Discussion

• @fedorovmykhailo @fedorovmykhailo on x

  I've contacted @tim_cook, Apple's CEO, to block the Apple Store for citizens of the Russian Federation, and to support the package of US government sanctions! If you agree to have the president-killer, then you will have to be satisfied with the only available site Russia 24. htt…

• @tim_cook Tim Cook on x

  I am deeply concerned with the situation in Ukraine. We're doing all we can for our teams there and will be supporting local humanitarian efforts. I am thinking of the people who are right now in harm's way and joining all those calling for peace.

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  Apple operates an App Store and an online store with direct to consumer sales in Russia. Now, it's being urged by Ukraine to shut the Russian App Store and stop product sales in the country. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @jason @jason on x

  If you care deeply @tim_cook, perhaps you could start by having @apple stop supporting authoritarians with your devices? Or just stop selling iPhones in Russia until they leave Ukraine? https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @davidakaye David Kaye on x

  i very much sympathize with the instinct but wonder how cutting off russian citizens' access to the app store would affect their ability to communicate, protest, organize, use VPNs... https://twitter.com/...

• @virushuo @virushuo on x

  He doesn't have the guts. You can ask the Chinese government to order him to do that, it would be easy and effective immediately, even faster than the request from US government. https://twitter.com/...

• @dseetharaman Deepa Seetharaman on x

  Ukrainian officials are making this request in hopes of galvanizing Russian youth to protest the war. But @davidakaye's point here — that many of these apps *facilitate* the ability to organize— is key. https://twitter.com/...

• @seldo Laurie Voss on x

  A polite reminder to say “Putin” when you mean Putin and not “Russia”, Russia is not a unit that wants or needs things, the people of Russia did not start an invasion of Ukraine.

• @joannastern Joanna Stern on x

  Imagine explaining to someone in 1940-heck, even 1990-that blocking access to an App Store would be an ask of an international ally. https://twitter.com/...

• @zacksjerryrig JerryRigEverything on x

  The most brutal sanctions ever: disabling the app store. Your move @tim_cook https://twitter.com/...

• @saschasegan Sascha C-Band on x

  This is what I was saying yesterday. @tim_cook should stand against Russia's criminal regime by making every oligarch's teenager's phone not work properly. The power of a whiny teen to affect their parents is quite significant. https://twitter.com/...

• @maxua Max Ischenko on x

  Can internet companies wage wars like nation states? Will they? Welcome to the 21st century warfare https://twitter.com/...

• @davidakaye David Kaye on x

  i'd like to know how anti-war protesters in russia think this would affect them

• @sbemagx @sbemagx on x

  c'mon @apple, @tim_cook. as a life-long customer of a brand that purports to stand for more than just money, we're counting on you to do the right thing. https://twitter.com/...

• @berniemoreno Bernie Moreno on x

  You run one of the most valuable companies on Earth. You were the only US tech company to comply with Russian demands to open an office in Moscow. Show leadership by closing that office, all @Apple stores, and deactivating all iPhones originating in Russia. Actions > Concerns. ht…

• @jhall @jhall on x

  @FedorovMykhailo @tim_cook As an Apple product user for over 25 years and a shareholder for 15 years I fully encourage @tim_cook to act on this request. ✌️

• @dseetharaman Deepa Seetharaman on x

  Ukraine is asking @tim_cook to “stop supplying Apple services and products to the Russian Federation, including blocking access to the App Store.” Very, very curious what Apple does here and if the U.S. makes a similar appeal to the company. https://twitter.com/...

• @malwarejake Jake Williams on x

  After the butterfly keyboard disaster, I didn't think there was anything that could ever get me to buy another Mac, but I may have been premature. @tim_cook - the ball is in your court... https://twitter.com/...

• @jason @jason on x

  Day after my tweet, @Ukraine urges @tim_cook & @apple to stop selling products in Russia Perhaps all tech companies should lead the way & pause services in Russia until Putin leaves Ukraine? @Airbnb @uber @facebook @twitter @apple — everyone? https://www.bloomberg.com/... https:/…

• @jeffjarvis Jeff Jarvis on x

  Yes. Access for citizens is critical. https://twitter.com/...

• @jareddipane Jared DiPane on x

  @saschasegan @tim_cook Block iCloud access, no iMessage. That's what they need, don't stop at the App Store.

• @patrickmcgee_ Patrick McGee on x

  Unfortunately the chances of Apple taking such action are virtually nil. Quickest way to kill its China business. Thoughts welcome. https://twitter.com/...

• @janrezab Jan Rezab on x

  OK, Facebook didn't have to block itself, Russia to ban Facebook, too much “censorship” by Facebook. Time for @google and @apple to make a move... https://www.linkedin.com/...

• @cat_zakrzewski Cat Zakrzewski on x

  A major test for Apple, as Ukraine calls on the company to stop providing products and services to Russia. Fedorov calls on the company to block the App Store. https://twitter.com/...

• @valueanalyst1 @valueanalyst1 on x

  @Archist42 ... if you're searching for words, here's a perfect example from Tim Cook: https://twitter.com/...

• @carnage4life @carnage4life on x

  Interested to see how Apple responds given their prior comfort with authoritarian governments. Would love to see how major tech companies are supporting Ukraine or standing up to the Russian government during this time. https://twitter.com/...

• @thedarktangent Jeff Moss on x

  I've been talking about “app diplomacy” the past year or so where India bans Chinese apps from in retaliation for military border conflicts with China. This takes it to a whole new level! https://twitter.com/...

• @justinkan Justin Kan on x

  Apple, Google and Amazon should immediately shut off all internet infrastructure to Russia. That would be as powerful as any sanction. https://twitter.com/...

• @tommessett Tom Messett on x

  @janrezab ... Facebook and google are bit players in Russia, they have a strong local ecosystem so it makes little difference. Apple is more significant as it's a big player among the elites and, well, that's who need to get hurt

• @isik5 Isik Mater on x

  @davidakaye @0xggus Yesterday more than 1300 people have been detained at anti-war protests in Russia. Restricting app store wouldn't help the situation.

• @jaffathecake Jake Archibald on x

  @seldo This is why I'm uncomfortable with the calls for Apple to ban the app store in Russia. Feels like the citizens need encrypted messaging more than ever.

• @davidakaye David Kaye on x

  @KiwiiForReal i get that, but this seems targeted in a way that could actually undermine the goal. you want to increase spaces for ppl to communicate grievance, not limit them.

• @smorlosky Sofya Orlosky on x

  I hear multiple reports that ApplePay and GooglePay payments don't work not just in Russia, but in Ukraine. My contacts in Russia say that Visa and MasterCards work inconsistently even for ruble payments. Mir cards (Russia's own card system) work fine. https://www.businessinsider…

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  Hours after the first explosions in Ukraine, massive IG meme pages began promoting an account claiming to be a journalist live-streaming from the ground. The page exploded in popularity I found the real man behind it, and he's not a journalist in Ukraine https://www.inputmag.com/…

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  Have you seen IG pages with hundreds of thousands of followers claiming to be on the ground journalists posting live updates from Ukraine? I wrote about the “war pages” exploding on IG this week for @inputmag https://www.inputmag.com/...

• @lizthegrey Liz Fong-Jones on x

  there is a special place in Hell for these people. https://twitter.com/...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  Everything that's wrong with our social media platforms and information ecosystem in one convenient package: https://twitter.com/...

• @zebbook Bukola Ogunyemi on x

  A tragic reminder of how social media can be an unstoppable force for good in times of crisis, and yet an outlet for opportunism and evil on an unimaginable scale in the same vein. #socialforgood https://twitter.com/...

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  Last night the man running these pages began threatening me saying there would be “consequences” for my story & he has “connections w/ Tucker Carlson & is “going to sue me for for writing abt this.” Since then I got texts trying to reset my IG password 2/ https://www.inputmag.com…

• @drewharwell Drew Harwell on x

  Clout chasing in wartime: Lying that you're a journalist, crowding out the real ones risking their lives, sharing unverified info that could get people hurt. “War is just another thing these meme accounts can monetize” https://twitter.com/...

• @chrisvannini Chris Vannini on x

  The thing about a war in the age of social media is it's so hard to know what's real. In general, put more trust in the people and places whose job it is to be right. https://twitter.com/...

• @cengizyar @cengizyar on x

  “I don't really know what's going on with all this political tension. I'm just trying to document what's going on. I can't really verify them myself.” some classic interneting right here @TaylorLorenz @inputmag https://www.inputmag.com/...

• @film_girl Christina Warren on x

  Fuck all of these people creating these accounts https://twitter.com/...

• @bykellycohen Kelly Cohen on x

  “war is just another thing these meme accounts can monetize” pretty awful but pretty predictable. worth a read from ⁦@TaylorLorenz⁩ ⤵️ https://www.inputmag.com/...

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  The PlantATreeCo fundraiser is back up and at $734,000. Once again the page is claiming that IG Likes, Follows, and Shares of their page is what will benefit Ukraine. https://t.co/jHT7fflNUD https://t.co/Km3DSLqcbs

• @marklittlenews Mark Little on x

  A measure of just how polluted our information stream has become that a 21 year old from Kentucky is gatekeeping the Ukraine conflict for millions https://www.inputmag.com/...

• @tylerkingkade Tyler Kingkade on x

  A 21 y/o from Kentucky ran a war page called “liveinafghanistan” he renamed it “newstruths” and pivoted to posting vaguely conservative-leaning videos featuring people shoplifting then learns about war breaking out thru a hip-hop Instagram page so he creates “livefromukraine” htt…

• @bostonjoan Joan Donovan, PhD on x

  Networked propaganda https://twitter.com/...

• @timquirino @timquirino on x

  Reporting on a war in real-time is a serious + harrowing job. These meme accounts on IG trying to fake it just to gain followers are playing a dangerous game — a variant of all the low-grade accounts dedicated to sharing violent content in Facebook when I worked on video. https:/…

• @alicemuwu Alice Woodhouse on x

  We are neglecting teaching media literacy and the need to assess every news source https://twitter.com/...

• @attorneynora Nora Benavidez on x

  Case in point, to my thread on media literacy. So much junk flooding us all. Info wars to fuel real wars. https://twitter.com/...

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  Ppl have been flocking to these pages hoping to gain any morsel of info on what was happening in Ukraine. But the pages are not run by Ukrainian journalists, they're run by a young meme admin in the US who oversees a network of viral content across the web https://www.inputmag.co…

• @patreonsupport @patreonsupport on x

  1/2 We understand people's desire to support humanitarian activities in #Ukraine. Patreon does not allow funds raised on the platform to be used to support violence or purchasing of military equipment.

• @editingemily Emily Freeman on x

  Fuck this. Bad call. https://twitter.com/...

• @dfisman David Fisman on x

  Interesting. Great time to figure out who your friends are. H/t @thespybrief https://www.cnbc.com/...

• @patreon @patreon on x

  Our statement on the suspension of Come Back Alive, and the situation in Ukraine https://blog.patreon.com/...

• @carnage4life @carnage4life on x

  The Come Back Alive patreon I tweeted about earlier which is a charity that uses donations for military supplies & training for the Ukrainian Army has been suspended by Patreon for violating their terms of service. Over time all mass consumer products will need wartime policies. …

• @jordannovet Jordan Novet on x

  Patreon suspended the campaign for @BackAndAlive after the nonprofit raised over $300,000 to give helmets and other supplies to Ukrainian soldiers. company says it ‘does not allow any campaigns involved in violence or purchasing of military equipment’ https://www.cnbc.com/...

• @dataracer117 @dataracer117 on x

  Patreon has suspended a Ukrainian charity called “Come Back Alive” freezing $250,000 in donations. The charity provides veteran services, medicine, food, bulletproof vests, & thermal gear for Ukrainian troops. Patreon canceled them for “supporting violence” while being invaded. h…

• @cnbc @cnbc on x

  Data from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic shows that over a 12-hour window Thursday, nearly $400,000 in bitcoin was donated to Come Back Alive, a Ukrainian NGO providing support to the armed forces. https://www.cnbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @lopp Jameson Lopp on x

  When will folks learn that funding controversial organizations requires censorship resistant money. https://blog.patreon.com/...

• @0xabad1dea Badidea on x

  it does not surprise me that patreon has a “no funding militias” rule but it does surprise me that they were pulling $19,000/mo *before* this happened and patreon didn't seem to notice https://twitter.com/...

• @carnage4life @carnage4life on x

  Incredible but true. You can legitimately support the Ukraine Army via Patreon. https://twitter.com/...