War
Ковідна катастрофа в Донецьку. Епідемія вийшла з під контролю!
В Донецьку відбувається сама справжня коронавірусна катастрофа. […]
English Articles
Information Self-help Groups as Information Security School Development
Information Security School is the response of Maidan Monitoring Information Center to the challenges facing Ukrainian society and the state, including a hybrid war, and the COVID-19 pandemic, and the bad governance, and the tendency of the majority of the society to believe in all sorts of miracles.
We teach people information hygiene skills, practices of organizing and supporting groups with common interests, skills of effective communication with opponents, and practices of safe existence in information and cyberspace. […]
English Articles
Joint Strategy for a Civil Movement to Resist Russian Information Aggression
Main objective of this strategy is promotion of information hygiene as a tool for preservation of cognitive health in Ukrainian society. […]
Security
Міліція Слов’янська полює на активістів?
Поки був на роботі до мене додому приїхала поліція. Мама вийшла та поцікавилась, чого такі поважні гості до нас приїхали. Як виявилось, поліція хоче поспілкуватись із-за моїх «електронних звернень». […]
Politics
Законопроект про Корінні народи Криму викликав серйозне занепокоєння противника.
Росіяни (московити, зденаціоналізовані або природні) – практично ніде не корінні народи, окрім маленьких частин центральних губерній.
А українська ініціатива – це сигнал корінним народам Росії на тему “а що, так можна було?”. […]
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Here we go again: How Russia exploits the same scenario for recurring information attacks on Ukraine
Russian “holy cow” Victory day is being enforced by reference to the 2nd of May, day when Odesa abrupted spreading of the “Russian spring” towards the south. Russia gladly uses this day to simulate the so-called former glory backed with the constant narrative of “Odeskaya Hatyn” and “neo-Nazi movements” in Ukraine. Based on that, each year escalation forecasts spread over the media and launch waves of panic among the civilians. However, this time the matter would be an information attack itself. […]
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“Pray because tomorrow will be the end of the world”: how an activist from Vinnytsia fights fake news on COVID-19
Oksana Yatsiuk, a civic activist from Vinnytsia, has proposed an idea to establish self-help groups to counter COVID-19 disinformation. To set up the groups, Oksana focused on her personal and information security training experience. […]
Announcements
Cooperation with NATO as a State Security Enhancer
April 14, 2021 we continued to discuss the different aspects of national security in time of hybrid war. This time we focused on the NATO – Ukraine Cooperation. […]
English Articles
Celebrating the International Day of Factchecking!
So, let’s meet the amazing team of the maidan.org.ua, experienced in promoting information hygiene and running campaigns combating disinformation. They are now garnering civic leaders’ support and creating grass-roots self-help groups against the pandemic to build on the strong ties in communities and to raise awareness about the avalanche of COVID 19-related fake news. […]
News
Maidan Monitoring Information Center in 2020
And we are thankful to all who supported us in the twentieth year. […]
English Articles
Seeking to publish his book in Ukrainian in order to lose, not gain, money: story of Dr Pinteric
I still hope that some publisher will show interest. I think that some of the issues in the book – such as, how to decrease energy consumption in buildings – are very important for Ukraine who is dependent on Russian fossil fuels. The increased knowledge could help the fight in this direction. […]
Articles
Павло Гомонай: Послання друзям – лібертаріанцям
Давайте уявимо собі, що завтра всі клоуни розбіглись і у нас настав повний лібертаризм. […]
English Articles
What Was New in the 2nd Session of the 5th Social Intermediaries School
Before we started cooperation with Kurve Wustrow the topic of non violent activism and non violent communication was present in SIS curriculum only in Zbignew Bujak’s lectures and workshops. During SIS 5 it has become the main focus of the school. […]
English Articles
Russian Response to US Sanctions Against Nord Stream 2 Triggers Serious Ecological Risks
A unique Russian vessel threatens not merely the vessel’s staff but the ecology of the Baltics, which can be seriously affected if pipelines laid using “unique Russian technology” crack or otherwise fail when already in operation. […]
English Articles
Cognitive biases as a weapon of Russian information war
Державна російська пропагандистська машина систематично використовує когнітивні упередження для просування штучних соціальних норм в Україні, Європі та скрізь, куди вони можуть досягнути. […]