Social media companies push Ukrainian users to add safeguards

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policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said the service had turned on a new feature in Ukraine that lets people lock down their accounts by turning on certain privacy settings.“When their profile is locked, people who aren’t their friends can’t download or share their profile photo or see posts on their timeline,” Gleicher said in a tweet.

The primary concern is making sure people don’t put themselves in any physical danger by attempting to document something dangerous without proper protections or training. “The first thing I would say is your own physical safety is important,” says Jon Callas, director of technology projects at the nonprofit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation. Callas has worked on encryption for more than 25 years, including advising people in war zones. “What they can document is going to be good for historic purposes rather than tactical purposes.

 

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