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 Introduces Face Blurring Technology
Source: News Today Digest | July 19, 2012YouTube 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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It's All a Blur: YouTube Offers It's Most Obscure Protection Yet
Source: IT Wire | July 19, 2012Many citizen journalists take videos from protests and demonstrations to upload to YouTube. Depending on where they are, this act could put them in great risk. YouTube's new face-blurring tool allows activists to protect their identites and decrease this risk.
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Google Introduces Face-Blurring to Protect Protestors on YouTube
Source: The Guardian | July 19, 2012Protestors now have the option to blur their faces to protect them from authorities if their videos are featured on YouTube.
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YouTube Protects Activists with New Face-Blurring Feature
Source: TG Daily | July 19, 2012YouTube answers WITNESS' call for a face-blurring option to protect visual anonymity in video sharing. Sam Gregory explains the real need for this tool; "in places like Syria, activists on the ground note how often people are identified and tracked down because of the videos that they share online," he says.
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YouTube's New Face Blur Tool and What It Means for Activists Globally
Source: Global Voices Advocacy | July 19, 2012Program Director, Sam Gregory, discusses the new YouTube face-blur feature and what it means for human rights activists.
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YouTube's Face-Blur Tool Aims to Protect Identity of Citizen Journalists, Uphold Human Rights Issues
Source: International Business Times | July 19, 2012YouTube responds to call by WITNESS to protect identity of citizen journalists and launches the new face-blurring tool.
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YouTube Announces Easy Face-Blurring Tool to Protect Anonymity of Video Subjects
Source: The Altantic | July 18, 2012The Atlantic interviews Sam Gregory as noting that the tool "will help people not just in mass setting but in more direct testimonial videos in which they are the only actors."
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Protecting Yourself and Others in YouTube Videos
Source: Google Public Policy Blog | July 18, 2012Over the past several years, YouTube has been taking steps to become both an effective and safe platform for citizen reporting. Today, they announce the addition of a face blurring tool to their site, which will give users a new way to maintain visual anonymity in their videos.
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Face Blurring: When Footage Requires Anonymity
Source: YouTube Blog | July 18, 2012YouTube takes notice of WITNESS' Cameras Everywhere Report finding -that "no video-sharing site or hardware manufacturer currently offers users the option to blur faces or protect identity"- in the announcement of its new face blurring tool.
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YouTube's New Face-Blurring Tool Designed to Protect Activists
Source: LA Times | July 18, 2012LA Times gets Sam Gregory's input on YouTube's new face-blurring tool and how this "emerging technology" will make the site a safer space for video advocacy.
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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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