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11 Apr Date

| WITNESS DATE For any piece of content, sort search results chronologically and replicate the keyword searches across platforms – Do you have the earliest instance of the video? Use reverse image search on thumbnails, key frames, on-screen logos, etc. Look for earlier versions of the video,

11 Apr The Verification Process

| WITNESS THE VERIFICATION PROCESS Storyful’s verification process seeks to establish the original source, date and location for each piece of content using all available open source tools and techniques. Storyful categorises content in terms of three levels of verification: Checking, Corroborated and Confirmed.

11 Apr Finding and Recording Metadata

| WITNESS FINDING AND RECORDING METADATA Applying the leads and content worthy of further examination. Your results will constantly improve through a circular process that involves: starting with reliable sources for leads; methodical searches of key platforms based on an understanding of the preferred means of communication;

11 Apr Manual Searches

| WITNESS MANUAL SEARCHES Using your relevant source lists, scan for content, stories and topics. From these, develop relevant keywords: locations, terms, topics, and colloquialisms. You should build a profile of what you’re looking for – the who, what, where, when. This data set will differ for

11 Apr Account and Search Monitoring

| WITNESS ACCOUNT AND SEARCH MONITORING There are multiple methods for list building and alerting across various platforms. A list of useful YouTube channels can be created in subscriptions. A subscription list can be exported as an RSS feed. Useful Twitter accounts can be added to a

11 Apr Developing Sources

| WITNESS DEVELOPING SOURCES Establish reliable sources to more quickly find content, daily leads, and people who can provide corroborating information to help in the verification. Reliability cannot be assumed. It must be established over time. Reliable accounts lead to other reliable accounts. Factors to consider include:

11 Apr Content Discovery

| WITNESS CONTENT DISCOVERY The outcome of an analysis of the media environment should be: An understanding of the platforms used An understanding of the language used An account of relevant: Hashtags Keywords Colloquialisms Phrases A set of accounts to follow and monitor Below, we will set

09 Apr Ethics of Interaction

| WITNESS ETHICS OF INTERACTION In order to track perpetrator conversation and publication activity, it is necessary to have active accounts on all relevant platforms and to build alerting methodologies using all available tools. From this monitoring process, hashtags, keywords, colloquialisms, and phrases can be harvested to

09 Apr Understanding the Media Environment

| WITNESS UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT You must first build an understanding of the media used by perpetrators, by their target audience, and by actors seeking to counter perpetrator messages, as well as to understand, where possible, the motivations of those involved in the dissemination of such

09 Apr Relevant Reporting

| WITNESS RELEVANT REPORTING A controlled approach to content discovery is key to developing insights, sources and search techniques that allow the individual or a team to monitor a story, location or topic over time. This approach is replicable but would need to be tailored to the