How the most popular users of X, Threads, and TikTok reacted to Mykhailo Fedorov’s dismissal

How the most popular users of X, Threads, and TikTok reacted to Mykhailo Fedorov’s dismissal

The focus of the current protests and their discussion on social media, unlike last year’s rallies, was on personalities rather than processes or institutions. Key findings The July–August 2026 protests became the second cycle of mass street rallies in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war. In both cases, the most notable feature was the network-based mobilization of participants in circumstances where the right to protest is restric…