“There are no small literatures”: an American scholar on Ukraine’s battle for culture and truth
Showing atrocities doesn’t move people. Andrew Giarelli has been thinking about why and what works instead.
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“Exclusive Ukrainian housing” in Warsaw? False. Building not even inhabited by Ukrainians
Warsaw officially denies that there are buildings designated only for Ukrainians.
Russia floods social media with AI-generated fake videos of “surrendering” Ukrainian soldiers near Pokrovsk
Visual glitches expose fakes, but millions had already watched.
White House talks turn “uncomfortable” as Trump denied long-range missiles for Kyiv ahead of Putin’s meeting in Hungary
One of the sources claims that this is due to the fact that Trump believes that Ukraine wants to prolong the war.
Ukraine diplomat slams X for hiding posts about child casualties
"This is sweeping Russian war crimes under the rug," declared Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesperson after discovering X had hidden posts about child casualties from the ministry's official account.
ISW: Russia continues to use social media to interfere in elections and destabilize
The US State Department imposed sanctions on entities connected to Russia Today for alleged involvement in covert influence and information operations across multiple continents.
Russian armed forces use Starlink terminals in Ukraine, sources say
Elon Musk’s company once hailed for aiding Ukraine, now allegedly helps Russian invaders as well.
Russia considers WhatsApp ban, citing risk of “prohibited information”
Russia warns blocking WhatsApp after it unveiled a new channel feature that resembles Telegram's. The Roskomnadzor, Russia's state censor’s proposal showcasing the Kremlin's push to tighten its grip on media, according to ISW’s daily report.
EU accuses Musk-owned Twitter of amplifying Russian propaganda
According to a recent study by the European Commission, X—previously Twitter, now owned by Elon Musk—has significantly contributed…
NATO CoE’s experiment: 54,000 inauthentic social media interactions bought for €300
To test the ability of social media companies to uphold their voluntary commitments and combat manipulative behavior on…
Ukrainian dep’t at Russian troll factory exploded after MH17 crash: analysis of 750,000 tweets
How the tweets were selected The data published by Twitter contains information on 3,667 accounts associated with the…
The Kremlin’s hybrid arsenal – an annotated checklist
There are so many aspects to Vladimir Putin’s “hybrid” war against the West that it is remarkably easy…
Moscow may block Twitter despite saying it views Trump’s tweets as official US policy
Roskomnadzor, the Russian government agency which oversees the media, has warned Twitter that it would block the service…
More than 100 neo-Nazi sites have moved to Russian social networks
After its American internet providers refused to continue to carry it, the American neo-Nazi publication, The Daily Stormer,…
FSB demands detailed personal information on Russians using social networks
In its effort to gain control over social networks, an effort that is likely to fall short given…
Ukrainians can’t do without social media but they can do without its Russian segment
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that “Ukrainians can live without Russian social networks” because they will be able…
Ukrainian cops & soldiers join #22PushupChallenge to raise suicide prevention awareness
Hundreds of Ukrainian war veterans, servicemen, and police officers have taken part in a global social media campaign.…
Welcome, @Ukraine! The country’s official Twitter account comes online
Today, Ukraine launched its official verified account @Ukraine on Twitter microblogging site. Follow us to discover fun stuff…
Life in annexed Crimea: Protesting Russia’s brutal occupation
Despite the nearly-omnipresent and brutal neo-KGB secret police structures established by Russia in annexed Crimea, pro-Ukrainian Crimeans find clever…
Twitter’s new policy misused by pro-Kremlin accounts to block Ukrainian bloggers #SaveUaTwi
In a bid to stop online harassment, twitter adopted new policies in the last days of 2015. One…