TacticalMediaRoom/2022-03-09

tactical media room notes

9.3.2022

on wednesday 9.3. there was an informal meeting in De Waag, with the topic of “how can tech community work together with journalists & non-techies in conflict areas”, more specifically - during (and after) the war between Russia & Ukraine; specifically, what can the organisations in Amsterdam/Holland do.

these are NOT official notes, just my version - with the goal to inform *my* contacts of what is needed and where they can contribute.

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

Problems that need solving

- secure communication across the borders, in case of damage to Internet (physical or policy/censorship)

- communication WITHIN the country, if there is no Internet / electricity

Concrete requests

• techies - to help support the website () -> backend, DB, GitLabs
• “local knowledge” -> where is the need for (things) & how to transport them from the border?

(things = solar panels? radios? antennas? other tech equipment)

• techies: to donate “gear” that can be repurposed
• local hackerspaces -> to be source of tech-support
• hackerspaces outside -> to contribute knowledge

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

The initiatives that were shared

• Free Press Unlimited is establishing support for journalists inside - and those who fled - Ukraine & Russia; & in sounding countries https://www.freepressunlimited.org/nl

• Inzamel…

• Measurements of Internet status / performance
  • https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/the-ukrainian-internet/
  • 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/

• Hackerspaces open day, 26.3.
  • https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/International_hackerspace_Open_day_2022
  • “For this event we want to host & welcome, discuss, exchange, on a thematic question : Do biohackerspaces and hackerspaces have a role to play in welcoming refugees and exiles? “
  • https://wiki.kaouenn-noz.fr/hors_les_murs:en_international_hackerspace_open_day_2022

• Publishing instruction on how to use “secure communications tools” (in progress)

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

• Diaries: https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/03/05/dispatches-from-the-place-of-imminence-by-svitlana-matviyenko-part-3/ (etc)

• a platform similar to “wikileaks” , for accepting anonymous reports : https://www.publeaks.nl/

• 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/

IDEAS

• make a curated “gids” / “TV guide” for people to find independent news sources
• send instructions on how to make radio-receivers by reusing existing materials
• involve local hackerspaces :
  • Amsterdam: TechInc, LAG, chaos.amsterdam
  • Holland: HSNL /

Other links

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

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

https://www.ukrainians.nl/helpukraine/how-you-can-help/.

https://thenewstack.io/where-does-open-source-fit-into-russias-war-with-ukraine/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkvnpp/the-brain-dump

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

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

https://www.platformer.news/p/the-internet-is-a-force-multiplier?s=r

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/wartime-bad-time-mess-internet

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2022/03/09/solidariteitsverklaring-van-de-europese-ministers-voor-oekraine-en-uitgangspunten-t-b-v-culturele-samenwerking-met-de-russische-federatie-en-belarus