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Digital challenges for civil society and media in Ukraine
Vitalii Moroz, Internews Ukraine @vitaliymorozAlisa Ruban, Center UA @alisaruban
Thursday, May 8, 14
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What might have you heard about Ukraine recently?
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What might have you heard about Ukraine recently?
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Digital facts about Ukraine
• Cheap broadband Internet - $5-15 per month;
• Diverse market of Internet providers, no monopoly;
• About 20 million users (almost 50% of population), majority users live in urban area (100,000+);
• Market of qualified developers, IT and outsourcing companies. Ukraine is ranked as a middle size player in world’s IT market ($3.3 billion annually)
• Wide use of the Internet and social media for civic engagement and political mobilization - search #euromaidan #ukraine
• Lessons of anti-government protests - coordination, mobilization and agenda setting online
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On the other hand, the landscape is complicated• #1 popular social network in Ukraine is Russian Vkontakte which is controlled
by Russian security services - up to 10 million users;
• Facebook is 8th most popular site in Ukraine (Alexa.com) - up to 4 million users, Twitter is 28th most popular site. still influential.
• Russia partly control informational flow in Ukraine through TV channels. To many residents of the Eastern regions Russian TV-channels are the main source of news;
• The number of cyber-attacks targeting media organizations and non-profits have been growing recently;
• Russia leads sophisticated informational war against Ukraine and the United States.
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Threats from Russia: Pro-Russian / Russian hackers against Ukraine
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Threats from Russia: Separatists use new technologies such as Zello, radio talks to coordinate
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Threats from Russia: Manipulation in social media - creating fake witnesses of events and publishing
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Threats from Russia: Manipulation through social media - fake social media accounts
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Threats from Russia: Trolls attacking newspapers and accounts of politicians
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Digital challenges for non-profits in Ukraine
• Lack of knowledge about the Internet, digital instruments and cyber security;
• Not enough funds to sustain IT-specialists in staff;
• A tradition of ignorance of digital threats;
• Not enough funds to work with soft under licenses
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Digital challenges for news organizations
• Lack of knowledge about cyber security;
• A tradition of ignorance of digital threats;
• Vulnerability to cyber attacks;
• Journalists resist multi tasking (acquiring skills beyond reporting)
• Online: Trolling and anonymity
• Huge informational flow, more mistakes
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Thank you!
Alisa Ruban, Center [email protected] @alisaruban
Vitalii Moroz, Internews Ukraine [email protected] @vitaliymoroz
Thursday, May 8, 14