sxsw Archives - WITNESS https://www.witness.org/tag/sxsw/ Human Rights Video Wed, 05 Dec 2018 17:41:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 76151064 Cast Your Vote for WITNESS at SXSW 2019! https://www.witness.org/cast-your-vote-for-witness-at-sxsw-2019/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:15:51 +0000 https://www.witness.org/?p=2194558 It’s that time of year where YOU decide what topics you want to hear about at South by Southwest (SXSW) in 2019. The 10-day convening, that brings the worlds’ top filmmakers, musicians, technologists, and creatives to Austin, Texas, has become an annual event for WITNESS. Whether it’s sharing our latest programmatic work with organizational peers, interacting with cutting-edge technologies, or participating in conversations about media and human rights, we look forward to both learning and sharing at SXSW every March.

This year we’re proposing the panel, “Deepfakes: What Should We Fear, What Can We Do,” led by our Program Director Sam Gregory to discuss questions surrounding deepfakes and synthetic media, how they can be used maliciously, and how we can detect and stop them.

More about the panel:

Deepfakes! As more sophisticated, more personalized, more convincing audio and video manipulation emerges how do we get beyond the apocalyptic discussion of the “end of trust in images and audio” and instead focus on what we can do about malicious deepfakes and other AI-manipulated synthetic media. Based on WITNESS’ collaborations with technologists, journalists and human rights activists, we’ll explore the state-of-the-art usage of deepfakes and other ‘synthetic media’, the solutions available to fight these malicious uses and where this goes next. Linked to broader trends in challenges to public trust, disinformation, and the evolving information ecosystem globally how should we plan together to fight the dark side of a faked video and audio future?

Sound interesting? Want to hear from WITNESS in Austin? Then please cast your vote for Deepfakes: What Should We Fear, What Can We Do here!

]]> 2194558 Meet us at SXSW 2018! https://www.witness.org/sxsw-2018/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:28:42 +0000 https://www.witness.org/?p=2193579 If you’re going to SXSW this year, take a break from the music and movies to join WITNESS’ Program Director, Sam Gregory, and U.S. Program Coordinator, Pali Makam, on Sunday, March 11 from 2-3 pm for an informal and collaborative meetup about the role of community journalism and eyewitness video in the fight for human rights.

Use the space as an opportunity to chat with others working in the field, brainstorm, collaborate and learn how we can better support civic witnessing in an era of dangerous populism and authoritarianism in the U.S. and internationally. Learn more about the Citizen Journalists and Activists Meet Up. We hope to see you there!

Here are some other sessions we’re looking forward to attending this year:

If you haven’t registered for SXSW already, you can do it here.

]]> 2193579 SXSW 2016 Panel Picker // Cast your vote for WITNESS https://www.witness.org/sxsw-2016-panel-picker-cast-your-vote-for-witness/ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:27:40 +0000 https://www.witness.org/?p=1835300 It’s that time of year again– time to decide what topics you want to hear about at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2016. The ten day convening, that brings the worlds’ top filmmakers, musicians, technologists, and creatives to Austin, Texas, has become an annual event for WITNESS. Whether it’s sharing our latest programmatic work with organizational peers, interacting with cutting edge technologies, or participating in conversations about media and human rights, we look forward to both learning and sharing at SXSW every March.

This year we’re proposing the panel, Live! Camera! Action!: Livestreaming That Matters, to discuss questions surrounding the use of livestreaming for good. More about the panel:

Livestreamed video is now center-stage. Activists have used live video for a number of years – in Occupy, Brazil, Gezi Park and elsewhere. And now the tools are available to many more people via Periscope, Meerkat and others. What’s the secret sauce of livestreamed video for social good? What are the experiences of how it changes situations and reveals truth? What are the dangers? And what comes next as live blends with VR and immersive, ubiquitous mobile and the on-demand economy? Through vivid stories, concrete tips and provocative speculations on the future, come explore how the experience of “being there”, and participating alongside frontline activists, translates into social change.

Sound interesting? Want to hear from WITNESS in Austin? Then please cast your vote for Live! Camera! Action!: Livestreaming That Matters here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/48906

 

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