> 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 t

> 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.