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February 28, 2022, 6:20 AM

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David Klepper / Associated Press:
How Russia is trying to use social media platforms to stir up anti-Ukraine sentiment by spreading propaganda, disinformation, and discord online  —  The Russian TikTok video has it all: a cat, puppies and a pulsing background beat.  It's cute, watchable and hardly seems the stuff of state propaganda.
Wall Street Journal:
Analysts: Russia's invasion of Ukraine could accelerate the fracturing of the internet, amid pressure on US tech giants from both Russia and the West to respond  —  Conflict could accelerate the fracturing of the internet into the ‘splinternet,’ analysts say
NetBlocks:
Russia's leading internet providers have restricted access to Twitter and Facebook  —  NetBlocks metrics confirm the restriction of Twitter in Russia from the morning of Saturday 26 February 2022.  Facebook servers have subsequently been restricted as of Sunday.
Alexander Marrow / Reuters:
Russia's regulator demands that Alphabet remove all restrictions on Russian-language YouTube channels of media outlets RBC, TV Zvezda, and Sputnik in Ukraine  —  Russia's state communications regulator on Sunday said it had written to Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google and demanded that access …
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Opinion: as Apple prepares to launch an iPhone SE 5G, the company should keep selling the older iPhone SE model and bring its price down to $199  —  Apple is planning to unveil a 5G iPhone SE in March—but the big news could be a price drop for the current model.
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
A pro-Ukraine member of the Conti ransomware gang posts 339 days' worth of the group's chat logs, after its leaders declared support for Russia  —  A member of the Conti ransomware group, believed to be Ukrainian of origin, has leaked the gang's internal chats after the group's leaders posted …
João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers:
Lenovo debuts updated Windows 11 and Chromebook IdeaPads with 12th-Gen Intel CPUs and the Tab M10 Plus running Android 12, available in June starting at $190  —  Lenovo has a ton of announcements coming out of MWC 2022, and among them are a handful of new laptops geared towards consumers under the IdeaPad brand.
Monica Chin / The Verge:
Samsung updates its Galaxy Book Pro laptops with 1080p webcams, Intel 12th Gen CPUs, and brighter AMOLED displays, starting at $1,050 and shipping on April 1  —  There's a clamshell and a convertible  —  Samsung has announced two updates to its premium Galaxy Book line: the Galaxy Book 2 Pro and Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360.
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
Crypto became viable for transactions in Ukraine, where Tether is popular, after its central bank suspended digital cash transfers and limited cash withdrawals  —  More than $15 million in cryptocurrency has been donated to Ukrainian groups since Russia attacked the country on February 24th, according to research firm Elliptic.
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