TacticalMediaRoom
Contents
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
Events
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
- 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
Newest News
Funding: https://culturalfoundation.eu/stories/culture-of-solidarity-fund-ukraine-edition/
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/
(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://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
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/
- 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
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:
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/
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/
Mental Health Tips
Opinions
- One Anarchist View https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/03/04/fuck-leftist-westplaining/
- LIST of anarchist statements!! https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2022/03/12/ukraine-the-anarchist-response-statements/
- 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
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):
