TacticalMediaRoom

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;

• Regular meetings: Wednesday 5PM (in person: Amsterdam city centre) / Online meeting URL: Meet.waag.org/TMR
• Signal group (adding people based on personal trust)
• LOOKING FOR A dedicated PART-TIME ADMIN SUPORT

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/

Events

• University of Amsterdam is organising "Spring Data Sprint" : March 28 - April 1, 2022. https://tinyurl.com/datasprint22

& more: 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)
https://labs.ripe.net/author/waehlisch/secure-personal-communication-in-the-event-of-crisis/

(to be placed in categories later)

• 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

Notes

• Notes TacticalMediaRoom/2022-03-30
• Notes 23-3 not typed in :(
  • Collection of links shared on Signal: https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom/Signal
• 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

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

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

• 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."

• 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

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/

Internet Measurements

• 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 about techies

• 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/

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/

Sanctions

• (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/
• 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/

Against Disinformation

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

Satelite

• https://spacenews.com/spacex-shifts-resources-to-cybersecurity-to-address-starlink-jamming/
• 24.3. https://www.cyberscoop.com/ukraine-internet-starlink-security/

Mental Health Tips

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

Opinions

• 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/

• 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):

https://tinyurl.com/uarefugeeresources

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

History

• 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://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/

Past 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
  • 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