If Russia invades Ukraine, don’t expect the TikToks to stop. Via WIREDUK
. That footage often also finds its way onto Twitter or other social media platforms and joins other footage being posted there.
The TikTok videos from around Kursk—all of which have had their location verified by the CIR—provide a snapshot of how powerful open source intelligence, also known as OSINT, has become. The videos contribute to media reports and policy discussions. They can be low quality and poorly framed, but they show exactly what is happening at a specific moment in time.
Accounts sharing short videos of troop buildups, which have been reviewed by WIRED, often appear to be from regular people—videos of tanks moving sit next to clips of children playing. This also means not many people are watching them. Multiple verified videos from around Kursk have under 1,000 views and even fewer comments and shares.
And while some people are simply sharing videos of something unusual happening in their hometown, others are using TikTok far more deliberately. Strick says he has seen numerous anonymous TikTok accounts created to upload and share footage of Russian military activity around the Ukrainian border. Since the start of this year, CIR has created new TikTok accounts to train its algorithm to show footage of military movements around Russia, Strick says.
Troops and equipment remain deployed throughout the Postoyalye Dvory training area east of Kursk. Battle groups and sets of military equipment are positioned in convoy formation in several locations.Russia has downplayed its intentions to invade Ukraine as it holds negotiations with Nato and political leaders from around the world.
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