Author: eric
01 Apr How Could States’ Wiretapping Laws Affect Your Right to Film Law Enforcement?
Right to Record, United States, Update | ericWiretapping laws were intended to protect people’s privacy in the United States, but in some cases they’ve been used to challenge the right to record the police.
22 Feb Rio goes live: video activism and human rights in Brazil
MEU | eric Image: Brazilian politicians livestreaming while campaigning and breaking a Marielle Franco sign. Current Rio governor on the right and a now-elected deputy breaking the sign. By Adriano Belisário As mobile phone access and Internet bandwidth increased in this decade, video streamings became an important part
01 Feb Call-outs in live streamings: learnings and practices
MEU | eric Mobil-Eyes Us is a project of WITNESS and the WITNESS Media Lab to explore potential new approaches to livestream storytelling for action. We look at technologies, tactics and storytelling strategies to use live video to connect viewers to frontline experiences of human rights issues they
06 Nov Introduction to Mobil-Eyes Us
MEU | ericMobil-Eyes Us is a project of WITNESS and the WITNESS Media Lab to explore potential new approaches to livestream storytelling for action. We look at technologies, tactics and storytelling strategies to use live video to connect viewers to frontline experiences of human rights issues they
25 Oct Suicide or Escape? Fact Checking Reporting on Migrant Abuse in MENA
Uncategorized | ericThis post gives background information about migrant workers’ abusive conditions under the kefala system of many of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
16 Oct Trapped in the Gulf: Exposing Migrant Abuse
Uncategorized | ericThis post gives background information about migrant workers’ abusive conditions under the kefala system of many of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
20 Sep New Series Launch! Perpetrator Video in the Middle East and North Africa
Uncategorized | ericNew series examines role of video in exposing immigration abuses and advocating for immigrant communities against aggressive ICE tactics.
18 Sep 4 tips to have co-present and active audiences in livestreams
MEU | ericBy Clara Medeiros and Adriano Belisário Livestreams are one of the most engaging types of content on the Internet, and Mobil-Eyes-Us, a WITNESS initiative, builds up this content to help activists engage their audience deliberately so that they become more active, useful and “co-present” when