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 Offers a Way to Blur Faces, Protecting Identities in Videos
Source: New York Times Media Decoder Blog | July 18, 2012Sam Gregory explains how YouTube's new face-blurring tool will benefit activists who are documenting human rights abuses in repressive and dangerous environments, such as Myanmar, Iran, and Syria.
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YouTube Now Lets You Blur Faces in Videos: What This Means for Safety-Minded Activists
Source: TechPresident | July 18, 2012As 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
Source: Talking Points Memo Idea Lab | July 18, 2012YouTube 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
Source: WBUR | July 18, 2012In 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
Source: Reason | July 18, 2012Reason 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
Source: Mashable | July 18, 2012Mashable 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
Source: Geekosystem | July 18, 2012"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
Source: Venture Beat | July 18, 2012YouTube 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
Source: Live Science | July 18, 2012Users 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
Source: Techspot | July 18, 2012Urged 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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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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