Who will win the world's first social media war?

If you were the type who puts faith in the wisdom of internet forums then there wouldn't be any question about it: Russia is on the brink of collapse as the out-gunned Ukrainian resistance destroys one tank column after another. But how do we really know that is what is happening when most of our information comes through the social media accounts of resistance fighters and Ukrainian intelligence?

In this week's video I interview investigative journalist Geoffrey Cain about how the front lines on the internet are also changing the battlefront on the ground. He had just come back from meeting with Zelensky in person and posted this story in WIRED about his conversation with the Ukrainian leader. We talk about how Elon Musk's Star Link satellite system allows fighters to upload images of exploding tanks almost in real time, and how trusting billionaires to be on the right side of history is always a dicey affair. He also tells me about the foreign fighters he met who brought their own guns and ammo into the conflict and what his predictions are for how long the war is going to last.

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