Digital Evidence Database
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Verification Handbook: An Ultimate Guideline on Digital Age Sourcing for Emergency Coverage
- Institution
European Journalism Centre (EJC)
- Language
English
- Reference link
- http://verificationhandbook.com/downloads/verification.handbook.pdf
- Executive summary
- Authored by leading journalists from the BBC, Storyful, ABC, Digital First Media and other verification experts, the Verification Handbook is a groundbreaking new resource for journalists and aid providers. It provides the tools, techniques and step-by-step guidelines for how to deal with user-generated content (UGC) during emergencies.
- Purpose
- The document seeks to provide actionable advice to facilitate disaster preparedness in newsrooms, and best practices for how to verify and use information, photos and videos provided by the crowd.
- Description
- The guidelines provide information on verification fundamentals (using social media as a police scanner), verification of user-generated content, verification of images and videos, and and guides as to how to prepare for disaster coverage and creating verification process and checklists. In the annex, the guide contains a field guide to enhancing the evidentiary value of video for human rights.
- Target group
- Journalists, aid providers, citizen reporter, relief responder, volunteer, journalism school student, emergency communication specialist, academics, social media investigators
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Verification Handbook: A guide to Online Search and Research Techniques for Using UGC and Open Source Information in Investigation
- Institution
European Journalism Centre (EJC)
- Language
English
- Reference link
- http://verificationhandbook.com/book2/
- Executive summary
- n/a
- Purpose
- The document seeks to provide step-by-step guidance to apply research, fact-checking, and data journalism techniques.
- Description
- The guide describes the opportunities for using open source information and user-generated content in investigative work; using online research methods to investigate the who, where and when of a person, identifies research tools and investigative techniques, and verifying data quality, chapter on using UGC in human rights and war crimes investigations, and applying ethical principles to digital age investigation. The guide also contains useful case studies.
- Target group
- Journalists, aid providers, citizen reporter, relief responder, volunteer, journalism school student, emergency communication specialist, academics, social media investigators
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Verification Handbook for Disinformation and Media Manipulation
- Institution
European Journalism Centre (EJC)
- Language
English
- Reference link
- https://datajournalism.com/read/handbook/verification-3
- Executive summary
- n/a
- Purpose
- It aims to equip journalists with the knowledge to investigate social media accounts, bots, private messaging apps, information operations, deep fakes, as well as other forms of misinformation and media manipulation
- Description
- This guideincludes information on misinformation and media manipulation, describing the lifecycle of media manipulation, and focused on investigating actors and content. It describes various investigating social media accounts, techniques on spotting bots, cyborgs, and inauthentic activity. The guide also offers further tips on monitoring for fakes and information operations during breaking news. Further, and building on the previous versions, the guide offers guidelines on verifying and questioning images. Further chapters include: analyzing ads on social networks, tracking actors across platforms, network analysis and attribution. The guide is presented in a practical manner, focusing primarily on case studies.
- Target group
- Journalists, aid providers, citizen reporter, relief responder, volunteer, journalism school student, emergency communication specialist, academics, social media investigators
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Annex 1: Technical protocol for the provision of evidence, material witness and victims information in electronic form for their presentation during the Trial
- Institution
International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Language
English
- Reference link
- https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/f17274
- Purpose
- This protocol is designed to ensure that all the necessary information is available electronically during the proceedings to the Court. It provides a standard-setting for the court-participants.
- Description
- The document is an annex to the decision of the Court in the case of The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.
- Target group
- lawyers and practitioners, especially practicing before the court
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How To Tell Stories: A Beginner’s Guide For Open Source Researchers
- Institution
Bellingcat
- Language
English
- Publication date
- 2019-07-12
- Reference link
- https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2019/07/12/how-to-tell-stories-a-beginners-guide-for-open-source-researchers/
- Executive summary
- n/a
- Purpose
- Assist open source researches on the presentation of their findings.
- Description
- Provides advice to open source researchers about how to present their findings. It includes practical advice, such as identifying the target audience, planning the narrative,setting the right tone, and organizing and presenting the information efficiently. I also refers to a video/case study of Bellingcat's investigation regarding the latest MH17 Report.
- Target group
- Open source researchers and investigators
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How to Prevent, Identify and Address Vicarious Trauma — While Conducting Open Source Investigations in the Middle East
- Institution
Bellingcat
- Language
English
- Publication date
- 2018-10-18
- Reference link
- https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2018/10/18/prevent-identify-address-vicarious-trauma-conducting-open-source-investigations-middle-east/
- Executive summary
- n/a
- Purpose
- The guide is intended to serve as an educational tool for those working in the open source investigative field on how to prevent, identify and address vicarious trauma.
- Description
- The document focuses on open source investigations in the Middle East, but can be adapted to other geographic areas. Considering the graphic scenes that open source investigators face, the document includes practical advice on preventing, identifying and addressing secondary trauma. The document focus on upholding the investigator's well-being.
- Target group
- Open source researchers and investigators
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How to Scrape Interactive Geospatial Data
- Institution
Bellingcat
- Language
English
- Publication date
- 2018-09-05
- Reference link
- https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2018/09/05/scrape-interactive-geospatial-data/
- Executive summary
- n/a
- Purpose
- To provide guidance on how to scrape interactive geospatial data for further analysis and archiving.
- Description
- The guide provides concrete guidance on how to scrape interactive geospatial data that might be publicly accessible but not to be donwloaded, for further data analysis and archiving. The guide focuses on downloading geospatial data, but it is expected that some of these concepts will also be applicable to other formats of data which is stored in a similar fashion.
- Target group
- Open source researchers and investigators
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A Beginner’s Guide To Flight Tracking
- Institution
Bellingcat
- Language
English
- Publication date
- 2019-10-15
- Reference link
- https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2019/10/15/a-beginners-guide-to-flight-tracking/
- Executive summary
- n/a
- Purpose
- The purpose of this guide is to provide a quick and complete guidance on how to start tracking flights.
- Description
- The guide starts with a glosary of terms needed to start tracking flights. It then provides some of the most popular flight tracking websites available and outlines some of their features. Finally, the guide concludes with a case study demonstrating how these tools can be used in conjunction with one another to shed light on the air movements of the powerful.
- Target group
- Open source researchers and investigators
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The Most Comprehensive TweetDeck Research Guide In Existence (Probably)
- Institution
Bellingcat
- Language
English
- Publication date
- 2019-06-21
- Reference link
- https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2019/06/21/the-most-comprehensive-tweetdeck-research-guide-in-existence-probably/
- Executive summary
- n/a
- Purpose
- To show how TweetDeck can vastly simplify and organize the research while allowing the collection of a greater amount of information with less time and effort.
- Description
- The guide presents guidance on how to use TweetDeck as a more efficient and quick tool for open source investigators. It addresses basic concepts, such as search columns and filters; twitter lists; search by location; searching other platforms; and a combination of research methods.
- Target group
- Open source researchers and investigators
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Using Phone Contact Book Apps For Digital Research
- Institution
Bellingcat
- Language
English
- Publication date
- 2019-04-08
- Reference link
- https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2019/04/08/using-phone-contact-book-apps-for-digital-research/
- Executive summary
- n/a
- Purpose
- This guide shows how to use phone contact book apps in a relatively safe context — either through an Android virtual machine or on a “burner phone” not connected to a researcher’s actual email accounts or phone number.
- Description
- The guide provides guidance on how to use phone contact book apps for digital research in a relatively safe manner. It includes guidance on how to prepare the research device; and summaries of how to use the most common phone contact book apps, such as TrueCaller and CallApp.
- Target group
- Open source researchers and investigators
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