-forces/

Right now we’re looking for following stuff:
Walkie-talkies
Switches
Router
Fiber/ Splicing Equipment 
Patch cords

• https://www.techtotherescue.org/tech/tech-for-ukraine
• Pointing out to existing communications tools

https://labs.ripe.net/author/waehlisch/secure-personal-communication-in-the-event-of-crisis/

• • draft https://pad.riseup.net/p/drafting-labs-article-8-3

Statements of Support

• Network engineers' crowdsourced statement: KeepItOpen https://keepitopen.net/
• NCC to UA https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-response-to-request-from-ukrainian-government
• IP addresses (& domain names) will NOT be revoked:
  • https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-executive-board-resolution-on-provision-of-critical-services
  • https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/icann-wont-revoke-russian-internet-domains-says-effect-would-be-devastating/

Internet Measurements

• https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephane_bortzmeyer/internet-network-shutdowns-in-russia/
• https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/the-resilience-of-the-internet-in-ukraine/
• https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2022/03/09/mozilla-opens-access-to-dataset-on-network-outages
• https://ooni.org/post/2022-russia-blocks-amid-ru-ua-conflict/
• https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/the-ukrainian-internet/

Events

• Hackerspaces open day, 26.3. https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/International_hackerspace_Open_day_2022
  • "hackerspaces role in welcoming refugees and exiles? “ https://wiki.kaouenn-noz.fr/hors_les_murs:en_international_hackerspace_open_day_2022

see also: https://wiki.techinc.nl/Tea_%26_Networking#Upcoming_Events

Mental Health Tips

• https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/six-tips-take-care-your-mental-health-while-covering-war-ukraine-afar

Opinions

• One Anarchist View https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/03/04/fuck-leftist-westplaining/

• https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/03/07/a-thousand-red-flags/

• LIST of anarchist statements!! https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2022/03/12/ukraine-the-anarchist-response-statements/