A full account of the way the internet has responded to the last week and the way world leaders have leveraged the internet over the last week will be a fantastic book to read. Remarkable and history making.
Here are some of the things that stand out: 🧵
Use of Wikipedia to cover the events as they unfold
Volunteer editors on #Wikipedia have been documenting the Russian invasion of #Ukraine as it unfolds. A look behind the scenes of breaking news editing: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/g0x75Bsdyl
— Samuel Breslow (@sdkb42) February 26, 2022
Real-time combating of disinformation/misinformation
The photo of “paratroopers over Kiev” you’re referring to is actually just showing internal reflections (“lens flares”) from street lights. pic.twitter.com/wKbZ3TfTxg
— ➖Dustin Miller➖💙💛 (@spdustin) February 26, 2022
A call for an international cyber army by Ukrainian leaders
We are creating an IT army. We need digital talents. All operational tasks will be given here: https://t.co/Ie4ESfxoSn. There will be tasks for everyone. We continue to fight on the cyber front. The first task is on the channel for cyber specialists.
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 26, 2022
Remixing of @ZelenskyyUa’s selfie video from Kyiv
went and translated that zelensky selfie video from the streets of kyiv, just to know what he was actually saying in response to the russian reports that he had fled -- so here it is for the rest of you, plus this music naturally felt right. enjoy. pic.twitter.com/JDLXtYAq5q
— Alex Kliment (@SaoSasha) February 25, 2022
Social media companies (Twitter) giving actionable online safety info to folks on the ground:
“When using Twitter in conflict or other high-risk areas, you need to know how to manage your profile and digital information.” Good on @TwitterSafety to publish this in Ukrainian. https://t.co/NP9cAENwG6
— Kurt Opsahl (@kurtopsahl) February 24, 2022
Distribution of reliable sources folks can follow:
Here’s a partial list of reporters on the ground and others who know what they’re talking about. https://t.co/jcixvK2O13
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 24, 2022
Google maps as an OSINT source
According @googlemaps, there is a "traffic jam" at 3:15 in the morning on the road from Belgorod, Russia to the Ukrainian border. It starts *exactly* where we saw a Russian formation of armor and IFV/APCs show up yesterday.
— Dr. Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) February 24, 2022
Someone's on the move. pic.twitter.com/BYyc5YZsWL
Crowdsourced intelligence gathering via GitHub
Please feel free to borrow from or contribute to @CuratedIntel's project doing this already. I am updating as close to real-time as I canhttps://t.co/P4wTdvU9tm
— Will (@BushidoToken) February 26, 2022
A call for help of private companies via Twitter:
@elonmusk, while you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand.
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 26, 2022
And a subsequent response with aid
Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 26, 2022
Reporting on tech usage as a signal of what’s happening on the ground
Spike in use of Signal (messaging app) in Ukraine in the last 24 hours. Smaller but significant increase in the use of Telegram as well. pic.twitter.com/Mkt5WxhWzJ
— Matthew Prince 🌥 (@eastdakota) February 24, 2022
Coverage on how to make Molotov cocktails by the @latimes on tiktok (including some made with club mate bottles)
The official @Ukraine Twitter account crowdsourcing aid via cryptocurrency:
Stand with the people of Ukraine. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT.
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) February 26, 2022
BTC - 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P
ETH and USDT (ERC-20) - 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14
Non-nation state internet groups organizing and taking action
Anonymous claims responsibility for Russian government website outages https://t.co/YLUUSAo5PE
— MSN (@MSN) February 26, 2022
Dissemination of relevant art
PUT IN JAIL
— STREET ART UTOPIA (@StreetArtUtopia) February 26, 2022
By @PappasParlor in Motala, Sweden #FCKPTN pic.twitter.com/FgYdGbI9nt
More OSINT dissemination via Twitter
For no reason, here are some yachts owned by Russian billionaires and their current locations.
— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) February 26, 2022
Advice from a global expert on urban warfare to civilian resistors in Ukraine via Twitter
So I've been asked what my advice would be to civilian resistors in Ukriane, especially Kyiv. Someone with no military training but wanting to resist. Here are a few things #Kyiv #UkraineUnderAttack :
— John Spencer (@SpencerGuard) February 26, 2022
Tracking of Russian oligarchs’ planes as they flee Russia
Oligarchs Flee Russia https://t.co/gFZ7aA0mqk
— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) February 27, 2022
The use of crowdsourcing/microworking platforms to aid in military efforts.
New (to me) dimension of crowdwork platforms:
— Bogdan Kulynych 🇺🇦 (@hiddenmarkov) February 25, 2022
Russian military uses Premise microtasking platform to aim and calibrate fire during their invasion of Ukraine. Example tasks are to locate ports, medical facilities, bridges, explosion craters. Paying ¢0.25 to $3.25 a task. pic.twitter.com/kHTO2tSCUH
The increased usage of privacy-preserving services like @torproject in the region
📈Tor usage spike in #Ukraine (Feb 24)https://t.co/7wV4NKrwru pic.twitter.com/Ggvk9foiEd
— Gus (@0xggus) February 26, 2022
Crowdsourced verification and geolocation of munitions
We are seeking images of Uragan 9M27K and Smerch 9M55K cluster rocket and their submunitions from the current fighting in Ukraine, as well as videos of suspected cluster munition attacks. If you have any, reply with a link to the source if possible. pic.twitter.com/PI04EleDAH
— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) February 26, 2022
And use of @maphubteam to pin point them exactly on a map:
Given the sheer volume of content being posted online, we're partnering with @Cen4InfoRes to help verify and map incidents. The map can be accessed here: https://t.co/oA7854qYVO
— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) February 26, 2022
Third-party tracking of cryptocurrency aid/payments to Ukraine (to the addresses mentioned in an above tweet) in almost real time
NFTs as a fundraising method to support Ukrainians suffering from the war
@Ukraine_DAO is (among other things) auctioning off an NFT of the Ukrainian flag, they've raised almost $1m so far. https://t.co/27opyFwo1s
— Ziyad 🇵🇸 (@ziyadedher) February 27, 2022
There are Spotify playlists, this one is the “Soundtrack of the war in Ukraine” Another titled “Ukraine draft” “Tunes to listen to as you shoot down Su-30s” (a Russian fighter aircraft)
The increase of Russian military men on Tinder appearing in Ukrainian women’s feed before the attack and engaging with the Russian soldiers for more intel
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