30 Oct Mapping the Dead in Ethiopia
Update | WITNESSMapping 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.
Verification Tag
25 Apr Human Rights in Western Sahara – A year in review
Update | Jackie ZammutoWatching Western Sahara curates and contextualizes eyewitness videos filmed by citizen journalists in the Morocco-occupied Western Sahara, a territory off-limits to most human rights monitors and international media. This report summarizes our main findings after one year of curating footage. Each April, the UN Security
26 Jul Watching Western Sahara: Six Months of Eyewitness Videos
Update | WITNESSA look at human rights in Western Sahara through six months of footage from the ground.
20 Jul Tools & Strategies to Verify Online Videos from Western Sahara
Update | WITNESSWhen online videos do not contain enough information to corroborate where and when they were recorded and or help viewers understand what they show, online tools and practices can help viewers learn more about what they are watching.
06 Jan Ethical Wednesdays: When Eyewitness Footage Cannot be Verified
Update | WITNESSOne 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?
24 Jun The WITNESS Media Lab: Outlining the Challenges Facing Eyewitness Videos for Human Rights
Update | WITNESSWhen WITNESS was founded in the early 1990s, we distributed cameras to activists around the world so they could direct their lenses–and international attention–on injustice in their communities. Our objective, like that of many human rights activists and organizations worldwide, was–and still is–to make an
19 Jun What WITNESS Learned in Our 3 Years Curating Human Rights Videos on YouTube
Update | WITNESSThe policies, practices, and technology that allow videos by average citizens to expose abuse and serve as a tool for justice are constantly evolving, and our strategies must keep up.
18 Jun Introducing the WITNESS Media Lab
Update | matisseWe are pleased to announce our newest initiative: the WITNESS Media Lab, dedicated to unleashing the potential of eyewitness video as a powerful tool to report, monitor, and advocate for human rights.
20 Nov Will the Syrian Hero Boy Make Us Question Everything We See? (and why don’t we do that already?)
Uncategorized | WITNESSThe instinct to believe what we see has made video a driving force in news coverage, and a powerful tool for manipulation.
27 Feb Video Exposes Police Abuse in Venezuela (Or is it Mexico? Or Colombia?)
Update | WITNESSOne video’s journey across Latin American protest movements underscores the challenge of monitoring and verifying activism online.
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