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How Smartphones and Social Media Became a Key Tool for War in Ukraine | Tech News Briefing | WSJ

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is already the most intensely documented war in history, thanks to smartphones. The devices are also playing a role in military strategy. And the country’s tech sector is still coping despite the fallout from the war.

Host Zoe Thomas checks back with one Ukraine tech founder and is later joined by WSJ’s bureau chief at large Stephen Fidler.

Photo: Bernat Armangue/Associated Press

0:00 How the tech sector in Ukraine has been shaken up
1:58 How are smartphones being used by militaries?
3:37 What role has social media played in the war?
5:31 With so many smartphones on the battlefield, how is all of the the data collected?

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How Social Media Changes Your Mind

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Russia’s Awful ‘Social Media Replacements’

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With the recent ban of Instagram and Facebook in Russia (both are now considered extremist websites, and Meta is considered an extremist organization) many people started worrying about what’s going to happen to other Western social media, including YouTube. Well, some enthusiasts in Russia decided that they’ll create Russian social media replacements. To replace Instagram we have Rossgram, and to replace YouTube we have Rutube. Let’s discuss these websites and see if they can actually replace Western social media (spoiler alert: they’re awful and no, they can’t).
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