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The Murky Ethics of Publishing Data on Russian Servicemen ‘Bombing Syria’


Why are Ukrainian citizen sleuths exposing Russian military participating in Syrian airstrikes? Images from Luis Prado and Pavel N. for the Noun Project.
Disclaimer: Aric Toler is a contributor for Bellingcat.
On October 8, the Ukrainian website Mirotvorets (“Peacemaker”) published a list of nine Russian servicemen who were supposedly responsible for the death of Syrian civilians in Russia’s ongoing air bombing campaign in Syria. The exposure of personal information about these individuals raises questions about the thin line between social media verification, open-source investigation practices and the responsibility for appointing blame in an already messy conflict.
Mirotvorets, a civic initiative run by “academics, …read more

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