Russia starts blocking and throttling Western tech platforms including Facebook, cutting itself off from rest of the world's internet like China
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People wait for trains at a train station as they attempt to evacuate the city on February 24, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
Russia’s tech regulator decided to block Facebook, alleging “discrimination.”
Facebook’s Nick Clegg said move is about keeping Russians “cut off” from information and activism.
The social-media platform is working to restore services in the country, Clegg said.
Russia is beginning to block or limit access to Western technology platforms, including Facebook, cutting itself and its citizens off from the rest of the world’s internet in drastic fashion…
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Oleksandr Kamyshin , CEO of Ukrainian Railways, with members of his management team. Alan Chin for Insider
Ukraine’s rail system is a top priority as the country moves people, aid, and supplies.
Photographer Alan Chin traveled with Ukrzaliznytsia’s leadership.
Ukrzaliznytsia was among the first to get Elon Musk’s Starlink technology to maintain high-speed data communications.
As the head of passenger operations at Ukrzaliznytsia – Ukrainian Railways – Oleksandr Pertsovskyi is one of the people keeping Ukraine moving. The fast evacuation of civilians and wounded soldiers, and the movement…
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Stills from footage sent to Insider by Oleksandra Kicha, showing a crowded train platform in Lviv, the basement shelter in her Kherson building, and people lining up to buy train tickets in Lviv. Oleksandra Kicha
Oleksandra Kicha travelled across Ukraine and into Poland when Russia’s invasion started.
She told Insider about her journey, including a 11-mile walk in the dark and a crush at teh border.
She was then helped by a stranger who had driven across four countries to aid Ukrainians.
Oleksandra Kicha is one of the estimated one million Ukrainians who fled their country after Russia’s…
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