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So it's difficult to make an argument that we should be -- we should be advocating that russia take the internet offline. this is crucial for the generation of dissidents and opposition figures who rely on this. this is the only way they can get their information, because most russians are being brain crashed by state-owned television. this is how most russians consume their news. which is why a lot of people don't know there's a war in ukraine. i mean, i've seen interviews done by american-run news organizations with little old ladies in moscow who have no idea that kyiv is under constant bom...

Influencers in these spaces. so it's good to see at least the ground suspect being left open in the same way it was before. >> yeah. the thing is, michael, when you look on the opposite side of what is taking place inside russia, the state-run media is controlling the narrative. the russian government is prohibiting words from being used. can't even say "war" or "invasion." the kremlin is blocking several western news sites. but many russians are trying to break out of the propaganda bubble and hear what is going on from sources outside the country. the demand for vpns has increased by over 4,...

Trying to play a role in establishing a constructive dialogue. the challenge is the kremlin doesn't see a need to deescalate right now. of course, the ukrainians will engage in diplomacy, they will look for a way out to try to stop this war in a timely fashion. but russia doesn't have the upper hand here, and i think the challenge is they're going to come into every talk as if ukraine needs to surrender and the ukrainians are not going to do that. bridging that gap right now is a difficult thing to do. but i don't see right now positive signs there will be an end to the fighting in the immedia...

Work that i do. so i can only imagine -- i have seen a few tiktok videos reposted to twitter. the most famous one i've seen is of a ukrainian woman who has commandeered i think it was a tank or an armored personnel carrier and she did a short tiktok video on how to operate one of these. so i understand why the u.s. government is looking for, i suppose they're called influencers to try and persuade them to keep it up. >> molly, do you see tiktok as a legitimate way to share information on issues liar war and humanitarian crises? >> i think on tiktok, particularly before the war, there was a lot...

Military. it's synonymous with russia and its invasion, and this is the letter z. i understand it's not an actual letter in the alphabet, which russia uses. which left its meaning unclear. in many ways to people here in the west. and it's now believed to be russian short hand for victory. i don't know if you have any insight into this and what you think it means. some critics called it the new swastika. do you think that comparison is even reasonable? >> there's a lot of speulation about what the "z" is. before the invasion started when all these videos of the tanks moving around on trains wer...