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Since the beginning of the Russian intervention in Ukraine on February 24, thousands of images of the war have been published on social networks. To collect and authenticate these myriad photos and videos, the Center for Information Resilience, a British NGO that promotes democracy and combats disinformation, has developed a collaborative map to document the conflict and enable people to access verified information.
As more and more videos of the war in Ukraine are released, misinformation, propaganda, and confusion abound on social media. In order to provide users with verified content, the Center for Information Resilience has developed a collaborative map to compile videos called ‘Russia-Ukraine Tracking Map’.
The France 24 Observers team, Bellingcat, Mnemonic and the Conflict Intelligence Team, among others, are participating in the collaborative effort. Investigators, including journalists and experts, use open source software to geolocate and date the videos. Once authenticated, they are registered on the map, which is made publicly available on the Internet. The videos document the military movements as well as the fighting, damage and casualties of the war in Ukraine.
Benjamin Strick, director of research at the Center for Information Resilience, told us more: “We started documenting the conflicts on the map, indicating where there was shelling, shelling or gunfire, etc. […] So we can put a pin exactly where that video was shot.”
The importance of the map is not only to verify the images, but also to counter the claims of Russian state media and the Kremlin, amid disinformation campaigns about the conflict.
Strick shows how to geolocate a video by paying attention to some visible features, like multiple parking lots and distinctive buildings. By checking on Google Maps, you can find out exactly where the image was taken.
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