Give Russians real news about Ukraine using ads

by rob.blackie in London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Give Russians real news about Ukraine using ads

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Show independent news about the war in Ukraine to Russians using digital ads to get around Putin's censorship.

by rob.blackie in London, Greater London, United Kingdom

rob.blackie

26th February 2025

Breaking Putin's censorship

Three years ago today we started our campaign to beat Russian censorship - and help Russians access information about the war in Ukraine.I've written a brief update today about what we've achieved and how we've done it here:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robblackie_3-years-of-breaking-putins-censorship-today-activity-7300561452371705860-J4nv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABl2vABXc4B4YbL_ClRaC42MS4yElYpxHA

Thank you for your support,

Rob Blackie.

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rob.blackie

24th February 2023

Still fighting Putin's censorship

One year ago, Putin invaded Ukraine.I had been talking to some advertising industry friends about a campaign to break Putin's censorship for some time. So when the war started, we quickly moved to see if our idea would still work.On Saturday 26th February I put £100 into an advertising account,…

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rob.blackie

20th January 2023

I'm interviewed on BBC's Tech Tent today

Morning - just a quick note to say that I'm interviewed by the BBC's Technology Editor, Zoe Kleinman, on Tech Tent today.You can find it at 20:20 here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4kj1If you'd like to share it on social media here are the appropriate linksTwitterFacebookLinkedInAs usual, please do comment and share it -…

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rob.blackie

21st December 2022

Happy Christmas!

This is just a quick note from me to thank you for your support this year.

We started our campaign to bring independent news to Russians with £100 and a couple of friends on WhatsApp, the day after Putin invaded Ukraine.

Thanks to people like you, we have now expanded to show…

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rob.blackie

13th December 2022

We've won Best Digital Campaign!

I'm delighted to tell you that our campaign won Best Digital Campaign at The Drum Social Purpose Awards last week.
As usual I can't thank most of our volunteers individually because of their need for anonymity. But you know who you are - and thank you!
You can find a couple of…

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