06 Sep WITNESS joins Human Rights Organizations from around the World to Oppose Egypt Media Laws
News and Events, Press, Tech and Advocacy |We strongly believe that filming for human rights and posting it online must not be criminalized.
We strongly believe that filming for human rights and posting it online must not be criminalized.
Remember: Always use your best judgment and assess risks to yourself and those you are filming before hitting “record”.
We joined other leading human rights organizations to ask Google how the censorship plan in China upholds international human rights.
Gabriela Ivens will be working with our Tech+Advocacy team where she will be working on issues around the safe, ethical, and effective use of video in documenting human rights violations.
Our Senior Attorney and Program Manager Kelly Matheson will conduct a few sessions on how to use video for change, advocacy and evidence for human rights.
Crime and Punishment tells the story of the NYPD12, a group of officers suing the department over instituting arrest and summons quotas that target black and brown communities.
We are honored and humbled by this generous gift from Mainframe!
In the video titled, “How Video Can Create a Just Society,” our executive director spoke about the importance of filming injustice and knowing how to handle video and use it for justice.
Vote for our panel on deepfakes and synthetic media, how they can be used maliciously, and how we can detect and stop them!
In the article, our program director spoke about the reality of deep fakes and how WITNESS is working with companies to inform them of the potential of deep fakes to influence people and on dealing with synthetic media.