The Human Rights Video Hub Pilot by WITNESS and Global Voices Online 12:22pm 7th Nov, 2006   WITNESS Video Hub: A vision for a human rights portal    WITNESS is in the process of developing a participatory website - the Video Hub, where anyone with human rights related footage can upload video that can be used to create change. Using technologies such as cell phones and other mobile devices, web-based video upload and content distribution, online community building, advocacy and organizational tools, the Video Hub will provide new opportunities to feed the populist shift toward user-generated content with media in the service of global human rights advocacy.    Users will be able to create groups of community members with similar interests or concerns for issues that incorporate videos, online forums, event organizing and the ability to create campaigns and petitions so that video is not only seen, but also acted upon. Serving concerned citizens, activists, journalists, researchers, and advocates worldwide, our current plan is not to act as gatekeepers of content, but to allow community review to foster a sense of shared responsibility and accountability. WITNESS plans for a public premiere in 2007.    Human Rights Video Hub Pilot:    The Human Rights Video Hub Pilot launched in collaboration with Global Voices. This pilot is a first step towards a larger endeavor that WITNESS is currently undertaking: the development of a Human Rights Video Hub (working title).    The first step in the project is this Human Rights Video Hub Pilot. The pilot is a curated forum that contains a subset of the functionality of the Video Hub which will be released in the summer of 2007. We hope that this pilot project will give us a better sense of the quality and quantity of Human Rights videos already in existence, and the type and level of public interest in dialogue around them.    In order to ensure that the Video Hub will be a truly useful tool and resource for human rights advocacy globally, WITNESS is seeking a broad range of input from people on issues concerning security and privacy, the global digital divide, emerging communication and internet technologies, human rights and the media, and online advocacy and community tools.    November 2006    This Human Rights Video Hub Pilot is a joint collaboration between WITNESS and Global Voices Online. WITNESS empowers people and organizations all over the world to use video and other technologies to promote and defend human rights.    The goals of the forthcoming Human Rights Video Hub are to:    Provide the only global online destination for video content specifically related to human rights violations;    Provide tools so people can educate and motivate others to act to end human rights violations and create community around their issues;    Provide a unique online resource for human rights activists, citizens, journalists, and others to access information, resource footage for news stories, and get engaged;    Help deter and reduce human rights violations through community-enabled advocacy using visual imagery as a catalytic force.    Click on the link below to view the Human Rights Video Hub Pilot. Visit the related web page
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