Tech and Human Rights

NPR - YouTube Inadvertently Erases Syrian War Videos In Purge Of Extremist Propaganda

NPR’s Kelly McEvers speaks to Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Executive Director Mohammad Al Abdallah and Sarah El Deeb of the Associated Press about YouTube’s efforts to

The Responsibility of Technology Companies in the Age of Digital Human Rights Documentation

A YouTube notice that a video is unavailable. Over the past few weeks, the video streaming website YouTube has removed [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/world/middleeast/syria-youtube-videos-isis.

NPR - Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

NPR’s Morning Edition features Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Executive Director Mohammad Al Abdallah and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Center for Human Rights Science Director Jay Aronson discussing

Bridging the Digital Divide of Human Rights Documentation in Syria

DatNav Arabic cover. Photo from The Engine Room [https://www.theengineroom.org/datnav-now-available-in-arabic/]. This week in Brussels, human rights and technology organizations convened at RightsCon [https://www.rightscon.org/] to

Human Rights Documentation in the Age of Digital Data

In May 2016, the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC), along with 12 other organizations, gathered in Berlin to create a guide that would help human rights defenders navigate responsible