It’s been half a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. And while millions of people have fled the country, there are still many who remain living in different regions of Ukraine. 

In this episode, we will have a closer look at the digital rights challenges that citizens who currently are staying in Ukraine, are facing, during this horrible war of aggression. 

We will talk about the most common types of disinformation and propaganda that are being spread in Telegram groups. As well as learn about how Media and Information Literacy trainers are preparing children to detect deep fakes. 

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We have compiled the references our guests mentioned during the podcast. As always, please use your own discretion and critical thinking to interpret the following sources.

Article - SSU shuts down 18,000-strong bot farm in Lviv: supervised by Russians, accounts spread panic and disinformation on bomb threats. https://ssu.gov.ua/en/novyny/sbu-likviduvala-18ty-tysiachnu-botofermu-u-lvovi-pid-kuratorstvom-rf-siialy-paniku-ta-minuvaly-obiekty-video

Deep Fake video of Volodymyr Zelensky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X17yrEV5sl4

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Our expert speakers featured in this episode are: 

Oleksandra Usenko: Media and Information Literacy trainer / MIL curriculum developer

Natalya: Ground story

Oleksandr Ieltsov:  Journalist and TV Presenter for the national broadcasting company of Ukraine / MIL trainer for children

This episode was created by:

Host and editor: Alexandre Amaral

Producer: Ena Omerovic

Consultant: Hanna Hempel

Researcher Gaura Naithani

Interpreter: Dmytro Zazulin

Dubbing: Maggie Rose Bontempo

This is a Podcast made by the Media and Information Literacy Expert Network (MILEN) with the support of Deutsche Welle Akademie.