Cameras Everywhere Report 2011
WITNESS’ Cameras Everywhere aims to ensure that the thousands of people using video for human rights can do so as effectively, safely and ethically as possible.
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Cameras Everywhere Press
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YouTube Supports Citizen Journalism with Blurring Technology
Source: Global Wire Online | August 6, 2012This blog reviews the new face blur tool from YouTube and references our Cameras Everywhere report as being one of the catalysts for the creation of the tool.
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Remixing Human Rights: Rethinking Civic Expression, Rerpresentation And Personal Security in Online Video
Source: First Monday, Volume 17, Number 8 | August 6, 2012Co written by Sam Gregory and Elizabeth Losh, This essay examines how remixes that combine human rights footage with popular songs complicate our understanding of the relationship between media production and civic participation.
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YouTube's Face-Blurring Technology Enables Anonymity
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation | July 24, 2012EFF claims "anonymous speech is crucial to political and social discourse." They review the new YouTube face blurring feature and provide a link to Sam Gregory's blog.
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Web A Double-Edged Sword for Free Speech
Source: San Francisco Gate | July 21, 2012The 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
Source: The Hindu | July 21, 2012"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
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists | July 20, 2012This 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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YouTube Introduces Face-Blurring Technology
Source: The Telegraph | July 20, 2012Rioters 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 Blurs the Lines
Source: Marketplace | July 19, 2012The 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
Source: NBC Bay Area | July 19, 2012YouTube 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
Source: The Stir | July 19, 2012YouTube'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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August 7, 2012 - By Bryan Nunez
Recently, YouTube launched a feature that allows blurring on videos uploaded to their site. It’s a step we’ve pushed for from the commercial video-sharing platforms and social networks...
July 18, 2012 - By Sam Gregory
Today YouTube announced a new tool within their upload editor that enables people to blur the faces within the video, and then publish a version with blurred faces. WITNESS has advocated for YouTube...
May 31, 2012 - By Guest Blogger
By Teresa Eggers
A near 6-month battle between British news broadcasters and the police has recently concluded: last December’s court decision that ordered television companies including BBC, ITN,...
The App that Authenticates SmartPhone Photos (FR)
Source: Radio France Interationale | February 11, 2013
Radio France Internationale reported on InformaCam in their radio broadcast, as well as their print website.
More »Sam Gregory on WAMU's 'Kojo Nnamdi Show' Radio Panel
Source: WAMU Kojo Nnamdi Show | February 5, 2013
Sam Gregory was a featured panelist on the radio show, discussing "the different ways innovators use crowdsourcing today while asking what obstacles still could be limiting its potential."
More »Human Rights group wants to put an end to fake mobile images and videos
Source: The Daily Dot | February 1, 2013
"But now one group is trying to bring a little more transparency to the process with a new app and metadata standard that promises auto-verification of a photo's legitimacy." This article about InformaCam interview Bryan Nunez about WITNESS's innovative app.
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