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Human Trafficking Awareness Day: WITNESS Voice Calls for Justice
January 11, 2013 - Women's News Network"I asked myself, if I am raped should I be imprisoned to protect me from my rapist?" Kelly Matheson asks this question for victims of human trafficking worldwide.
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WITNESS Video Screened...Over the Radio
January 7, 2013 - Açık RadyoA Turkish public radio program promoted and 'screened' 'People Before Profit,' WITNESS' recent advocacy video. How did they do they screen a video on the radio? They played People Before Profit and had a voice-over speak the written text. A links to the video was shared on their website.
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WITNESS Featured Among 'Social Influencers Changing The World Through Twitter'
December 21, 2012 - Fast CompanyPat Mitchell, president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media, is an expert on innovative media. When asked for an example of an organization that uses social media to raise awareness and lead advocacy--she picked WITNESS.
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Human Rights Channel Helps Expand YouTube's News Coverage
December 19, 2012 - MashableMore viewers turned to YouTube for news in 2012, as illustrated in this infographic, and they tuned in to everything from the WITNESS Human Rights Channel to the Felix Baumgartner space jump.
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Inaugural meeting of the Open Internet Tools Project
December 18, 2012 - NY Convergence BlogBryan Nunez, our Technology Manager, represented WITNESS at this first gathering of New York-based activists and hactivists interested in preventing online censorship.
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ObscuraCam included in Security-in-a-Box
December 18, 2012 - Security-In-A-BoxSecurity-in-a-Box, a project that offers tools and tips on digital security, recently included a how-to on ObscuraCam, the face blurring app made in partnership by the Guardian Project and WITNESS. The guide walks users through installing and using ObscuraCam. Security-in-a-Box is a partnership between the Tactical Technology Cooperative and Frontline Defenders.
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WITNESS joins the first #OpenITP meeting in New York City
December 18, 2012 - NYConvergence BlogOur Technology Manager Bryan Nunez joined a conversation about how to keep the Internet open and free of censorship. This blog gives an overview of the conversation.
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TED features our 20 Powerful Moments in Human Rights Video
December 14, 2012 - TED BlogTED features our list in their weekly wrap up following Human Rights Day.
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Sam Gregory Talks ObscuraCam at UC Berkeley Panel
December 12, 2012 -Sam Gregory recently appeared on the "We Witness: A Panel on Digital Video, Social Media, & Political Protest" at the University of California Berkley, where he discussed the new ObscuraCam app. The app allows those filming video on smartphones to protect the people they're fiming by blurring their faces.
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Other panelists included Rick Jones of Openwatch, Tomoko Hosaka for Ustream, Adam Stofsky of the New Media Advocacy Project, and Ken Goldberg of the Rashoman Project. The panel was held in honor of Human Rights Day, and was presented by the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative. -
Current features our 20 Powerful Moments in Human Rights Video
December 10, 2012 - Current blog
