Tell HN: A way coders could help Ukraine

5 points

4 years ago

Ukraine is posting photos and videos of captured or killed Russian soldiers, for their families to find. But who wants to scroll through that? And might the resulting psychological harm[1] not damage Ukraine's support?

More effective, I think, would be a site that lets a relative upload some photos and matches them via facial recognition to data on her son, if available.

This could also help Ukraine fend off later accusations of violating the Geneva Convention, which says governments must protect POWs from “insults and public curiosity." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/03/telegram-russian-war-dead-ukraine-pows/

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21255870/facebook-content-moderator-settlement-scola-ptsd-mental-health