{"id":52496,"date":"2014-07-08T19:09:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T17:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=52496"},"modified":"2014-07-08T19:11:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T17:11:33","slug":"citizen-evidence-lab-how-to-authenticate-youtube-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=52496","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Evidence Lab: How To Authenticate YouTube Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vHlFjuF4Hlo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\nDuring crises or disasters, YouTube is widely used to share footage\u2014including a host of videos that are old or, in some cases, staged or faked. An enormous challenge for human rights workers, journalists or first responders alike is to separate fact from fiction. Now, there&#8217;s a website that can help with this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-08-at-8.09.54-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-52498\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-08-at-8.09.54-PM.png?resize=544%2C369\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-08 at 8.09.54 PM\" width=\"544\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-08-at-8.09.54-PM.png?w=827&amp;ssl=1 827w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-08-at-8.09.54-PM.png?resize=768%2C521&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-08-at-8.09.54-PM.png?resize=200%2C135&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-08-at-8.09.54-PM.png?resize=640%2C434&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Citizen Evidence Lab by Amnesty International (http:\/\/citizenevidence.org\/) is the first dedicated verification resource for human rights workers, providing tools for speedy checks on YouTube videos as well as for more advanced assessment. Video produced by Gaby Sferra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During crises or disasters, YouTube is widely used to share footage\u2014including a host of videos that are old or, in some cases, staged or faked. An enormous challenge for human rights workers, journalists or first responders alike is to separate fact from fiction. Now, there&#8217;s a website that can help with this. The Citizen Evidence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ads","category-all-other-stuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-08-at-8.09.54-PM.png?fit=827%2C561&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":121390,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=121390","url_meta":{"origin":52496,"position":0},"title":"Citizen Evidence Lab: How To Authenticate YouTube Videos","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"08\/07\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"During crises or disasters, YouTube is widely used to share footage\u2014including a host of videos that are old or, in some cases, staged or faked. 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