- فهم “المصدر” في التحقيقات مفتوحة المصدر نشرت لأول مرة في Open Global Rights بالإنجليزية، والإسبانية، والعربية في ٢١ يناير ٢٠٢١ كتبت : Libby McAvoy عندما يظهر مقطع فيديو به درجة صادمة من العنف وينتشر على نطاق واسع على الإنترنت، مثل مقاطع فيديو قوات الأمن في العراق وهي تطلق “عبوات غاز مسيل للدموع تصيب رؤوس” المتظاهرين، فإن المحققين مفتوحي المصدر يمشطون المقطع باستخدام تقنيات مثل بحوث السوشيال ميديا […]
- Centering the “source” in open source investigation Author: Libby McAvoy This article first appeared on Open Global Rights in English, Spanish, and Arabic on January 21, 2021. When a viral video of shocking violence crops up online—such as videos of security forces in Iraq firing “head-splitting tear gas grenades” at protestors—open source investigators comb through the footage with techniques like sophisticated social media research and geolocation to verify […]
- Protect human rights defenders’ identities with the updated YouTube blurring feature YouTube has released an updated blur feature—in under 4 minutes, you can learn how to use this tool as part of the steps you take to protect identity.
- Mapping the Dead in Ethiopia Mapping the Dead is a public database tracking Oromo people killed in Ethiopia by security forces. This is the second post in our Curate for Justice series.
- Charlottesville Judge Charges Victim of Racist Attack with Felony, Video Exposes the Truth In a move to demonize and intimidate DeAndre Harris, the victim of a brutal, racist attack during the now infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a local judge issued a warrant against Harris for the "unlawful wounding" of white nationalist Harold Ray Crews.
- Curating citizen media for human rights? Review these critical questions before designing a platform for curating eyewitness footage of human rights abuses.
- Last Month in Video: August When WITNESS was founded in 1992, we wanted to get cameras in people’s hands. This wasn’t an easy task- at the time, cameras weren’t in every household, they weren’t cheap, and it wasn’t instinctive for people to reach for their camera. Now, video is everywhere, and it’s being made by everyone with a cell phone. […]
- Youth Speak Truth: Reclaiming the story of Mike Brown, Jr. “He said he was going to change the world, he was going to shake the world and the whole world was going to know his name. And now they do.” – Triniya Walker, younger sister of Mike Brown, Jr. Today marks three years since Mike Brown, Jr., known affectionately to his family as “Mike Mike”, […]
- 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.
- Ethical Wednesdays: Graphic Footage When footage contains distressing and traumatic imagery, how can you share it with your audience effectively, responsibly, and ethically?
- Ethical Wednesdays: When Eyewitness Footage Cannot be Verified One of the greatest risks of using eyewitness videos in reporting is not understanding the full story behind the footage. Is it authentic? Has it been manipulated or misinterpreted? What happened before and after? In many cases, we lack complete information about the video’s content and context. How can we balance competing needs to verify footage and expose potential abuse?
- Ethical Wednesdays: Protecting At-Risk Eyewitnesses Documenting protests, human rights abuses, or breaking news can put eyewitnesses at risk. How can reporters, activists, and human rights monitors use eyewitness footage without endangering the people who created them.
- Ethical Wednesdays: Who’s Behind That Footage? Credit, Transparency, and Eyewitness Videos Eyewitnesses who film or circulate human rights videos may have a personal, professional, or political motivation. The latest in our series on the ethics of using eyewitness videos explores the reasons and methods of crediting the people behind the footage.
- #RecordingInProgress: Media, Tech and Social Justice This podcast brings together experts from Justice League NYC, Global Citizen, Race Forward, the Undisclosed podcast and WITNESS to discuss the role of social media and tech in the fight for social justice.
- Ethical Wednesdays: When Media is Created by the Perpetrators of the Abuse Is there an ethical way to use footage documenting abuse when it is filmed by perpetrators themselves?
