TacticalMediaRoom

by BecHa

TMR Intro

Tactical Media Room (TMR) 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;

• Regular meetings: Wednesday 5PM (in person: Amsterdam city centre) / Online meeting URL: Meet.waag.org/TMR
• Signal group (adding people based on personal trust)

• Page by De Waag: https://waag.org/en/project/tactical-media-room

Collections

• Collection of links exchanged on Signal Group https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom/Signal

• INC: https://networkcultures.org/blog/category/ukraine/

• ISOC.nl : "PLATFORM GEOPOLITICS IN 2022: RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE – AN INCOMPLETE OVERVIEW" (till 23.3.) https://isoc.nl/nieuws/platform-geopolitics-in-2022-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-an-incomplete-overview/

• RIPE NCC: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/the-ripe-ncc-and-ukraine-russia/

• Academic: https://pad.riseup.net/p/Ukraine_support_some_options

Organisations

De Waag, Institute for Network Cultures, Free Press Unlimited, Freedom Internet, RIPE NCC, ISOC.nl, Network Democratie, TechInc.nl, Global Nog Alliance, Dutch Cloud Providers Association, UvA, ...

2023 PS news

• https://www.politico.eu/article/airstrikes-gaza-strip-internet-hang-thread/
• https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/palestine-israel-conflict-impacts-internet-access
• https://social.v.st/@becha/111251150659768292
• https://www.article19.org/resources/gaza-restore-telecoms-and-internet-connectivity-now/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/23/western-feminism-and-its-blind-spots-in-the-middle-east
• https://www.dair-institute.org/blog/palestine-10-25-23/
• https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2023-10-27/palestinian-telecom-provider-says-internet-service-in-gaza-strip-has-been-cut-off-by-israeli-bombardment
• https://www.wired.com/story/gaza-internet-blackout-israel/
• https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/gaza-communications-blackout-israel-intensifies-attack

Notes

• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-06-09
• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-05-19
• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-05-12
• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-04-20
• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-04-13
• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-04-06
• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-03-30
• Notes 23-3 not typed in :(
  • Collection of links shared on Signal: https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom/Signal
• Notes 16-3 not typed in :(
• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-03-09
• 5th March -> Initial Notes: https://thisisnotgoogledocs.waag.org/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=1711&doc=RDRqd005Q0YrdHJOczVMQmJrL21JVjRjN0pEdlVKSUhJYi9UTlNMRytWQT0_IjE3MTEi0

Technical Infrastructure Communities

Existing Groups

International

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Télécoms_Sans_Frontières
• https://nsrc.org/about
• https://nogalliance.org/

Dutch

• https://dutchcloudcommunity.nl/community/cloud4ukraine/

Practical Efforts

Equipment

• Collecting equipment to "Keep Ukraine Connected" https://keepukraineconnected.org/

Coding

• https://www.techtotherescue.org/tech/tech-for-ukraine

Education

• Communicating Safely & Securely
  • 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
  • Tools for Communicating Offline and in Difficult Circumstances: https://www.complete.org/tools-for-communicating-offline-and-in-difficult-circumstances/
  • Portal: https://dcomm.net.ua/ "Stay in touch with family and friends with or without the Internet: Decentralized communication tools you can use, even when Internet connectivity is no longer available."
  • LevelUp (https://level-up.cc/) is a community-owned platform designed to gather resources for the global digital safety training community.

• Circumventing censorship
  • https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/behind-russias-digital-iron-curtain-tech-workarounds-thrive-2022-03-23/
  • How to send messages without the internet https://www.dw.com/en/how-to-send-messages-in-ukraine-if-the-internet-shuts-down/a-61041676
  • https://communitydocs.accessnow.org/175-Circumvention_Anonymity_tools_list.html

• WORKSHOPS by TMR https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom/Workshops

DIY learning

• ONLINE: https://totem-project.org/ "Digital Security training for activists and journalists"
  • How to bypass internet censorship
  • "Keep it private" : How to be a journalist and manage your online privacy
  • "Secure your devices" It’s all about good habits
  • "How to protect your identity online" A few recipes for anonymity
• SELF-PACED digital detox tips: https://datadetoxkit.org/en/home
• Submit your whistleblowing/leaks/news SAFELY: https://www.publeaks.nl/
  • on a platform similar to “wikileaks” , for accepting anonymous reports ...
• Tailored advice & tips: https://securityplanner.consumerreports.org/
• Portal: https://dcomm.net.ua/ "Stay in touch with family and friends with or without the Internet: Decentralized communication tools you can use, even when Internet connectivity is no longer available."

Theory Learning

• Reading:
  • 2016: "Information Security for Journalists" Arjen Kamphuis & Silkie Carlo https://beschermjegegevens.nl/wp-content/uploads/InfoSec-for-Journalists-V1.3-1.pdf
  • (tips for) "Secure Personal Communication in the Event of Crisis" (14 Mar 2022) https://labs.ripe.net/author/waehlisch/secure-personal-communication-in-the-event-of-crisis/
  • March 2022: https://pad.riseup.net/p/drafting-labs-article-8-3
  • Digital Security Assessment and List of Localized Tools: https://www.localizationlab.org/blog/2022/2/27/digital-security-assessment-amp-list-of-localized-tools-in-ukrainian & Ukrainian https://www.localizationlab.org/blog/2022/2/26/tools-and-resources-localized-in-ukrainian
  • "Tools for Communicating Offline and in Difficult Circumstances" https://www.complete.org/tools-for-communicating-offline-and-in-difficult-circumstances/
  • https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/hrc49-open-letter-states-draft-resolution-human-rights-defenders
  • 2013-2014: https://wiki.techinc.nl/Privacy_Software_Workshop_Series

• Videos:
  • Lecture at 36c3: Server Infrastructure for Global Rebellion, Julian Oliver: https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-11008-server_infrastructure_for_global_rebellion
  • #CIJSummer: Reporting Russia: Independent Journalism Under Putin, 7 July 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4JeZmysy4Y

• Podcasts?

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/
• https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2022/defend-the-internet-stop-the-splinternet/

Internet Measurements

• https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/ukrainian-internet-shrinks-by-over-15
• https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/internet-perspectives-ukraine-and-russia#disconnected
• https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/how-is-russia-connected-to-the-wider-internet/
• https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/ukraine-internet-analysis
• https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/russia-global-internet
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/world/europe/ukraine-maps.html
• 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/

News

• [One Month Of Invasion https://wiki.techinc.nl/File:FPU_leaflet_ONE_MONTH_OF_INVASION.pdf]
• [RU v. Net, April 7, 2022] https://shiftprint.writeas.com/ru-v-net

(to be placed in categories later)

• 8. April: Job Offer: TMR LOOKING FOR A dedicated PART-TIME PRODUCER with ADMIN SUPORT File:producer coordinator assistant TMR.pdf
• April 2022: URGENT NEED FOR WORKSHOPS: https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom/Workshops

Funding: https://culturalfoundation.eu/stories/culture-of-solidarity-fund-ukraine-edition/ 

Secure Personal Communication in the Event of Crisis (14 Mar 2022)
https://labs.ripe.net/author/waehlisch/secure-personal-communication-in-the-event-of-crisis/

• 24.3. https://www.cyberscoop.com/ukraine-internet-starlink-security/
• https://vvvvvvaria.org/~systers/UKRAINEINVASION_LinkFarm.html &
  • https://pad.xpub.nl/p/UKRAINEINVASION_LinkFarm
• academics -- https://kse.ua/lektsi-na-pidtrimku-ukrayini/ "#GlobalMinds4Ukraine / Lectures marathon in support of Ukraine " , Kyiv School of Economics

News about techies

•  :( https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/31/the-last-days-of-mariupols-internet/?sh=514f41a45962
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/22/while-russians-bombs-fall-around-them-ukraines-engineers-battle-to-keep-the-internet-running/?sh=126ff83a5a4c
• 24.3. https://www.cyberscoop.com/ukraine-internet-starlink-security/
• Vesna's presentation slides: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/113/materials/slides-113-gaia-the-resilience-of-the-internet-in-ukraine-2-00
• 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/

Satelite

• Looks like they found/reversed the malware used for that "satellite internet hack", https://twitter.com/juanandres_gs/status/1509552409781186571
• https://spacenews.com/spacex-shifts-resources-to-cybersecurity-to-address-starlink-jamming/
• 24.3. https://www.cyberscoop.com/ukraine-internet-starlink-security/

Internet Governance News

• China and Russia Want to Rule the Global Internet – The Diplomat : https://thediplomat.com/2022/02/china-and-russia-want-to-rule-the-global-internet/
• Russia's Ukraine War Raises Specter of an Online Splinternet - CNET: https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/russias-ukraine-war-raises-specter-of-an-online-splinternet/
• (IG / Opinion) https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/the-ukraine-crisis-future-of-internet/
• https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/icann-wont-revoke-russian-internet-domains-says-effect-would-be-devastating/

Freedom of Expression vs Propaganda

aka Sanctions 

• https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2022/03/17/propaganda-cannot-be-silenced-with-censorship-freedom-of-expression-can/
• (IG / opinion) https://labs.ripe.net/author/chrisb/a-more-robust-approach-to-sanctions/
• (IG / RIPE NCC) https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/eu-sanctions-and-our-russian-membership/
  • 2023 update: https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/a-note-on-our-latest-sanctions-transparency-report/
• https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/internet_russia_sanctions/
• https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/Multistakeholder-Imposition-of-Internet-Sanctions.pdf
• https://correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2022/03/01/sanctions-tracker-live-monitoring-of-all-sanctions-against-russia/
• 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.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2022/internet-impact-brief-how-refusing-russian-networks-will-impact-the-internet/
• speech of Zelenskyy to Danes: about green energy!! https://www.obozrevatel.com/news-eng/zelenskij-v-obraschenii-k-datchanam-sanktsii-protiv-rossii-nuzhno-uzhestochat.htm

Against Disinformation

• https://www.disinfo.eu/ukraine-hub/
• (data sprint doc with lots of DisInfo projects) https://tinyurl.com/datasprint22

Mental Health Tips

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

Opinions

• https://www.tni.org/en/article/we-need-a-peoples-solidarity-with-ukraine

• 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/

• https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukraine

• LeftEast Condemns Putin?s Imperial War Against Ukraine https://lefteast.org/lefteast-condemns-putins-imperial-war-against-ukraine/

• No to War. For a Transnational Politics of Peace - open letter https://www.transnational-strike.info/2022/02/24/no-to-war-for-a-transnational-politics-of-peace/

• Cultural Workers Against the Ongoing War in Ukraine - open letter http://culturalworkersagainstwar.org

• How western imperialism prepared the ground for the conflict in Ukraine : https://www.marxist.com/how-western-imperialism-prepared-the-ground-for-the-conflict-in-ukraine.htm

• "war room" -> https://www.usubc.org/site/recent-news/ukraine-war-bulletin---march-29--2022---10-00-am-est----part-1-common

• anti-globalist conspiracists :: https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2022/03/volodymyr-zelensky-claims-the-way-europe-can-stop-the-russian-invasion-is-if-they-go-green-yes-really/

• Solidarity with the Ukrainian people! https://newpol.org/a-memorandum-on-the-radical-anti-imperialist-position-regarding-the-war-in-ukraine/

• https://pescanik.net/the-perverse-logic-of-justifying-aggression/

Humanitarian

• Resources for Ukrainian refugees and supporters: a lot of useful information in one doc - from details on various border checkpoints to asylum procedures across Europe (via CEE feminist research network):

https://tinyurl.com/uarefugeeresources

• https://takecarebnb.org/gastgezin/10-tips-voor-het-opvangen-van-een-vluchteling/

NVC

• https://nvctraining.com (statement "Support for Humanity: A Statement on Russia and Ukraine , Thursday, May 5, 2022) File:NVC Support for Humanity- A Statement on Russia and Ukraine.pdf
• https://educators.tabletopteachingllc.com/conflict-resolution-play-free-lesson-teaching-students-about-speaking-out-for-peace-in-ukraine/

History

• June 2022, "Yugoslavia and the Internet That Never Was" https://labs.ripe.net/author/jelena/yugoslavia-and-the-internet-that-never-was/
• Mar 2023, The Evolution of the Balkan Telecommunications Market, by Jelena Cosic https://labs.ripe.net/author/jelena/a-see-11-story-the-evolution-of-the-balkan-telecommunications-market/
• videos:
  • SEE-10, presentation & panel "Technical history of Internet Infrastructure in ex-Yugoslavia" : https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-10/webstream-recordings
  • RIPE85, presentation & panel "Remembering the Internet Revolution in Belgrade" https://ripe85.ripe.net/archives/video/881/
• Slides
  • " Internet in Yugoslavia: From JUPAK to IP" https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/uploads/fobi_plugins/file/see-10/Internet%20in%20Yugoslavia-FINAL_0f14b91c-6c4e-40e4-9ab3-b132acf8057c.pdf
  • "Remembering the Internet Revolution in Belgrade" ripe85 https://ripe85.ripe.net/presentations/129-Internet-Revolution-in-Belgrade.pdf
• File:Upcoming Event- Internet History of Ex-Yugoslavia.pdf
• sanctions against internet in Serbia, 1992-1997
  • "Internet in Serbia: From Dark Side of the Moon to the Internet Revolution" Drazen Pantic // DOI: https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v2i4.520 // https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/520/441
  • "Broken promises of Internet and democracy: Internet art in Serbia, 1996–2014" Nina Mihaljinac, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia, Vera Mevorah, Independent Research Associate, Serbia" https://sci-hub.se/10.1177/0163443719831177
  • https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-08-mn-7107-story.html
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/citation/wc961225.htm
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Serbia#History

• ZaMir: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZaMirNET
  • Wired Article, 1995: https://www.wired.com/1995/11/zamir/?pg=2&topic=
  • Paul Stubbs (1998) 'Conflict and Co-Operation in the Virtual Community: eMail and the Wars of the Yugoslav Succession' Sociological Research Online, vol. 3, no. 3, <http://www.socresonline.org.uk/3/3/7.html> https://www.socresonline.org.uk/3/3/7.html
  • FoeBud: http://museum.foebud.org/org/zamir/

• Flashbacks to Yugoslav Wars... & my personal / family history
  • https://www.mangalmedia.net/english/finding-threads
  • https://melodyflood.substack.com/p/yugonostalgia-road-through-the-past
  • https://melodyflood.substack.com/p/yugoslavia-and-the-west?s=r
  • https://melodyflood.substack.com/p/check-this-out-uvaj-se-by-denis-and?s=r
  • https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/3/3/bosnians-relive-past-war-trauma-as-russia-invades-ukraine
  • https://bylinetimes.com/2022/04/07/the-bosnian-precedent-anticipating-russias-crimes-against-humanity-in-ukraine/

• History of Internet in Yugoslavia

• • OCTOBER 19, 2023 https://www.thedial.world/issue-9/yugolsav-wars-yu-domain-history-icann
  • Podcast: https://labs.ripe.net/history-of-networking/behind-the-iron-curtain-ivan-pepelnjak/ "Behind the Iron Curtain" by Ivan Pepelnjak
  • Ivan Pepelnjak was a founding member of the first IX in Slovenia twenty-five years ago. He joins us to describe the origins of the Internet, from the first dial-up circuits to the founding of the first IX and local DNS services here on the History of Networking.
  • April 1992 https://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-054.txt

dump, edit later

Podcast about Slovenian internet
https://labs.ripe.net/history-of-networking/behind-the-iron-curtain-ivan-pepelnjak/

Galaksija: Yugoslavia's open source hardware, free software socialist computing platform.
https://mail.flarn.com/pipermail/plura-list/2020-August/000156.html
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/computer-yugoslavia-galaksija-voja-antonic/
https://www.crowdsupply.com/rcc-productions/galaksija

2012, "tribina upravljanja internetom" ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3mJaoqwFdA

> movies

> * Tranen van Tito (Dutch documentary )

> * Druga strain Vrata (IDFA winner documentary) (2018?)

> * "From .yu to .me" https://vimeo.com/95833310

> * "This is not your song" (not internet, but culture) http://www.adelamedia.net/movies/whose-is-this-song.php

> * ZaMir -> the talk at CCC!

> Zamir Transnational Network und Zagreb Dairy

> https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-8842-zamir_transnational_network_und_zagreb_dairy

> * OpenNet > > https://web.archive.org/web/19980421173028/http://classroom.opennet.org

> * GALEB archive :) -> on CD

> * more links to Voja Antonic history / Galaksija

> https://hackaday.com/2015/08/03/hacking-the-digital-and-social-system/

> Iconic Yugoslavian Galaksija Computer Reborn, With A Documentary Too

> https://hackaday.com/2020/10/25/iconic-yugoslavian-galaksija-computer-reborn-with-a-documentary-too/

Past Events

• 2.6. Video Art in Time of War https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-tactical-media-meet-up-2-video-art-in-times-of-war-339896649027
• 28.4. https://waag.org/en/event/tactical-media-meetup-1-how-navigate-disinformation-landscape
• 28.4 https://debalie.nl/programma/techdenkers-het-vrije-internet-in-oorlogstijd-28-04-2022/

• more here: https://wiki.techinc.nl/Tea_%26_Networking#Upcoming_Events

• Crypto for the People; Wednesday, April 13th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. (USA time zone?!) / Zoom https://uwaterloo.ca/cybersecurity-privacy-institute/cpi-talk-crypto-people

https://tinyurl.com/datasprint22

• Rhizomatica: Community Telecommunications Infrastructure, by Keith Whyte
  • Monday, 4th April 2022, 7PM CEST; hackerspace TechInc
  • https://wiki.techinc.nl/Rhizomatica_Community_Telecommunications_Infrastructure
  • https://www.rhizomatica.org/

• University of Amsterdam is organising "Spring Data Sprint" : March 28 - April 1, 2022. htt

• 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

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

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