Total we launch 2 additional reports from the Iran Digital Archive Coalition that underscore the int'l crimes we've been documenting through open source investigations + the importance of the #IranFFMI's continuing work #HRCLab humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/inv...
Check out the incredible work of #IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab on their website https://humanrights.berkeley.edu/programs-projects/tech
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab works within #humanRights principles, so they always ask if a govt has appropriate human rights safeguards in place- if not, #HRCLab won't work w/them. But can't rule out working w/govts.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab After point of capture, can check whether images have been manipulated. But different courts/judges have different expectations & may not know what to ask around chain of custody.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab 1st Q they had to ask was about chain of custody: now judges are not finding screenshots reliable enough. Use tools like @hunchly that allow all content to be pulled down. https://www.hunch.ly/
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab need to algorithmically deprioritise certain content like #hateSpeech, so it's retained online but not pushed out to people; or need preservation mechanisms esp if state is perpetrator.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab To verify digital evidence: Look for technical info (#metadata) to help understand reliability; verify content of video/photo (e.g. does topography, clothing fit w/location claimed); assess the source (their movements, their handles).
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab How do we deal w/#digital sources ethically? Do we show a video of someone being killed? Do we release the geolocation of someone who filmed violence?
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab perpetrators are also using #digital tools to spin their own #propaganda.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab worlds are colliding btwn #genocide experts & #digital experts, & we need to work together. E.g. investigations into crimes again the #Uyghur in #China such as forced sterilisation.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab looking at potential utility of digital sources to help prove #SGBV. #Women have to deal w/different (lack of) access to #tech; may communicate in different ways/places online.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab Berkely Protocol is a good start, but more is needed, such as considering what software to use.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab digital & security risks can be overlooked when drawing on open source info, but are crucial to consider, along w/legal & ethics concerns.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab spent 3yrs analysing #law around the world to determine what to put in the protocol. Helped devt std procedures for @IntlCrimCourt around use of digital evidence. Protocol also provides standardised terminology.
🗣️IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab created in collaboration w/#UN #HumanRights, an int'l protocol on using open source info as evidence of atrocities. #Lawyers needed to know how to analyse & use digital evidence they had.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab intent to destroy #dolusSpecialis of #genocide is the challenge to prove. Photos, videos, text, memes, #socialMedia posts can help show intent to destroy thru a perpetrator narrative.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab worked w/@Reuters on evidence related to #Rohingya #genocide incl #hateSpeech, reported in stories such as this by #Pulitzer prize winner @stecklow www.reuters.com/investigates/special-rep...
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab has assessed myriad posts of videos taken in #Myanmar #coup of civilians being shot, to help prove circumstances & location, setting up potential liability for perpetrators.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab works w/orgs like @hrw down to grassroots #humanRights advocacy groups, as well as #media such as @Reuters, courts such as #ICC.
🗣️#IAGS2021 Keynote @KAlexaKoenig #HRCLab works to verify open source info found. Need to find info on violence fast & capture it because it will often be removed; then need to verify & safeguard this info for future use in investigations.
