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Web A Double-Edged Sword for Free Speech
July 21, 2012 - San Francisco GateThe San Francisco Gate reviews the new YouTube face-blurring tool and how lack of anonymity, "can also put the identity of speakers at risk."
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The Privacy vs Publicity Quandary
July 21, 2012 - The Hindu"Thanks to smartphones, practically every person on the road is a citizen journalist." YouTube's new face-blurring tool reduces the risk that activists face when uploading their videos.
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Face-Blurring Comes Into Focus For Journalists
July 20, 2012 - Committee to Protect JournalistsThis week, YouTube announced a feature that should catch the eye of video journalists and bloggers working in dangerous conditions. After uploading to YouTube, you can now deploy a "blur faces" post-production tool.
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Coastal Peoples Address Climate Change at First Stewards Symposium
July 20, 2012 - First StewardsJul. 17-20: Nelson Kanuk, youth plaintiff in TRUST Alaska, was the youngest of four Climate Witnesses to speak at the week-long First Stewards Symposium, a national event held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington D.C. The symposium brought together as many as 300 coastal indigenous tribal elders, leaders, scientists, witnesses, and other scientists and policy leaders from around the nation to discuss traditional ecological knowledge and what it can teach us about past, present, and future adaptation to climate change. Nelson is one of four official “witnesses” to the symposium.
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YouTube Introduces Face-Blurring Technology
July 20, 2012 - The TelegraphRioters will be able to hide their identities in video footage they post online after Google introduced new face-blurring technology.
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YouTube Protects Protestors With New Facial Blur Feature
July 19, 2012 - ReadWriteWebYouTube announced in a blog post on Wednesday a new tool to blur faces in videos.
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YouTube Blurs the Lines
July 19, 2012 - MarketplaceThe video site rolled out a new tool yesterday that can blur faces in videos. The editing feature was built in response to the increasing amount of dissident video-makers who use the site to get out news of their struggles, sometimes putting people featured in the clips at great risk.
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YouTube Lets Video Posting Thugs Blur Faces
July 19, 2012 - NBC Bay AreaYouTube launched the new face-blurring tool in order to decrease the risk surrounding activists. This article questions whether the new feature will also lead to the posting of pranks by people who can now conceal their identity.
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YouTube Adds Face-Blurring Tool After Pressure for More Privacy
July 19, 2012 - The StirYouTube's new face-blurring tool is meant to protect the identities of activists in human rights videos. However, this tool can also be used for the average parent posting family videos.
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YouTube Introduces Face Blurring Technology
July 19, 2012 - News Today DigestYouTube becomes the first to offer the visual anonymity tools called for in WITNESS' Cameras Everywhere Report. Thier new face blurring tool will have benefits both for the average user and the human rights activist. "...Visual anonymity in video allows people to share their personal footage more widely and to speak out when they otherwise may not want to share."
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