Twitter accounts sharing video from Ukraine are being suspended when they're needed most

Plus: My Small, Strange Window Into the Ukraine Crisis, and more...

Feb 24, 2022

Good Morning. We wake up at the beginning of Europe’s largest conflict in decades. This time around, our coverage is gears towards what’s happening in Ukraine.

— Jose Montes de Oca

Today’s pick

Twitter accounts sharing video from Ukraine are being suspended when they're needed most. Twitter says the accounts were removed in error. (Corin Faife / The Verge)

Teri Radichel #cloudsecurity #cybersecurity @TeriRadichel

Twitter accounts sharing video from Ukraine being suspended. Researchers concerned that suspensions could be part of mass reporting campaign to disable OSINT accounts during Russian invasion. [Literally JUST tweeted thread about Twitter manipulation.]

theverge.comTwitter accounts sharing video from Ukraine are being suspended when they’re needed mostResearchers fear removing the accounts will benefit Russia.

My Small, Strange Window Into the Ukraine Crisis. My home is in danger, and I’m thousands of miles away. This small, strange window is helping me cope. (Jane Lytvynenko / The Atlantic)

Jane Lytvynenko @JaneLytv

I'm a reporter and researcher. I don't do a lot of personal writing. But every night I watch the live stream of Kyiv's Independence square and think about the war. I wrote about what that's like for the Atlantic.

theatlantic.comI Can’t Stop Watching a Livestream of KyivMy home is in danger, and I’m thousands of miles away. This small, strange window is helping me cope.

Russia's Sandworm Hackers Have Built a Botnet of Firewalls. Any appearance of a new tool used by Russia's notorious, disruptive Sandworm hackers will raise the eyebrows of cybersecurity professionals braced for high-impact cyberattacks. (Andy Greenberg / WIRED)

WIRED @WIRED

As Russia prepares a potential mass-scale invasion, the appearance of a new tool for the notorious Sandworm hackers has cybersecurity experts bracing for impact.

wired.trib.alRussia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Built a Botnet of FirewallsWestern intelligence services are raising alarms about Cyclops Blink, the latest tool at the notorious group’s disposal.

Ukrainians are being punished for choosing Europe. There is war in Europe today, shattering the illusions of anyone who doubted that Russian president Vladimir Putin was planning to take control of Ukraine by force. (Martin Sandbu / Financial Times)

Rutger Bregman @rcbregman

Great piece by @MESandbu. 'Let there be no doubt that Putin’s war is a punishment for Ukraine’s desire to be a European country living by the values the EU was built to protect. That is what we must defend.'

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How to spot video and photo fakes as Russia invades Ukraine. A look at the techniques that journalists and other investigators use to verify whether images and videos are real and in accurate context. (Al Tompkins / The Poynter Institute)

Poynter @Poynter

Be skeptical of social media images and video that purport to be from Ukraine. Here are a few ways to evaluate them.

poynter.orgHow to spot video and photo fakes as Russia invades Ukraine - PoynterA look at the techniques that journalists and other investigators use to verify whether images and videos are real and in accurate context.

Dmitri Alperovitch on the risks of escalation. The West must tailor its sanctions to forestall economic devastation and a spiralling conflict (Dmitri Alperovitch / The Economist)

Dmitri Alperovitch @DAlperovitch

My latest in the @TheEconomist on the risk of escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war

economist.comDmitri Alperovitch on the risks of escalationThe West must tailor its sanctions to forestall economic devastation and a spiralling conflict

Stocks, Futures Fall as Bonds Rise on Ukraine Risk: Markets Wrap. Stocks fell Thursday on growing geopolitical tension after the Kremlin said separatists in eastern Ukraine asked President Vladimir Putin for help, a step that could lead to Russian troop deployments. (Andreea Papuc / Bloomberg)

Bloomberg @business

Markets slump after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he ordered a special military operation to “protect” the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. U.S. equity futures and stocks tumble while bonds jumped and oil rises as tensions escalate

trib.alBloomberg - Are you a robot?

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