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Please Stop Sharing This Ukraine Fundraiser Page
The page in question and the links it contains include calls to fund, and even fight alongside, the Ukrainian military.
Davide Mastracci
February 24, 2022
On February 21, Jane Lytvynenko, who has previously worked at BuzzFeed and Canadaland, shared a link to a fundraising page purporting to offer ways to help Ukraine. (Full disclosure: Lytvynenko edited an article I wrote for Canadaland in 2016, and I pitched her articles while she was the editor there on other occasions.)
Along with the link, Lytvynenko, who is now a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Technology and Social Change Project, tweeted, “Ukrainians put together a list of resources on how foreigners can help. There (sic) are all reputable organizations doing good work.” She added, “Spread far and wide.”
Lytvynenko’s tweet of the page has gone viral, racking up more than 24,000 retweets as of the afternoon of February 24, including shares from journalists, the senior policy advisor at Canada’s permanent mission to the United Nations and so many other prominent figures in media and public policy. This is troubling, because while the page in question is being shared as if it’s a typical sort of fundraiser, it and the links it contains include calls to fund, and even fight alongside, the Ukrainian military.
The page notes that there are “multiple ways to help, from donating to directly participating as a volunteer.” The article it suggests you read to learn more makes it clear that “volunteer” means to join the Ukrainian military.
The article in question was published on January 31 by the Kyiv Independent. It is titled “Want to help Ukraine’s military as a foreigner? Here’s what you can do.” It offers three main suggestions: donating money to the military, “joining home guard” and “active military service.” ...
Please Stop Sharing This Ukraine Fundraiser Page
The page in question and the links it contains include calls to fund, and even fight alongside, the Ukrainian military.
Davide Mastracci
February 24, 2022
On February 21, Jane Lytvynenko, who has previously worked at BuzzFeed and Canadaland, shared a link to a fundraising page purporting to offer ways to help Ukraine. (Full disclosure: Lytvynenko edited an article I wrote for Canadaland in 2016, and I pitched her articles while she was the editor there on other occasions.)
Along with the link, Lytvynenko, who is now a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Technology and Social Change Project, tweeted, “Ukrainians put together a list of resources on how foreigners can help. There (sic) are all reputable organizations doing good work.” She added, “Spread far and wide.”
Lytvynenko’s tweet of the page has gone viral, racking up more than 24,000 retweets as of the afternoon of February 24, including shares from journalists, the senior policy advisor at Canada’s permanent mission to the United Nations and so many other prominent figures in media and public policy. This is troubling, because while the page in question is being shared as if it’s a typical sort of fundraiser, it and the links it contains include calls to fund, and even fight alongside, the Ukrainian military.
The page notes that there are “multiple ways to help, from donating to directly participating as a volunteer.” The article it suggests you read to learn more makes it clear that “volunteer” means to join the Ukrainian military.
The article in question was published on January 31 by the Kyiv Independent. It is titled “Want to help Ukraine’s military as a foreigner? Here’s what you can do.” It offers three main suggestions: donating money to the military, “joining home guard” and “active military service.” ...
