TacticalMediaRoom/Signal

Notes from the TacticalMediaRoom Signal group.

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Network and Internet services

• Digital commons are a pillar of European digital sovereignty. We have teamed up with a number of organizations working on building Digital Commons and published an op-ed encouraging French and European policy makers to put Digital Commons at the center of the EU’s digital strategy. https://openfuture.eu/blog/digital-commons-are-a-pillar-of-european-digital-sovereignty/
• Vint Cerf Talks The Future Of The Internet - BBC Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2AmxZ3V26s -
• Interesting read: 13 propositions, and the #12 is about sanctions on the Internet: https://blog.apnic.net/2022/07/19/13-propositions-on-an-internet-for-a-burning-world-12-13/

Network

• Forensic Architecture, about the historical context of the Russian attack on the Kyiv TV tower: https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/russian-strike-on-kyiv-tv-tower/
• Level Up (https://level-up.cc/) is a community-owned platform designed to gather resources for the global digital safety training community.
• "Internet splintering due to server-side blocking and embargo sanction" https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1533754156196016128?s=20&t=LoMpjsB25BPCexRpWh2NHA
• This was the session at RightsCon: https://rightscon.summit.tc/t/2022/events/internet-splintering-due-to-server-side-blocking-and-embargo-sanction-nv8ZxD4hyXemicsbVgyfhq
• An Open Internet Remains the Goal - New from RIPE NCC:https://labs.ripe.net/author/hans_petter_holen/an-open-internet-remains-the-goal/
• RPKI Training for Ukrainian Network Operators -> The RIPE NCC held online BGP Security training for Ukrainian telecom operators on 6 April: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alex-semenyaka/rpki-training-for-ukrainian-network-operators/
• What could be done, if there is political will, regarding the "technical sanctions" & blocking of the aggressive regimes/countries/networks:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/pdf/draft-giuliano-blocking-considerations-00
• Report shared OONI data analysis on recent blocks that have emerged in Russia(and in the EU) amid the war in Ukraine. https://ooni.org/post/2022-russia-blocks-amid-ru-ua-conflict/
• Article > why the RIPE NCC remains fully compliant with the latest sanctions https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/eu-sanctions-and-our-russian-membership/ -
• Data analysis & visualization relating to censorship. OONI discussion channel: https://join.slack.com/t/openobservatory/shared_invite/zt-16ndyhjcw-xC~h_CNBKBm0IFZI3zhwNQ
• https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/internet-perspectives-ukraine-and-russia
• A More Robust Approach to Sanctions: https://labs.ripe.net/author/chrisb/a-more-robust-approach-to-sanctions/
• Recent events in Ukraine have spotlighted some fundamental questions about Internet governance and the use of state-imposed sanctions. This post frames the discussion in reference to one of the Internet's most enduring maxims.RIPE NCC "position" : https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/the-ripe-ncc-and-ukraine-russia/
• To sanction or not to sanction the Internet access: A SancNet debate https://www.giga-net.org/to-sanction-or-not-to-sanction-the-internet-access-a-sancnet-debate/
• History of using sanctions against internet in Serbia (& history of war in ex-yugoslavia ) https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom#History
• https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/hydra-market-543-bitcoin-seized-as-world-s-biggest-darknet-platform-shut-down
• https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/yandex-data-center-in-finland-loses-power-runs-on-diesel-due-to-war-sanctions/
• https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/spring-and-summer-events-season-2022/ Spring and Summer Events Season 2022 Ripe

Internet Security

• Cryptography has failed to address the needs of the disenfranchised.But we can fix that! bit.ly/3KYomFe
• Secure communication tools, for non-techies https://labs.ripe.net/author/waehlisch/secure-personal-communication-in-the-event-of-crisis/ https://labs.ripe.net
• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/telegram-harm-reduction-users-russia-and-ukraine
• https://cip.gov.ua/en/news/viktor-zhora-potencial-rosiiskikh-khakeriv-imovirno-pereocinenii
• https://www.ft.com/content/1fb2f592-4806-42fd-a6d5-735578651471
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/28/huge-cyberattack-on-ukrtelecom-biggest-since-russian-invasion-crashes-ukraine-telecom/?sh=43c99b0d7dc2
• Anonymous hacktivists warned that the next #OpRussia target will be corporations that refuse to pull their business from Russia as one group of hackers decided to try to use their data haul from a Russian company to financially help the people of Ukraine.
• https://www.hstoday.us/featured/anonymous-hackers-fire-warning-shot-at-companies-refusing-to-pull-out-of-russia/

Ukraine

General

• https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-unique-book-of-ukrainian-street-art
• https://jacobin.com/2022/07/ukraine-russia-war-putin-socialism-resistance I’m a Ukrainian Socialist. Here’s Why I Resist the Russian Invasion.
• "Dedicated to Ukrainians" https://youtu.be/ui8kUKuLBaU
• Ukraine video dispatch:freedomnews.org.uk
• https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/06/01/ukraine-video-dispatch-the-recovery-in-kharkiv/?fbclid=IwAR3KPeJ-XNL0lhK78qxXyNN6sNVeTiOkJjuHcjs5J9EG9mR6fm-25NsBOeU
• " Dedicated to Ukrainians" https://youtu.be/ui8kUKuLBaU
• Dispatches from the Place of Imminence https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/31/dispatches-from-the-place-of-imminence-part-10/
• Story from Ukrainian ccTLD registry .ua during war : https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/753
• https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/05/telegram-app-ukraine-rides-high-thirst-trustworthy-news?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/23/the-artists-of-ukraine-find-their-voice-in-a-cry-of-resistance
• https://pen.org.ua/en/hartiya The PEN Charter ~ PEN Ukraine PEN affirms that: Literature knows no frontiers and must remain common currency among people in spite of political or international upheavals. In all circumstances, and particularly in time of war, works

Internet in Ukraine

• Keep Ukraine connect task force https://keepukraineconnected.org | https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/keep-ukraine-connected/ > story (podcast & article) about the project that was presented at non-public TMR meetup:
• Petition organized by Promote Ukraine and EUMANS: https://eukrainenow.eu <https://eukrainenow.eu>
• Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online We are saving digitised collections from Ukrainian museums, libraries and archives.https://www.sucho.org/
• The international surge to help keep Ukraine's frontlines connected https://www.cyberscoop.com/ukraine-internet-starlink-security/
• https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/29xf7phjbzu764hrrx8g0/kyivstar-works-to-re-connect-ukrainian-cities
• In the rubble of bombarded Ukrainian cities, technicians are risking their lives to keep the country online.https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/22/while-russians-bombs-fall-around-them-ukraines-engineers-battle-to-keep-the-internet-running/?sh=4a20aad35a4c
• Resiliency of the Internet in Ukraine Emile Aben, RIPE NCC https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/
• Dattalion – Ukraine's Data Battalion. Today at 14:30 (EEST), me and my colleagues are going to hold the first media briefing of Dattalion at Ukraine Media Center. The link to the event is available here https://youtu.be/d6HHk7u98Bc

https://twitter.com/mykolska/status/1531188142958592000

Russia

General

• https://www.raamoprusland.nl/dossiers/nederland-en-europa/2151-megafoons-van-het-kremlin-blokkeren-of-niet
• https://theins.ru/en/news/251259 Only about 10% of Russian television workers support the war in Ukraine and believe that Russia is «exterminating Nazis» there. The head of a major Russian TV channel, speaking on condition of anonymit
• https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2022/04/12/milliardi-na-propagandu-rashodi-byudzheta-na-gossmi-podskochili-vtroe-na-fone-voini-a19511 Q1 in 2022 was spent 17,5 billion rubles on prop from state budget.
• https://decorrespondent.nl/13380/deze-wetenschapper-dacht-een-oorlogsexpert-te-zijn-tot-ze-in-de-horror-van-de-russische-oorlog-belandde/411515280-43515f71 Deze wetenschapper dacht een oorlogsexpert te zijn. Tot ze in de horror
• https://twitter.com/jamnewscaucasus/status/1523927947366875138?s=21&t=M0kSQR2uSsVAhohbYAI8IQ About Victory day & Russian media ‘Blood on your hands’
• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/27/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-power Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power | Vladimir Sorokin
• Explosies Transnistrië zorgen voor onrust in Moldavië en dat is 'precies wat Moskou wil' - https://nos.nl/l/2426852
• ‘Jullie beeld van Oost-Europa komt voort uit jarenlange Russische propaganda’ https://www.volkskrant.nl/a-b8c5a578
• https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/666747798/aantal-asielaanvragen-uit-rusland-fors-hoger-daders-of-slachtoffers
• Re: Russia | Eng An expert and discussion platform aiming to address key issues of Russian politics, economy and society. It produces a constantly updated review of current expertise, new data and global discussion on the state of Russia, and publishes its own research https://t.me/rerussia_eng
• "We Are Not Doing Anything Illegal, Why Be Anonymous?" — Interview with Maxim Kondratiev from Avtozak LIVE by Angela Gurtsieva https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/26/we-are-not-doing-anything-illegal-why-be-anonymous-interview-with-maxim-kondratiev-from-avtozak-live/
• About sanctions & ripe ncc : https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/810/
• the open letter for the dutch ministers of foreign affairs and justice, asking for : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJU5JrWcvplXMT1YICiJlCuHTJC_LtTXdUnl8YeoiK0/edit
• Russia turns its diplomats into disinformation warriors https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-diplomats-disinformation-war-ukraine/
• Op zoek naar de feiten in oorlogstijd https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2022/op-zoek-naar-de-feiten-in-oorlogstijd~v484352/
• https://voxpop.uva.nl/en/content/events/events/2022/06/moscow-times-publishers-discuss-the-russian-war-in-ukraine.html The Price of Lying - VOX-POP The Russophone team of the Moscow Times recently fled Russia.

Resistance

• Stichting Free Russia NL is a fact! We have registered our foundation today, we will be continuing our social, cultural, humanitarian and activist work with now official support of private and public funders, volunteers and community. More info on our plans, organisation structure and activities will follow soon!
• https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520472404987990018 “Russian soldiers fighting for Ukraine against the Russian Army driving through the Poltava region. Those white-blue-white flags really are beautiful.
• https://discord.gg/PHssTt4X3z Russian or Belorussian journalists in need are welcome to join my Discord server Russian Press In Exile (Russian PiE), I cooperate with RSF and can put them in contact with the new JX Fund. There are also other growing resources on the server/ people can help each other.
• Free University Moscow created this new and for some here probably useful Telegram channel: https://t.me/FreeStudentMedia. (NB in Russian only though, so it seems)
• https://discord.gg/XVYMcSCx Russian Press in Exile channel (Alexander from Moscow Times is also in the group, I understood there is an effort to create a united media coalition by Tvrain, meduza and moscow times)
• Oprichter Russisch Telegram-kanaal gevlucht naar Nederland: https://nos.nl/video/2427534-oprichter-russisch-telegram-kanaal-gevlucht-naar-nederland-ik-zou-zeker-worden-opgepakt
• Russian political journalist and politician Vladimir Kara-Murza was detained for 'spreading fakes' about actions of Russian army in Ukraine. He faces up to 10 years in jail. He is brave and honest, if you want to write about it I have details( Alina Danilina) , photos and video.
  It's also posted there https://t.me/novaya_europe/659https://t.me/novaya_europe/659 https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/22/kara-murza-charged-russia-speech/
• Redacteuren DOXA hangt gevangenisstraf boven het hoofd – https://www.wereldbrand.nl/2022/04/08/redacteuren-doxa-hangt-gevangenisstraf-boven-het-hoofd/
• Open Letter of Dmitry Pilikin, Russian Artist, Curator, Art Historian https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/04/04/open-letter/

Internet in Russia

• https://www.spui25.nl/programma/the-european-internet-blockade-of-russian-propagandist-media The European Internet Blockade of Russian Propagandist Media
• https://t.me/rerussia_eng An expert and discussion platform aiming to address key issues of Russian politics, economy and society. It produces a constantly updated review of current expertise, new data and global discussion on the state of Russia, and publishes its own research
• MEMO TO META, TWITTER, & GOOGLE: Suspending Russian Government & Affiliated Accounts https://medium.com/@taskforce_51147/141fd0aa0fac
• Argumentenkaart over Europese Internetblokkade van Russia Today https://ecp.nl/argumentenkaart-over-europese-internetblokkade-van-russia-today-en-sputnik/ in english: https://ecp.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AK-Internetblokkade-Rusland-EN.pdf
• https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/can-russia-really-disconnect-from-the-rest-of-the-digital-world
• Russia Is Building Its Own Intependent Internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk329evDDqo | https://labs.ripe.net/author/alexander-isavnin/the-russian-sovereign-internet-and-number-resources/
• Before a possible internet wall between Russia and the rest of the world is erected, it seems to me a priority to actively invest energy in join, receiving (internet) addresses, proxies, VPNs, satellite options, short golf etc.However, it is necessary that that information is quickly decentralized, through various media.
• https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/can-russia-really-disconnect-from-the-rest-of-the-digital-world
• The open internet in Russia must be protected. Here’s why https://webfoundation.org/2022/03/the-open-internet-in-russia-must-be-protected-heres-why/
• Russian internet resources and background https://labs.ripe.net/author/alexander-isavnin/the-russian-sovereign-internet-and-number-resources/
• How Is Russia Connected To The Wider Internet? https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/how-is-russia-connected-to-the-wider-internet/
• Meduza is a Russian platform https://save.meduza.io/eu
• AmneziaVPN is the only service that has supported this petition. One free service for all Russians, accessible through a telegram bot - because all foreign vpn services are blocked or impossible to pay for from Russia. It as one small win for free internet access without https://www.change.org/p/we-call-on-vpn-companies-to-provide-russian-users-with-free-access-to-their-services
• https://tracking.exposed/pdf/tiktok-russia-15march2022.pdf
• U.S. Treasury moves to keep Russians connected despite sanctions https://www.accessnow.org/u-s-treasury-russia-sanctions-internet/
• On March 7, TikTok made all the content posted by non-Russian channels unavailable to Russian users. This unannounced restriction removes an estimated 95% of the content previously available to Russian TikTok users. Content restriction is happening at the application layer rather than the transport layer,which requires the direct involvement of TikTok. It is the first time a global social media platform has restricted access to content at this scale. A network of coordinated accounts is using a loophole to post new content promoting Russian pro-war propaganda in Russia, despite the current ban on new content uploads.
• https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/yandex-data-center-in-finland-loses-power-runs-on-diesel-due-to-war-sanctions/

War

• https://networkcultures.org/tactical-media-room/2022/08/09/sandro-mezzadra-toni-negri-join-the-global-fight-against-the-regime-of-war/

Protests

• I have contacts in OVD now, so if there is an interest on working together, I can cross-connect; more info: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/02/russian-protests-against-war-ukraine-chronicle-events
• Flag from the Russian opposition - - The Russian design community has created a flag for anti-war movement in Russia. It is a white banner with blue horizontal stripe in the middle. We are removing bloody color because future and prosperity of new Russia is in peace'https://whitebluewhite.info/english and https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/red-is-dead-russian-anti-war-protesters-fly-a-new-flag-for-peace
• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/28/the-russians-fleeing-putins-wartime-crackdown
• Stichting Free Russia NL is a fact! We have registered our foundation today, we will be continuing our social, cultural, humanitarian and activist work with now official support of private and public funders, volunteers and community. More info on our plans, organisation structure and activities will follow soon!

Nederland

• Sunday 10 July: Poetin stoppen! Is FVD slopen! | IndyMedia

Stopping Putin means destroying the FvD! Sunday 10th of July, 13:00 The elitist conspiracy fascists from Forum voor Democratie will gather to show support to and celebrate their friend, dictator and mass murderer Putin! Together with the fascists of the AFD from Germany, the Russian ambassador and other! https://indymedia.nl/node/52254 More info: https://enoughisenough14.org/2022/07/07/dont-give-fascists-any-space-fvd-symposium-understanding-the-conflict-in-ukraine-on-july-10-amsterdam/

Journalism and Media

Tools

• https://dev.to/cossacklabs/10-tips-for-volunteering-devs-from-data-security-engineers-102a
• https://thisisnotgoogledocs.waag.org/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=1711&doc=RDRqd005Q0YrdHJOczVMQmJrL21JVjRjN0pEdlVKSUhJYi9UTlNMRytWQT0_IjE3MTEi0 https://thisisnotgoogledocs.waag.org/Products/Files/DocEditor.aspx?fileid=1711&doc=RDRqd005Q0YrdHJOczVMQmJrL21JVjRjN0pEdlVKSUhJYi9UTlNMRytWQT0_IjE3MTEi0
• dCommsDecentralized communications that work with or without the Internetdcomm.net.ua. This is a useful tool for regular people for connecting with family & friends, if their internet is flaky :

https://dcomm.net.ua/

• Don’t help Putin and Lukashenko silence anti-war voices - Access Now https://www.accessnow.org/putin-lukashenko/
• Learning security courses https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom/Workshops#Learning security courses
• Online, self-paced courses offered to journalists https://totem-project.org/
• the Free University Moscow created this new and for some here probably useful Telegram channel: https://t.me/FreeStudentMedia. (NB in Russian only though, so it seems)

how to talk about the russian invasion

Resources

• https://publicspaces.net/2022/06/22/zo-bouw-je-een-open-source-infrasturctuur-voor-een-conferentie/ Zo bouw je een open source infrastructuur voor een conferentie - PublicSpaces Deze tweede conferentie van PublicSpaces wilden we onze digitale infrastructuur volgens publieke waarden en met open source tools opzetten.
• https://www.bakonline.org/prospections/stand-with-ukraine-makeshift-reading-list/ Stand With Ukraine: A Makeshift Reading List is a compilation of what we believe are relevant articles and interviews that give historic context on the invasion of Ukraine and how we at BAK
• Shaping the NVC Community (Nonviolent Communication) Response to the Russia-Ukraine War https://nvctraining.com/nvc-library/video/shaping-the-nvc-community-response-to-the-russia-ukraine-war?highlight=WyJ1a3JhaW5lIl0=
• De Russische oorlog in Oekraïne speelt zich af op straat, in media, online, en hij wordt verbeeld in taal en literatuur. Woorden brengen troost en verbinding, maar ze kunnen ook verdelen en schaden. Welke rol spelen journalistieke

teksten in deze en andere oorlogen? Waarom kunnen we niet zonder proza en poëzie in tijden van strijd? En hoe verandert een oorlog de manier waarop we praten en schrijven? We bestuderen deze vragen met literair vertalers en journalisten die Rusland, Oekraïne en de voormalige Sovjet-Unie van binnenuit kennen. spui25.nl https://spui25.nl/programma/writings-ukraine-and-russia-the-imagination-of-a-region (in Dutch)

• https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/the-ripe-ncc-and-ukraine-russia
• Nextcloud folder for the Tactical Media Room.  !pwd protected
• True about Internet as well as books: “Censorship is absolutely antidemocratic and elitist. The process of learning is that of learning how to choose. Freedom isn’t given, it’s earned. Read, learn, and earn it.” ("Whose Lathe?", 1984)
• https://www.ursulakleguin.com/dancing-at-the-edge-of-the-world
• https://www.folia.nl/international/150626/uva-professor-ellen-rutten-wants-european-university-for-refugee-academics UvA professor Ellen Rutten wants European university for refugee academics
• https://hcss.nl/report/how-wars-end-russia-ukraine/ How Wars End | War terminations: insights for the Russia-Ukraine War

OSint - open source intelligence

• https://restofworld.org/2022/osint-viral-ukraine/
• https://t.me/avtozaklive It’a journalist legal project, that tracks protests and detentions and unlawful actions of police in Russia

Crisis reporting

• Institute of Mass Information in Kyiv https://fixersandjournalists.humanities.uva.nl/
• The Russian press in Exile petition to the EUropean Parliament
  

File:Independent Russian Journalists Relief.pdf

Reporting

• https://www.wereldbrand.nl/2022/04/08/redacteuren-doxa-hangt-gevangenisstraf-boven-het-hoofd/
• http://bit.ly/3KYomFe “Cryptography has failed to address the needs of the disenfranchised. But we can fix that! https://shiftprint.writeas.com/ru-v-net
• The Free Press Show Hoe ziet de toekomst van de journalistiek eruit? In veel landen staat de onafhankelijke journalistiek onder druk. Toch tonen veel journalisten zich strijdvaardig. Ze gebruiken data mining en hackersmethoden of zetten nieuwe netwerken en internationale samenwerkingen op. Hoe zullen de journalisten van de toekomst omgaan met dictators en kan nieuwe technologie hen daarbij helpen? Mediawetenschapper Mark Deuze geeft aan de hand van zijn beeldarchief een blik op de oorlog, die niet alleen op het slagveld maar ook in de media wordt uitgevochten. https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenlicht/kijk/afleveringen/2022-2023/the-free-press-show.html/
• coming publication. Lviv – Kyiv: An Unintelligible Trip in an Unintelligible War Antonis Vradis https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1351
• From a Ukrainian colleague, a recommendation: "Some twitter accounts to follow: @DmytroKuleba (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, I saw this account being prised for efficient communication, could be interesting from professional point of view as well), @Kyivindependent, @ukraine_world (news in English), @andersostlund (a Swedish journalist reporting from Kyiv), @nolanwpeterson (war reporter based in Ukraine since 2014).
• Taking on Putin through porn: how Russians are finding out the truth about Ukraine | Jemimah Steinfeld Little moderation, huge audiences and biddable owners make porn and gambling sites a safe haven from censors, says Jemimah Steinfeld, editor-in-chief of Index on Censorship https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/02/putin-porn-russians-truth-ukraine-gambling-sites
• Novaya Gazeta Europe will cover what is happening in Russia in several languages. It will cover international and Russian news for people who read in Russian and who share European values.https://novayagazeta.eu/
• https://www.hva.nl/content/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2022/03/lector-geert-lovink-blogt-met-oekraiense-collegas-over-de-oorlog.html
• The Last Days Of Mariupol’s Internet - Engineers who kept Ukraine’s port city online have gone missing or died in the carnage inflicted by Russia’s siege. Hope remains that Ukrainian cities knocked off the internet map will come back online fast—once the shelling ends.
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/31/the-last-days-of-mariupols-internet/?sh=514f41a45962
• A Wikipedia author has been arrested in Belarus. Wikipedia advises all editors in Belarus and Russia to hide their personal data, and to write/complete articles about war only from secret accounts.Question: If they write under a pseudonym, is their IP address untraceable, or are they masked by Wikipedia?
• MFFR komt met statement uit om Russische en Belarussische jourhttps://verblijfblog.nl/tijdelijke-bescherming-van-oekrainers-in-nederland/ more info: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/02/russian-protests-against-war-ukraine-chronicle-events
• File:FPU leaflet ONE MONTH OF INVASION.pdf
• Platform Geopolitics in 2022: Russian Invasion of Ukraine – an incomplete overview ttps://isoc.nl/nieuws/platform-geopolitics-in-2022-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-an-incomplete-overview
• Reimagining the aftermath of war, now https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/wps/2022/05/10/reimagining-the-aftermath-of-war-now/
• Russian soldiers fighting for Ukraine against the Russian Army driving through the Poltava region. https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520472404987990018
• How do wars end? HCSS director of research Tim Sweijs and assistant analyst Mattia Bertolini consider what we can learn from past war terminations: how long they last, how they end and factors that

https://hcss.nl/report/how-wars-end-russia-ukraine/

• Dispatches from the Place of Imminence, part 9 https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/10/dispatches-from-the-place-of-imminence-part-9/
• Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power | Vladimir Sorokin https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/27/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-power

Desinformation

• https://www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/nieuwe-desinformatie-projecten
• https://edmo.eu/2022/06/29/10-recommendations-by-the-taskforce-on-disinformation-and-the-war-in-ukraine/ https://edmo.eu/2022/06/29/10-recommendations-by-the-taskforce-on-disinformation-and-the-war-in-ukraine/
• https://www.conspiratorialmemory.com/events/conspiratorial-memory-workshop - conspiratorial memory group (a research group on east European conspiracy theory based at Uva, ASCA)
• https://waag.org/en/event/tactical-media-meetup-2-ukrainian-video-art-times-war Tactical Media Meetup #2: Ukrainian video art in times of war
• https://waag.org/en/article/tactical-media-room-no-single-solution-fake-news Tactical Media Room: No single solution to fake news
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/10/china-pro-russia-propaganda-exposed-by-online-activists-ukraine China’s pro-Russia propaganda exposed by online activists Mistranslations falsely blame Ukrainians for atrocities perpetrated by Russian forces against civilians
• https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/03/reflexions-on-navigating-disinformation/ Institute of Network Cultures | Reflexions on Navigating (Dis)information
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/01/troll-factory-spreading-russian-pro-war-lies-online-says-uk ‘Troll factory’ spreading Russian pro-war lies online, says UK
• https://www.vision4ai.eu/ai-mitigating-bias-disinformation/ AI: Mitigating Bias & Disinformation | Vision4AI
• Tactical Media Meetup #1: How to navigate the (dis)information landscape - Tactical Media Room focusses on ways to support tactical media and independent journalists, newsrooms and civic initiatives from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.https://waag.org/en/event/tactical-media-meetup-1-how-navigate-disinformation-landscape
• 10 Recommendations by the Taskforce on Disinformation and the War in Ukraine. This short report lists 10 recommendations for policy makers, technology companies, as well as newsrooms and civil society, based on observations, research activities and discussions over the past three months https://edmo.eu/2022/06/29/10-recommendations-by-the-taskforce-on-disinformation-and-the-war-in-ukraine/
• the final map published by the 'argument factory' on pro and con of RT/Sputnik blocking in the Netherlands was now also published in English. Argumentenkaart over Europese Internetblokkade van Russia Today en Sputnik - ECP | Platform voor de InformatieSamenleving AMS-IX en ECP publiceren op 1 juni 2022 een argumentenkaart over de Europese internetblokkade van Russia today en Sputnik News.
• https://ecp.nl/argumentenkaart-over-europese-internetblokkade-van-russia-today-en-sputnik/
• https://ecp.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AK-Internetblokkade-Rusland-EN.pdf
• https://mailchi.mp/disinfo.eu/445467332-15481204?e=25be8ebb67 disinfo.eu
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/inside-putins-propaganda-machine
• Tactical media room public event - publication https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/03/reflexions-on-navigating-disinformation/
• Funding for projects dealing with disinformation deadline 25. April (info in Duthc)https://www.sidnfonds.nl/grip-op-desinformatie-2
• Findings from the warfakes Telegram data sprint research published on INC https://networkcultures.org/?p=14671&preview=1&_ppp=d58a9e9474
• Datasprint https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QmKlgTS-9ZQqIpXieU1OVduIXMinpQaKTn243XYE_iU/edit# Here is the info on the datasprint.

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Russia Propaganda

• https://medium.com/@kravchenko_mm/what-should-russia-do-with-ukraine-translation-of-a-propaganda-article-by-a-russian-journalist-a3e92e3cb64 - What should Russia do with Ukraine? [Translation of a propaganda article by a Russian journalist]
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/inside-putins-propaganda-machine

Information wars

• An analysis of Dutch pro-Russia tweets — EOOH.eu https://eooh.eu/articles/analysis-of-dutch-pro-russia-tweets
• TMRers we are trying to collect a list of TikTok accounts and hashtags that do the war, in case anyone has any tips. So far we haven't got too far 🤨 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g8gYKZxK8A9migkweIiktz24sNLvnS0aMEPRLBdkpE/edit#gid=q.
• Yesterday in Belarus they closed a store that sold only books in Belarusian, as they were extremist books. And banned sale of 1984 book.
• “…. The impact of propaganda is not easily reversible, and sometimes, it is not reversible at all. You may not realize it, of course, but this is, too, how propaganda works. When propaganda engages your unconscious, you may need years to decipher why this particular idea resonated so well with you. “ … similar to trauma , gaslighting, C-PTSD :(

Mensen van free russia gaan aan de demo meedoen hoor ik net An analysis of Dutch pro-Russia tweets — EOOH.eu https://eooh.eu/articles/analysis-of-dutch-pro-russia-tweets

• Russian intelligence to enhance information campaign in the Netherlands - Robert Lansing Institute. Russia keeps on carrying out information campaigns and psyops in the Netherlands to enhance impact on country’s political system. lansinginstitute.org https://lansinginstitute.org/2022/07/09/russian-intelligence-to-enhance-information-campaign-in-the-netherlands
• ‘Troll factory’ spreading Russian pro-war lies online, says UK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/01/troll-factory-spreading-russian-pro-war-lies-online-says-uk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
• Russia targeting BRICS, Africa, Asia. Not the West really at all. https://twitter.com/carljackmiller/status/1504896238826700800?s=21
• China’s pro-Russia propaganda exposed by online activists.Mistranslations falsely blame Ukrainians for atrocities perpetrated by Russian forces against civilians
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/10/china-pro-russia-propaganda-exposed-by-online-activists-ukraine?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"Blood on your hands" and other surprising anti-#Kremlin messages released by #Russian media outlets on #VictoryDay https://twitter.com/jamnewscaucasus/status/1523927947366875138?s=21&t=M0kSQR2uSsVAhohbYAI8IQ

RT and Sputnik

• B: we launched a complaint, https://www.bit.nl/FOIC-goes-to-court
  

SK: Blocking RT and Sputnik is not limiting access to information, as these are not independent media but weapons created and lavishly funded by the aggressor. It is blocking agressor state’s weapon on EU territory.
SK:I agree that the post-postmodernist reality has put us in front of a new challenge: while we used to have too little freedom of speech/ access to information and fought to gain more, we have now landed in a situation where we have access to so much information, growing exponentially, that we no longer have the mental capacity or time or resources to discern purposefully false and weaponized statements from true records. What we mostly need is media literacy (stop limiting children’s screen time, let them build up resilience, talk about disinformation) and accessible tools to debunk false information/ disinformation. It’s a huge and difficult dilemma, probably one of the worst of our time, alongside climate change. What I argue about is that now, with the war going on and hundreds of independent Russian journalists having a hard time getting the ends meet and desperately in need of our support, I find it strange that NGOs spend money and human resource on what is essentially helping the aggressor. I know this was not their goal, but this is unfortunately a perfect example of what Lenin called “useful idiots” (people in the West who assisted the bolsheviks without realizing it).

Fundraising and support

• https://www.instagram.com/mirrorsoupkitchen/ Mirror Soup Kitchen XL - Vrijheidsmaaltijdsoep
• Stand With Ukraine: A Makeshift Reading List is a compilation of what we believe are relevant articles and interviews that give historic context on the invasion of Ukraine and how we at BAK—and a broader international left opposing this and all wars—can express solidarity and exert political pressure https://www.bakonline.org/prospections/stand-with-ukraine-makeshift-reading-list/
• Watch out for Ukraine donation scammers in Twitter replies https://blog.malwarebytes.com/social-engineering/2022/04/watch-out-for-ukraine-donation-scammers-in-twitter-replies/

Support for journalists, artists and scientists

• https://twitter.com/sophiakornienko/status/1526655159203405825 - Got a reply from @EUparliament Human Rights chair @MariaArenaEU saying immediate measures to grant emergency visas to independent journos/ temp shelter in the EU is a priority. I know many independent Russian information workers have trouble accessing EU visas, grants denied! (17 05 2022)
• It might be good to add a note somewhere in that list on how the same need is urgent for academics and cultural workers at risk (from Ru & Be, I’d say). No need to expand the initiative, a mere alert/extra sentence would help in flagging this broader need. (Ellen) We are writing an open letter to the ministry of foreign affairs in NL. I already mentioned this here, really need support in placing the letter. We are finishing it on Thursday (Kris)
• The PEN Charter ~ PEN Ukraine PEN affirms that: Literature knows no frontiers and must remain common currency among people despite political or international upheavals. In all circumstances, and particularly in time of war, works - https://pen.org.ua/en/hartiya
• GONG is a civil society organization founded in the 1997 to encourage citizens to participate more actively in the political process. GONG works on improvement of human and civil rights. GONG promotes culture of dialogue, openness, transparency and accountability in the public sphere through research, advocacy and education, individually or together with individuals and organizations who share GONG's values.www.youtube.com live:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkOUw6ldlzqMj8LYB71uZUA
• https://twitter.com/sophiakornienko/status/1511714026044198914?s=21&t=AMrsglWqI0TpdOKwVMVCeQ I am doing art projects in support of the new JX Fund run by the Reporters without Borders. It’s a fun project involving animation and merch like T-shirts and All the frog it’s will go to the JX Fund.

Collections for Ukraine

• https://bekind.ua/en/foundation?id=5fdc72d5449781000870cb32 this is a charity that is currently collecting for warming mattresses for babies. Almost half of the children in Ukraine are born premature these days, and they often spend most of their time in shelters in low temperatures. The charity still needs 2500 euros to do a bulk purchase. If you can, please help them to raise the rest of the sum. You can read more on the link"

Inzamelplekken Oekraïne / collection points for Ukraine

Vind een inzamelpunt bij u in de buurt en doneer spullen aan Oekraïners in nood. / Find a collection point near you and donate items to Ukrainians in need.

• https://www.inzamelplekkenoekraine.nl/
• https://verblijfblog.nl/tijdelijke-bescherming-van-oekrainers-in-nederland/
• Open Society Launches Fund for a Free and Democratic Ukraine https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/open-society-launches-fund-for-a-free-and-democratic-ukraine
• Initiative supporting Ukrainian companies https://dutchcloudcommunity.nl/community/cloud4ukraine/
• https://neweurope.university/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/UNE-Emergency-Contacts-and-Funding_17-March-2022.pdf
• https://twitter.com/freepressunltd/status/1503734397081735173
• https://twitter.com/CFWIJ/status/1503809300589953026
• https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-ukraines-media-going
• https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/01/thousands-donate-to-campaign-to-save-ukrainian-media?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
• petition https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rlmF3ug8chNX2cemMj-RmRoZ1b71GbuPvax8Vai45rQ/edit?usp=sharing*
• https://www.nobelprizeforukraine.org/

Events

Past

By DMT

• https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-bgp-security-for-ukrainian-operators
• The European Internet Blockade of Russian Propagandist Media

Against the backdrop of the war with Ukraine, the Russian government has sharply increased funding for state media, resulting in an unprecedented level of state propaganda spread on social media platforms. As a consequence, US and EU lawmakers and Ukrainian officials have jolted into action by pressuring social media platforms in an attempt to curb Russian misinformation. This seems to be a watershed moment regarding freedom of the press and internet freedom. We discuss what is at stake with internet activists and journalists directly involved in war-news production. https://www.spui25.nl/programma/the-european-internet-blockade-of-russian-propagandist-media

• Van fact-checking tot argument-checking

Nieuwsverslaggeving lijkt steeds meer op een vorm van oorlog: feiten worden gepareerd met ‘alternatieve feiten’, fake news bestookt voortdurend de mainstream media, en men spreekt zelfs van ‘informatieoorlog’ of ‘informatieterreur’. Kunnen we aan de taal van journalisten en mediaorganisaties nog aflezen of het klopt wat ze zeggen, of is dat onmogelijk geworden? En wat kunnen we doen om de situatie te verbeteren? Vier experts op het gebied van het bestrijden van desinformatie gaan hierover met elkaar in gesprek. https://spui25.nl/programma/van-fact-checking-tot-argument-checking

• https://networkcultures.org/events/tactical-media-meet-up-3-the-european-internet-blockade-of-russian-propagandist-media/

OTHER

• https://spui25.nl/programma/van-fact-checking-tot-argument-checking
• https://www.spui25.nl/programma/the-european-internet-blockade-of-russian-propagandist-media
• https://www.disinfo.eu/conference The EU DisinfoLab 2022 Annual Conference will take place on October 25 and 26 at the Radisson Collection Grand Place Brussels.
• UvA colleagues have been discussing developing another datasprint (for early July) this time looking at TikTok. For our project we would need an expert curated list of important Ukranian _and_ Russian accounts. Does anyone have any ideas of where we might source this? Does Tiktok make apis available for research on a way that twitter does for example? Likely not I guess but good to know for sure. I feel I should know this, sorry! I'm in a round table meeting with them Monday on child safety so let me know if there's anything to bring up
• https://twitter.com/mediaofcoop/status/1539590237101465602/photo/1 Series "Memory under fire" on Russian disinformation practices & their implications

• Next to all visible war atrocities, another tragedy is unfolding. Members of the same family on different sides of the front line do not believe each other. Russian parents don’t believe their children in Ukraine who try to share their personal war experiences. 25/06/2022 MOMA&CO Amsterdam - Studio
• following Friday (17th) there is a monthly meetup of cross-community organisers, informal but powerful: if you'd like to gain support for TMR , please join: https://wiki.techinc.nl/Community_Organisers_Meetup_17th_June
• https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-bgp-security-for-ukrainian-operators
• Saturday (11.06) 12:00-14:00, Rotterdam, Westnieuwland Goal: to show the European community that Ukraine deserves the status of EU candidate and to draw the attention of the Netherland’s authorities and population to russia’s war against Ukraine.
• Sunday (12.06) 14: 00-16: 00, Amsterdam, Dam Square. to remind the world on “Russia’s day” about the war, crimes and genocide that it is committing in Ukraine, and to show Dutch community and the world that Ukraine is a European country and is worthy of being a EU candidate. Here is the event in FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/498700641938004 <https://www.facebook.com/events/498700641938004>
• here’s info about workshops I’ve added to the wiki https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom/Workshops
• https://www.human.nl/2doc-kort/kijk/overzicht/2022/aflevering-75.html Niet mijn Moskou - 2Doc Kort -31 mei 2022, 23:05 uur - NPO 2 (you stillcan see it on the npo website)
• June Friday (17th) there is a monthly meetup of cross-community organisers, informal but powerful: if you'd like to gain support for TMR , please join: https://wiki.techinc.nl/Community_Organisers_Meetup_17th_June
• https://twitter.com/mariannedh/status/1531283952660455425?s=12&t=RAEbiBDCE13hJvvotsq04Q RightsCon : “On June 8, at 12:30 pm (GMT -4) we'll have an amazing panel on "Internet splintering due to server-side blocking and embargo sanctions" with the incomparable @RoyaEnsafi, @DougMadory, @hellais, and @nielstenoever.”
• Dattalion – Ukraine's Data Battalion. may 30 - at 14:30 (EEST),first media briefing of Dattalion at Ukraine Media Center. The link to the event is available here https://youtu.be/d6HHk7u98Bc
• https://twitter.com/mykolska/status/1531188142958592000-
• The conspiratorial memory group (a research group on east European conspiracy theory based at Uva, ASCA) is having a workshop in early June that will mainiy focus on the Ukrainain war.https://www.conspiratorialmemory.com/events/conspiratorial-memory-workshop
• Screening of video art works, curated by Serge Klymko from the Kyiv Biennial, is taking place on 2 June at 20.00 at Waag. https://waag.org/nl/event/tactical-media-meetup-2-oekraiense-videokunst-tijden-van-oorlog
• RIPE 84 – Berlin, Germany | 16-20 May 2022A RIPE Meeting is a five-day event where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators and other interested parties from all over the world gather. https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/739/
• Global NOG Alliance: Taskforce to Keep Ukraine Connected
• Resilience of the internet in Ukraine: Emile Aben https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/738/
• Solidarity Screening for Thursday June 2nd at Waag
• https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd8DLAjgRpi/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
• https://waag.org/en/event/tactical-media-meetup-2-ukrainian-video-art-times-war

Presentations of interest to TMR, at RIPE84

• Monday, 16 May 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC+2) https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/
• Resiliency of the Internet in Ukraine - Emile Aben, RIPE NCC
• Global NOG Alliance: Taskforce to Keep Ukraine Connected - Rene Fichtmueller, Global NOG Alliance
• https://ripe84.ripe.net/attend/how-to-participate/

• 1st Cross-cutting TDW: AI: Mitigating Bias & Disinformation:Theme Development Workshop18 May 2022 | 9:00- 17:30 CEST Identify common goals between academia and industry as well as other relevant
  
• https://www.vision4ai.eu/ai-mitigating-bias-disinformation/
• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukraine-russia-nato-anti-imperialism-today-tickets-288712375487(free, on zoom, 5th May, 6PM CEST; ask me for the zoom link if you don't want to register...)
• https://nvctraining.com/live-nvc-courses/video-conference/russia-ukraine-war-2022
• The History of the Yugoslavian Internet Live at SEE 10 https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/the-history-of-the-yugoslavian-internet-live-at-see-10/
• 12 April 20.00 Witnessing U: testimonials from the frontline 3 Ukrainian theatre makers Bogdana Orleanova, Iana Gudzenko, Alesia Andrushevska present @ Toneelmakerij, Laurier gracht 99c, Amsterdam
• HTTPS://toneelmakerij.nl/en/voorstellingen/witnessing-u/
• Friday 22 april - 2-5 pm Public seminar: from imperialism to fascism. The phatasmatic structure of war - SAndberg institute Amsterdam
• Wend. 6 apr 2022 20.00 – 21.30, LOCATIE SPUI25 : "De Russische invasie in media" - is recorded and streams on the page https://spui25.nl/programma/de-russische-invasie-in-media
• Datasprint -Buzzhouse space, located at the University of Amsterdam, BG5 (Oudezijds Achterburgwal 233-237) (enter through the Prisma cafe, then on the first floor). Only the keynote presentation will take place in OMHP D1.08.
• Ripe -As there is a lot of discussion and concern around sanctions related to the war in Ukraine and the effects on the net and the community, weare doing a cooperation working group (virtual) session coming Tuesday,22 March. The session will run from 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
• 31-03 at 11PM, online event:
  https://www.umass.edu/russian-eurasian-polish-studies/event/public-interest-technology-symposium-ukraine-and-russia-online-war
• 30 mrt 2022 event:
  https://framerframed.nl/projecten/the-hmm-on-a-lighter-internet/