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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Sam Gregory Interviewed About ObscuraCam and WITNESS
Source: Creative Activism» | February 7, 2012In this podcast interview Sam discusses WITNESS' mission of "enabling human rights advocacy through video."
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Nathan Freitas, Collaborator on the SecureSmartCam Project Wins Pizzigati Prize
Source: The Tides Website | February 6, 2012The Tides Foundation awards their 2012 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. Nathan leads the Guardian Project, a team of software developers focused on mobile security.
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Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media Features ObscuraCam
Source: Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media » | February 1, 2012The association of grantmakers committed to advancing the field of media and public interest public media funding features the progress we're making with ObscuraCam on their homepage.
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Radio Free Europe Blog Covers ObscuraCam and InformaCam Mobile Apps
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Non-Profit Organizations and the Ability to Empower Through Technology
Source: Fueled | January 24, 2012WITNESS and the Guardian Project and our ObscuraCam app is featured again in this article about how non-profits are harnessing technology for good.
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The Overbrook Foundation Blogs About ObscuraCam
Source: The Overbrook Foundation Blog | January 24, 2012The Overbrook Foundation is a supporter of WITNESS and shares some of the recent coverage the ObscuraCam project has received in this post.
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Safely Document Protests and Human Rights Abuses with ObscuraCam
Source: Tech Cocktail Blog | January 19, 2012The Tech Cocktail blog covers our mobile app
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The Economist Multimedia Covers ObscuraCam
Source: The Economist | January 18, 2012"The future of video protest" features interviews with Bryan Nunez of WITNESS and Nathan Freitas of the Guardian Project about why apps like ObscuraCam and InformaCam are important to protect and preserve video filmed by activists.
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WITNESS and ObscuraCam featured in The Economist
Source: The Economist | January 14, 2012The article "Video and human rights: Visibility for all" explores the benefits and drawbacks to the ubiquity of video. Read more about this in WITNESS' "Cameras Everywhere" report.
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Forbes Highlights ObscuraCam Mobile App
Source: Forbes | January 6, 2012At the first New York Tech Meetup of 2012, described as an "event [which] attracts the dominant share of notables from the city’s tech, academic, media and venture funding communities," Forbes reviews the ObscuraCam app, currently being developed by the Guardian Project with WITNESS.
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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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