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YouTube Now Lets You Blur Faces in Videos: What This Means for Safety-Minded Activists

July 18, 2012 - TechPresident

As part of its on-going efforts to be "more useful for to nonprofits, activists and educators," YouTube has launched a face-blurring tool. This is big step in making the site safer and more effective for activists documenting human rights abuses, protests, and more.
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YouTube Launches Video ‘Face Blurring’ Tool

July 18, 2012 - Talking Points Memo Idea Lab

YouTube will now allow users to "Blur All Faces." TPM Idea Lab looks to Sam Gregory's blog to explain what this new feature will mean for activits uploading content to the site.
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To Help Dissidents, YouTube Introduces Face-Blurring Tool

July 18, 2012 - WBUR

In an effort to make posting video on YouTube safer for activists, YouTube has announced a new tool that automatically obscures faces.
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YouTube Face Blurring Tech Latest Google Thwarting of Authoritarian Governments

July 18, 2012 - Reason

Reason blog recognizes the value of YouTube's new face blurring feature. The introduction of this tool will begin a process of filling the gap in options for visual anonymity in video-sharing, as identifed in WITNESS' Cameras Everywhere Report.
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YouTube Releases Face-Blurring Tool for Editing Graphic Footage

July 18, 2012 - Mashable

Mashable starts a discussion about YouTube's new face blurring option. Prior to the launch of this feature, WITNESS had identified an alarming lack of tools for visual anonymity. Will this new feature increase video sharing by citizen journalists?

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YouTube Now Lets You Blur Out the Faces in Your Videos

July 18, 2012 - Geekosystem

"In a world where practically everyone has a device that can record video, anonymity in public is becoming a trickier and trickier thing to pull off." In its Cameras Everywhere Report, WITNESS identified a lack of options for identity protection in video sharing. YouTube has become one of the first to address this issue by launching a face blurring tool on the site.
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YouTube Adds Face Blurring to Its Video Editing Tools

July 18, 2012 - Venture Beat

YouTube will now enable users to blur the faces of individuals in their uploaded videos. "The blurring tool could make it more difficult for oppressive governments to target opposition that they'd otherwise harm or kill." This is a big step in addressing the lack of options for visual anonymity in video sharing, which WITNESS has identified as a major issue for human rights activists.

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YouTube Launches Face Blurring Tool

July 18, 2012 - Live Science

Users will now be able to "Blur All Faces" in their YouTube videos. WITNESS explains why this is a big step in keeping citizen journalists, protestors, and human rights activists safe.
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YouTube Offers Face Blurring in One Click

July 18, 2012 - Techspot

Urged by WITNESS' Cameras Everywhere Report, YouTube now offers a face blurring tool. They hope that this feature will help users ranging from parents to activists share their videos more safely.
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Faceless Freedom: YouTube Adds Face-Blurring Tool

July 18, 2012 - Ars Technica

In an attempt to give anonymity to user's, "that fear reprisal by public viewrs" YouTube launches the new fac-blurring tool. Jessica Mason of YouTube discusses WITNESS' part in pushing for the new feature,
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