Posted on 03/06/2022 7:33:53 PM PST by RandFan
As Ukraine's military and citizens battle the Russia's advancing troops, the country has opened a new front in the fighting - using tech expertise to rally Silicon Valley's support and undermine the enemy. Digital minister Mykhailo Fedorov is leading the charge, but some of his tactics are proving divisive.
From his underground shelter in a secret location in Kyiv, Ukraine's youngest cabinet minister is waging a digital war on Russia.
Using his preferred weapon - social media - Mykhailo Fedorov has been urging chief executives of big businesses to cut ties with Moscow. He's also taken the unprecedented move of setting up a volunteer "IT Army of Ukraine" to launch cyber-attacks against "the enemy".
At only 31, Fedorov has shaped his government role around his lifestyle - he lives through and on his mobile phone.
Before the war his main goal was to create a "state in a smartphone", where 100% of government services would be offered online. Now that project is on hold, with every muscle strained on the digital war effort.
He has piled pressure on multinational companies to boycott Russia.
Apple, Google, Meta, Twitter, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony, Oracle... no tech giant has missed out on an official government letter.
Fedorov then posts his letters on social media so the world can see, plus some of the replies.
It's impossible to say whether this has influenced the companies' actions, but most have changed their policy towards Russia in subsequent days - either stopping products being sold there, like Apple, or halting operations.
Saturday's announcement from PayPal that it was suspending services in Russia appeared on Fedorov's Twitter feed before it was reported in the media. So too did news that Samsung and Nvidia are stopping all business with Russia, something he publicly called for on his social feeds.
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They’re counting on the sultans of censorship!
Of course it is. twitter only allows propaganda, the truth is always censored.
Twitter is an enemy combatant.
I'm just sayin'.
They've had it coming for a long, long time.
That’s funny. Twitter is part of our government’s war effort against the American people, too.
Soros winks and nods..
And all is fair in love and war. And Russia and Ukraine are providing a load of disinformation on both sides.
My boycott list grows ever longer.
If China goes for Taiwan, Twitter will be all in for China. Go figure
Big Tech / Social Media / The Globalists are all lined up behind Ukraine.
Which is why I’m not.
And it seems clear to me that these Bad Actors are not lining up behind Ukraine because they are trying to preserve Ukraine. Their goal is to make this a huge global conflict so that millions will die and they can push forward their Great Reset.
I think we should stay well out of this and allow it to be a little local struggle that doesn’t really mean that much.
Back in 1914 there was a little trouble in the Balkans. The Great Powers allowed that to get out of control and millions died. And now, here we are with Russia and Ukraine. Does this need to get out of control? No. No it does not.
Do you know who wants it to get out of control? The Globalists.
Looking like the situation is bigger than most people realize. Robert Barnes says they’re coming after anyone who dares support Putin or questions what’s being reported, even on social media. Best interview I’ve seen so far. Very disturbing information throughout the interview.
https://youtu.be/E-GxYswxyYw?t=1114
Disinformation, demoralization
I believe Putin would describe Twitter as a NGO.
Putin’s denazification task is a footnote to the front he believes the Globalists are establishing in Ukraine.
And certainly numerous deaths by the millions would satisfy the wicked depopulation agenda.
There’s really no one side to trust. And that trilateral includes the hasty ones wrapped in the Ukrainian flag.
Lesson to be learned here. Disable your enemies cell phone system or they will use it against you. Ukrainians are use it to Geo locate Russian positions.
I recall when they ginned up everyone with the bomb bomb Iran song...Then Bush’s looting of the American treasure of 4 trillion dollars, and his 10 year long “compassionate war” in Iraq. We won nothing but death and debt.
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