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Notes from the TacticalMediaRoom Signal group.

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Network and Internet services

Network

Internet Security

Internet in Ukraine

Internet in Russia

Ukraine

" Dedicated to Ukrainians" https://youtu.be/ui8kUKuLBaU

Russia


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
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/red-is-dead-russian-anti-war-protesters-fly-a-new-flag-for-peace


Tools

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/

Journalism and Media

how to talk about the russian invasion

Crisis reporting

Institute of Mass Information in Kyiv

https://fixersandjournalists.humanities.uva.nl/

File:Open-Letter.pdf

The Russian press in Exile petition to the EUropean Parliament
File:Independent Russian Journalists Relief.pdf

Desinformation

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


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 with 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).

Support

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 in spite of 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 in collaboration with individuals and organizations who share GONG's values. www.youtube.com live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkOUw6ldlzqMj8LYB71uZUA

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/

Fundraising and support

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/

News and resources

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

News on the war

Reimagining the aftermath of war, now https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/wps/2022/05/10/reimagining-the-aftermath-of-war-now/

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

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

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/

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/

Russian soldiers fighting for Ukraine against the Russian Army driving through the Poltava region. https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520472404987990018

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

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).

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

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/28/the-russians-fleeing-putins-wartime-crackdown

Platform Geopolitics in 2022: Russian Invasion of Ukraine – an incomplete overview
https://isoc.nl/nieuws/platform-geopolitics-in-2022-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-an-incomplete-overview/

Information wars

‘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

OSint - open source intelligence

https://restofworld.org/2022/osint-viral-ukraine/

Events

Coming

Past

  • 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.

Goal: 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>

There is also an online petition organized by Promote Ukraine and EUMANS: https://eukrainenow.eu <https://eukrainenow.eu>

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 2022
A 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

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
Wendsday 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.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QmKlgTS-9ZQqIpXieU1OVduIXMinpQaKTn243XYE_iU/edit# Here is the info on the datasprint.

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/