Kicking off our seminar with @christogrozev from @bellingcat on using open source intelligence to cover the war in 🇺🇦. We'll be live-tweeting highlights of the event in this thread #RISJSeminars
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👉 On an initial tip
"In Dec 2021 a whistleblower told us that war with Ukraine was on the agenda, that Putin had told a small circle he was going to start a war and was considering using tactical nuclear weapons," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"In Dec 2021 a whistleblower told us that war with Ukraine was on the agenda, that Putin had told a small circle he was going to start a war and was considering using tactical nuclear weapons," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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💣 On documenting war crimes
"As the war began, we started trying to archive any evidence of war crimes. That's what we do. A lot of this work is invisible. A lot of this work will end up in courts in the future," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"As the war began, we started trying to archive any evidence of war crimes. That's what we do. A lot of this work is invisible. A lot of this work will end up in courts in the future," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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👎 On social media
"It's impossible to get on Twitter or Facebook in Russia. So Russians are defaulting to VK, the Russian version of FB, which is penetrated by the FSB and where every second post is a planted post," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"It's impossible to get on Twitter or Facebook in Russia. So Russians are defaulting to VK, the Russian version of FB, which is penetrated by the FSB and where every second post is a planted post," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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💪 On prioritising resources
"At this point, the most important thing we can do with a relatively small team is archiving any evidence of war crimes for the near future," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"At this point, the most important thing we can do with a relatively small team is archiving any evidence of war crimes for the near future," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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📱 On why this time is different
"What makes this war different from anything else is digitalisation. That makes the role of journalists 1,000 times more important. As journalists, we have to be the gatekeepers," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"What makes this war different from anything else is digitalisation. That makes the role of journalists 1,000 times more important. As journalists, we have to be the gatekeepers," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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📱 On blocking RT and Sputnik
"Blocking them is not really achieving any outcome other than getting Russia the false equivalence to block the BBC or Deutsche Welle," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"Blocking them is not really achieving any outcome other than getting Russia the false equivalence to block the BBC or Deutsche Welle," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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🪆 On plan B
"it's clear that Russia can not occupy the country. The population is not easily scared. So that plan is gone. Nobody knows what plan B is. Plan B is being written now and they don't know what this," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"it's clear that Russia can not occupy the country. The population is not easily scared. So that plan is gone. Nobody knows what plan B is. Plan B is being written now and they don't know what this," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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🪆 On the near future
"Sources say that people around Putin are freaking out and thinking how to minimise problems. That includes how to get rid of him. It is not something that that we haven't seen before," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"Sources say that people around Putin are freaking out and thinking how to minimise problems. That includes how to get rid of him. It is not something that that we haven't seen before," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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🛠 On how they work
"Databases have allowed us to pinpoint search of data to a particular subgroup. For example, military people or FSB people. So we gathered data on people involved in preparations for a war," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"Databases have allowed us to pinpoint search of data to a particular subgroup. For example, military people or FSB people. So we gathered data on people involved in preparations for a war," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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💥 On their work
"We have data collection bots that look for any social media evidence of hits where with possible residential buildings. We then de-duplicate, geolocate and ensure they are not from previous wars," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"We have data collection bots that look for any social media evidence of hits where with possible residential buildings. We then de-duplicate, geolocate and ensure they are not from previous wars," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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📰 On false equivalence
"In the first days we saw a lot of false equivalence in European coverage, and it was dangerous. Many outlets reported on claims of both sides as if they were equivalent. We saw it in 🇧🇬🇭🇺🇮🇹," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"In the first days we saw a lot of false equivalence in European coverage, and it was dangerous. Many outlets reported on claims of both sides as if they were equivalent. We saw it in 🇧🇬🇭🇺🇮🇹," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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💾 On cyber war
"Apparently, because of global non sovereign cyber actors, Russia has decided to move to analog comms as much as possible and we can listen to Russian officers complaining on not getting food, water," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"Apparently, because of global non sovereign cyber actors, Russia has decided to move to analog comms as much as possible and we can listen to Russian officers complaining on not getting food, water," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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☠️ A chilling story
"In the computer of a bad actor they found an article I had written on an assassination attempt in Europe. This person had analysed it and come up with improvements on the plan for next time," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
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"In the computer of a bad actor they found an article I had written on an assassination attempt in Europe. This person had analysed it and come up with improvements on the plan for next time," says @christogrozev from @bellingcat
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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