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Ukraine: Spam website set up to reach millions of Russians
- themodelplumber 5y ago> She told me she wasn't sure what was going on in the conflict and wanted to know more. She said there was a lack of news coming out of Europe and she wanted to read about it all but didn't know how to get through the blocks on websites." > Alex then explained how she could sidestep Russia's internet blocks > "I think I've got a friend in her now!" he says. It's fascinating. She seems more open than maybe most...the backlash effect can really screw up these efforts. Also I have to admit my own initial gut reaction of "this fits the definition of spam & spam is just trashy" was hard to ignore, but this is--arguably--a better effort in a lot of ways than sending weapons to the defenders. Especially looking at such situations from a humanitarian lens, it's hard to fault something like this as a creative alternative. Interesting article, thanks for posting.
- mbrundle 5y agoDoes anyone know how to find this site? I wanted to suggest that they include instructions on how to set up Tor Browser by default in their template, for people who don’t know that it’s possible to circumvent the content controls.
- spzb 5y agoIt appears to be this one http://mail2ru.org/ http://mail2ru.org/
- zh3 5y agoAlong the same lines, there's a Crowdfunder [0] to serve ads carrying the news to Russians. [0] https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/give-russians-real-news-about-ukraine-using-ads/ https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/give-russians-real-news-abou...
- charkubi 5y agohttp://mail2ru.org/ http://mail2ru.org/