Starting a project to map out prison locations in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is quite a daunting task. Considering there is little to no information and such work has not been done in the region previously. The Tibet Research Project is an attempt to map all prison locations in Tibet, similar to the work […]
Verification & Social Media
Verification is the practice or process in an investigation of confirming the accuracy or reliability of sources or content. A source could be a video, a picture, news story, social media post, etc. and the method of verification is dependent on your source. For example, if you have an image that you need to verify […]
Geolocation: AI in Open Source Investigations
Much has been made about Artificial Intelligence (AI) being used to spread disinformation. The latest threat (I use threat lightly here) to open-source investigations is AI created maps and satellite imagery (or deep fakes). However, little has been made about efforts to use AI for citizen investigations, at least on a level accessible to all […]