Category: Video
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Speaking at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference
In two weeks’ time, I’ll be moderating a workshop at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, on a topic dear to my heart: Visual content and human rights – Content has changed our world, how do we manage its impact on society, governance, and privacy? Panelists: Sam Gregory, Program Director, WITNESS Thor Halvorssen, Founder, Oslo Freedom…
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Cameras Everywhere: New report available on WITNESS website
I’ve been a little quiet on the blogging front in recent months, and here’s why. Over the past year, I have been working with WITNESS as lead researcher and lead author on a new report with my former WITNESS colleagues Sam Gregory, Yvette Alberdingkthijm and Bryan Nunez. It’s part of a broader initiative called Cameras…
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AJ Daulerio and the ethics of online video
[Update: here’s the WITNESS report I talk about below, Cameras Everywhere] I read, via The Browser, a GQ profile of AJ Daulerio, editor of Deadspin, sports outpost of Gawker. Here’s an interesting section I didn’t expect to see, relating to the ethics of raw video: Perhaps Daulerio’s darkest moment came last spring, when he posted…
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Your ideas on human rights and free expression on YouTube
[Cross-posted from the YouTube blog] About a month ago, as part of our series of blogs about human rights and video with WITNESS.org, we asked for your thoughts and ideas on some of the key topics on the future of video activism. Now we’re responding to some of your top-voted questions and comments within the Moderator series…
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What do you think about human rights (and your rights) online?
[Cross-posted from the YouTube blog.] Government police shutting down farmer’s protests in China. A tobacco company employing under-age workers in Kazakhstan. Iranian merchants striking to protest tax increases in Tehran. We’ve seen stories like these on our computers and phones every day, and we’ve been documenting many of them on our breaking news feed onCitizentube over the past few…
Sameer Padania 