- Set your phone to ProofMode Why Proof? You see a wide pink sky and bushes in a relatively nondescript landscape. You hear an explosion in the background. The camera shakes as a man repeats, strangely calm, “Allahu akhbar.” A few seconds later, an explosion rocks the ground in front of the person filming, and the camera falls, sideways, to the […]
- Military police raids turn Samba Square into a war scene Complexo de Alemao- Police Pacifying Unit (UPP) and Major Zuma called to answer for illegal invasions in Samba Square at a public hearing on April 24th.
- Expose human rights abuses, not the people who survive them You’d probably never heard of him last week, but his face has gone viral this week. Dr. David Dao, the man who was dragged off of United Airlines flight #3411 on Sunday, was trying to get home to see patients. Instead, he ended up getting violently dragged off of a flight—to provide space for United crewmembers.1 […]
- Watching Protests in Western Sahara Online videos document protest tactics by Sahrawi activists and repression by Moroccan authorities.
- How to Use YouTube’s New Blurring Feature to Protect Identities YouTube's blurring function allows users to blur select items such as faces or identifying information. In this post we will show you how to use the tool.
- Ethical Wednesdays: Additional Resources on Ethics and Eyewitness Footage We wrap our blog series on the ethics of using eyewitness footage with a list of recommended resources from a diverse range of disciplines.
- New Mobile App ‘CameraV’ Helps Documenters Create Verifiable Media New Android app CameraV helps verify and store contextual information about pieces of citizen media to improve their ability to be used for documentation.
