(set: $PageCode to "16")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "true")What kind of data do you want to be?
|pathlink>[[[Video->Video init]]
[[Image->Image init]]
[[Social Media->SocMed init]]
[[Numerical->Numerical init]]
[[Verbal->Verbal init]]]
---
If you would like to learn more about each of these kinds of data, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: datatypes')].(set: $PageCode to "235")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Path to "VerbalCal")(Alert: "The paths which follow are based on many people's stories, rather than any single person or source. They begin in 2017.")
Which language are you in?
|pathlink>[[[Arabic]]
[[Farsi]]
[[Tigrinya]]
[[Pashto]]
[[Kurdish]]
[[English]]]
This choice will affect what you see and which paths you are able to follow, depending on the languages spoken by the people who interact with you. However, due to constraints on our ability to write adequately for multiple languages and users, you will be presented as an English translation.
(set: $PageCode to "236")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $language = "Arabic")(set: $origincode to (random: 1,6))(if: $origincode is 1)[(set: $origin = "Iraq")](if: $origincode is 2)[(set: $origin = "Syria")](if: $origincode is 3)[(set: $origin = "Iran")](if: $origincode is 4)[(set: $origin = "Eritrea")](if: $origincode is 5)[(set: $origin = "Sudan")](if: $origincode is 6)[(set: $origin = "Afghanistan")](goto: "Calais story 1")(set: $PageCode to "237")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $language = "Farsi")(set: $origin to "Iran")(goto: "Calais story 1")(set: $PageCode to "238")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $language = "Tigrinya")(set: $origin to "Eritrea")(goto: "Calais story 1")(set: $PageCode to "278")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $lostintransno += 1)(if: $lostintransno is >1)[You wait for the next day's distribution](else:)[(If: $language is "English")[After all the food has been served, a volunteer starts to talk to your owner. She says her name is Kerris. They become friends. Slowly, over several conversations, Kerris learns about you.
What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[Kerris decides she should share you with someone else->Calais: successful translation why1]]
[[A news team arrives at the next distribution->Calais: Daily Mail 2]]]]
](Else:)[After all the food has served, the volunteers begin to clear up. Some search the gravel for litter. Others begin to chat with the men stood around, talking in English or French.
However, there is no-one here who can translate (print: $language). Your owner tries to use what they know of English, but it could never convey you.
What do you do?
|pathlink>[[[You wait for a chance to be translated->Calais: successful translation]]
(if: $communitysharing is 1)[[[You stay with in your community->Calais: Stay in the community 2]]](if: $communitysharing is 2)[[[You stay with in your community->Calais: Stay in the community 3]]](else:)[[[You stay with in your community->Calais: Stay in the community 1]]]
(if: $communitysharing is >=3)[[[You are not passed on->Calais: article]]](else:)[(link: "You are not passed on")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
(if: $dailymailevents is <1)[[[A news team arrives at the next distribution->Calais: Daily Mail 2]]](else:)[]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]]
---
(set: $PageCode to "239")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $language = "Pashto")(set: $origin to "Afghanistan")(goto: "Calais story 1")(set: $PageCode to "241")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $language to "English")(set: $origincode to (random: 1,6))(if: $origincode is 1)[(set: $origin = "Iraq")](if: $origincode is 2)[(set: $origin = "Syria")](if: $origincode is 3)[(set: $origin = "Iran")](if: $origincode is 4)[(set: $origin = "Eritrea")](if: $origincode is 5)[(set: $origin = "Sudan")](if: $origincode is 6)[(set: $origin = "Afghanistan")](goto: "Calais story 1")(set: $PageCode to "242")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $storyback is 1)[](else:)[(set: $jobcode to (random: 1,10)) (If: $jobcode is 1)[(set:$job = "Working in a shop")](If: $jobcode is 2)[(set:$job = "Studying at school")](If: $jobcode is 3)[(set:$job = "Working as a doctor")](If: $jobcode is 4)[(set:$job = "Working as a teacher")](If: $jobcode is 5)[(set:$job = "Working for the government")](If: $jobcode is 6)[(set:$job = "Working at the university")](If: $jobcode is 7)[(set:$job = "Working on the farm")](If: $jobcode is 8)[(set:$job = "Training as a chef")](If: $jobcode is 9)[(set:$job = "Working as a journalist")](If: $jobcode is 10)[(set:$job = "Taking care of the family")](if: $origin is "Syria")[(set: $reasonsforleavingno to (random: 1,2))(if: $reasonsforleavingno is 1)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "The civil war. Gathered family. Forced to leave")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 2)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Lost family. Forced to leave")]](if: $origin is "Iraq")[(set: $reasonsforleavingno to (random: 1,4))(if: $reasonsforleavingno is 1)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Forced to leave")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 2)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Lost job")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 3)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Soldiers. Forced to run")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 4)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Left to escape persecution")]](if: $origin is "Afghanistan")[(set: $reasonsforleavingno to (random: 1,3))(if: $reasonsforleavingno is 1)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Forced to leave")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 2)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Left to escape persecution")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 3)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Unable to work")]](if: $origin is "Iran")[(set: $reasonsforleavingno to (random: 1,3))(if: $reasonsforleavingno is 1)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Forced to leave")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 2)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Lost job")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 3)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Left to escape persecution")]](if: $origin is "Eritrea")[(set: $reasonsforleavingno to (random: 1,5))(if: $reasonsforleavingno is 1)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Forced to leave")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 2)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Lost job")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 3)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Soldiers. Forced to run")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 4)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Escaped conscription")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 5)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Left to escape persecution")]](if: $origin is "Sudan")[(set: $reasonsforleavingno to (random: 1,5))(if: $reasonsforleavingno is 1)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Forced to leave")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 2)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Lost job")](if: $reasonsforleavingnog is 3)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Soldiers. Forced to run")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 4)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Escaped conscription")](if: $reasonsforleavingno is 5)[(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Left to escape persecution")]](set: $reasonsforukno to (random: 1,3))(if: $reasonsforukno is 1)[(set: $reasonsforuk to "Family in Britain")](if: $reasonsforukno is 2)[(set: $reasonsforuk to "Hopes for safety in Britain")](if: $reasonsforukno is 3)[(set: $reasonsforuk to "Hopes for work in Britain")](If: $origin is "Iraq")[(set: $journey to "Turkey. Police. Greece. Serbia. Hungary. Austria.")](If: $origin is "Syria")[(set: $journey to "Turkey. Police. Greece. Serbia. Hungary. Austria.")](If: $origin is "Iran")[(set: $journey to "Turkey. Police. Greece. Serbia. Hungary. Austria.")](If: $origin is "Afghanistan")[(set: $journey to "Turkey. Police. Greece. Serbia. Hungary. Austria.")](If: $origin is "Eritrea")[(set: $journey to "Tunisia. Militias. Sea. Italy. Police.")](If: $origin is "Sudan")[(set: $journey to "Tunisia. Militias. Sea. Italy. Police.")]]
(if: $language is "English")[You tell the story:](else:)[If translated into English, you tell the story:]
(text-style: "mark")[“Home. (print: $origin). (print: $job). (If: $job is "Studying at school")[Final exams. ](else:)[](Print: $reasonsforleaving). Separation. Borders. New friends. Travel. (Print: $reasonsforuk). Traffickers. (print: $journey) France. Calais. A camp. They called it 'The Jungle'. Told to make an asylum claim. Told to make the claim in Lille. Too far to go. Life in the Jungle. Community. Restaurants. Bulldozers. Pepper spray. Forced eviction. Escape. Hiding. Rouen. Back to Calais. Winter. Snow. No shelter. CS gas. Riot police. Attacks. No clean water.”]
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Metadata tutorial: Calais]]]
---
(If: $language is "English")[For more information on our decisions regarding languages, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Language problems')].]
(else:)[For more information on why this page is displayed in English rather than your chosen language, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Language problems')].]
(set: $Name = "My story")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "Always changing") (set: $Location = "Calais")(set: $Datatype = "Verbal")(set: $Filetype = "Memory")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "N/A")(set: $Additional to "N/A")(set: $communitysharing to 0)(set: $lostintransno to 0)(set: $NameEnd = "My story")(set: $Date_timeEnd = "N/A")(set: $timesinceEnd = "N/A")(set: $Last_modifiedEnd = "Always changing") (set: $LocationEnd = "Calais")(set: $DatatypeEnd = "Verbal")(set: $FiletypeEnd = "Memory")(set: $SizeEnd = "N/A")(set: $AuthorsEnd = "N/A")(set: $OwnerEnd = "N/A")(set: $AdditionalEnd to "N/A")(set: $PageCode to "240")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $language = "Kurdish")(set: $origincode to (random: 1,2))(if: $origincode is 1)[(set: $origin = "Iraq")](if: $origincode is 2)[(set: $origin = "Syria")](goto: "Calais story 1")Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "25")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))This is (text-style: "mark")[<u>**your metadata**</u>]
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
Metadata is data about data: it tells you information about yourself.
But be careful - metadata is easy to change. Changes to your metadata will be (text-style: "mark")[highlighted in yellow].
|pathlink>[(if: $Path is "VerbalCal")[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Calais story 2')]](if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Numbers: HelpRef about sheet')]](if: $Path is "VideoHK")[(link: "Continue")[(goto: "Video: HK context")]](if: $Path is "Harold")[(link: "Continue")[(goto: "Harold: context")]](if: $Path is "SocMed_Instagram")[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'SocMed: Insta next')]](if: $Path is "SocMed_Twitter")[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'SocMed: Twitter next')]](if: $Path is "SocMed_YouTube")[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'SocMed: YouTube next')]](if: $Path is "Image_Beirut")[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Image: Beirut context')]]]
---
For more information on metadata, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: metadata')].(set: $PageCode to "29")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
###Metadata
Metadata is commonly seen as ‘data about data’: it is |pathlink>[[[Data->Info: data]]] which surrounds other pieces of data. The term tends to be used for digital data, information and files.
Common |pathlink>[[[forms of metadata->Info: kinds of metadata]]] for a file include:
* The name of the file
* The size of the file
* Indicators for the time and place it was created or last edited
* Indicators of the location it was created (including co-ordinates and |pathlink>[[[IP addresses->Info: internet terms]]])
* The type and format of the file
* The programme last used to edit it
* The username logged as having created it
* The username logged as having edited it last
* Hidden information or notes on the file
As files and information travel through digital spaces, they gain and lose metadata. Different platforms will alter metadata accordingly. For example, social media platforms -- such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or |pathlink>[[[YouTube->Info: YouTube metadata]]] -- strip and replace the metadata of content uploaded to them. This can make it hard to trace the origins of media posted online ^^ 1, 2 ^^. Thus, whilst metadata allows people to trace the flow of data online, the metadata practices of sites and platforms can make it difficult to do so reliably.
This is a particular problem for those who might use digital media to carry out investigations -- as is a particular problem for |pathlink>[[[Open Source Investigations (OSINT)->Info: OSINT]]] in human rights cases or journalism. Digital technologies therefore bring a “wealth of new opportunities as well as a variety of new risks” for human rights work ^^3 ^^.
As David Lyon and other scholars of digital technology have noted, metadata is also one of the primary targets of digital surveillance (or, |pathlink>[[[‘dataveillance’->Info: dataveillance]]]) ^^ 4 ^^. Intelligence agencies, businesses and other actors can aggregate metadata in large datasets. Using |pathlink>[[[‘Big Data’->Info: Big Data]]] analytics techniques, these can be processed to gain new insights. In this, contextual information – such as data about time and place – are very powerful for identifying and tracking individuals. As a result, there is a pathlink>[[[‘large industry’->Info: surveillance capitalism]]] predicated on the collection, sale and processing of metadata ^^ 5 ^^.
---
^^1. McPherson, E. 'Risk and the Pluralism of Digital Human Rights Fact-Finding and Advocacy', in *New Technologies for Human Rights Law and Practice*, eds. Land, M. K. & Aronson, J. D. (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2018)
2. McPherson, E. 'Social Media and Human Rights Advocacy', in *The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights* (Abingdon : Routledge, 2017)
3. McPherson, E. 'ICTs and Human Rights Practice', (link-reveal: "CGHR Practitioner Paper 0")[(open-url: "https://www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/publications/cghr-practitioner-papers-series/practitioner-paper-0")]
4. Lyon, D. (2014), 'Surveillance, Snowden, and Big Data - Capacities, consequences, critique', in *Big Data and Society* (Jul-Dec): p. 1-13
5. Shoshana Zuboff, *The age of surveillance capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power* (London : Profile Books, 2019)^^
(set: $PageCode to "245")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(Alert: "Something has happened. Your story has changed.")
“Home. (print: $origin). (print: $job). (If: $job is "Studying at school")[Final exams. ](else:)[](Print: $reasonsforleaving). Separation. Borders. New friends. Travel. (Print: $reasonsforuk). Traffickers. (print: $journey)France. Calais. A camp. They called it 'The Jungle'. Told to make an asylum claim. Told to make the claim in Lille. Too far to go. Life in the Jungle. Community. Restaurants. Bulldozers. Pepper spray. Forced eviction. Escape. Hiding. Rouen. Back to Calais. Winter. Snow. No shelter. CS gas. Riot police. Attacks. No clean water.(text-style: "mark")[
Ismail plays the violin. Everyone crowds to hear his music, it is so beautiful. He says the instrument was given to him by the UN.(if: $language is "English")[](Else:)[(If: $origin is "Iraq")[
Your owner's brother was discovered alive in a refrigerated truck in Belgium several months ago.]]]”
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are passed on in the community->Calais: Stay in the community 1]]
[[Your owner looks for a volunteer from a charity to share you with->Calais: distribution]]
[[You are not passed on->Calais: Daily Mail 1]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---
For more information on France's CRS (Compagnies républicaines de sécurité) and the policing situation in Calais more generally, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: police in calais')].
For more information about why memories and verbal narratives can be considered data, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Info Theory')].
(set: $dailymailevents to 0)
(set: $PageCode to "339")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Thank you for coming on this journey through these stories from Calais.
In 2020, nearly four years since the clearance of the Jungle camp, there is still a large population living rough in the areas around the town. Though the people may change, the same police violence continues. Particularly with the COVID-19 crisis, donations and volunteers are needed as much as they ever were before.
News stories in Britain often now focus on the people who choose to risk their lives in boats across the channel. They tend not to report on the conditions which have led people to make these journeys at all. The present context in Calais is barely mentioned.
If you would like more information on Calais today, please see the websites for (link-reveal: "HelpRefugees")[(open-url: "https://helprefugees.org/")] or the (link-reveal: "Refugee Community Kitchen")[(open-url: "https://www.refugeecommunitykitchen.com/")].
|pathlink>[[[The end->Calais: end]]](set: $PageCode to "277")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))At lunchtime today, a group of volunteers from the Refugee Community Kitchen (RCK) arrives at the distribution point to hand out meals.
(set: $distrooutcome to (random: 1,12))(if: $distrooutcome is 1 or 2 or 3)[(goto: "Calais: the CRS")](if: $distrooutcome is 4 or 5 or 6)[(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail 2")(set: $dailymailevents += 1)](if: $distrooutcome is >6)[
Your story is:
“Home. (print: $origin). (print: $job). (If: $job is "Studying at school")[Final exams. ](else:)[](Print: $reasonsforleaving). Separation. Borders. New friends. Travel. (Print: $reasonsforuk). Traffickers. (print: $journey)France. Calais. A camp. They called it 'The Jungle'. Told to make an asylum claim. Told to make the claim in Lille. Too far to go. Life in the Jungle. Community. Restaurants. Bulldozers. Pepper spray. Forced eviction. Escape. Hiding. Rouen. Back to Calais. Winter. Snow. No shelter. CS gas. Riot police. Attacks. No clean water.
Ismail plays the violin. Everyone crowds to hear his music, it is so beautiful. He says the instrument was given to him by the UN.(if: $language is "English")[(If: $origin is "Iraq")[
Your owner's brother was discovered alive in a refrigerated truck in Belgium several months ago.]]
Last night: more police. The CRS. They took the tents. They took our shoes.
The volunteers were giving out shoes. Sarah said they will be back with coats in a few days.
Moti described his home, away in Ethiopia. He is only 17 yet he has seen more than others three times his age.”
What happens?
|pathlink>[[[There is a volunteer who seems trustworthy enough for you to be shared with them->Lost in translation?]]
(if: $communitysharing is 0)[[[You stay in your community->Calais: Stay in the community 1]]](if: $communitysharing is 1)[[[You stay in your community->Calais: Stay in the community 2]]](if: $communitysharing is >=2)[[[You stay in your community->Calais: Stay in the community 3]]]
(link: "You are not passed on")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---
For more information about the Refugee Community Kitchen, (link-reveal: "click here")[(open-url: "https://www.refugeecommunitykitchen.com/")].
(set: $PageCode to "251")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The person carrying your story is walking through the place where the Jungle used to be.
From a distance, a photographer takes a picture of them.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/daily-mail-story-1-jungle-image.jpg" width="634" height="419" alt="Daily Mail Jungle">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You shapeshift and become their photograph->Calais: Daily Mail 1 metadata change]]
(if: $communitysharing is 0)[[[You stay the same and continue with your owner->Calais: Stay in the community 1]]](if: $communitysharing is 1)[[[You stay with your owner->Calais: Stay in the community 2]]](if: $communitysharing is >=2)[[[You stay with your owner->Calais: Stay in the community 3]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---
For more information on why it is problematic to photograph asylum seekers in Calais, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: photographing asylum seekers')].
^^*Note: all potentially identifying images have been anonymised.*^^
^^*Image Credit: Roland Hoskins, from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4535490/Calais-migrant-gangs-attack-British-truckers.html *^^
(set: $Mail1 to 1)
(set: $dailymailevents += 1)
(set: $PageCode to "24")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $initdatatype to "Verbal")(set: $Verbal to 1)
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<script>
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$.ajax({
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dataType: "json",
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(goto: "Calais content warning")(set: $PageCode to "244")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Metadata tutorial")(set: $PageCode to "254")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(alert: "Your metadata has changed! See the changes highlighted in yellow.")
You are printed in an article by the *Daily Mail*beneath the headline: '**(link-reveal: "Calais migrant gangs attack British truckers for the first time since the 'Jungle' camp was demolished")[(open-url: 'https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4535490/Calais-migrant-gangs-attack-British-truckers.html')]**'.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/daily-mail-story-1.png" width="1245" height="776" alt="Daily Mail #1">
Do you believe what the *Daily Mail* is saying?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Calais: Daily Mail 1 further choices]]
[[No->Calais: Daily Mail 1 further choices]]
[[Neither yes nor no->Calais: Daily Mail 1 further choices]]
[[Not sure->Calais: Daily Mail 1 further choices]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---
Note: all potentially identifying images have been anonymised.
^^ Article credit: Peter Allen (2017), ‘Calais migrant gangs attack British truckers for the first time since the 'Jungle' camp was demolished’, in Mail Online 24/5/17. Available at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4535490/Calais-migrant-gangs-attack-British-truckers.html
Image credit: Roland Hoskins (2017), ‘39CE8EED00000578-4535490-image-a-10_1495573409501.jpg’, in Mail Online 23/5/17. Available at https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/23/22/39CE8EED00000578-4535490-image-a-10_1495573409501.jpg ^^
(set: $PageCode to "248")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are shared with others and others' stories are added to yours.
“Home. (print: $origin). (print: $job). (If: $job is "Studying at school")[Final exams. ](else:)[](Print: $reasonsforleaving). Separation. Borders. New friends. Travel. (Print: $reasonsforuk). Traffickers. (print: $journey)France. Calais. A camp. They called it 'The Jungle'. Told to make an asylum claim. Told to make the claim in Lille. Too far to go. Life in the Jungle. Community. Restaurants. Bulldozers. Pepper spray. Forced eviction. Escape. Hiding. Rouen. Back to Calais. Winter. Snow. No shelter. CS gas. Riot police. Attacks. No clean water.
Ismail plays the violin. Everyone crowds to hear his music, it is so beautiful. He says the instrument was given to him by the UN.(if: $language is "English")[(If: $origin is "Iraq")[
Your owner's brother was discovered alive in a refrigerated truck in Belgium several months ago.
]](text-style: "mark")[Last night: more police. The CRS. They took the tents. They took our shoes.]”
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared with a charity gathering data->Calais: InfoBus]]
[[You stay in the community->Calais: Stay in the community 2]]
[[You are not passed on->Calais: article]]
(if: $Mail1 is 1)[](else:)[[[Something else->Calais: Daily Mail 1]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---
For more information on France's CRS (Compagnies républicaines de sécurité) and the policing situation in Calais more generally, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: police in calais')].
(set: $communitysharing += 1)Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "253")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "39CE8EED00000578-4535490-image-a-101495573409501")(set: $Date_time = "23/5/17 at 22:00")(set: $timesince = "0minutes")(set: $Last_modified = "23/5/17 at 22:00")(set: $Location = "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4535490/Calais-migrant-gangs-attack-British-truckers.html")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "207kb")(set: $Authors = "Roland Hoskins")(set: $Owner = "Daily Mail")(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail 1 Details")(set: $PageCode to "257")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You appear in two more articles on the *Daily Mail*'s website:
(link-reveal: "'Pure madness': Macron's plan to put up thousands of migrants in government-bought hotels across France is met with backlash because towns ‘can’t cope’ as 600 return to Calais")[(open-url: 'https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4738836/Plans-migrants-French-hotels-slammed.html')], by Stewart Paterson. The article is shared 809 times and has 461 comments by 2020.
(link-reveal: "LEO MCKINSTRY: The Jungle camp is a squalid monument to France's cowardice and Europe's failed border policy")[(open-url: 'https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5277535/LEO-McKINSTRY-Jungle-monument-Frances-cowardice.html')]. The article is shared 245 times and has 275 comments by 2020
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Calais: Daily Mail truth]]]
---
^^ Article credit: Stewart Paterson (2017), ‘Pure madness': Macron's plan to put up thousands of migrants in government-bought hotels across France is met with backlash because towns ‘can’t cope’ as 600 return to Calais’, in Daily Mail 28/7/17. Available at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4738836/Plans-migrants-French-hotels-slammed.html (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "256")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The following are the top comments on your article:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/daily-mail-story-1-comments.png" width="801" height="856" alt="Daily Mail 1 comments">
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Calais: Daily Mail truth]]](set: $PageCode to "286")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $infobusno to 1)After a week, the team from the (link-reveal: "Refugee Info Bus")[(open-url: "https://www.refugeeinfobus.com/")] comes to the distribution point. Like usual, all the men crowd around the bus to power their phones and use its' free wifi. Some people begin to talk to the volunteers, looking for advice or updates.
However, this time the Info Bus has brought other people with them: a team from Human Rights Watch, supported by volunteers from HelpRefugees and RCK. They are asking for people to help provide evidence of the abuses they have experienced in Calais.
How are you conveyed?
|pathlink>[[[You are recorded in an interview as written testimony->Calais: HRW testimony]]
[[You are recorded through a standard survey->Calais: HRW survey]]
[[You are recorded in an interview on film->Calais: HRW video]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---
For more information about the Refugee Info Bus, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Infobus')].
For more information about HelpRefugees, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: HelpRefugees and Choose Love')].
For more information about Human Rights Watch, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'HRW info link')](set: $PageCode to "249")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You continue to be shared with around. Others' stories are added to yours.
“Home. (print: $origin). (print: $job). (If: $job is "Studying at school")[Final exams. ](else:)[](Print: $reasonsforleaving). Separation. Borders. New friends. Travel. (Print: $reasonsforuk). Traffickers. (print: $journey)France. Calais. A camp. They called it 'The Jungle'. Told to make an asylum claim. Told to make the claim in Lille. Too far to go. Life in the Jungle. Community. Restaurants. Bulldozers. Pepper spray. Forced eviction. Escape. Hiding. Rouen. Back to Calais. Winter. Snow. No shelter. CS gas. Riot police. Attacks. No clean water.
Ismail plays the violin. Everyone crowds to hear his music, it is so beautiful. He says the instrument was given to him by the UN.(if: $language is "English")[(If: $origin is "Iraq")[
Your owner's brother was discovered alive in a refrigerated truck in Belgium several months ago.]]
Last night: more police. The CRS. They took the tents. They took our shoes.
(text-style: "mark")[The volunteers were giving out shoes. Sarah said they will be back with coats in a few days.
Moti described his home, away in Ethiopia. He is only 17 yet he has seen more than others three times his age.]”
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared with a charity gathering data->Calais: InfoBus]]
[[You are trusted to a volunteer distributing food enough to hear me->Calais: distribution]]
[[You stay in the community->Calais: Stay in the community 3]]
[[You are not passed on not passed on->Calais: article]](if: $Mail1 is 1)[](else:)[[[
Something else->Calais: Daily Mail 1]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
(set: $communitysharing += 1)
(set: $PageCode to "250")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Everyone in the community seems to have heard you by now...
Where do you go?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared with a charity gathering data->Calais: InfoBus]]
[[You are passed on to a volunteer distributing food->Calais: distribution]]
(link: "You are not passed on")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]
(if: $Mail1 is 1)[](else:)[[[Somewhere else->Calais: Daily Mail 1]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
(set: $communitysharing += 1)
(set: $PageCode to "283")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $origin is "Sudan")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-trans-sud-1.png?w=1024" width="1179" height="769" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Trans, Sud)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B9cRaCjnCvr/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]](if: $origin is "Eritrea")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-trans-eri-1.png?w=1024" width="1190" height="767" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Trans, Eru)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ziKv9ng60/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]](if: $origin is "Iraq")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-trans-irq-1.png?w=1024" width="1181" height="773" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Trans, Irq)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nTf6Vn9XI/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]](if: $origin is "Iran")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-trans-iran-1.png?w=1024" width="1182" height="768" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Trans, Iran)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B-46A_CHNRs/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]](if: $origin is "Afghanistan")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-trans-afgh-2.png?w=1024" width="1176" height="765" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Trans, Afgh)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B_IYJEPnVoj/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]](if: $origin is "Syria")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-trans-syr-1.png?w=1024" width="1180" height="771" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Trans, Syr)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B5tEjZUj-TL/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]]
|pathlink>[(link: "Finish your journey")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]](set: $PageCode to "284")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $origin is "Iraq")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-eng-irq.png?w=1024" width="1185" height="797" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Eng, Irq)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B7BmBkojpHx/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]](if: $origin is "Afghanistan")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-eng-5.png?w=1024" width="1188" height="768" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Eng, 5)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6fE-CHe1x/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]](else:)[(set: $convochoice to (random: 1,3))(if: $convochoice is 1)[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-eng-3.png?w=1024" width="1178" height="768" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Eng, 3)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B4plqN-BHPC/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]](if: $convochoice is 2)[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-eng-2.png?w=1024" width="1189" height="772" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Eng, 2)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B4NC5ItFoNM/")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]](if: $convochoice is 3)[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/convosfromcalais-eng-6.png?w=1024" width="1181" height="769" alt="ConvosfromCalais(Eng, 6)">
To find (link-reveal: "this image")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/B89bsNhnDXw//")] and more, head to (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais on Instagram")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")]]]
|pathlink>[(link: "Finish your journey")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]](set: $PageCode to "13")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))|pathlink>[[[You are data.->Choose your datatype]]]
---
For more information about data, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: data')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "281")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Bit by bit, each time she comes to help distribute lunch, you are passed on to Kerris. You have grown since we last read you.
(set: $Last_modified = "May 2017")(set: $Authors = "authors")(set: $Owner = "Kerris")
Eventually, she describes you to a friend she shares a caravan with. Kerris is noticeably upset. She feels powerless.
Kerris' friend - who is a volunteer with HelpRefugees - has an idea for how to get the world to notice you. She knows about an Instagram page run by volunteers, called (link-reveal: "@Conversationsfromcalais")[(open-url: "https://www.instagram.com/conversationsfromcalais/")].
Kerris agrees to send you to the page.They type a version of you and post you online.
|pathlink>[[[See your post->Convos from Calais init]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
(text-style: "mark")[**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
(text-style: "mark")[**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---
For more information about HelpRefugees, [[click here-> Info: HelpRefugees and Choose Love]]. (set: $PageCode to "280")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $journo to 1)(if: $lostintransno is >1)[You are passed on to a contact of Kerris' who works in journalism. Eventually](else:)[A reporter and a translator begin speaking with some of the displaced people in the area. They hear about you and want to talk. They learn about you bit by bit, until eventually...]
(display: "Calais: Guardian 1")(set: $PageCode to "279")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The next time RCK arrives to distribute food, Kerris comes with someone who can speak (print: $language).
They both begin to learn your story:
“Home. (print: $origin). (print: $job). (If: $job is "Studying at school")[Final exams. ](else:)[](Print: $reasonsforleaving). Separation. Borders. New friends. Travel. (Print: $reasonsforuk). Traffickers. (print: $journey)France. Calais. A camp. They called it 'The Jungle'. Told to make an asylum claim. Told to make the claim in Lille. Too far to go. Life in the Jungle. Community. Restaurants. Bulldozers. Pepper spray. Forced eviction. Escape. Hiding. Rouen. Back to Calais. Winter. Snow. No shelter. CS gas. Riot police. Attacks. No clean water.
Ismail plays the violin. Everyone crowds to hear his music, it is so beautiful. He says the instrument was given to him by the UN.(if: $language is "English")[(If: $origin is "Iraq")[
Your owner's brother was discovered alive in a refrigerated truck in Belgium several months ago.]]
Last night: more police. The CRS. They took the tents. They took our shoes.
The volunteers were giving out shoes. Sarah said they will be back with coats in a few days.
Moti described his home, away in Ethiopia. He is only 17 yet he has seen more than others three times his age.”
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Calais: successful translation why1]]](set: $PageCode to "292")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $PageCode to "282")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(If: $language is "English")[(goto: "Convos from Calais English")](else:)[(goto: "Convos from Calais translations")]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "15")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
###Datatypes
There are many different kinds of |pathlink>[[[Data->Info: data]]], with many different ways of classifying them. For example, there are distinctions between
* <u>Quantitative and qualitative data</u>: data which is numerable versus data which is not
* <u>Digital versus analogue</u>: data which is conveyed using continuous formats (e.g. a wave spectrum) versus data which is conveyed using contiguous ‘bits’ (e.g. in 0s and 1s)
* <u> Structured versus unstructured</u>: data which is highly organised by categories and easily parsed versus data which is comparatively disorganised
* <u> ‘Big’ versus ‘small’ data</u>: datasets which are hard to analyse using traditional computational techniques (due to their size or lack of structure) versus datasets which are manageable
* <u>Formats</u>: between different kinds of languages used to construct data and different structures in which data is built, such as .jpg image files versus .txt text files
* <u>Content</u>: between different contents which data comes to represent -- such as video content versus sound versus statistical information
Different methods have been developed to deal with different kinds of data. |pathlink>[[[‘Big Data’->Info: Big Data]]] analytics have been developed to handle ‘bigger’ datasets; |pathlink>[[[‘machine learning’->Info: machine learning]]] techniques are particularly good at analysing complex datasets which have many relationships, including qualitative language data.
|pathlink>[[[Metadata->Info: metadata]]] – data about data – comprises an important kind of data of its own right.
(set: $PageCode to "255")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))By 2020, you have been shared 245 times by readers and your article has 275 comments.
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You appear in other news articles-> Calais: Daily Mail 1 other mail articles]]
[[You shapeshift into the comments on your article-> Calais: Daily Mail 1 comments]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---(set: $PageCode to "258")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You began as this story:
“Home. (print: $origin). (print: $job). (If: $job is "Studying at school")[Final exams. ](else:)[](Print: $reasonsforleaving). Separation. Borders. New friends. Travel. (Print: $reasonsforuk). Traffickers. (print: $journey)France. Calais. A camp. They called it 'The Jungle'. Told to make an asylum claim. Told to make the claim in Lille. Too far to go. Life in the Jungle. Community. Restaurants. Bulldozers. Pepper spray. Forced eviction. Escape. Hiding. Rouen. Back to Calais. Winter. Snow. No shelter. CS gas. Riot police. Attacks. No clean water.
Ismail plays the violin. Everyone crowds to hear his music, it is so beautiful. He says the instrument was given to him by the UN.(if: $language is "English")[(If: $origin is "Iraq")[
Your owner's brother was discovered alive in a refrigerated truck in Belgium several months ago.]](if: $communitysharing is >=1)[
Last night: more police. The CRS. They took the tents. They took our shoes.](if: $communitysharing is >=2)[
The volunteers were giving out shoes. Sarah said they will be back with coats in a few days.
Moti described his home, away in Ethiopia. He is only 17 yet he has seen more than others three times his age.]”
Was your story more or less truthful than the content on the *Daily Mail*?
|pathlink>[[[More truthful->Calais: Daily Mail truth more]]
[[Less truthful->Calais: Daily Mail truth less]]
[[Neither more nor less truthful->Calais: Daily Mail truth neither]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)(set: $PageCode to "274")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $Dailymailtruth is 3)[(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail truth how")](if: $Dailymailtruth is 1 or 2)[Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $Dailymailtruth is 1)[[[In this context, a person's testimony from their own experience has more weight than a national newspaper.->Calais: Daily Mail truth how]]
[[I don't trust the *Daily Mail* or people who comment on it.->Calais: Daily Mail truth how]]
[[The content was #fakenews.->Calais: Daily Mail truth how]]](if: $Dailymailtruth is 2)[[[The *Daily Mail* is a national newspaper. It has more weight than someone's personal story.->Calais: Daily Mail truth how]]
[[I trust the *Daily Mail.*->Calais: Daily Mail truth how]]
[[Though I don't like the *Daily Mail*, I agree with much of what was being said.->Calais: Daily Mail truth how]]]](if: $Dailymailtruth is 3)[(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail truth how")]](set: $PageCode to "259")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Dailymailtruth to 1)(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail truth why")(set: $PageCode to "260")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Dailymailtruth to 2)(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail truth why")(set: $PageCode to "261")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Dailymailtruth to 3)(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail truth why")(set: $PageCode to "285")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $police to 1)A van pulls into the distribution area. Its' markings declare that it is from the CRS, France's police force specialising in crowd and riot control. These are the forces who have been tasked with responding to the refugee crisis in Calais.
The distribution halts. Four uniformed men get out of the van. They walk towards the volunteers. An icy atmosphere forms. Everyone in the queue has turned silent, including your owner.
One of the members of the CRS begins speaking in French, harshly. He seems to be the leader and his words sound like orders. The volunteers reach for their identification. One of them pulls out a phone to video the incident.
Shouting. The CRS man waves aggressively, stepping towards the volunteer. The others stand around him.
The CRS man seems to be demanding the volunteer's phone. The volunteer shakes her head. More shouts. Another member of the patrol has pulled out his own phone and is now filming the volunteers. The patrol leader takes the volunteer's phone, forcefully.
Meanwhile, the policeman filming has panned his camera around to take in the scene. He captures video of your owner.
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[Your owner is asked to include you in a witness statement->Calais: CRS witness]]
[[You shapeshift, becoming the video recorded by the CRS->Calais: CRS video]]
[[You shapeshift, becoming the data on the volunteer's phone->Calais: CRS deleted]]]
---
For more information on France's CRS (Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité) and the policing situation in Calais more generally, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: police in calais')].
For more information on police intimidation tactics, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: police intimidation')].(set: $PageCode to "262")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Mail2 to 1)A news team arrives at the distribution point with cameras, speaking English. They say they are from the *Daily Mail*. Everyone becomes agitated.
The news team say they are here to report on the situation in Calais, focusing on RCK's aid work. They ask to interview some volunteers and some of the men waiting for food, many of whom are very hungry. The volunteers want the reporters to leave.
(if: $language is "English")[One of the reporters asks to hear your story. What do you do?(If: $origin is "Eritrea")[
|pathlink>[[[You give them your story-> Calais: Daily Mail 2 Gaitom's story]]]]
|pathlink>[[[You keep to yourself-> Calais: Daily Mail 2 refuse story]]](else:)[One of the reporters asks to hear your story. But English is not your language. They don't understand you. Instead, they ask one of the volunteers to translate. The volunteer says they can't speak (print: $language) - yet they try to convey you anyway, alongside the other stories the men have carried with them. They could never translate you properly. You are lost on the reporters.
What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[One of the reporters tries to take a photo->Calais: Daily Mail 2 photo]]
[[The reporters leave->Calais: Daily Mail 2 article metadata]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
(set: $dailymailevents += 1)
(set: $PageCode to "263")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "Thought bulldozing the Jungle ended the Calais migrant crisis? Wrong - they've been lured back by charity handouts and are still hell-bent on reaching the UK")(set: $Date_time = "14/4/17 at 22:03")(set: $timesince = "1 week")(set: $Last_modified = "15/4/17 at 00:38") (set: $Location = "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4413134/Migrants-lured-Calais-charities.html")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Sue Reid")(set: $Owner = "Daily Mail")(set: $gaitom to 1)(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail 2 article")(set: $PageCode to "264")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "Thought bulldozing the Jungle ended the Calais migrant crisis? Wrong - they've been lured back by charity handouts and are still hell-bent on reaching the UK")(set: $Date_time = "14/4/17 at 22:03")(set: $timesince = "1 week")(set: $Last_modified = "15/4/17 at 00:38") (set: $Location = "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4413134/Migrants-lured-Calais-charities.html")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Sue Reid")(set: $Owner = "Daily Mail")(set: $gaitom to 2)(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail 2 article")(set: $PageCode to "267")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "3F419FC3000005784413134imagea671492203080229")(set: $Date_time = "14/4/17 at 22:03")(set: $timesince = "1 week")(set: $Last_modified = "14/4/17 at 22:03") (set: $Location = "Calais")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "87.4KB")(set: $Authors = "Kerry Davies")(set: $Owner = "Daily Mail")(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail 2 article")(set: $PageCode to "268")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The *Daily Mail* publishes the (if: $calaisphoto is 1)[photograph](else:)[news team's work] in an article with the title: *(link-reveal: "Thought bulldozing the Jungle ended the Calais migrant crisis? Wrong - they've been lured back by charity handouts and are still hell-bent on reaching the UK")[(open-url: 'https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4413134/Migrants-lured-Calais-charities.html')]*
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/daily-mail-story-2.png?w=1024" width="1101" height="847" alt="Daily Mail 2)">
It reads:
“The picnic in the spring evening sunshine started on time. A smiling young man in a crisp apron served fresh baguettes, rice dishes and salad from a trestle table on the grass as indie music played. There was a party atmosphere.
Nearly 50 guests, sporting hoodies and beanie hats, appeared as if from nowhere on the dot of six o’clock and seemed delighted with the hospitality on offer. They had, after all, travelled a long way and their journey was far from over.
Yet the open-air picnic a few days ago was controversial. It was hosted by charity workers for hungry migrants at a secret location in Calais, the port in northern France just 22 miles from Dover where, until a few months ago, 6,000 waited to try to hide inside lorries on Channel ferry crossings to England.”
(if: $gaitom is 1)[You are also in the report. But they have changed you almost beyond recognition.
“(text-style: "mark")[One of the arrivals drawn to Calais is Eritrean Gaitom Hatas, 18], whom I found lying in the sunshine with two friends on grass near the ferry port. He was waiting for a charity van to pull up and bring him some lunch of sandwiches and water.
Pulling his hoodie round his face nervously, he said: (text-style: "mark")[‘We came from Libya on a boat to Italy in February, then got a bus via Paris to Calais. Every day and night we try to get to England. I have relatives in Liverpool and they expect I will arrive there soon.’]
Gaitom looked thin and tired. (text-style: "mark")[‘We couldn’t stay here without help,’ he said, as the van arrived with two volunteers on board.
‘The police try to throw us out, so we hide most of the time. We use text messages to arrange a time and place to meet the charity people for our food.’]”](else:)[]
By August 2020, the article is shared 2100 times by readers and has 121 comments.
In the way it is written, the could be considered a case of '[[testimonial injustice->Link to epistemic injustices]]'.
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You follow where you appear in other news articles->Calais: far-right article]]
[[You become the comments on your article-> Calais: Daily Mail 2 comments]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---
For more information about the idea of tesimonial injustice, alongside related concepts, [[click here->Link to epistemic injustices]].
^^*Article Credit: Sue Reid, from the *Daily Mail* available at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4413134/Migrants-lured-Calais-charities.html *^^
(set: $PageCode to "265")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "Thought bulldozing the Jungle ended the Calais migrant crisis? Wrong - they've been lured back by charity handouts and are still hell-bent on reaching the UK")(set: $Date_time = "14/4/17 at 22:03")(set: $timesince = "1 week")(set: $Last_modified = "15/4/17 at 00:38") (set: $Location = "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4413134/Migrants-lured-Calais-charities.html")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Sue Reid")(set: $Owner = "Daily Mail")(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail 2 article")(set: $PageCode to "266")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the reporters begins photographing the distribution and everyone starts to shout. One of the volunteers tells him, "You can't just do that without their permission! You do know that if you print anything that could identify them, you could be putting them at serious risk?".
This is one of the images used by the news team. It was published without anonymising the people photographed. To see the original, unanonymised version, (link-reveal: "click here")[(open-url: "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/14/21/3F419FC300000578-4413134-image-a-67_1492203080229.jpg")].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/daily-mail-story-2-pic-1.png?w=634" width="634" height="475" alt="Daily Mail 2 pic">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You shapeshift and become their photograph->Calais: Daily Mail 2 photo metadata]]
(if: $communitysharing is 0)[[[You stay with your owner->Calais: Stay in the community 1]]](if: $communitysharing is 1)[[[You stay with your owner->Calais: Stay in the community 2]]](if: $communitysharing is >=2)[[[You stay with your owner->Calais: Stay in the community 3]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---
For more information on why it is problematic to photograph asylum seekers in Calais, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: photographing asylum seekers')].
^^
Image credit: Kerry Davies (2017), ‘3F419FC300000578-4413134-image-a-67_1492203080229.jpg’, in Mail Online 14/4/17. Available at https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/14/21/3F419FC300000578-4413134-image-a-67_1492203080229.jpg (accessed 18/10/20; edited for anonymity of subjects)^^
(set: $calaisphoto to 1)(set: $PageCode to "271")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))By 13:06 the next day, you are posted on *News Focused on Serious Extremism* a far-right website which features strongly Islamophobic content.
(set: $Name = "FRANCE: Migrants have been lured back to Calais by charities")(set: $Date_time = "15/4/17 at 13:06")(set: $timesince = "1 year")(set: $Last_modified = "15/4/17 at 13:06") (set: $Location = "http://nfse.co.uk/?author=0&group=1&m=ShowNews")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Andy Smith")(set: $Owner = "News Focused on Serious Extremism")
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/nfse-edited.png?w=868" width="912" height="1076" alt="NFSE page)">
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Calais: Daily Mail truth]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---
*Article available at http://nfse.co.uk/?author=0&group=1&m=ShowNews. Found by using (link-reveal: "TinEye's reverse image search")[(open-url: "https://tineye.com/")]. For more information about reverse image searching, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: reverse image search')].*
For more information about the scraping and reusing of news stories by far-right sites, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: junk news scraping')].
(set: $tineye to 1) Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "270")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The following are the top comments on your article:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/daily-mail-story-2-comments.png?w=795" width="795" height="773" alt="Daily Mail 2 comments">
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Calais: Daily Mail truth]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)(set: $PageCode to "275")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))What did the *Daily Mail* do in their reporting?
|pathlink>[(link: "They found the truth")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]
(link: "They estalished the truth")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]
(link: "They put a spin on the facts")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]
(link: "They distored the facts")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]
(link: "They lied")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
---
For more information on spin in politics and the media, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: framing')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "269")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Info: Epistemic injustices")Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "288")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Info: HRW")(set: $PageCode to "300")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Your are now (if: $HRWdatatype is "survey data")[information collected from a survey](if: $HRWdatatype is "written testimony")[a written testimony](if: $HRWdatatype is "video")[a video, created from various people's testimonies].What does the team do with you?
|pathlink>[(if: $HRWdatatype is "survey data" or "written testimony")[[[They store you using a secure data-collection tool->Calais: storagetools]]
[[They store you on one of their laptops->Calais: datalost]](if: $HRWdatatype is "survey data")[
[[They combine you with other statistics and write it in a board for volunteers to see->Calais: warehouse board]]]](if: $HRWdatatype is "video")[[[They use a tool to anonymise you and store you securely->Calais: videostored]]
[[With the participants' consent, you are posted to the Refugee Info Bus' social media->Calais: Infobus video]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
(set: $HRWno to 1)
---Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "289")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HRWdatatype to "written testimony")(set: $Name = "HRW Calais interview #12 Jun 2017")(set: $Date_time = "30/7/17 at 13:45")(set: $timesince = "0 minutes")(set: $Last_modified = "30/7/17 at 13:45") (set: $Location = "50.963726, 1.842031")(set: $Datatype = "Text")(set: $Filetype = ".docx")(set: $Size = "21kb")(set: $Authors = "Human Rights Watch")(set: $Owner = "Human Rights Watch")
(goto: "Calais: data method authority?")(set: $PageCode to "290")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HRWno to 1)(set: $HRWdatatype to "survey data")(set: $Name = "HRW Calais survey Jun 2017")(set: $Date_time = "01/7/17 at 9:29")(set: $timesince = "0 minutes")(set: $Last_modified = "09/07/17 at 16:42") (set: $Location = "50.963726, 1.842031")(set: $Datatype = "Statistics")(set: $Filetype = ".xlsx")(set: $Size = "86kb")(set: $Authors = "Human Rights Watch")(set: $Owner = "Human Rights Watch")
(goto: "Calais: data method authority?")(set: $PageCode to "291")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HRWdatatype to "video")(set: $Name = "Video testimony")(set: $Date_time = "04/09/17 at 14:34")(set: $timesince = "0 minutes")(set: $Last_modified = "04/09/17 at 14:34") (set: $Location = "50.963726, 1.842031")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = ".mp4")(set: $Size = "789kb")(set: $Authors = "Refugee Info Bus")(set: $Owner = "Refugee Info Bus")
(goto: "Calais: data method authority?")(set: $PageCode to "307")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $HRWno is 1)[Human Rights Watch need to choose between two tools for storing you securely. Both have been developed with human rights defenders in mind.](if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[The team from Help Refugees would like to store you securely. They are considering two potential software tools for this.] These are:
(link-reveal: "Martus")[(open-url: 'https://www.martus.org/')], an information collection and management tool aimed to help human rights activists to collect, safeguard, organise, and share information about human rights abuses.
0.0. Data can be collected on a mobile phone and is automatically encrypted by the app. The user can choose how to use the data.
0.0. The encrypted data is copied to a network of secure servers around the world and remains unreadable by unauthorised users. The app can be used offline, but information cannot be sent to server until the user has internet.
(link-reveal: "OpenEvsys")[(open-url: 'https://openevsys.org/')], an open source database application used for recording information, browsing, retrieving data points, and analysing data. The app allows human rights NGOs to:
0.0. Record, browse and retrieve information on victims, perpetrators and human rights violations
0.0. Analyse data, browse reports and discern trends and patterns of abuse
0.0. Create charts and maps to visualise human rights data
0.0. Geolocation and mapping
0.0. Manage and track interventions i.e. medical and legal aid
0.0. Securely store related documents like testimonies, affidavits and audiovisual files. Can be used offline if these are hosted on a standalone computer.
Which tool do they choose?
(if: $HRWno is 1)[|pathlink>[[[Martus->Calais: HRW reports]]
[[OpenEvsys->Calais: HRW reports]]]](if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[|pathlink>[[[Martus->Numbers: HelpRef report]]
[[OpenEvsys->Numbers: HelpRef report]]
[[They decide not to use a tool to store you->Calais: datalost]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---
For more information on Martus, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Martus')].
For more information on OpenEvsys, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: OpenEvsys')].
(set: $OpenEvsys to 1)(set: $Martus to 1)(set: $PageCode to "303")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Someone accidentally spills coffee on the laptop that you were stored on! You were not backed-up and can't be recovered...
(set: $Name = "")(set: $Date_time = "")(set: $timesince = "")(set: $Last_modified = "") (set: $Location = "")(set: $Datatype = "")(set: $Filetype = "")(set: $Size = "")(set: $Authors = "")(set: $Owner = "")
|pathlink>[(link: "Finish your journey")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (colour: white)+(transition-time: 4s)[(print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---
(set: $datalost to 1)(set: $PageCode to "304")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The Refugee Info Bus chooses to use (link-reveal: "Movavi Video Editor")[(open-url: "https://www.movavi.com/videoeditor/")]'s blurring tool to anonymise you, before storing you with the human rights-focused information collection and management tool (link-reveal: "Martus")[(open-url: "https://www.martus.org/")].
You remain on Martus' encrypted servers, waiting to be used.
|pathlink>[(link: "Finish your journey")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
---
For more information on Martus, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Martus')].
(set: $Martus to 1)(set: $Movavi to 1)(set: $PageCode to "305")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are posted to the Refugee Info Bus' Youtube page, where you receieve very few views. There isn't anywhere for you to go.
(set: $Name = "We are Humans: Calais 2018")(set: $Date_time = "$07/11/2018 at 12:00")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH5N-Fp6Yz8")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube video")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Refugee Info Bus")(set: $Owner = "YouTube")
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tH5N-Fp6Yz8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
|pathlink>[(link: "Finish your journey")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)](set: $PageCode to "299")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Will recording you as (print: $HRWdatatype) make any claims based on you more convincing than if you were presented as a person's verbal narrative?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Calais: HRW datacollection method]]
[[No->Calais: HRW datacollection method]]
[[I'm not sure->Calais: HRW datacollection method]]](set: $PageCode to "310")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Human Rights Watch decide to use you to write (link-reveal: "a report")[(open-url: "https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/07/26/living-hell/police-abuses-against-child-and-adult-migrants-calais")]. They title it (text-style: "mark")[*'Like Living in Hell'*].
Drawing on “interviews with more than 60 asylum seekers and migrants in and around Calais and Dunkerque, and with two dozen aid workers working in the area”, they write that
(text-style: "mark")[“police in Calais, particularly the riot police (Compagnies républicaines de sécurité, CRS)]
** (text-style: "mark")[routinely use pepper spray on child and adult migrants while they are sleeping or in other circumstances in which they pose no threat];
** (text-style: "mark")[regularly spray or confiscate sleeping bags, blankets, and clothing]; and sometimes use pepper spray on migrants’ food and water.”
(text-style: "mark")[“Police also disrupt the delivery of humanitarian assistance]. Police abuses have a negative impact on access to child services and migrants’ desire and ability to apply for asylum.”
** “Aid workers have begun to photograph or film these acts by police, as they are allowed to do under French law. In response, they say (text-style: "mark")[police have at times seized their phones for short periods, deleting or examining the contents without permission.”]
(text-style: "mark")[“Nearly every asylum seeker and migrant whom Human Rights Watch interviewed reported frequent use of pepper spray by police]—usually members of the riot police—in circumstances that indicate the use of force was excessive and disproportionate, in (text-style: "mark")[violation of international standards.]”
“Such police conduct in and around Calais is (text-style: "mark")[an abuse of power, violating the prohibition on inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment] as well as an (text-style: "mark")[unjustifiable interference with the migrants’ rights to food and water].”
(text-style: "mark")[Yeakob S.], a 29-year-old Ethiopian man, said that
• “People here in Calais are in very, very bad conditions,” “Since they destroyed [the Calais camp] last year, there is no place to sleep or eat. (text-style: "mark")[It’s like living in hell].”
(text-style: "mark")[Aster N.] said that
• “If our country were at peace, (text-style: "mark")[no one would select this life. Who would want to live like this?] Who would choose this situation? If we and our families were safe in our countries, why would we come here?”
Human Rights Watch makes the following recommendations:
** “Municipal and departmental authorities and the Ministry of the Interior should immediately and unequivocally direct [...] police forces not to use pepper spray or other force on migrants [...] where use of force is disproportionate to a legitimate objective.”
** “Calais municipal authorities should immediately comply with the June court order directing the municipality to establish water distribution points”
** “The Ministry of the Interior should establish an office (guichet unique) in Calais to allow those who wish to seek asylum to do so”
** “The French government should comply with its obligations under the European Union (EU) reception directive and as soon as possible provide accommodation to all asylum applicants who lack sufficient means”
** “As the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency recommends, police should provide a written record, or stop form, for every document check to encourage well-grounded stops and greater accountability.”
Human Rights Watch's full report can be found (link-reveal: "here")[(open-url: "https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/07/26/living-hell/police-abuses-against-child-and-adult-migrants-calais")]
Was what they said strong enough?
|pathlink>[[[Yes-> Calais: HRW influence]]
[[No-> Calais: HRW influence]]
[[Not sure-> Calais: HRW influence]]]
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<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
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For more information on how human rights reports are written, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: HR report writing')].
(set: $PageCode to "306")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "308")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "301")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are recorded on a board outside the charities' warehouse by one of the volunteers from the Info Bus. Each time the volunteers enter the warehouse, they see you and what you represent.
On a visit to the warehouse, someone from the charity Seeking Sanctuary photographs you and uploads the image online. The photo is posted in article by the Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), a Catholic organisation of which Seeking Sanctuary is a part. The article notes that at the time of writing, there were around 1000 displaced people living homeless in Calais' woods, who are served 1,300 meals per day by Refugee Community Kitchen at 4 distribution points.
<img src="https://www.csan.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/calais-update.png" width="900" height="339" alt="Warehouse board">
|pathlink>[(link: "Finish your journey")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
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<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
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**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
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To find out more about the Calais warehouse, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: warehouse')].
*Image credit: Phil Kerton, available at https://www.csan.org.uk/news/latest-calais-update-seeking-sanctuary/ *
Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "312")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You began as this story:
“Home. (print: $origin). (print: $job). (If: $job is "Studying at school")[Final exams. ](else:)[](Print: $reasonsforleaving). Separation. Borders. New friends. Travel. (Print: $reasonsforuk). Traffickers. (print: $journey)France. Calais. A camp. They called it 'The Jungle'. Told to make an asylum claim. Told to make the claim in Lille. Too far to go. Life in the Jungle. Community. Restaurants. Bulldozers. Pepper spray. Forced eviction. Escape. Hiding. Rouen. Back to Calais. Winter. Snow. No shelter. CS gas. Riot police. Attacks. No clean water.
Ismail plays the violin. Everyone crowds to hear his music, it is so beautiful. He says the instrument was given to him by the UN.(if: $language is "English")[(If: $origin is "Iraq")[
Your owner's brother was discovered alive in a refrigerated truck in Belgium several months ago.]]
Last night: more police. The CRS. They took the tents. They took our shoes.
The volunteers were giving out shoes. Sarah said they will be back with coats in a few days.
Moti described his home, away in Ethiopia. He is only 17 yet he has seen more than others three times his age.”
Which do you feel would be more influential: Human Rights Watch's report or your original story?
|pathlink>[[[Human Rights Watch's claims->Calais: government response]]
[[Your original story->Calais: government response]]
[[Not sure->Calais: government response]]]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "315")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Several refugee-focused charities - from Calais and beyond - publish reports in the weeks and months after Human Rights Watch.
In Augist 2017 (link-reveal: "HelpRefugees publishes a report")[(open-url: '• https://helprefugees.org/news/calais-study-aug-2017/')], based on interviews with 126 people, which states that:
* (text-style: "mark")[“there are now around 750 refugees in Calais]. 39% have been here for a month or more”
* More than 75% interviewed “said that they had had their blankets taken from them – and that on average, it happened three times a week”
<img src="https://helprefugees.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Census-Aug-2017-_-2-958x681.jpg" width="958" height="681" alt="HelpRefugees Data">
In October 2017, (link-reveal: "Refugee Rights Europe publish their *'12 months on’* report")[(open-url: 'https://refugee-rights.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RRE_TwelveMonthsOn.pdf')]. They write that a year on from the destruction of the Jungle, “a large number of displaced people – including hundreds of unaccompanied children – are sleeping rough in Calais, seeking shelter under improvised tarps and tents.”. Of the 233 individuals surveyed,
* “90.4% of respondents (94.6% of minors) said they ‘didn’t feel safe’ or ‘didn’t feel safe at all”
* “40.4% had experienced citizen violence [i.e. from citizens], or 41.1% of minors. This includes both verbal and physical abuse”
* (text-style: "mark")[“A staggering 91.8% had experienced police violence. This is an even higher percentage than during the time of the Calais camp (75.9%)]”
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Calais: charities necessity]]]
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^^Article credits: Help Refugees (2017); Refugee Rights Europe (2018)
Image credit: Help Refugees (2017), ‘Census-Aug-2017-_-2-958x681.jpg’, Help Refugees 21/8/17. Available at https://helprefugees.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Census-Aug-2017-_-2-958x681.jpg (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "44")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "false")(if: $OpenEvsys is <1 and $Martus is <1 and $Movavi is <1 and $tineye is <1 and $InVID is <1 and $AmnestyDataviewer is <1 and $Googleimagerev is <1 and $Yandex is <1 and $FotoForensics is <1 and $Forensically is <1 and $UniformInsignia is <1 and $GoogleEarth is <1 and $WikiMapia is <1 and $GStreetview is <1 and $YouTubedl is <1 and $VideoVault is <1 and $channelnet is <1 and $videonet is <1 and $geoIP is <1)[You didn't come across any tools during your journey.](else:)[<u>**Throughout your journey, you saw the following tools:**</u>
](if: $OpenEvsys is 1)[(link-reveal: "OpenEvsys")[(open-url: 'https://openevsys.org/')], an open source database application used for recording information, browsing, retrieving data points, and analysing data.
](if: $Martus is 1)[(link-reveal: "Martus")[(open-url: 'https://www.martus.org/')], an information collection and management tool aimed to help human rights activists to collect, safeguard, organise, and share information about human rights abuses.
](if: $Movavi is 1)[(link-reveal: "Movavi Video Editor")[(open-url: "https://www.movavi.com/videoeditor/")], free-to-use video editing programme which allows you to anonymise people through its blurring function.
](if: $tineye is 1)[(link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: "https://tineye.com/")], a free tool for reverse-searching images.
](if: $AmnestyDataviewer is 1)[(link-reveal: "Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer")[(open-url: 'https://citizenevidence.org/2014/07/01/youtube-dataviewer/')], a tool developed by Amnesty's Citizen Evidence Lab. This allows users to extract metadata on YouTube videos and find similar videos elsewhere.
](if: $InVID is 1)[(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')], a toolkit which allows users to extract metadata, analyse stills from videos and reverse-search screenshots across the internet.
](if: $Googleimagerev is 1)[(link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search")[(open-url: 'https://images.google.com/')], a tool which searches Google's image search database. As well as highlighting direct matches, it uses machine learning techniques to suggest visually similar images and topical websites.
](if: $Yandex is 1)[(link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')], a reverse image searching tool based in Moscow, Russia. The digital investigations site Bellingcat suggests Yandex is the most accurate tool of its kind for identifying faces, landscapes, and objects.
](if: $FotoForensics is 1)[(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')], a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital photo forensics. It offers various techniques for judging whether an image has been edited, including Error Level Analysis and metadata extraction.
](if: $Forensically is 1)[(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')], a free toolset for digital image forensics. It includes tools such as noise level analysis, clone detection, error level analysis and metadata extraction.
](if: $UniformInsignia is 1)[(link-reveal: "Uniform Insignia")[(open-url: 'http://www.uniforminsignia.org')], a public encyclopaedia of uniforms for various grups across the world, including police and military.
](if: $GoogleEarth is 1)[(link-reveal: "Google Earth")[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web')], Google's world-mapping tool which uses satellite data to provide a map of the globe.
](if: $WikiMapia is 1)[(link-reveal: "WikiMapia")[(open-url: 'https://wikimapia.org')], an open-source mapping tool which uses satellite data.
](if: $GStreetview is 1)[(link-reveal: "Google Maps' Streetview")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps')], a tool which provides street-level views of locations on Google Maps.
](if: $YouTubedl is 1)[(link-reveal: "YouTube-dl")[(open-url: 'https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/')], an open-source tool which allows users to download videos from YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
](if: $VideoVault is 1)[(link-reveal: "Video Vault")[(open-url: 'https://www.bravenewtech.org/')], an open-source tool which allows users to upload videos to be encrypted on its website. Videos are authenticated with a time-stamp. However, the tool is in beta and does not provide a warranty.
](if: $channelnet is 1 or $videonet is 1)[(link-reveal: "Netvizz YouTube data tools")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/')], a collection of tools for extracting data from YouTube. It includes a *Channel network crawler* and a *Video network crawler*:.
](if: $geoIP is 1)[(link-reveal: "Geo IP")[(open-url: 'https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ToolGeoIP')], a tool which helps to geo-locate the origins of webpages. It takes web addresses (URLs), discovers primary IP addresses and links them with a database of locations.]
<u>**These are other tools you could have seen by going down other paths:**</u>
(if: $OpenEvsys is not 1)[(link-reveal: "OpenEvsys")[(open-url: 'https://openevsys.org/')], an open source database application used for recording information, browsing, retrieving data points, and analysing data.
](if: $Martus is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Martus")[(open-url: 'https://www.martus.org/')], an information collection and management tool aimed to help human rights activists to collect, safeguard, organise, and share information about human rights abuses.
](if: $Movavi is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Movavi Video Editor")[(open-url: "https://www.movavi.com/videoeditor/")], free-to-use video editing programme which allows you to anonymise people through its blurring function.
](if: $tineye is not 1)[(link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: "https://tineye.com/")], a free tool for reverse-searching images.
](if: $AmnestyDataviewer is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer")[(open-url: 'https://citizenevidence.org/2014/07/01/youtube-dataviewer/')], a tool developed by Amnesty's Citizen Evidence Lab. This allows users to extract metadata on YouTube videos and find similar videos elsewhere.
](if: $InVID is not 1)[(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')], a toolkit which allows users to extract metadata, analyse stills from videos and reverse-search screenshots across the internet.
](if: $Googleimagerev is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search")[(open-url: 'https://images.google.com/')], a tool which searches Google's image search database. As well as highlighting direct matches, it uses machine learning techniques to suggest visually similar images and topical websites.
](if: $Yandex is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')], a reverse image searching tool based in Moscow, Russia. The digital investigations site Bellingcat suggests Yandex is the most accurate tool of its kind for identifying faces, landscapes, and objects.
](if: $FotoForensics is not 1)[(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')], a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital photo forensics. It offers various techniques for judging whether an image has been edited, including Error Level Analysis and metadata extraction.
](if: $Forensically is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')], a free toolset for digital image forensics. It includes tools such as noise level analysis, clone detection, error level analysis and metadata extraction.
](if: $UniformInsignia is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Uniform Insignia")[(open-url: 'http://www.uniforminsignia.org')], a public encyclopaedia of uniforms for various grups across the world, including police and military.
](if: $GoogleEarth is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Google Earth")[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web')], Google's world-mapping tool which uses satellite data to provide a map of the globe.
](if: $WikiMapia is not 1)[(link-reveal: "WikiMapia")[(open-url: 'https://wikimapia.org')], an open-source mapping tool which uses satellite data.
](if: $GStreetview is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Google Maps' Streetview")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps')], a tool which provides street-level views of locations on Google Maps.
](if: $YouTubedl is not 1)[(link-reveal: "YouTube-dl")[(open-url: 'https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/')], an open-source tool which allows users to download videos from YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
](if: $VideoVault is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Video Vault")[(open-url: 'https://www.bravenewtech.org/')], an open-source tool which allows users to upload videos to be encrypted on its website. Videos are authenticated with a time-stamp. However, the tool is in beta and does not provide a warranty.
](if: ($channelnet is not 1) or ($videonet is not 1))[(link-reveal: "Netvizz YouTube data tools")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/')], a collection of tools for extracting data from YouTube. It includes a *Channel network crawler* and a *Video network crawler*:.
](if: $geoIP is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Geo IP")[(open-url: 'https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ToolGeoIP')], a tool which helps to geo-locate the origins of webpages. It takes web addresses (URLs), discovers primary IP addresses and links them with a database of locations.
]You can find all these tools and more in The Whistle's (link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')]
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(set: $PageCode to "45")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "false")Thank you for exploring *The Social Life of Data*. If you are interested, we'd like to ask a few questions. By combining them with the choices you made in the game, your answers will enable us to suggest which epistemologies which *you* prefer.
|pathlink>[[[Of course!->Endgame questions]]
[[No thank you.->Goodbye]]]
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(set: $PageCode to "5")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Anything in [[blue-> Tutorial 2]] can be clicked on. It will take you somewhere else.(set: $PageCode to "2")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))*The Social Life of Data* is an educational experience developed by Jamie Hancock, an intern at [[The Whistle->About The Whistle]], and is intended to be a companion to The Whistle's *(link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')]*. It lets you follow one bit of data along its lifespan as it flows between people and machines, echoes across borders, is interpreted, re-coded, transformed and analysed.
You are data, shape-shifting your way across various possible journies.
You choose what kind of data you are.
You choose where you go.
You choose what happens to you.
But what happens next?
The aim is to allow you to explore how information is created, travels, and is contested across different media. By the end, we hope you come away with a newly critical understanding of the frameworks on which your own ways of knowing are based.
We created this experience using (link-reveal: "Twine")[(open-url: 'https://twinery.org/')], an open-source platform and programming language for choice-based games. The Twine file you are using can be found (link-reveal: "here")[(open-url: 'https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12fJrFi3M_rZt8jFxZY_p6no-qyLEhVDJ?usp=sharing')].
To see the full list of references for the game, (link-reveal: 'click here')[(open-url: 'https://docs.google.com/document/d/11KTSwYQZVJbLvLoEFsUbgLLRZiy9MsJc-F3ZN-fAETI/edit?usp=sharing')].
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The Whistle is an academic startup based at the University of Cambridge. We develop tools to connect witnesses of human rights violations to advocacy organisations.
*The Socal Life of Data* is one of our 2020 summer projects, alongside (link-reveal: "The Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')].
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And with it, |pathlink>[[[a new way of knowing the world->Tutorial 4]]]</u>.(set: $PageCode to "14")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
###Data
There are many definitions and conceptualisations of data: as a unit (|pathlink>[[[a ‘bit’, for example->Info: bits]]]); as a ‘raw’ material collected through observation, to be processed for analysis; as a fundamental building block of ideas ^^ 1 ^^; even as a physical property . Nevertheless, these all tend to agree that data is closely related to |pathlink>[[[information->Info: information]]].
Everyday usage often treats ‘data’ as a term equivalent to ‘information’. In |pathlink>[[[Information Theory->Info: Info Theory]]] and related approaches, however, ‘data’ are units of ‘information’ which are encoded into physical arrangements in the world – for example, in the polarisation of a magnetised material (which can be either one of two states, coded as a 0 or 1).
There are |pathlink>[[[many different kinds of data->Info: datatypes]]]. Data can be analogue (such as written text) or digital (as in the case of 0s and 1s). Good quality data is generally agreed to be “intelligible”, “aggregative” and are able to be “linked to other datasets” ^^ 2 ^^. Data can itself have data attached to it which describes it – called |pathlink>[[[metadata->Info: metadata]]]. Hence, not only are digital files made of data, they also come with data attached which tells interpreters (computers; human users) about what those files are. Online environments are therefore structured by data and its interpretations, including the text you are currently reading.
Questions of what data is are tied closely with questions about |pathlink>[[[what epistemologies are->Info: epistemology]]]. They link with notions of |pathlink>[[[if and how things can come to represent other things->Info: Representation]]].
Conceptions of data as neutral, “pre-analytical and pre-factual” are critically contested by various scholars in the social sciences ^^ 3 ^^. As Rob Kitchin writes, though data is often presented as value-neutral and asocial, it “does not exist independently of ideas, techniques, technologies, systems, people and contexts” ^^ 4 ^^.
Today, there is a large |pathlink>[[[market centred around data->Info: data markets]]]. It has become a highly valued commodity – particularly when it relates to people and information about them. José van Dijck has termed the practices required to gather this data |pathlink>[[[‘dataveillance’->Info: dataveillance]]] ^^ 5 ^^; Shoshana Zuboff, meanwhile, describes of this economic model as a kind of |pathlink>[[[‘surveillance capitalism’->Info: surveillance capitalism]]] ^^ 6 ^^.
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^^ 1. Kitchin, R. *The Data Revolution* (Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications Ltd, 2014)
2. Ibid: p. 1
3. Ibid: p. 3
4. Ibid: p. 4
5. van Dijck, J. (2014) ‘Datafication, Dataism and Dataveillance: Big Data Between Scientific Paradigm and Ideology’, in *Surveillance & Society*, 12(2): 197–208
6. Shoshana Zuboff, *The age of surveillance capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power* (London : Profile Books, 2019) ^^
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(set: $PageCode to "31")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You have made many choices and taken many paths to come here. Each choice has shown how data and its meaning morphs from context to context. Each path has shown you different points of view. And with these changes, you have been shown different ways of knowing. Alternative perspectives. Other epistemologies.
This map represents all the possible paths that can be explored in the game. The point at which your path began is marked in orange. The point at which you ended is marked in green.
(if: $Path is "VerbalCal")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/verbal-paths-map.jpg?w=1024" alt="Verbal Paths Map">](if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/numerical-map.jpg?w=1024" alt="Numerical Paths Map">](if: $Path is "VideoHK")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/video-paths-map.jpg?w=1024" alt="Video Paths Map">](if: $Path is "Harold")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/meme-paths-map.jpg?w=1024" alt="Meme paths map">](if: $Path is "SocMed_Instagram")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/instagram-paths-map.jpg?w=1024" alt="Instagram paths map">](if: $Path is "SocMed_Twitter")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/twitter-paths-map.jpg?w=1024" alt="Tiwtter paths map">](if: $Path is "SocMed_YouTube")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/youtube-paths-map.jpg?w=1024" alt="Youtube Paths Map">](if: $Path is "Image_Beirut")[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/image-message-paths-map.jpg?w=1024" alt="Image message Beirut">]
Would you like to see some of these other perspectives?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Alternative journeys 2]]
[[No-> Tools intro]]]
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For a discussion about how there are many ways of knowing, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: epistemic pluralism')].
(set: $alternatives to 1)(set: $PageCode to "50")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $GameMode to "main")(set: $initdatatype to "Image")(set: $Path to "Harold")You are this image.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-original-cropped.jpg?w=1024" width="850" height="611" alt="Harold Original">
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Harold metadata init]]]
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|pathlink>[[[Back to choose another to be in another language->Calais Language alternative]]
[[Back to my original story->Calais story 1 back]]
[[Begin with a different story->Calais story 1 alt]]
[[Jump in to another possible path->Calais path alts]]
[[Jump to a random path->Calais path random]]](set: $PageCode to "33")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Where would you like to go?
|pathlink>[(if: $initdatatype is "Verbal")[[[Other paths based the kind of data I chose initially (*(print: $initdatatype)*)->Verbal alternatives]]
](if: $initdatatype is "Image")[[[Other paths based the kind of data I chose initially (*(print: $initdatatype)*)->Image alternatives]]
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(set: $PageCode to "43")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "false")On your journey, you may have come across a variety of digital tools used by journalists and human rights workers. Would you like to learn more about them?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Tools display]]
[[No->The end]]](set: $PageCode to "42")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You first decided to be an image. Based on this choice, where would you like to go?
|pathlink>[(link: "Back to the beginning of your journey as an image")[(goto: 'Image init')]
[[Jump in to another possible path->Image: path alts]]
[[Jump to a random path->Image: path random]]]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "34")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
(set: $randomalts to (random: 1,22))(set: $language = "Tigrinya")(set: $origin to "Eritrea")(set:$job = "Working as a teacher")(set: $reasonsforleaving to "Left to escape persecution")(set: $reasonsforuk to "Family in Britain")(set: $journey to "Tunisia. Militias. Sea. Italy. Police.")(if: $randomalts is 1)[(goto: "Arabic")](if: $randomalts is 2)[(goto: "Pashto")](if: $randomalts is 3)[(goto: "English")](if: $randomalts is 4)[(goto: "Calais: distribution")](if: $randomalts is 5)[(goto: "Calais: HRW reports")](if: $randomalts is 6)[(goto: "Calais: InfoBus")](if: $randomalts is 7)[(goto: "Calais: Daily Mail 1 metadata change")](if: $randomalts is 8)[(goto: "Convos from Calais init")](if: $randomalts is 9)[(goto: "Calais: article")](if: $randomalts is 10)[(goto: "Calais: Infobus video")](if: $randomalts is 11)[(goto: "Calais: the CRS")](if: $randomalts is 12)[(goto: "Calais: Stay in the community 2")](if: $randomalts is 13)[(goto: "Calais: Guardian 1")](if: $randomalts is 14)[(goto: "Calais: Guardian 1 shared")](if: $randomalts is 15)[(goto: "hashtag Calais")](if: $randomalts is 16)[(goto: "Calais: Guardian 2")](if: $randomalts is 17)[(goto: "Calais: Times Macron")](if: $randomalts is 18)[(goto: "Calais: govt investigation")](if: $randomalts is 19)[(goto: "Calais: NYT tweet")](if: $randomalts is 20)[(goto: "Numbers: HelpRef report")](if: $randomalts is 21)[(goto: "hastag Calais 2")](if: $randomalts is 22)[(goto: "Calais: government response")](set: $PageCode to "35")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Choose your datatype")(set: $PageCode to "36")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Calais Language")(set: $PageCode to "38")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $storyback to 1)(goto: "Calais story 1")(set: $PageCode to "39")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Calais story 1")(set: $PageCode to "40")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $language = "Farsi")(set: $origin to "Iran")(goto: "Calais story 1")(set: $Name = "My story")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "Always changing") (set: $Location = "Calais")(set: $Datatype = "Verbal")(set: $Filetype = "Memory")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "N/A")(set: $Additional to "N/A")(set: $lostintransno to 0)
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(goto: "Numbers content warning")(set: $PageCode to "293")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Path to "NumbersHelpRef")(set: $HRWno to 0)It is August 2017.
The charity Help Refugees has just carried out a survey amongst displaced people living rough in the areas around Calais, France. They intend to create a report on the situation. It has been nearly nine months since the camp named the 'Jungle' was destroyed by French authorities. This involved the forced eviction of all who lived there.
When analysing their data, you appear as one of the results:
(text-style: "mark")[*600*]
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Numbers: HelpRef context]]]
---
For more information about Help Refugees, [[click here-> Info: HelpRefugees and Choose Love]].
(set: $PageCode to "294")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are recorded in a spreadsheet:
* (text-style: "mark")[“Total number of refugees: *600* (estimated)”]
Why do they say “estimated”?
|pathlink>[[[Because they don't actually know->Numbers: HelpRef confidence]]
[[Because their methods mean they can't be sure->Numbers: HelpRef confidence]]
[[Because the number of people is always changing->Numbers: HelpRef confidence]]
[[Because they want to hedge their bets->Numbers: HelpRef confidence]]
[[All of the above->Numbers: HelpRef confidence]]
[[None of the above->Numbers: HelpRef confidence]]]
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For more information about estimates and uncertainty, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: estimates')].(set: $PageCode to "296")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Does this make their claim about you more or less true?
|pathlink>[[[More->Numbers: HelpRef sheet metadata]]
[[Less->Numbers: HelpRef sheet metadata]]
[[Neither more nor less->Numbers: HelpRef sheet metadata]]
[[That depends on the situation->Numbers: HelpRef sheet metadata]]](set: $PageCode to "297")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "Aug survey results")(set: $Date_time = "16/08/17")(set: $timesince = "2 days")(set: $Last_modified = "17/08/20") (set: $Location = "50.947637, 1.854032")(set: $Datatype = "Database")(set: $Filetype = ".xlsx")(set: $Size = "57kb")(set: $Authors = "Help Refugees")(set: $Owner = "Help Refugees")(Set: $Additional to "N/A")(set: $NameEnd = "Aug survey results")(set: $Date_timeEnd = "16/08/17")(set: $timesinceEnd = "2 days")(set: $Last_modifiedEnd = "17/08/20") (set: $LocationEnd = "50.947637, 1.854032")(set: $DatatypeEnd = "Database")(set: $FiletypeEnd = ".xlsx")(set: $SizeEnd = "57kb")(set: $AuthorsEnd = "Help Refugees")(set: $OwnerEnd = "Help Refugees")(Set: $AdditionalEnd to "N/A")
(goto: "Metadata tutorial")(set: $PageCode to "298")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Calais: storagetools")(set: $PageCode to "318")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Is that a good thing?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Calais: reports whereto]]
[[No->Calais: reports whereto]]
[[Neither good nor bad->Calais: reports whereto]]
[[I'm not sure->Calais: reports whereto]]](set: $PageCode to "319")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Following the publication of these reports, your now have an international audience. What would you like to do?
|pathlink>[[[See where you are shared->Calais: Supreme court twitter]]
(link: "Finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
(set: $calreprts to 1)(set: $PageCode to "309")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Calais: Guardian 1")(set: $PageCode to "9")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The choices you make will affect what you see. And, in turn, they will change what you can know.
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 6s)[But there will always be more paths to take. You can always go back to find another way.]
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 14s)[|pathlink>[[[Continue->Tutorial 6]]]](set: $PageCode to "8")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Another term for a way of knowing is an *epistemology*.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Tutorial 5]]]
---
For more information on epistemologies, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: epistemology')].
(set: $PageCode to "12")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))|pathlink>[[[But what are you?->You are data]]](set: $PageCode to "230")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Your first choice was to be a number. You started as (if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[a statistic collected by Help Refugees]. Where would you like to go?
|pathlink>[[[Back to the beginning of my journey->Numbers back start]]
[[Back to discover what other numbers I could have been->Numbers alt start]] - *not available yet*
[[Jump in to another possible path->Numbers path alts]]
[[Jump to a random path->Numbers path random]]](set: $PageCode to "229")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
###Epistemology
‘Epistemology’ comes from the Ancient Greek *episteme* (‘knowledge’ or ‘understanding’) and *logos* (‘account’, ‘argument’ or ‘reason’) ^^1^^. It is used as a way of talking about issues of knowledge: what it means to know, what is knowable, what is unknowable or how things may be known. Epistemologies alter the ways in which people are able to produce knowledge(s) and interpretations. They shape what people take to be ‘true’ and ‘real’, what is believable and unbelievable.
An epistemology indicates a particular way of knowing, which brings particular ways of ‘seeing’ things. Here, even the metaphor to ‘see’ implies a certain framework for knowledge and a certain epistemology -- one which differs from ‘grasping’ or ‘comprehending’ ^^ 2, 3 ^^. To ‘see’ versus to ‘grasp’ are two alternative ways of |pathlink>[[[framing->Info: framing]]] knowledge which guide how people come to understand what knowledge is. In other words, they are conceptual structures which help order perception.
Issues in epistemology are tied closely to questions of representation: if and how it is possible for one thing (such as an idea) to relate to another (such as an object) so that it ‘stands in’ for it. There are many debates regarding whether ‘real’, ‘true’ or ‘perfect’ representation are possible -- and, if so, how these may be achieved. When knowledge seems to refer to or represent itself, it is possible to end up in kind of |pathlink>[[[‘infinite regress’->Info: Infinite regress]]] – where, due to the logic at work, ‘true’ knowledge or accurate representation always seems infinitely far away. These representational problems can also take the form of |pathlink>[[[circular logic->Info: circular logic]]].
Often, issues of epistemology come down to the terms of the conceptual structure involved: what norms and rules are there to guide how knowledge works? And who sets them? In the case of this game, we have structured what you can see and how you can see it. But we have done so based on the constraints of the technologies we have used, which were themselves designed by people working within the constraints of the technologies they had to hand.
Therefore, epistemologies are highly social. They structured by specific norms, practices and cultural schemas. When they are shared by communities, they can be considered in terms of what Karin Knorr Cetina has called ‘epistemic cultures’ ^^4^^. Other terms used to describe shared sets of epistemological frameworks people are ‘paradigms’ (from Thomas Kuhn)^^5^^ and ‘epistemes’ (from Michel Foucault)^^6^^. In their own ways, these concepts each indicate how social factors – social networks, community norms, forms of power -- set bounds on what it is possible to know. Academic disciplines, for example, each have |pathlink>[[[particular criteria for judging what is acceptable knowledge and who is credible->Info: academic standards]]].
However, often the epistemologies people live with are normalised so that they go unnoticed: it is just how the world is known. So long as they are unable to represent the world perfectly, these will always involve exclusions, centring some and decentring others. Dominant epistemologies may become naturalised, in ways which are structured by the norms and power structures of social life. The dominant ways of knowing -- and the dominant products of knowledge -- are understood to be those produced by the people afforded the most power^^7^^.
These dominant epistemic frameworks can then help limit understanding and reproduce marginalisation, producing what have been termed forms of |pathlink>[[[epistemic injustice and oppression->Info: Epistemic injustices]]]^^8^^. Those already discredited and marginalised are often those most disadvantaged by dominant epistemic norms.
Many theorists -- particularly those working in feminist^^9^^, critical race^^10^^ and decolonial theoretical ^^11^^ traditions -- have discussed the idea of |pathlink>[[[epistemic pluralism->Info: epistemic pluralism]]]. In various ways, they suggest that there are many possible ways of knowing the world(s) people live in. Due to the nature of epistemic domination, they argue, this has political importance.
A particularly dominant epistemology across the Global North and academia centres on ‘objectivity’, wherein an observer’s ‘distance’ from an object affords them a more truthful understanding of reality. Feminist theorist Donna Haraway has critiqued this point of view as a kind of “God Trick” -- a disembodied view from nowhere that sees all and erases itself in the process ^^12^^. This conception is closely tied to ideas of the ‘scientific method’ and (link-reveal: "‘empiricism’ in the philosophy of science")[(open-url: 'https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rationalism-empiricism/')]. Its’ historical roots have been traced to the emergence of Enlightenment philosophy from Christian theology in early-modern Europe. Haraway and others have argued that it is critical in how women’s perspectives have been erased: by removing their own |pathlink>[[[standpoint->Info: standpoint]]], those claiming to be more ‘rational’ and less ‘biased’ have used this to assert that their knowledge is better than ‘irrational’ and ‘biased’ women.
Knowledge is not necessarily stable, in the way an objectivist view might suggest; in fact, it is often the |pathlink>[[[subject of contestation and controversy-> Info: knowledge controversies]]]. It can also be considered as something as much to do with |pathlink>[[[material arrangements of things in the world->Info: new materialism]]] -- such as your computer, a website or a recording instrument -- as any abstract thinking.
In this designing this experience, we have taken particular care to explore the ways in which epistemologies are at once |pathlink>[[[plural->Info: epistemic pluralism]]], |pathlink>[[[material->Info: new materialism]]] and |pathlink>[[[non-linear->Info: rhizomes and networks]]]. We have looked to unsettle, to point towards disjunctures and marginalised perspectives; to trace the |pathlink>[[[root-like, ‘rhizomatic’ ways that connections are made->Info: rhizomes and networks]]]. We are hoping to help you think about knowledge in new ways.
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^^1. Matthias Steup & Ram Neta (2020), ‘Epistemology’, in *The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy* (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). Available at (link-reveal: "https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/epistemology")[(open-url: 'https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/epistemology')]
2. For a discussion of metaphors and knowledge, see George Lakoff & Mark Johnson, *Metaphors We Live By* (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1980)
3. For a discussion of ‘seeing’ and ‘the gaze’ as a form of knowledge, see Michel Foucault, * The birth of the clinic : an archaeology of medical perception* (London : Routledge, 2003 [1963])
4. Knorr Cetina, K. &Reichmann, W. 'Epistemic Cultures', in *International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences*, 2nd ed., Volume 7, ed. Wright, J. D. (Online : Elsevier, 2015)
5. Kuhn, T. *The Structure of Scientific Revolutions*, 3rd ed. (Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1996)
6. Foucault, M. ‘Truth and power’, in J. D. Faubion, ed., *Michel Foucault: Essential Works of Foucault 1954–1984: Power* (London : Penguin, 1994)
7. See Bourdieu, P. *Distinction; A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste* (Routledge, 2009 [1984])
8. McKinnon, R. (2016) 'Epistemic Injustice', in *Philosophy Compass* 11(8): 437-446
9. Haraway, D. 'Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of the Partial Perspective', in *Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature* (New York, NY. : Routledge, 1991)
10. Mills, C. W. ‘White ignorance’, in *Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance*, eds. Sullivan, S. & Tuana, N. (Albany, NY.: State University of New York Press, 2007)
11. Grosfoguel, R. ‘Decolonizing Western Universalisms: Decolonial Pluri-Versalism from Aime Cesaire to the Zapatistas’, in *Towards a Just Curriculum Theory: The Epistemicide*, ed. Paraskeva, J. M., (New York, NY: Routledge, 2017)
12. Haraway
Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "329")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think there was a difference between Help Refugees' and the local government's population statistics?
|pathlink>[[[Help Refugees had more accurate figures->Calais: Guardian 1 where]]
[[The local government had more accurate figures->Calais: Guardian 1 where]]
[[Help Refugees were politically motivated to present higher figures->Calais: Guardian 1 where]]
[[The local government was politcally motivated to present lower figures->Calais: Guardian 1 where]]
[[Each source used different methods and had different priorities->Calais: Guardian 1 where]]]
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For a discussion of controversies about the nature of facts, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: knowledge controversies')]. (set: $PageCode to "313")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team from Human Rights Watch provided you to Vincent Berton, the Deputy Prefect for Calais.
In response, he stated that: (text-style: "mark")[“These are allegations, individuals’ declarations, not based on fact”]. It seems that neither kind of information would have been enough to make him say otherwise.
Where do you go from here?
|pathlink>[[[You are used in an investigation by the French government->Calais: govt investigation]]
[[You are used in more human rights reports->Calais: more reports]]
[[You see where you appear in news reports->Calais: Times Macron]]
[[You travel online->hashtag Calais]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
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For a discussion of government denial, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: denialism')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "317")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))How necessary was it for these Western-based charities to involve themselves so that your story and stories like it could be heard?
|pathlink>[[[Very necessary->Calais: western charities ethics]]
[[Somewhat necessary->Calais: western charities ethics]]
[[Unncessary->Calais: western charities ethics]]
[[Very unnecessary->Calais: western charities ethics]]](set: $PageCode to "334")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))In January 2018, *The Times* publishes a story about claims by French President Emmanuel Macron, (link-reveal: "who argues that charities “encourage these men and these women to stay” in Calais illegally")[(open-url: 'https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/macron-french-charities-tell-migrants-lies-about-seeking-asylum-in-britain-vwh5tj30p')].
The article quotes you, saying that (text-style: "mark")[“officials say there are about 500 migrants in Calais, compared with more than 7,000 before the Jungle was cleared.]”
It quotes Macron as stating that “each time that [migrants] are told they will be taken to the police, they are being lied to.”
Elsewhere, the charities strongly deny this. They are not quoted in the article.
|pathlink>[(link: "Finish your journey")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
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For more information on spin in politics and the media, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: framing')].
^^Article credit: Adam Sage, in *The Times* 17/1/18. Available at https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/macron-french-charities-tell-migrants-lies-about-seeking-asylum-in-britain-vwh5tj30p *^^
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(set: $PageCode to "316")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))In response to you, the French Interior Ministry commissions an investigation.
(link-reveal: "The move comes in the wake of lawsuits by several charities including Help Refugees")[(open-url: 'https://helprefugees.org/news/calais-court-case-ngos-supreme-court-31-07-2017/')], in which the Supreme Court (Conseil d’Etat) ruled that the state had an obligation to install water points, toilets, showers, daily outreach for minors and departures to accommodation centres from Calais. The court stated that “the (text-style: "mark")[living conditions of migrants reveal a lack of action on the part of public authorities], which can be said to expose the persons concerned to inhumane or degrading treatment and therefore (text-style: "mark")[constitutes a serious and unlawful breach of fundamental rights].”
Once the investigation is completed, (link-reveal: "Human Rights Watch claims that the results support their own allegations")[(open-url: 'https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/24/france-inquiry-finds-police-abused-migrants-calais')]. “The investigation requested by the Interior Ministry (text-style: "mark")[confirms that police in Calais used excessive force and otherwise abuse migrants], including children”.
Where do you go from here?
|pathlink>[[[A mainstream news report->Calais: NY Times]]
(if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[[[Twitter->Calais: Supreme court twitter]]
](link: "Finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
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For more information on the Conseil d’Etat's decision, (link-reveal: "click here")[(open-url: 'https://helprefugees.org/news/calais-court-case-ngos-supreme-court-31-07-2017')]
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(set: $PageCode to "326")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[A journalist from *The Guardian* asks for Help Refugees' latest data. They use you to write](else:)[*The Guardian* publishes] a report titled: *(link-reveal: "'Teargas, cold, no toilets: plight of refugees in Calais revealed'")[(open-url: 'https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/10/teargas-cold-no-toilets-plight-of-refugees-back-in-calais-revealed?CMP=share_btn_tw')]*. It goes online on August 10th.
They say that “The woods around Calais and Dunkirk have once again become home to (text-style: "mark")[more than 1,000 refugees and migrants living in dire conditions] without access to toilets, running water, showers or shelter [...] Police regularly confiscate sleeping bags, bedding and possessions, and refugees complain that CS spray is often used during early morning raids on people sleeping. [...] (if: $HRWno is 1)[But some kind of new camp now looks inevitable in Calais after a court ruled that the city government must provide showers and water supplies. [...]]
“Amal Muhammed, an Iraqi woman, is travelling with her Iranian husband, Sahid Rebaz, their two children, Deia, 10, and Yousuf, three, and her severely disabled younger brother, Sardam Muhammed, 22, who is unable walk or speak. She said police had slashed their tent while they were sheltering in a clearing in the woods on Monday. She showed cuts in the fabric of the tent, which they have now abandoned. [...]
The charity Help Refugees, which has worked in the area for two years, conducts monthly headcounts and estimates that (text-style: "mark")[there are at least 600 migrants in Calais, around 300 in Dunkirk and another 200 in small camps along the coast].”
However, “the Calais prefecture said [...] that (text-style: "mark")[it believed there were 450 migrants in the Calais area].”
Does the difference between the numbers claimed matter?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Numbers: Guardian yes]]
[[No->Numbers: Guardian no]]
[[I'm not sure->Numbers: Guardian contention]]]
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*Article credit: Amelia Gentleman, in *(link-reveal: "The Guardian")[(open-url: 'Available at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/10/teargas-cold-no-toilets-plight-of-refugees-back-in-calais-revealed?CMP=share_btn_tw')]*
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(set: $PageCode to "325")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))*The Guardian* takes you up in a story titled (link-reveal: "*'Claims of police abuses against Calais migrants plausible, report finds'*")[(open-url: 'https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/24/claims-of-police-abuses-against-calais-migrants-plausible-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw')], published on October 24th.
“A French state report has concluded it is “plausible” that police and gendarmes have abused their powers and mistreated migrants and refugees in Calais.
The inquiry was undertaken after Human Rights Watch published allegations in July of police using violence and brutality against migrants and refugees since a makeshift camp in the city was evacuated and demolished last year.”
Happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared online->Calais: Guardian 2 shared]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
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*Article credit: Angelique Chrisafis in *The Guardian*. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/24/claims-of-police-abuses-against-calais-migrants-plausible-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw *
(set: $PageCode to "335")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are now #Calais. Technically, you are a form of metadata which connects content on Twitter.
You are used by a large number of people with a wide variety of points of view.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A French policeman has been jailed for 6 months for slapping a handcuffed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/refugee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#refugee</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a>. We know that this is just the tip of the iceberg as 91% of refugees living in the area have experienced police violence first hand <a href="https://t.co/93zZVGWxbv">https://t.co/93zZVGWxbv</a> <a href="https://t.co/SQckKTsi5h">pic.twitter.com/SQckKTsi5h</a></p>— Safe Passage (@safepassageuk) <a href="https://twitter.com/safepassageuk/status/935208101145464832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I expect the French will soon wish to relocate the UK border back from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dover</a>. It will be a huge relief I’m sure.<br><br>Dover will, no doubt, step up to the plate to grasp this golden <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brexit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Brexit</a> opportunity. <a href="https://t.co/i8kP105Pk9">https://t.co/i8kP105Pk9</a></p>— Barry Butler (@barryjbutler) <a href="https://twitter.com/barryjbutler/status/946437048625451008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goes to show how piss weak the UK is that so many people from all over the world realise how easy it is to milk our Benefits system <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a></p>— Germfree Adolescent (@already2late) <a href="https://twitter.com/already2late/status/922924153358782465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Currently all empty 😩 Please donate to <a href="https://twitter.com/helprefugeesuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HelpRefugeesUK</a> 🙏<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#calais</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/refugees?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#refugees</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chooselove?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chooselove</a> ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/vXAKZZFxwi">pic.twitter.com/vXAKZZFxwi</a></p>— Ruth Saxton (@ruthsaxton76) <a href="https://twitter.com/ruthsaxton76/status/898220838943690753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
|pathlink>[[[Continue as #Calais into 2020->hastag Calais 2]]]
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(set: $hashtagCalais to 1)(set: $PageCode to "322")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The *New York Times* picks you up in a story by their editorial board, titled (link-reveal: "*'Abandoned in Calais'*")[(open-url: 'https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/migrants-calais-britain.html')].
“At least France recognizes that it has a problem. After Human Rights Watch charged in July that the police had used brutal tactics against immigrants in a camp near Calais, the government conducted an investigation and admitted this week that the abuses were “plausible.””
(text-style: "mark")[“But police brutality is only part of the problem [...]] The local authorities and President Emmanuel Macron’s government are determined that a new Jungle not spring up [...] The result is inhumane conditions for the some 700 migrants, who have trickled back to Calais.”
“Magical thinking that migrants bent on reaching Britain will give up their dream if their lives are made miserable enough has cruelly left (if: $path is "NumbersHelpRef")[(text-style: "mark")[700 people in Calais out in the cold]](else:)[700 people in Calais out in the cold]”.
“Britain can also help. (text-style: "mark")[Britain has resettled less than half of the 480 unaccompanied child migrants it promised to take in from Europe under the Dubs amendment]”.
Where do you go from here?
|pathlink>[[[You become another news story->Calais: Guardian 2]]
[[You are shared on Twitter->Calais: NYT tweet]]]
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For more information on the Dubs Amendment, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Dubs Amendment')].
^^*Article credit: The Editorial Board, New York Times. Available at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/migrants-calais-britain.html *^^
(set: $PageCode to "323")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are shared on Twitter by Arturo Sarukhan, former Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S. (2007-2013), with the hashtag #calais. He has a verified account.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">. <a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytopinion</a>: “Abandoned in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a>” <a href="https://t.co/mfnLimkoy7">https://t.co/mfnLimkoy7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/migrants?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#migrants</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/refugees?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#refugees</a></p>— Arturo Sarukhan (@ArturoSarukhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arturo_Sarukhan/status/923915199815569408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Tweet recieves only 1 retweet and 1 like.
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become #Calais->hashtag Calais]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
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To learn more about Twitter verification, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Twitter verification')].(set: $PageCode to "320")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $calreprts is 1)[Based on you, (link-reveal: "Help Refugees and L'Auberge des Migrants win a battle in the French Supreme Court (Conseil d’Etat) against the state")[(open-url: 'https://helprefugees.org/news/calais-court-case-ngos-supreme-court-31-07-2017/')]. The court ruled that the state had an obligation to install water points, toilets, showers, daily outreach for minors and departures to accommodation centres from Calais.]
The story breaks out online, with people using the hashtag #Calais.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">French Government Must Provide Water And Sanitation To Migrants In Calais<a href="https://t.co/10XJtxY6jP">https://t.co/10XJtxY6jP</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/migrants?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#migrants</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Refugees?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Refugees</a> <a href="https://t.co/GBSmH1b1Of">pic.twitter.com/GBSmH1b1Of</a></p>— Jubilee Baez (@BaezJubilee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BaezJubilee/status/892150110897020929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Where do you go from here?
|pathlink>[[[You become the hastag #Calais->hashtag Calais]]
(if: $guardian1 is 1)[](else:)[(link: "You become a mainstream news report")[(goto: "Calais: Guardian 1")]]]
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Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "333")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))First shared *The Guardian*'s US account, then by UNICEF and others, you start to spread on Twitter. However, despite the many links, very few tweets gain significant numbers of likes or retweets.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Teargas, cold, no toilets: plight of refugees back in Calais revealed <a href="https://t.co/vfwYp8WSpt">https://t.co/vfwYp8WSpt</a></p>— The Guardian (@guardian) <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian/status/895700524800102400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We don't want you in Britain, thank you. Not refugees but migrants. Listen to the people not the liberal elite.</p>— Tyro's Cat (@TyroCat) <a href="https://twitter.com/TyroCat/status/895747272700559360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Teargas, cold, no toilets: plight of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/refugees?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#refugees</a>, some as young as 12, in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a> revealed by <a href="https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ameliagentleman</a> <a href="https://t.co/VfjZPnf8pB">https://t.co/VfjZPnf8pB</a> <a href="https://t.co/qD3kSLC6qW">pic.twitter.com/qD3kSLC6qW</a></p>— UNICEFmedia (@UNICEFmedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEFmedia/status/895912673367527424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The social systems of Eu countries will collapse under the weight of this invasion. End it, or become the third world as well.</p>— Chuck Wilson (@ChuckWi64551220) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckWi64551220/status/895703143744450560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Teargas, cold, no toilets: plight of refugees in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a> revealed <a href="https://t.co/S1pKfKjOfK">https://t.co/S1pKfKjOfK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CedricHerrou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CedricHerrou</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Roya?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Roya</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/migrants?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#migrants</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9s?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#réfugiés</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/refugees?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#refugees</a></p>— Ardor (@brulla_micha) <a href="https://twitter.com/brulla_micha/status/895892885924704256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become the hashtag #Calais->hashtag Calais]]
(link: "You end your journey")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
(set: $Name = "GuardianUS/status/895756298771410944")(set: $Date_time = "10/8/17 at 22:18")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/895756298771410944")(set: $Datatype = "Text")(set: $Filetype = "Tweet")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "@GuardianUS")(set: $Owner = "Twitter")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---(set: $PageCode to "330")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you say this?
|pathlink>[(if: $nosguard is "yes")[[[Because only one of them can be true->Numbers: Guardian contention]]
[[Because the difference between them has political implications->Numbers: Guardian contention]]](if: $nosguard is "no")[[[Because the situation is complicated and constantly changing->Numbers: Guardian contention]]
[[Because there is never just one truth->Numbers: Guardian contention]]
[[Because there is no such thing as 'truth'->Numbers: Guardian contention]]]](set: $PageCode to "327")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $nosguard to "yes")(goto: "Numbers: Guardian why?")(set: $PageCode to "328")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $nosguard to "no")(goto: "Numbers: Guardian why?")(set: $PageCode to "332")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Regardless of the accuracy of your data, you gain significant attention online and in the press. Where do you go next?
|pathlink>[[[You follow *The Guardian*'s story online->Calais: Guardian 1 shared]]
[[You are used in an investigation by the French government->Calais: govt investigation]]
[[You become the official government statistics and appear in other news articles->Calais: Times Macron]]
(if: $HRWno is 1)[(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]]
(if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---
Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "336")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))As events in Calais continue to capture people's attention, you continue to spread.
<u>2018</u>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Polish truck driver in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/France?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#France</a> welcomed by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Merkel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Merkel</a>'s guests.<br><br>You can hear the frustration in his voice at the end.The police was there but did nothing as usual. <br><br>Polish truck drivers are often attacked around <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a>. Last year, a Pole was killed by a migrant-made roadblock. <a href="https://t.co/Ez59s8WN51">pic.twitter.com/Ez59s8WN51</a></p>— BasedPoland (@BasedPoland) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedPoland/status/1055416346018750464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Multiple shooting at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a>, followed by more empty words from the French authorities. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ScumOfTheEarthWelcome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ScumOfTheEarthWelcome</a><a href="https://t.co/i1l5XJGZar">https://t.co/i1l5XJGZar</a></p>— Pat Condell (@patcondell) <a href="https://twitter.com/patcondell/status/959388619055206400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<u>2019</u>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“I haven’t slept in a bed in 4 years”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a> Day4 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FranceMission?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FranceMission</a> <br><br>What does the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/right2housing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#right2housing</a> mean in the context of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DublinRegulation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DublinRegulation</a>? <a href="https://t.co/3oMOzVAqSC">pic.twitter.com/3oMOzVAqSC</a></p>— Leilani Farha (@leilanifarha) <a href="https://twitter.com/leilanifarha/status/1114139335689814017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The channel disruption is now extending into Belgium! <a href="https://twitter.com/FEBETRA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FEBETRA</a> colleague Isabelle de Maegt explains how much this is costing hauliers. <a href="https://t.co/eyWUOYRoRx">https://t.co/eyWUOYRoRx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/newsfromfta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@newsfromfta</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brexit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Brexit</a></p>— Chris Yarsley (@ChrisYarsley) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisYarsley/status/1103624904270888960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<u>2020</u>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another fine MESS <a href="https://twitter.com/Conservatives?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Conservatives</a><br>Invasion of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoatMigrants?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BoatMigrants</a>❗️<br>Illegal, economic <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/migrants?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#migrants</a> 😱<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/channelcrossings?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#channelcrossings</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kent?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kent</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#calais</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/skynews?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#skynews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bbcnews?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bbcnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/c4news?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#c4news</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gmb?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gmb</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bbcbreakfast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bbcbreakfast</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/foxnews?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#foxnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/talkradio?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#talkradio</a> <a href="https://t.co/TWak5kRfze">https://t.co/TWak5kRfze</a></p>— DeRuyter (@AdmdeRuyter) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adm_deRuyter/status/1295100228186628102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A reminder that all of the refugees trapped in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a> originate from former European colonies:<br><br>“Sudan is not safe. In Britain they know about Sudan because the UK colonised us. I think they would listen to my claim.” (Mohammed, from Sudan)<a href="https://t.co/wcpvKUtPME">https://t.co/wcpvKUtPME</a></p>— Dr Thom Davies (@ThomDavies) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomDavies/status/1292727597042892800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Which user's use of you is the most credible?
|pathlink>[[[@BasedPoland->hastag Calais 2 why]]
[[@PatCondell->hastag Calais 2 why]]
[[@leilanifarha->hastag Calais 2 why]]
[[@AdmdeRuyter->hastag Calais 2 why]]
[[@ThomDavies->hastag Calais 2 why]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "337")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you say this?
|pathlink>[(link: "Because they were the most honest")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]
(link: "Because they were saying what most people think")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]
(link: "Because you agree with what they were saying")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]
(link: "Because they were just reporting the facts")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]
(link: "Because they were the most knowledgeable")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
(set: $decision to 1)(set: $PageCode to "324")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are shared on Twitter by your author, Angelique Chrisafis, with the hastag #calais. She has a verified account. However, she receives very few retweets, likes or replies.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Claims of French police abuses against Calais refugees & migrants are "plausible", report finds <a href="https://t.co/NMrccQJyKT">https://t.co/NMrccQJyKT</a></p>— Angelique Chrisafis (@achrisafis) <a href="https://twitter.com/achrisafis/status/922829188037529600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become #calais->hashtag Calais]]
(link: "You Finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
(set: $Name = "achrisafis/status/922829188037529600")(set: $Date_time = "24/10/17 at 15:16")(set: $timesince = "0min")(set: $Last_modified = "24/10/17 at 15:16") (set: $Location = "https://twitter.com/achrisafis/status/922829188037529600")(set: $Datatype = "Text")(set: $Filetype = "Tweet")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Angelique Chrisafis")(set: $Owner = "Twitter")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---
To learn more about Twitter verification, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Twitter verification')].(set: $PageCode to "233")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[(goto: "")](set: $PageCode to "234")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $Path is "NumbersHelpRef")[(goto: "Numbers: HelpRef intro")](set: $PageCode to "232")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
(if: $Macrontimes is 1)[(goto: "Calais: NY Times")](if: $hashtagCalais is 1)[(goto: "Calais: Times Macron")](if: $govtinvestigation is 1)[(goto: "Calais: government response")](if: $datalost is 1)[(goto: "hashtag Calais")](set: $PageCode to "231")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
(set: $Numbersrandom to (random: 1,8))(if: $Numbersrandom is 1)[(goto: "Calais: Guardian 1")](if: $Numbersrandom is 2)[(goto: "Calais: Guardian #1 shared")](if: $Numbersrandom is 3)[(goto: "hastag Calais 2")](if: $Numbersrandom is 4)[(goto: "Calais: Guardian 2")](if: $Numbersrandom is 5)[(goto: "Calais: Times Macron")](if: $Numbersrandom is 6)[(goto: "Calais: govt investigation")](if: $Numbersrandom is 7)[(goto: "Calais: NYT tweet")](if: $Numbersrandom is 8)[(goto: "Numbers: HelpRef about sheet")](set: $PageCode to "17")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $initdatatype to "Image")(set: $Image to 1)What kind of image do you want to be?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "A photo sent via a messaging app", "Image: Beirut start")[(set: $Image_Beirut to 1)]
(link-reveal-goto: "A meme", "Meet Harold")[(set: $Harold to 1)]]
{<script src=”jquery-3.3.1.min.js”></script>
<script>
var sendData = JSON.stringify({
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});
$.ajax({
url:"https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbwm9DX9V0-XdT_qmz8L87_zR6t5sez8gSdlp5BcjQUboRPmB7A/exec",
method:"POST",
dataType: "json",
data: sendData
}).done(function() {});
</script>}(set: $PageCode to "18")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $initdatatype to "Video")(set: $Video to 1)
{<script src=”jquery-3.3.1.min.js”></script>
<script>
var sendData = JSON.stringify({
"Video": harlowe.State.variables['Video'],
});
$.ajax({
url:"https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbwm9DX9V0-XdT_qmz8L87_zR6t5sez8gSdlp5BcjQUboRPmB7A/exec",
method:"POST",
dataType: "json",
data: sendData
}).done(function() {});
</script>}
(goto: "Video: HK intro")(set: $PageCode to "20")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $initdatatype to "SocMed")(set: $Social_Media to 1)
{<script src=”jquery-3.3.1.min.js”></script>
<script>
var sendData = JSON.stringify({
"Social_Media": harlowe.State.variables['Social_Media'],
});
$.ajax({
url:"https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbwm9DX9V0-XdT_qmz8L87_zR6t5sez8gSdlp5BcjQUboRPmB7A/exec",
method:"POST",
dataType: "json",
data: sendData
}).done(function() {});
</script>}
(goto: "SocMed choice")(set: $PageCode to "51")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Path to "VideoHK")Content warning: the following paths involve issues of political protest, violence, police brutality, and human rights violations. Some people may find the video and text included disturbing.
Please click the back button if you would prefer to choose a different path. If you would like a more light-hearted journey, |pathlink>[(link: "click here")[(goto: 'Meet Harold')]].
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Video: HK video]]](set: $PageCode to "52")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 14:08")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 14:08") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "F***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Views: 79,181. Likes: 210. Dislikes: 103. Comments: 31")(set: $NameEnd = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_timeEnd = "12/6/19 14:08")(set: $timesinceEnd = "N/A")(set: $Last_modifiedEnd = "12/6/19 at 14:08") (set: $LocationEnd = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")(set: $DatatypeEnd = "Video")(set: $FiletypeEnd = "Youtube Video")(set: $SizeEnd = "N/a")(set: $AuthorsEnd = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $OwnerEnd = "Youtube")(set: $AdditionalEnd = "Views: 79,181. Likes: 210. Dislikes: 103. Comments: 31")
(goto: "Metadata tutorial")(set: $PageCode to "53")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 14:08")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 14:08") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Views: 79,181. Likes: 210. Dislikes: 103. Comments: 31")You are a video posted by the channel (link-reveal: "F***ing Hong Kong Police")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO04dcv8cmqaDomwrm2L0LQ')] to YouTube on June 12th 2019. You have recieved 79,181 views, 210 likes, 103 dislikes and 31 comments.
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared on Twitter->Video: HK tweet share]]
[[You are shared on a messaging app->Video: HK messaging app]]
[[You are re-uploaded on a video-hosting site->Video: HK Hongkongers69]]
[[You become the video YouTube selects to be 'up next'->Video: HK SCMP video]]
[[You are discovered by an academic and used in a research project->Video: HK academic]]
[[You are discovered by someone investigating for a human rights organisation->HK: Amnesty init2]]](set: $PageCode to "80")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "DNKids/status/1139199460054065152")(set: $Date_time = "13/6/19 at 16:54")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "13/6/19 at 16:54") (set: $Location = "https://twitter.com/DNKids/status/1139199460054065152")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = "Tweet")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "DamnNoisyKids")(set: $Owner = "Twitter")(set: $Additional = "https://youtu.be/FG9fGy9JcYw
Replies: 0
Retweets: 0
Likes: 0")(alert: "Look! Your metadata has changed. You are now a tweet.")You are linked as a post on Twitter by DamnNoisyKids (@DNKids) at 16:54 on June 13th 2019.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water <a href="https://t.co/bvMhJsq1So">https://t.co/bvMhJsq1So</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YouTube</a></p>— DamnNoisyKids (@DNKids) <a href="https://twitter.com/DNKids/status/1139199460054065152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
However, you don't get far. You receive no replies, retweets or likes.
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are found by a journalist who is searching Twitter for videos->Video: HK journalist]]
(link: "You go no further -- your journey ends here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
(set: $PageCode to "55")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HKVidTwitter to (random: 1,3))(if:$HKVidTwitter is 1 or 2)[(goto: "Video: HK tweet share thread")](if:$HKVidTwitter is 3)[(goto: "Video: HK tweet share deadend")] (set: $PageCode to "107")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $PageCode to "57")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Which messaging app are you shared on?
|pathlink>[[[Whatsapp->Video: HK Whatsapp]]
[[WeChat->Video: HK WeChat]]](set: $PageCode to "58")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "D8461632 E372 4B58 9834 ED0F9E727AA0")(set: $Date_time = "13/6/19 at 21:43")(set: $timesince = "3hrs")(set: $Last_modified = "13/6/19 at 21:43") (set: $Location = "https://hongkongers69.github.io/fb-live/highlight.html")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Sendvid")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "N/A")(set: $Additional = "Views: 8709")(alert: "Look! You have shapeshifted. Your metadata has changed.")You are downloaded by a user and reuploaded to the github page (link-reveal: "https://hongkongers69.github.io/fb-live")[(open-url: 'https://hongkongers69.github.io/fb-live/highlight.html')], using the video hosting platform (link-reveal: "Sendvid")[(open-url: 'https://sendvid.com/50cs0xyu')]. You receive 8709 views.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-video-sendvid.png?w=1024" width="836" height="440" alt="HK Sendvid">
What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared on a messaging service->Video: HK messaging app]]
[[You are linked in a petition->Video: HK petition]]
[[You are shared with a human rights investigator->HK: Amnesty init]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
(text-style: "mark")[**File type**: (print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (print: $Size)
(text-style: "mark")[**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---(set: $PageCode to "135")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "【一部過激な映像のため閲覧注意】香港の一般市民グループを名乗る方から現地の映像が送られてきました。")(set: $Date_time = "14/6/19 at 0:00")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "14/6/19 at 0:00") (set: $Location = "Change.org")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "一般社団法人ユースデモクラシー推進機構")(set: $Owner = "Change.org")(set: $Additional = "Signatures: 2044")You are linked as part of a (link-reveal: "petition on Change.org")[(open-url: 'https://www.change.org/p/%E6%B2%B3%E9%87%8E%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E%E5%A4%96%E5%8B%99%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E3%81%AE%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E9%95%B7%E5%AE%98%E3%81%AB%E5%AF%BE%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%9B%BD%E3%81%AE%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D%E8%A1%A8%E7%A4%BA%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6-%E9%80%83%E4%BA%A1%E7%8A%AF%E6%9D%A1%E4%BE%8B%E3%82%92%E5%8F%AF%E6%B1%BA%E3%81%95%E3%81%9B%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8-%E5%8F%8A%E3%81%B3-%E9%9D%9E%E6%9A%B4%E5%8A%9B%E3%83%87%E3%83%A2%E3%81%AB%E5%AF%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E6%9A%B4%E5%8A%9B%E3%82%92%E7%94%A8%E3%81%84%E3%81%9F%E9%8E%AE%E5%9C%A7%E3%82%92%E8%A1%8C%E3%82%8F%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8-%E3%82%92%E5%A4%96%E5%8B%99%E5%A4%A7%E8%87%A3%E3%81%8C%E7%94%B3%E3%81%97%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8C%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E3%82%88/u/24699832')] created by the (link-reveal: "Youth Democracy Promotion Agency")[(open-url: 'http://youth-democracy.org/')](一般社団法人ユースデモクラシー推進機構). Written in Japanese, the petition requests for Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs to stand up and defend the people of Hong Kong's democratic rights in the UN. The petition closed with 2044 signatures, having received media attention in Hong Kong.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-petition-1.png?w=1024" width="620" height="420" alt="HK petition 1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-petition-2.png?w=930" width="465" height="410" alt="HK petition 2">
|pathlink>[(link: "Finish your journey")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)](set: $PageCode to "75")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "hkciviljustice/status/1141775806622048257")(set: $Date_time = "20/6/19 at 19:32")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "20/6/19 at 19:32") (set: $Location = "https://twitter.com/hkcivil_justice/status/1141775806622048257")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = "Tweet")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "Voice of Hongkongers: Civilian's Justice😷🖐☝️")(set: $Owner = "Twitter")(set: $Additional = "https://youtu.be/FG9fGy9JcYw. Hashtags: antiELABhk, hongkongpolice. Replies: 0. Retweets: 2. Likes: 2")(alert: "Look! Your metadata has changed. You are now a tweet.")You are linked as a post on Twitter by Voice of Hongkongers: Civilian's Justice😷🖐☝️ (@hkciviljustice) at 19:32 on June 20th 2019. You are (link-reveal: "part of a longer thread")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/hkcivil_justice/status/1141775806622048257')] which features similar videos.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ja" dir="ltr">Attacking a harmless protestor carrying water<br>Angriff auf einen harmlosen Demonstranten, der Wasser transportiert<br>飲用水を提供する人を袋叩き<a href="https://t.co/2p7R7aPhSm">https://t.co/2p7R7aPhSm</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/antiELABhk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#antiELABhk</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkongpolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkongpolice</a></p>— Voice of Hongkongers: Civilian's Justice 😷 🖐☝️ (@hkciviljustice) <a href="https://twitter.com/hkcivil_justice/status/1141775806622048257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
But you only receive two likes and two retweets. As a result, you don't go very far. What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become the original tweet in the thread->Video: HK tweet orig tweet]]
[[You become #HongKongPolice->hashtag HongKongPolice]]
[[You are found by a journalist searching Twitter for videos->Video: HK journalist]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
(set: $PageCode to "59")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $channelnet is 1 or $videonet is 1 or $geoIP is 1)[](else:)[You are found by a researcher at the (link-reveal: "University of Cambridge")[(open-url: 'https://www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/')], who is focusing on civil liberties protests in Hong Kong. They wish to learn about how debates about the protests have been fought online.
To do so, they have a set of tools available, developed by the (link-reveal: "Digital Methods Initiative, Amsterdam")[(open-url: 'https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiAbout')].
(link-reveal: "Netvizz YouTube data tools")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/')]
* This is “a collection of simple tools for extracting data from the YouTube platform”.
* It was developed by Bernhard Rieder and colleagues.
* The toolset provides includes the following capabilities
** *Channel network crawler*: this traces the networks of channels connected by YouTube's “featured channels” and subscription tabs
** *Video network crawler*: this traces the networks of videos connected by YouTube's “related videos” bar.
(link-reveal: "Geo IP")[(open-url: 'https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ToolGeoIP')]
* This is a tool which helps to geo-locate the origins of webpages. It takes web addresses (URLs), discovers primary IP addresses and links them with a database of locations.
]Which toolset do they use on you?
|pathlink>[(if: $channelnet is 1 and $videonet is 1)[](else:)[[[Netvizz YouTube data tools->Video: HK netvizz YT]]]
(if: $geoIP is 1)[](else:)[[[GeoIP->Video: HK GeoIP]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about 'URLs', 'IPs' and similar terms used for the internet, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: internet terms')].
For more information about digital methods for social science, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: socsci digital methods')]. Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "148")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $channelnet is 1 or $videonet is 1)[](else:)[The researcher decides to use the (link-reveal: "Netvizz YouTube data toolset")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/')] on you. This is “a collection of simple tools for extracting data from the YouTube platform”. It was developed by Bernhard Rieder and colleagues from the (link-reveal: "Digital Methods Initiative, Amsterdam")[(open-url: 'https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiAbout')].
From the toolkit, they pick out two potential tools to use.
(link-reveal: "Channel network")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/mod_channels_net.php')]
* A tool which traces networks of channels connected by YouTube's “featured channels” and subscription tabs.
(link-reveal: "Video network")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/mod_videos_net.php')]
* A tool which traces the networks of videos connected by YouTube's “related videos” bar.
]Which tool do they choose?
|pathlink>[(if: $channelnet is 1)[](else:)[[[Channel network->Video: HK channel network result]]]
(if: $videonet is 1)[](else:)[[[Video network->Video: HK video network result]]]]
(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 0:00")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 0:00") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Views: 79,181. Likes: 210. Dislikes: 103. Comments: 31")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about online network analysis, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: network analysis')].(set: $PageCode to "54")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $Path is "VideoHK")[(alert: "Look! You have shapeshifted: you are now a new YouTube video. Your metadata has changed accordingly.")You are now a video posted by the *(link-reveal: "South China Morning Post")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4SUWizzKc1tptprBkWjX2Q')]* - a (link-reveal: "verified")[(open-url: 'https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3046484?hl=en')] YouTube channel. You were also uploaded on June 12th. You have 660 likes, 43 dislikes and 275 comments.
](if: $Path is "SocMed_YouTube")[]<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KE3SrrXUmS4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
There is a difference between the date YouTube's interface says you were uploaded (12/6/19) and the date that YouTube has recorded in your metadata (13/6/19).
Does this difference matter?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Video: HK SCMP video yes]]
[[No->Video: HK SCMP video next]]
[[You're not sure->Video: HK SCMP video next]]]
(set: $Name = "Day of defiance: Protest against contentious extradition bill in Hong Kong turns violent")(set: $Date_time = "13/6/19 at 3:15")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "13/6/19 at 3:15") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE3SrrXUmS4")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "South China Morning Post")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Likes: 660. Dislikes: 43. Comments: 250")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information about the South China Morning Post, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: SCMP')].
For more information about YouTube verification, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: social media verification status')].
(set: $PageCode to "144")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The researcher inputs your web address ((print: $Location)) into the GeoIP tool. The tool returns the following information about you.
* URL: (text-style: "mark")[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw]
* Host: (text-style: "mark")[youtube.com]
* IP: (text-style: "mark")[172.217.17.110]
* City: (text-style: "mark")[Mountain View]
* Country: (text-style: "mark")[United States]
* Latitude: (text-style: "mark")[37.4192]
* Longitude: (text-style: "mark")[-122.0574]
The location this leads to is in Mountain View, Palo Alto, California, US - an area otherwise known as 'Silicon Valley'. Is this where you are from?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Video: GeoIP yes]]
[[No->Video: GeoIP no]]
[[You're not sure->Video: GeoIP not correct]]]
(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 0:00")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 0:00") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Views: 79,181. Likes: 210. Dislikes: 103. Comments: 31")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
(set: $geoIP to 1)Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "147")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $GeoIPwhy is "yes")[[[Because this address is where you were taken from->Video: GeoIP not correct]]
[[Because you trust that the tool is able to judge where you came from accurately->Video: GeoIP not correct]]
[[You're not sure->Video: GeoIP not correct]]](if: $GeoIPwhy is "no")[[[Because this address does not fit your title or the name of the channe that posted you->Video: GeoIP not correct]]
[[Because where you are being hosted is not the same as where you were recorded->Video: GeoIP not correct]]
[[You're not sure->Video: GeoIP not correct]]]](set: $PageCode to "146")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Based on the name of your channel ((print: $Authors)), your name and and the comments below you, the researcher decides that you were not filmed in Mountain View, California - though you are now being hosted there.
They had suspected this already, as the tool only directs the user to the location where the host website's owner is listed. In your case, the owner is YouTube - part of Google's parent company Alphabet - and their listed location is at their Googleplex offices in Mountain View, California. This address is almost exactly the same as the co-ordinates the tool provided.
What does the researcher do with you now?
|pathlink>[(if: $channelnet is 1 and $videonet is 1)[](else:)[[[They try another tool on you->Video: HK netvizz YT]]
][[They send you to a human rights organisation for investigation->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation start]]
(link: "They give up and decide to use other methods to study the events in Hong Kong")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
(set: $PageCode to "150")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "f***ing Hong Kong Police youtube channel crawl.gdf")(set: $Date_time = "30/6/19 at 22:01")(set: $timesince = "5hrs")(set: $Last_modified = "30/6/19 at 23:32") (set: $Location = "52.202448, 0.108902")(set: $Datatype = "Network file")(set: $Filetype = ".gdf")(set: $Size = "326 bytes")(set: $Authors = "Dr Alison Richard")(set: $Owner = "Dr Alison Richard")(set: $Additional = "N/A")(if: $videonet is 1 or $channelnet is 1 or $geoIP is 1)[](else:)[(alert: "Look! Your metadata has changed. You are now a .gdf file.")]The researcher uses the Netvizz (link-reveal: "channel network")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/mod_channels_net.php')] tool to explore the other channels you are connected to. They upload the resulting .gdf (network) file into the network analysis software (link-reveal: "Gephi")[(open-url: 'https://gephi.org/')].
Unfortunately, they discover that you are not connected to any channels. Your channel is alone.
What do they interpret this to mean?
|pathlink>[[[Your creators were avoiding connecting with other channels to avoid police scrutiny->Video: HK channel network next]]
[[Your creators were avoiding other connecting with other channels because they are not trustworthy->Video: HK channel network next]]
[[They aren't sure what this means->Video: HK channel network next]]
[[They decide this doesn't mean anything significant->Video: HK channel network next]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
(set: $channelnet to 1)(set: $PageCode to "152")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water recommendations crawl.gdf")(set: $Date_time = "30/6/19 at 22:01")(set: $timesince = "5hrs")(set: $Last_modified = "30/6/19 at 23:32") (set: $Location = "52.202448, 0.108902")(set: $Datatype = "Network file")(set: $Filetype = ".gdf")(set: $Size = "296 kb")(set: $Authors = "Dr Alison Richard")(set: $Owner = "Dr Alison Richard")(set: $Additional = "N/A")(if: $videonet is 1 or $channelnet is 1 or $geoIP is 1)[](else:)[(alert: "Look! Your metadata has changed. You are now a .gdf file.")]The researcher uses the Netvizz (link-reveal: "video network")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/mod_videos_net.php')] tool to explore the other videos which YouTube connects you to. They load the resulting .gdf (network) file into the network analysis software (link-reveal: "Gephi")[(open-url: 'https://gephi.org/')].
You become the .gdf file. They use you to produce this visualisation:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/f***ing-hk-police-channel-video-graph-1.png?w=1024" width="850" height="625" alt="HK netvizz">
How do they interpret your visualisation?
|pathlink>[[[You were posted by an anti-police activist network from Hong Kong->Video: HK video network activist]]
[[You were posted by a news network covering Hong Kong's protest->Video: HK video network news]]
[[They're not sure->Video: HK video network uncertain]]
[[They decide that you don't provide enough information to draw conclusions from which would meet academic standards->Video: HK video network not enough]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more about standards of accuracy in academic research, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: academic standards')].
(set: $videonet to 1)
Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "151")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The researcher decides that these results aren't enough to use on their own. What do they do with you next?
|pathlink>[(if: $videonet is 1 and $channelnet is 1 and $geoIP is 1)[](else:)[[[They decide to use another tool->Video: HK academic]]
](link: "They give up and decide to use other methods to study the events in Hong Kong")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](set: $PageCode to "216")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Thank you for coming on this journey through these stories from Hong Kong.
The protests which began in June 2019 continued in the face of violence and suppression by the police. Countless people have been injured or imprisoned. Protesters are often framed as dangerous or 'thugs' in media supportive of the Chinese mainland government.
In the summer of 2020, over a year on from the first protests against the extradition bill in the Hong Kong legislature, state violence has not stopped. The central government has increasingly attempted to tighten its control over the semi-autonomous region in various ways.
On June 30th 2020 at 23:00 - an hour before the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China - a new national security law was imposed. This mandated strict rules and sentencing against all possible forms of sedition. Under this law, (link-reveal: "several well-known activists have had international arrest warrants put out against them")[(open-url: 'https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/31/china-hong-kong-security-law-american-citizen-exiles')], including Nathan Law; whilst an unknown number of people have been arrested, detained or disappeared within the region iteslf.
|pathlink>[[[The End->Hong Kong: End]]](set: $PageCode to "227")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $HKvideocrawlwhat is "not enough" or $HKvideocrawlwhat is "uncertain")[The researcher decides that these results aren't enough to use on their own. What do they do with you next?
|pathlink>[(if: $videonet is 1 and $channelnet is 1 and $geoIP is 1)[](else:)[[[They decide to use another tool->Video: HK academic]]
][[They send you to Amnesty International as part of a research collaboration->HK: Amnesty init]]
(link: "They give up and decide to use other methods to study the events in Hong Kong")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]](else:)[What does the researcher do with you next?
|pathlink>[(if: $videonet is 1 and $channelnet is 1 and $geoIP is 1)[](else:)[[[They decide to use another tool to gather more information->Video: HK academic]]
][[They send you to Amnesty International as part of a research collaboration->HK: Amnesty init]]
(link: "They give up and decide to use other methods to study the events in Hong Kong")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]](set: $PageCode to "226")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do they interpret you this way?|pathlink>[(if: $HKvideocrawlwhat is "activist")[
[[Because you were posted by the channel 'Fuck Hong Kong Police' and the majority of videos you were connected to were about police violence in Hong Kong->Video: HK video network next]]
[[Because they were guessing->Video: HK video network next]]](if: $HKvideocrawlwhat is "news")[
[[Because you were connected with many videos posted by news channels->Video: HK video network next]]
[[Because they were guessing->Video: HK video network next]]](if: $HKvideocrawlwhat is "uncertain")[
[[Because you didn't provide them with enough information to make a clear judgement->Video: HK video network next]]
[[Because you presented them with conflicting evidence->Video: HK video network next]]
[[Because they aren't very experienced in using network analysis tools->Video: HK video network next]]]]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "157")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HKvideocrawlwhat to "activist")(goto: "Video: HK video network why")(set: $PageCode to "156")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HKvideocrawlwhat to "news")(goto: "Video: HK video network why")(set: $PageCode to "155")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HKvideocrawlwhat to "uncertain")(goto: "Video: HK video network why")(set: $PageCode to "154")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HKvideocrawlwhat to "not enough")(goto: "Video: HK video network why")(set: $PageCode to "224")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "HK: Amnesty DVC investigation start")(set: $PageCode to "158")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))A member of staff from Amnesty International receives you and flags you up to the other members of their team. What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[They send you on quickly to be investigated->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation no storage]]
[[They create a secure backup of you->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation storage]]
(link: "They are told that the team has enough evidence from Hong Kong already")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](set: $PageCode to "145")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $GeoIPwhy to "yes")(goto: "Video: GeoIP why")(set: $PageCode to "228")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $GeoIPwhy to "no")(goto: "Video: GeoIP why")(set: $PageCode to "76")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are found by a journalist from the *Hong Kong Free Press*, non-profit Hong Kong new outlet. He uses you in an article titled (link-reveal: "Video: Level of force used by Hong Kong police to clear protests questioned, as video clips go viral")[(open-url: 'https://hongkongfp.com/2019/06/18/video-level-force-used-hong-kong-police-clear-protests-questioned-video-clips-go-viral/')].
They post you with the warning: “(text-style: "mark")[HKFP has sought to verify the videos below, though it is not possible to completely guarantee the veracity of each clip.]”
“As protesters occupied main roads for several hours on Wednesday in opposition to the controversial extradition bill, police took unprecedented action to clear them from around government headquarters.
(text-style: "mark")[Police Commissioner Stephen Lo said “low fatality weapons” were used to clear the protests because demonstrators charged police lines throwing objects at officers].
During the clearance operation, (text-style: "mark")[150 tear gas canisters, “several” rounds of rubber bullets, and 20 beanbag shots were fired towards demonstrators]. In comparison, 87 rounds of tear gas canisters were used during the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests.
The (text-style: "mark")[pro-democracy camp has condemned the level of force used against demonstrators], with Democratic Party Chair Wu Chi-wai saying the response by the authorities was not proportional. On Sunday, many attending a mass protest against the bill held placards condemning the police action, whilst others held photographs of protesers injured last Wednesday.
Last week, (text-style: "mark")[Lo insisted that police officers were “very restrained,” calling Wednesday’s unrest “a riot.”] The characterisation – echoed by Chief Executive Carrie Lam, – could mean that participants may face up to a decade behind bars, though Lo appeared to back down this Monday by suggesting only violent protesters would face rioting charges.”
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FG9fGy9JcYw?end=8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Are they right to be cautious about your veracity?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Video: HK journalist yes]]
[[No->Video: HK journalist no]]
[[You're not sure->HK journalist next]]]
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---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
(text-style: "mark")[**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
(text-style: "mark")[**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
*Article credit: Kris Cheng, at the *Hong Kong Free Press*, available at https://hongkongfp.com/2019/06/18/video-level-force-used-hong-kong-police-clear-protests-questioned-video-clips-go-viral/ *
(set: $HKFParticle to 1)(set: $PageCode to "83")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are now #HongKongPolice. Technically, you are a form of metadata which connects content online.
Within a few weeks, you have spread far and wide over Twitter. Many people use you in very different ways.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hong Kong police has fire to againest protest.<br>Fxxk you.<br>Please share it to the world. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hk</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkong</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hkpolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hkpolice</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkongpolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkongpolice</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongProtest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongProtest</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fxxkyouhkpolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fxxkyouhkpolice</a> <a href="https://t.co/75HU7a7xJI">pic.twitter.com/75HU7a7xJI</a></p>— Duo Li (@DuoJP) <a href="https://twitter.com/DuoJP/status/1138718127011721217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The WORLD is watching your EVERY MOVE!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hkpoliceforce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hkpoliceforce</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hkpolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hkpolice</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkong</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#香港</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%AD%A6%E5%AF%9F?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#香港警察</a><br>But we also know not all hk police are like this and is being framed!! please be brave, and speak up now!! Fight for JUSTICE! Fight for HK! HK is your HOME! <a href="https://t.co/yOmwNztSmQ">pic.twitter.com/yOmwNztSmQ</a></p>— 山田丽莎🇦🇺🎈 (@Yamada_Ai_Lisa) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yamada_Ai_Lisa/status/1139074435992903680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is China way.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/china?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#china</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkongpolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkongpolice</a> <a href="https://t.co/svVAgAXVVQ">https://t.co/svVAgAXVVQ</a></p>— 🎌愛国帰国子女、広島の種馬🇯🇵 (@hirocky73) <a href="https://twitter.com/hirocky73/status/1138955865141043201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Beijing is not going to like this. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkong</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkongprotest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkongprotest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkongprotests?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkongprotests</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/travel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#travel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/democracy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#democracy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/china?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#china</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/protest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#protest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/protests?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#protests</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/umbrellamovement?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#umbrellamovement</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/extradition?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#extradition</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/extraditionbill?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#extraditionbill</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/carrielam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#carrielam</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/police?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#police</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkongpolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkongpolice</a> <a href="https://t.co/GPbclmBkSr">pic.twitter.com/GPbclmBkSr</a></p>— China Uncensored (@ChinaUncensored) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChinaUncensored/status/1141850585995587585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become #HongKong->hashtag HongKong]]
[[You continue as #HongKongPolice until 2020->hashtag HongKongPolice 2020]]]
(set: $Name = "HongKongPolice")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "N/A")(set: $Datatype = "Hashtag")(set: $Filetype = "Hashtag")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "N/A")(set: $Additional to "Hashtag")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
(set: $hashtagHongKongPolice to 1)
---(set: $PageCode to "82")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "hkciviljustice/status/1141775795880415233")(set: $Date_time = "20/6/19 at 19:32")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "20/6/19 at 19:32") (set: $Location = "https://twitter.com/hkcivil_justice/status/1141775795880415233")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = "Tweet")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "Voice of Hongkongers: Civilian's Justice😷🖐☝️")(set: $Owner = "Twitter")(set: $Additional = "youtu.be/hRCPds07zSM. Hashtags: antiELABhk, hongkongpolice. Replies: 0. Retweets: 3. Likes: 0")You were posted on Twitter by Voice of Hongkongers: Civilian's Justice😷🖐☝️ (@hkciviljustice) at 19:32 on June 20th 2019. You are the first of a series of tweets providing links to YouTube videos which claim to present police violence. This is one of the tweets you are linked with:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ja" dir="ltr">Evidence of police abusing their power (1)<br>警察が恣意に権力を濫用する証拠(一)<br><br>Protester vomiting blood<br>Demonstrant erbricht Blut nach dem Anschlag der Polizei<br>示威者は警察からの襲撃を受け、血を吐く<a href="https://t.co/PwlbJCXMQd">https://t.co/PwlbJCXMQd</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/antiELABhk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#antiELABhk</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkongpolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkongpolice</a></p>— Voice of Hongkongers: Civilian's Justice 😷 🖐☝️ (@hkciviljustice) <a href="https://twitter.com/hkcivil_justice/status/1141775795880415233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Are you evidence of an abuse of police power, as your poster claims?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Yes", "Video: HK tweet orig tweet why")[(set: $HK_Orig_Tweet to "yes")]
(link-reveal-goto: "No", "Video: HK tweet orig tweet why")[(set: $HK_Orig_Tweet to "no")]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "199")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "【金鐘現場】 當時一名男子攜着一箱水前行,突然十多名速龍成員不停向該男子使用胡椒噴霧及警棍,男子隨即痛苦倒地。")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "13/6/19 at 16:54") (set: $Location = "https://www.facebook.com/hkucampustv/videos/323960905189061/?__so__=channel_tab&__rv__=all_videos_card")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = "Facebook post")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Campus TV, HKUSU 香港大學學生會校園電視")(set: $Owner = "Facebook")(set: $Additional = "
Reacts: 29k
Shares: N/A
Comments: 3.3k")}
(if: $HKLuciaDDG is 1)[Lucia's search suggests that](else:)[The date on the upload indicates that] you first first appeared as (link-reveal: "this Facebook post by Hong Kong University Students Union's Campus TV")[(open-url: 'https://www.facebook.com/hkucampustv/videos/323960905189061/?__so__=channel_tab&__rv__=all_videos_card')].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hkusu-campus-tv-vid.png?w=1012" width="850" height="642" alt="HKUSU original video">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[(if: $AmnestyDVC is "yes")[[[They note down your information and compare you with their other data->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]
](else:)[[[You are shared to an investigator from Amnesty International->HK: Amnesty init]]
](link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "First uploaded on the Facebook page for the Hong Kong University Students' Union's Campus TV on 12/6/19. ")
(set: $PageCode to "56")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "HK: Amnesty DVC investigation start")Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "60")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are now a video posted by the *(link-reveal: "Special Broadcasting Service")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuuTCooIMbBFHNbPcSS70uw')]* - a verified YouTube channel. You were also uploaded on June 12th. You have 200 likes and 17 dislikes. Your comment section has been turned off.
YouTube presents you with a banner saying that “SBS is an Australian public broadcast service”, with a link to the channel's (link-reveal: "wikipedia page")[(open-url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service')].
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SxGeZYlqG7Y" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
A big event seems to have occurred on the day you were uploaded...
What happens now?
|pathlink>[(if: $Path is "VideoHK")[[[You go back to being your original video->Video: HK context]]
][[You become YouTube's video recommendation algorithm->Video: SBS recommendations graph]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
(set: $Name = "Protests in Hong Kong have forced legislators to delay second reading of extradition bill")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 at 1:21")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 1:21") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxGeZYlqG7Y")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "SBS News")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Likes: 200. Dislikes: 17. Comments: N/A")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "62")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[[[Because it could mean that *South China Morning Post* is unreliable->Video: HK SCMP video truth]]
[[Because it could be a sign of tampering by the Chinese authorities->Video: HK SCMP video truth]]
[[Because it could point towards an error in YouTube's systems->Video: HK SCMP video truth]]
[[You're not sure->Video: HK SCMP video truth]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)(set: $PageCode to "64")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))It turns out that YouTube recorded your upload time and date using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), set at (print: $Date_time). This means that all YouTube's recorded upload-times (time-stamps) are defined in terms of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - which is centred on the United Kingdom. The difference between your metadata and the user interface seems to be due to how the system has chosen to present you, depending on a user's time-zone.
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become your comment section->Video: HK SCMP comments]]
[[You become the video YouTube selects to be 'up next'->Video: HK SBS video]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about YouTube's metadata practices, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: YouTube metadata')].(set: $PageCode to "66")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Does this mean that you, the video, are less trustworthy?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Video: HK SCMP video next]]
[[No->Video: HK SCMP video next]]
[[Maybe->Video: HK SCMP video next]]
[[You're not sure->Video: HK SCMP video next]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)(set: $PageCode to "67")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You include 275 comments. Here are some highlights.
**Jennyoy**
“No selling out her people to China?? (text-style: "mark")[A big liar, Carrie. You betray all Hong Kong people].” *(86 likes)*
**Penguin Cake**
“Wow pepper spray not effective
Umbrellas saviors next bring a lot of fans. Because to blow away the tear gas.” *(34 likes)*
**sozoshi shonen**
“This (text-style: "mark")[video is a reupload]
The original was removed.” *(35 likes)*
**Brenda Colvin**
“Where is the violence?” *(5 likes)*
**youtube account**
“Extradition without reason ?? I hope you all still remember on the case of Huawei CEO daughter got locked up for no reason in Canada and US is asking them to extradite her without reason. (text-style: "mark")[On this side, it is just merely a conspiracy theory], and US is way ahead of china, they already implement it” *(8 likes)*
**cat fish**
“bbc Stephen McDonell (text-style: "mark")[fake new on hongkong] http://www.guancha.cn/politics/2019_07_21_510330.shtml BBC街头直播妄谈香港“暴力”,现场被市民怼:假新闻!” *(0 likes)*
**Toby FOSSATI**
“Media in the west always say China is evil, however, if you see the figures of unjustified imprisonment, US is no. 1, and is much more than any other countries. China may be evil to his citizen(actually most Chinese is proud of their success now), but (text-style: "mark")[US is much much more evil as they produce excuse to invade other countries for resources and power. I wonder you guy think independently or just listen to fake news].” *(1 like)*
**Fear Planet**
“Hi (text-style: "mark")[is this happening or its fake?]” *(0 likes)*
What, if anything, is fake regarding your video?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "The lies told by the Chinese government and its' puppets", "Video: HK SCMPcom why")[(set: $SCMPcom to 1)]
(link-reveal-goto: "The video itself", "Video: HK SCMPcom why")[(set: $SCMPcom to 2)]
(link-reveal-goto: "The claims of the troublemakers on the streets", "Video: HK SCMPcom why")[(set: $SCMPcom to 3)]
[[None of the above->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]]
(set: $Name = "Day of defiance: Protest against contentious extradition bill in Hong Kong turns violent")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE3SrrXUmS4")(set: $Datatype = "Text")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube comments")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Various")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Comments: 275")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (print: $Location)
(text-style: "mark")[**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)]
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
(text-style: "mark")[**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For a discussion of 'fake news', (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: fake news')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "61")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))As YouTube's video recommendation algorithm, you begin with SBS' video and continue on indefinitely... Someone, somewhere, traces where you lead and creates a map of all your connections. This is what you look like:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/sbs-hk-network-crawl.png?w=1024" width="850" height="531" alt="HK SBS netvizz">
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
(set: $Name = "YouTube recommendations algorithm")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com")(set: $Datatype = "Algorithm")(set: $Filetype = "N/A")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "YouTube")(set: $Owner = "Alphabet")(set: $Additional = "N/A")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "74")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $SCMPcom is 1)[
[[Because Carrie Lam has sold out the people of Hong Kong to the Chinese government->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]
[[Because Carrie Lam works for the Chinese government and is a mouthpiece for their propaganda->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]
[[Because you agree with user Jennyoy->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]
[[You're not sure->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]](if: $SCMPcom is 2)[[[Because the video is #fakenews->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]
[[Because the video frames the situation in a misleading way->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]
[[Because the video has been edited to fake what it shows->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]
[[Because you agree with user Toby FOSSATI->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]
[[You're not sure->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]]
(if: $SCMPcom is 3)[
[[Because the people on the streets are violent and are liars to say they are just 'protesting'->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]
[[Because the people on the streets are being led by foreign agents to undermine Hong Kong's security->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]
[[You're not sure->Video: HK SCMPcom end]]]](set: $PageCode to "73")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become the video YouTube selects to be 'up next'->Video: HK SBS video]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](set: $PageCode to "219")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Amnesty International's twitter pages shares you as a video, embedded in a tweet on June 21st.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tear gas + rubber bullets + pepper spray + batons on peaceful protesters = excessive force. <a href="https://t.co/ekxN5FbZ6C">pic.twitter.com/ekxN5FbZ6C</a></p>— Amnesty International (@amnesty) <a href="https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1142011007264600064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become the the tweet and explore your retweets->HK: Amnesty twitter replies]]
(link: "Your journey ends here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
(set: $Name = "amnesty/status/1142011007264600064")(set: $Date_time = "21/6/19 at 11:06")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "21/6/19 at 11:06") (set: $Location = "https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1142011007264600064")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = "Tweet")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "Amnesty International")(set: $Owner = "Twitter")(set: $Additional = "Source: Sprinklr. Retweets: 2.4k. Likes: 2.5k")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "85")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are now #HongKong. You are used to sort and aggregate many different voices expressing many differing views.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Official: organizer says 2 millions of people marching today.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoChinaExtradition?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoChinaExtradition</a> <a href="https://t.co/aiDI8sri4P">pic.twitter.com/aiDI8sri4P</a></p>— Nathan Law 羅冠聰 😷 (@nathanlawkc) <a href="https://twitter.com/nathanlawkc/status/1140282927873478656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ja" dir="ltr">After walking the streets in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongProtest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongProtest</a>, these <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a> girls show off their "Freedom C-nt".<br><br>呢班雞團T-shirt漏咗個『臭』字。<br><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongExtraditionLaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongExtraditionLaw</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E9%80%81%E4%B8%AD%E6%A2%9D%E4%BE%8B?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#送中條例</a> <a href="https://t.co/1SlJpZrrv8">pic.twitter.com/1SlJpZrrv8</a></p>— Joey 🇨🇳🇭🇰🇲🇴🇹🇼 (@JOEYchirps) <a href="https://twitter.com/JOEYchirps/status/1141236344078983168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a><br>Courage and Determination!<br>The girl sat quietly in front of the shield wall of the heavily armed policemen!<br>This picture is like the tank man in front of Tiananmen Square that year!<br>God bless Hong Kong!<a href="https://t.co/8dMAqKcrIH">https://t.co/8dMAqKcrIH</a></p>— 美國和加拿大人民支持人權、民主、自由!🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxTtll) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaxTtll/status/1141484423956688896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Famous Hong Kong opera tenor Warren Mok joined a peaceful rally attended by 165,000 people in Admiralty, Hong Kong Island, to voice his support for the city’s police Sunday afternoon. <a href="https://t.co/IXyzIqCQ2z">pic.twitter.com/IXyzIqCQ2z</a></p>— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChinaDaily/status/1145368553673175040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please don’t be fooled by Carrie Lam’s wordplay, the expression she used 「壽終正寢」, translates as “to die in one's bed at a ripe old age”<br><br>The term was deliberately chosen, and “The bill is dead” was obviously wrongly translated to mislead international press.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a></p>— Denise Ho (HOCC) (@hoccgoomusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/hoccgoomusic/status/1148692182645260288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chinese mainland web users sent silk banners to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a> Police to support their efforts for safeguarding the stability of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HK</a>, as the police is facing pressure against their law enforcement over violent protestors. <a href="https://t.co/pAhEBpWmtb">https://t.co/pAhEBpWmtb</a> <a href="https://t.co/7Qc3ikoJzD">pic.twitter.com/7Qc3ikoJzD</a></p>— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1148621090047942656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become @NathanLaw's photograph->Image: HK Nathan Law image]](if: $ChinaDailyFake is not 1)[
[[You become the usertag @ChinaDaily->hashtag HongKong @ChinaDaily fake news]](if: $ChinaDailyFake is 1)[
[[You become the hashtag #HongKongPolice->hashtag HongKongPolice]]]]]
(set: $Name = "HongKong")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "N/A")(set: $Datatype = "Hashtag")(set: $Filetype = "Hashtag")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "N/A")(set: $Additional to "Hashtag")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
(set: $hashtagHongKong to 1)(set: $PageCode to "84")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))As #HongKongPolice, you continue to be used...
<u>**2019**</u>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a> become a police state. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/police?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#police</a> enforce their power by deploying triad members (white shirts). <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HK</a> is now ruled by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongPolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongPolice</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Triads?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Triads</a>. HK can't do this by his own, they need <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/international?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#international</a> help. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HumanRights?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongProtests?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongProtests</a> <a href="https://t.co/4yKjY5BoVC">pic.twitter.com/4yKjY5BoVC</a></p>— LKP - A proud Hongkonger🖐️🇭🇰☝️ (@rl_gonza) <a href="https://twitter.com/rl_gonza/status/1153040658183217152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chau has just announced on Facebook that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongPolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongPolice</a> is arranging an appointment arrest for her tomorrow for charging her for assaulting police on 8.11 (below is the footage of her being arrested). New Year’s Eve is 1 day before she takes office as Eastern district councillor <a href="https://t.co/AybZKGsHZj">https://t.co/AybZKGsHZj</a></p>— Damon Pang (@damon_pang) <a href="https://twitter.com/damon_pang/status/1211570140229144576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<u>**2020**</u>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stop posting <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HKIndependence?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HKIndependence</a>! You will be arrested if you posted something related to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HKIndependence?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HKIndependence</a>, unless you are <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hongkongpolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hongkongpolice</a> <a href="https://t.co/ACyLHRb10a">pic.twitter.com/ACyLHRb10a</a></p>— 北歐是我們的死亡終站 (@hong_fuk) <a href="https://twitter.com/hong_fuk/status/1288529937721221120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongPolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongPolice</a> officer threatened to send an <a href="https://twitter.com/EpochTimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EpochTimes</a> distribution worker, who was arrested while spreading promotional material during a recent protest, to mainland <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/China?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#China</a> and have her “organs harvested alive.” <a href="https://t.co/mUkXAVTsn5">https://t.co/mUkXAVTsn5</a></p>— The Epoch Times - China Insider (@EpochTimesChina) <a href="https://twitter.com/EpochTimesChina/status/1280503164823838720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)(set: $PageCode to "138")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $HKFake is 1)[You are associated with a video produced by the state-aligned Chinese news outlet China Daily. They share the video via Twitter.](if: $CNNreport is 1)[In August, you are used in a video by the state-aligned Chinese news outlet China Daily](else:)[In August, you post the following Tweet, attaching a video on Western fake news in Hong Kong.]
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The violence in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a> has attracted widespread media attention. However, some of the reports are extremely biased, and some are even malicious. We checked and reveal the real truth behind the reports: <a href="https://t.co/4vTsq8Qd4o">pic.twitter.com/4vTsq8Qd4o</a></p>— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChinaDaily/status/1159871963894026241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
(if: $HKFake is 1)[Was Google's algorithm right to associate you with this video?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->@ChinaDaily fake newsyes]]
[[No->@ChinaDaily fake newsno]]
(link: "You're not sure")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]](else:)[What happens now?
|pathlink>[(if: $CNNreport is 1)[[[You become the hashtag #HongKong->hashtag HongKong]]
][[Google's algorithm associates you with another article on 'Hong Kong Fake News'->HK: Global Times fakenews]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]]
(set: $ChinaDailyFake to 1)
(set: $PageCode to "111")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
=><=
<u>**(colour: "#50316c")[TheGroup <3<3]**</u>
==>
(transition:"slide-left")+(transition-time: 1.5s)[
**Mia**
(background: "#dcf8c6")[guys look at this!!]]
(transition:"slide-left")+(transition-time: 3s)[
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FG9fGy9JcYw?end=8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ]
<==
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 5s)[
**Zach**
(background: "#e5ddd5")[Where is this from]]
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 6s)[
**Lucia xxx**
(background: "#00bfa5")[WTF what is this real or??]]
==>
(transition:"slide-left")+(transition-time: 8s)[
**Mia**
(background: "#dcf8c6")[I dont know! I just got linked it by a friend!!]]
<==
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 11s)[
**Lucia xxx**
(background: "#00bfa5")[I hope they ok?]]
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 11.5s)[(background: "#00bfa5")[*they're]]
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 14s)[
**Zach**
(background: "#e5ddd5")[So @Mia you don't know where it's from??]]
==>
(transition:"slide-left")+(transition-time: 17s)[
**Mia**
(background: "#dcf8c6")[@Zach it says its Hong Kong, so...]]
<==
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 19s)[
**Lucia xxx**
(background: "#00bfa5")[Oh shit its from the protests]]
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 20s)[
**Zach**
(background: "#e5ddd5")[Where in HK?]]
==>
(transition:"slide-left")+(transition-time: 23s)[
**Mia**
(background: "#dcf8c6")[idk :/]]
<==
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 24s)[
**Lucia xxx**
(background: "#00bfa5")[shit. Is there anything we can do?]]
(transition: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 25s)[What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[Lucia tries to establish where you are from in Hong Kong->Video: HK Lucia's investigation]]
[[Zach sends you to a Western newspaper's Whatsapp tip-off number->Video: HK CNN investigation]]
(link: "They do nothing with you. Your story ends here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
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](set: $PageCode to "127")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $HKFParticle is 1)[An investigative journalist from American broadcaster *CNN* finds you in the *Hong Kong Free Press*' story. They show you to their team, who decide they](else:)[You are picked up by investigative journalists at the American broadcaster *CNN*. They] want to use you for a piece on police brutality. However, they're worried about whether they can trust you.
What do they do?
|pathlink>[[[They decide to publish you immediately, as there's no time to waste->Video: HK CNN investigation fail]]
[[They decide to store you before taking things further->Video: HK CNN investigation storage]]]
(set: $timesince to "N/A")
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---(set: $PageCode to "201")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The *New York Times* publishes you in an article titled *(link-reveal: "'Did Hong Kong Police Abuse Protesters? What Videos Show'")[(open-url: 'https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/world/asia/did-hong-kong-police-abuse-protesters-what-videos-show.html')]*. It goes live on June 30th.
“Dozens of people in Hong Kong say they were injured by the police during a mass demonstration in June against a contentious bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China.
“The New York Times reviewed hundreds of videos and photos posted online by witnesses, along with submissions to our WhatsApp tip line, to assess whether the Hong Kong police used excessive force. (text-style: "mark")[Experts at Amnesty International, a human rights group, helped examine the footage]. We spoke to specialists in crowd control and interviewed more than two dozen protesters.
“(text-style: "mark")[The videos show protesters being beaten by police officers, shot with riot-control ammunition, dragged on the ground and hit with tear gas] during large-scale confrontations on June 12 near the headquarters of Hong Kong’s government. Their injuries included bruised ribs, broken fingers and respiratory problems.”
<video autoplay muted src="https://vp.nyt.com/video/2019/06/26/81381_1_30hkvid2_wg_720p.mp4" width="1280" height="720">
</video>
“(text-style: "mark")[Even as many in Hong Kong denounce the police, others have defended their response]. On Sunday, tens of thousands of people attended a rally in support of the police, with some holding signs praising the Hong Kong police as the “best in Asia.”
“The police and a government-appointed watchdog have promised an investigation, but protesters have called for an independent inquiry.
“The government has said that at least 81 people were injured in the June 12 demonstrations, though it has not specified how many were protesters or how they were hurt. Separately, (text-style: "mark")[the police have said 22 officers were injured].”
Was it important for you to be published in an American, English-language newspaper for people to find you?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Video: HK NYTimes article q1yes]]
[[No->Video: HK NYTimes article q1no]]
[[You're not sure->Video: HK NYTimes article q2]]]
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*Article credit: Javier C. Hernández, Barbara Marcolini, Haley Willis, Drew Jordan, Meg Felling, Tiffany May and Elsie Chen at the New York Times. Available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/world/asia/did-hong-kong-police-abuse-protesters-what-videos-show.html *
(set: $PageCode to "86")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $Path is "SocMed_Instagram")[(alert: "Look! You have shapeshifted: you are now a tweet. Your metadata has also changed.")You are copied from Instagram and posted by the user @NathanLaw on Twitter. ]@NathanLaw is the verified account for Nathan Law, an influential Hong Kong pro-democracy activist. He has 236.1k followers.
He shares you on June 16th. You gain 3.1k retweets and 8.8k likes.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Official: organizer says 2 millions of people marching today.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoChinaExtradition?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoChinaExtradition</a> <a href="https://t.co/aiDI8sri4P">pic.twitter.com/aiDI8sri4P</a></p>— Nathan Law 羅冠聰 😷 (@nathanlawkc) <a href="https://twitter.com/nathanlawkc/status/1140282927873478656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
With this boost behind you, you're bound to go viral. Where next?
|pathlink>[[[You follow where you are retweeted->Image: HK Nathan Law image retweets]]
[[You go on Reddit->Image: HK Nathan Law reddit]]
[[You are taken up by a Hong Kong journalist->Image: HK fake image HK news]]
[[You are taken up by an American journalist->Image: HKfake image US news]]]
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---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
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---
For more information about Twitter verification, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Twitter verification')].(set: $PageCode to "78")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[[[Because there is always the possibility that you were faked->HK journalist next]]
[[Because the risks are high for the news outlet if they get something wrong->HK journalist next]]
[[You're not sure->HK journalist next]]](set: $PageCode to "79")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[[[Because you are clearly not fake->HK journalist next]]
[[Because the evidence is overwhelming->HK journalist next]]
[[Because there isn't much to worry about if the news outlet gets something wrong->HK journalist next]]](set: $PageCode to "77")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are taken up by investigators from an American newspaper->Video: HK CNN investigation]]
[[Someone shares you with someone from a humans rights charity->HK: Amnesty init]]
[[A reader decides to try to check whether you are trustworthy->Video: HK Lucia's investigation]]
(link: "You finish your story here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](set: $PageCode to "88")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are posted on the Reddit forum (link-reveal: "/r/pics")[(open-url: 'https://www.reddit.com/r/pics')], by a user whose account was subsequently deleted.
The thread is titled: (link-reveal: "'Hong Kong Protest Today. Organiser estimate is around 2 million at peak times'")[(open-url: 'https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/c1bl5p/hong_kong_protest_today_organiser_estimate_is/?sort=top')]. It receives 4.5k upvotes.
The top comment, with 426 upvotes, is by */u/captainangry*. It reads: “(text-style: "mark")[Why share the mirrored image? It's a ton of people already, exaggerating it undermines their efforts and perpetuates 'fake news' outcries.]”
*/u/CleganeForHighSepton* replies to */u/captainangry*: “Woah, good catch. To be honest, it's kind of (text-style: "mark")[crazy how many sites are reporting the 2 million figure like it's a fact -- 2 million is the number being used by the protest organisers themselves, obviously they have a vested interest in exaggerating it]. For example, (text-style: "mark")[people unrelated to organising the protests have put the number at about 400,000].
For those who are skeptical of what I'm suggesting, keep in mind that the (text-style: "mark")[total population of Hong Kong is only about 8 million. 25% of the entire city are not on that street], mirroring or no mirroring. Especially if you take out all the elderly and young children (the majority of whom are clearly are not at the protest), the protesters are basically saying that half of all Hong Kong's able-bodied adults are out protesting, which is obviously ridiculous when you stop and think about it.”
Are you fake news?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Image: HK fake image next]]
[[No->Image: HK fake image next]]
[[You're not sure->Image: HK fake image next]]]
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<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
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For more information about Reddit, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Reddit')].
For more information about image doctoring, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: image doctoring')].(set: $PageCode to "92")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are used in an article by the regional news and lifestyle page *Coconuts Hong Kong*. The article is titled (link-reveal: "'Picture (a Little Too) Perfect: Widely shared image of Hong Kong anti-extradition protest doctored'")[(open-url: 'https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/picture-little-too-perfect-widely-shared-image-hong-kong-anti-extradition-protest-doctored/')].
“So, you know that “incredibly beautiful” image of Hong Kong’s mass anti-extradition march on Sunday that’s been shared tens of thousands of times on social media? You know the one — with the throngs of people stretching as far as the eye can see, bathed in the soft pastels of streetlights as if illuminated by the very glow of democracy itself?
“Well, we’re very sorry to tell you, it’s (text-style: "mark")[a fake — sorta].
“Not only was the shot taken at a similar march on the previous Sunday, June 9, but the nighttime picture has (text-style: "mark")[actually been cropped and mirrored, effectively doubling the size of the crowd].
...
Organisers say around 2 million people attended the anti-extradition protest on June 16, 2019. Police put the turnout, as they customarily do, far lower, at around 340,000.”
This story about you catches the attention of Agence France Presse's Fact Check and other organisations, which point to you as a case of fake news. (link-reveal: "AFP cross-reference you with landmarks on Google maps to verify that you have been mirrored")[(open-url: 'https://factcheck.afp.com/beautiful-photo-hong-kong-protest-its-edited-image-and-does-not-reflect-size-crowd')].
Are you fake news?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Image: HK fake image next]]
[[No->Image: HK fake image next]]
[[You're not sure->Image: HK fake image next]]]
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<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
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---
For more information about image doctoring, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: image doctoring')].
*Article credit: AFP and Coconuts Hong Kong, on *Coconuts*. Available at https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/picture-little-too-perfect-widely-shared-image-hong-kong-anti-extradition-protest-doctored/ *(set: $PageCode to "91")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))A reporter from CNN, an Amerian news channel, writes an article about you. It is titled: *(link-reveal: "That viral photo of the Hong Kong protests is not what it seems")[(open-url: 'https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/asia/viral-photo-hong-kong-protests-trnd/index.html')]*.
“A stunning nighttime image purporting to show hundreds of thousands of people amassing Sunday on the streets of Hong Kong to protest a controversial extradition bill has been widely shared on social media platforms.
“(text-style: "mark")[The problem is that the image was heavily edited -- cropped and mirrored -- to multiply the size of the crowd and make it look perfectly symmetrical. It's also been mislabeled, as the original photo was taken a week earlier at another anti-extradition rally].
“The image is the first result of a Twitter search for "Hong Kong protests," with more than 28,000 likes and 8,000 retweets. It's also been reposted on Instagram by people including Nathan Law, founding chair of the pro-democracy group, Demosisto.”
“The (text-style: "mark")[image's original author], as first reported by the Asian news site Coconuts, is (text-style: "mark")[Deacon Lui], who shared it June 11 on Instagram with the caption, "whatever it takes. ... #noextraditiontochina (photo is cropped and reflected)."
“"I was just trying to share the beauty of Hong Kong to everyone," Lui said, noting that (text-style: "mark")[the post's caption clearly states it's doctored. "People should have acknowledged that as I stated."]”
Are you fake news?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Image: HK fake image next]]
[[No->Image: HK fake image next]]
[[You're not sure->Image: HK fake image next]]]
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---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
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---
For more information about image doctoring, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: image doctoring')].
(set: $PageCode to "87")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are retweeted a total of 3,368 times. Many of the users sharing you are from the West. Here are some of the tweets you are shared in:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">this photo...wins 2019. <a href="https://t.co/HAWl5Y3o7O">https://t.co/HAWl5Y3o7O</a></p>— hend amry (@LibyaLiberty) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibyaLiberty/status/1140499743279239168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hong Kong has a population of 7 million. This protest is unprecedented. <a href="https://t.co/CgMljJZccz">https://t.co/CgMljJZccz</a></p>— Amanda Tattersall (@AmandaTatts) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmandaTatts/status/1140364635054280704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Poland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Poland</a> needs to learn from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a>. <a href="https://t.co/btnhwVDl3m">https://t.co/btnhwVDl3m</a></p>— Marek Fronc 🏳️🌈 (@abumarkey) <a href="https://twitter.com/abumarkey/status/1140547614628352000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
You're clearly resonating with people. Where do you go next?
|pathlink>[[[You go on Reddit->Image: HK Nathan Law reddit]]
[[You are taken up by a Hong Kong journalist->Image: HK fake image HK news]]
[[You are taken up by an American journalist->Image: HKfake image US news]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
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<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
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**Additional**: (print: $Additional)(set: $PageCode to "93")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You have become associated by Google's image search algorithm with the terms "Hong Kong", "fake", "news", "fake news" and "Hong Kong fake news". What would you like to do now?
|pathlink>[[[You become the keywords "Hong Kong fake news" on Google search->HK: "fake news"]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
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---
Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "98")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))As a string of key terms - "Hong Kong fake news" - you are attached by Google's alogrithms to a vast number of links from across the world.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: "fake news" random]]]
(set: $Name = "Hong-Kong-Fake-News")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "Google.com")(set: $Datatype = "String")(set: $Filetype = "N/A")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "Google")(set: $Additional = "N/A")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
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---
For more information about Google's search algorithms, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Google search algorithms')].(set: $PageCode to "96")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HKFake to (random: 1,3))(if: $HKFake is 1)[(goto: "hashtag HongKong @ChinaDaily fake news")](if: $HKFake is 2)[(goto: "HK: HKFP fakenews")](if: $HKFake is 3)[(goto: "HK: Global Times fakenews")]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "102")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are associated with an article published by the non-profit Hong Kong new outlet *Hong Kong Free Press*. It is titled (link-reveal: "Fake news amplifies fear and confusion in Hong Kong")[(open-url: 'https://hongkongfp.com/2019/11/21/fake-news-amplifies-fear-confusion-hong-kong/')].
“Murder disguised as suicide. A secret massacre at a subway station. Impending ‘terrorist’ attacks: false news online is amplifying fear and confusion in Hong Kong as months of pro-democracy unrest turns increasingly violent in the real world.
(text-style: "mark")[Using half-truths, carefully-edited video, and selective reporting, both the pro-democracy and pro-Beijing camps push their own protest narrative] — and even fact checking doesn’t always help people understand what’s going on.”
“'A lot of things that you receive you can’t tell if it’s real or fake,” one 60-year-old retiree told AFP, adding she was bombarded with protest news on social media and in chat groups.
“(text-style: "mark")['You can’t trust any one source right now… There’s too much (information) and it’s all jammed in your brain], this is not very good for your health.'”
Does the algorithmic sorting of content in which you are involved make this situation better or worse?
|pathlink>[[[Better->HK: HKFP fakenews yes]]
[[Worse->HK: HKFP fakenews no]]
(link: "Neither better nor worse")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Better in some ways and worse in others")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "You're not sure")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
(set: $Name = "Fake news amplifies fear and confusion in Hong Kong")(set: $Date_time = "21/11/19 at 8:46")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "21/11/19 at 8:46") (set: $Location = "https://hongkongfp.com/2019/11/21/fake-news-amplifies-fear-confusion-hong-kong/")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Esther Chan, Rachel Blundy")(set: $Owner = "Hong Kong Free Press")(set: $Additional = "N/A")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information on the algorithmic sorting of content online, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: algorithmic sorting')].
^^Article credit: Esther Chan & Rachel Blundy (2019), ‘Fake news amplifies fear and confusion in Hong Kong’, in Hong Kong Free Press 21/11/19. Available at https://hongkongfp.com/2019/11/21/fake-news-amplifies-fear-confusion-hong-kong/ (accessed 18/10/20)^^(set: $PageCode to "97")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are associated with an article published by the state-aligned Chinese news outlet *Global Times*. It is titled *(link-reveal: "'Reuters fake report on Hong Kong is a stain on global journalism'")[(open-url: 'https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1163217.shtml')]*.
“According to a so-called "exclusive" Reuters report released Friday, Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), submitted a proposal to Beijing earlier this summer that asked for "5 key demands" from the Hong Kong protesters to be taken seriously but was rejected.
The Global Times has since learned the Reuters story is fake. In fact, it intends to create an illusion by interweaving rumors with public events in an attempt to misguide public opinion. The story incorrectly refers to a joint symposium between the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government and the Hong Kong SAR on August 7 and takes advantage the HKSAR government with its rhetoric to add hues and colors to the fake story.
This has become a shameless public opinion battle. Reuters acknowledged they did not see Lam's proposal. The so-called sensitive breaking news was supposedly based on information received from three unnamed sources. Such action is comparable to the violent protestors in the streets of Hong Kong. It is believed the unnamed sources are fabricated, or they are fake news conspirators.
This fake story has arrived at a critical moment during the Hong Kong crisis and was aimed at sowing discord between China's central government and HKSAR.”
Are they right to use you - "Hong Kong fake news" - to frame the *Reuters* story?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->HK: Global Times fakenews yes]]
[[No->HK: Global Times fakenews no]]
(link: "You're not sure")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
(set: $Name = "Reuters fake report on Hong Kong is a stain on global journalism")(set: $Date_time = "31/8/19 at 5:47")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "31/8/19 at 5:47") (set: $Location = "https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1163217.shtml")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Global Times")(set: $Owner = "Global Times")(set: $Additional = "N/A")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information about the *Global Times*, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Chinese statist newspapers')].
(set: $PageCode to "99")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $GTfakenews to "yes")(goto: "HK: Global Times fakenews why")(set: $PageCode to "100")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $GTfakenews to "no")(goto: "HK: Global Times fakenews why")(set: $PageCode to "101")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $GTfakenews is "yes")[(link: "Because *Reuters* claimed to report on Carrie Lam's actions without providing honest evidence")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because you trust the *Global Times* as a leading news outlet")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because Western journalists repeatedly misrepresent issues regarding China")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because Western journalists are trying to undermine China's efforts to maintain its autonomy")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "All of the above")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](if: $GTfakenews is "no")[(link: "Because the fact that *Reuters* haven't named their sources doesn't make it 'fake'")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because you trust *Reuters* more than you trust the *Global Times*")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because the *Global Times* is biased towards the Chinese state")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because the *Global Times* is a source of propaganda")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "139")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $ChinaDailyfakenews to "yes")(goto: "@ChinaDaily fake news why")(set: $PageCode to "140")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $ChinaDailyfakenews to "no")(goto: "@ChinaDaily fake news why")(set: $PageCode to "141")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $ChinaDailyfakenews is "yes")[(link: "Because the video points out the fake news that Western media produces about Hong Kong")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because the video's reporting is itself fake news")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](if: $ChinaDailyfakenews is "no")[(link: "Because the video does not use the term fake news")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because the video presents a nuanced and balanced point of view")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]](set: $PageCode to "104")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HKFPfakenews to "yes")(goto: "HK: HKFP fakenews why")(set: $PageCode to "105")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HKFPfakenews to "no")(goto: "HK: HKFP fakenews why")Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "106")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $HKFPfakenews is "yes")[(link: "Because it helps people to find the truth")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because it helps people see a variety of perspectives")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](if: $HKFPfakenews is "no")[(link: "Because it helps place people in echo chambers")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because it makes all news sources seem equal")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because it will always be biased towards the most dominant opinions")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "Because it encourages an online news economy which focuses on attention rather than quality")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]]
---
For more information about the idea of 'fake news' and 'junk news', (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: fake news')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "108")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Date_time = "13/6/20 at 00:12")(set: $timesince = "1min")(set: $Last_modified = "13/6/20 at 00:12") (set: $Location = "Sean's Phone")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "WeChat message")(set: $Size = "7mb")(set: $Authors = "Sean")(set: $Owner = "Sean")(set: $Additional = "")(if: $Name is "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")[(alert: "Look! Your metadata has changed. You are now a WeChat message")]You are shared on WeChat with the following message:
==>
(transition:"slide-left")+(transition-time: 3s)[真正愛民的政府
是不会譲人民流血
香港政府應該対中共反抗和対話的]
(transition:"slide-left")+(transition-time: 3.5s)[
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FG9fGy9JcYw?end=8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ]
<==
(transition: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 6s)[|pathlink>[[[Continue->Video: HK WeChat censorship]]]
---
(transition: "slide-right")+(transition-time: 3.5s)[<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
(text-style: "mark")[**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
(text-style: "mark")[**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]](set: $PageCode to "112")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: visits is 1)[(if: $HKFParticle is 1)[A reader named Lucia decides to see if she can find out more about you](else:)[Lucia decides to investigate where you came from. How does she do this?]](if: visits is >1)[Lucia decides to use a different approach. What does she do?]
|pathlink>[(if: $Name is "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water" and $LuciaYTchannel is not 1)[[[She examines the other videos on the channel which posted you->Video: HK Lucia YT channel]]
](if: $HKLuciaRevSearch is not 1)[[[She searches for other versions of you online->Video: HK Lucia reverse video tools]]
](if: $HKLuciaGeoLoc is not 1)[[[She tries to locate you on a map->Video: HK Lucia geoloc tools]]
](if: $HKLuciaDDG is not 1)[[[She searches using your watermark, 'Campus TV HKUSU'->Video: HK Lucia DuckDuckGo]]
][[She gets in contact with a human rights advocacy organisation->HK: Amnesty init]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
(set: $PageCode to "118")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Lucia tries to find ways searching for other versions of you online. After some searches, she comes up with two options. Which does she choose?
|pathlink>[[[Using a specialised reverse-image search tool developed by Amnesty International->Video: HK Lucia Amnesty Dataviewer]]
[[Using a specialised reverse-image search tool named InVID->Video: HK Lucia InVID]]]
(set: $HKLuciaRevSearch to 1)(set: $PageCode to "109")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name to "")(set: $Date_time = "")(set: $timesince = "")(set: $Last_modified = "") (set: $Location = "")(set: $Datatype = "")(set: $Filetype = "")(set: $Size = "")(set: $Authors = "")(set: $Owner = "")(set: $Additional = "")But something happens to you whilst you are sending...
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 3s)[(Background: "#000000")[真正愛民的政府
是不会譲人民流血
香港政府應該対中共反抗和対話的]]
(transition: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 6s)[|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]]
---
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 3s)[
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Date_time)]
**Time since created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $timesince)]
**Last modified**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Datatype)]
**File type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Size)]
**Authors**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Authors)]
**Owner**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Owner)]
**Additional**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Additional)]]
---
For more information about government censorship, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: censorship')].(set: $PageCode to "110")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $PageCode to "124")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Lucia tries to find ways of establishing where you happened. She decides to look for locations which look similar to yours on maps. After some searches, she comes up with two options for this: Google Earth and an open-source equivalent named WikiMapia. Which does she choose?
|pathlink>[[[Google Earth->Video: HK Lucia GEarth]]
[[WikiMapia->Video: HK Lucia WikiMapia]]]
(set: $HKLuciaGeoLoc to 1)(set: $GoogleEarth to 1)(set: $WikiMapia to 1)(set: $PageCode to "115")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Lucia uses the privacy-focused search engine (link-reveal: "DuckDuckGo")[(open-url: 'https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=campustv+HKUSU&atb=v1-1&ia=web')] to search for 'CampusTV HKUSU', the text which appears in your top-right. These are the top results:
(text-style: "mark")[Campus TV, HKUSU 香港大學學生會校園電視 - Home | Facebook]
(link-reveal: "www.facebook.com/hkucampustv")[(open-url: 'www.facebook.com/hkucampustv')]
Campus TV, HKUSU 香港大學學生會校園電視, Hong Kong. 114,608 likes · 1,420 talking about this. 本頁為香港大學學生會校園電視面書專頁。 This is the official page of the Campus TV, HKUSU. Like this page to subscribe to our...
(text-style: "mark")[Here we are - Campus TV HKUSU - YouTube]
(link-reveal: "www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWSQCm5DrC8")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWSQCm5DrC8')]
Campus TV, HKUSU is an audio-visual medium of Hong Kong University Students' Union. Divided into three departments, Department of Advertisement (ADV), Department of General Production (GP) and ...
Lucia decides to click on the top result.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Video: FB HKU CampusTV]]]
(set: $Name = "q: campustv+HKUSU")(set: $Date_time = "15/6/20 at 10:46")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=campustv+HKUSU&atb=v1-1&ia=web")(set: $Datatype = "Webpage")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "DuckDuckGo")(set: $Owner = "DuckDuckGo")(set: $Additional = "")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more about DuckDuckGo, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: DuckDuckGo')].
(set: $HKLuciaDDG to 1)(set: $PageCode to "113")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Lucia follows you to see you in the context of the other videos on your YouTube channel, '(link-reveal: "f***ing Hong Kong Police")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO04dcv8cmqaDomwrm2L0LQ')]'. The channel was creaated on May 31st 2014. It has 1.36k subscribers. You are the first video it posted and have by far the most views.
She finds you alongside these videos:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jK5fexc91qI" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/F5dBfaGiyH0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_Fv7_CB3fiM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Does this context help tell her what you are?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Video: HK Lucia YT channel what]]
[[No->Video: HK Lucia YT channel what]]
[[She's not sure->Video: HK Lucia YT channel what]]]
(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 14:08")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 14:08") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Views: 79,181. Likes: 210. Dislikes: 103. Comments: 31")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
(set: $LuciaYTchannel to 1)(set: $PageCode to "114")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))What does it tell her about you?
|pathlink>[[[You weren't posted by the person who originally filmed you->Video: HK Lucia next]]
[[You are evidence of systematic abuses in Hong Kong->Video: HK Lucia next]]
[[You are part of an attempt to smear the Hong Kong Police force->Video: HK Lucia next]]]
(set: $PageCode to "117")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))What does Lucia deide to do now?
|pathlink>[[[She tries a different approach->Video: HK Lucia's investigation]]
[[She gets in contact with a human rights advocacy organisation->HK: Amnesty init]]
(link: "She gives up. Your journey ends here.")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "130")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))She finds the (link-reveal: "Facebook page for Hong Kong University Students Union's Campus TV (HKUSU CampusTV)")[(open-url: 'https://www.facebook.com/hkucampustv')].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hkusu-campus-tv-fb.png?w=1024" width="850" height="547" alt="HKUSUCampusTVFB">
What does she do now?
|pathlink>[[[She searches for you on the page's videos->Video: HK original source]]
[[She tries a different approach->Video: HK Lucia's investigation]]
(link: "She is satisfied to have found where you are from. Your journey ends here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](set: $PageCode to "223")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Lucia uses the world mapping software (link-reveal: "Google Earth")[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/Hong+Kong/@22.35272344,114.12770008,19.68883955a,68813.56803775d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnQaShJECiUweDM0MDNlMmVkYTMzMjk4MGY6MHhmMDhhYjNiYWRiZWFjOTdjGTn8f-a9UTZAIbtt8M_WilxAKglIb25nIEtvbmcYAiABIiYKJAleCAoNO_8zQBFcCAoNO_8zwBmzIbM2uus_wCEdVTP-0qlgwA')] to try and find where you are from. She searches 'Hong Kong'. This is what appears:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hong-kong-google-earth.png?w=1024" width="850" height="398" alt="HK GoogleEarth">
She finds this overwhelming and doesn't know where to start...
What does she do?
|pathlink>[[[She tries a different approach->Video: HK Lucia's investigation]]
(link: "She gives up")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
^^Image credit: Google Earth (2020), ‘Hong Kong’. Available at https://earth.google.com/web/search/Hong+Kong/@22.35272344,114.12770008,19.68883955a,68813.56803775d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnQaShJECiUweDM0MDNlMmVkYTMzMjk4MGY6MHhmMDhhYjNiYWRiZWFjOTdjGTn8f-a9UTZAIbtt8M_WilxAKglIb25nIEtvbmcYAiABIiYKJAleCAoNO_8zQBFcCAoNO_8zwBmzIbM2uus_wCEdVTP-0qlgwA (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "120")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Lucia decides to use (link-reveal: "Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer")[(open-url: 'https://citizenevidence.org/2014/07/01/youtube-dataviewer/')] to find out more about you. Developed by their Citizen Evidence Lab, it allows users to extract information about YouTube videos and find similar videos elsewhere.
She inputs your web address into the tool. It outputs the following information, as well as a series of screenshots which she can use to search for other versions of you online.
=><=
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-dataviewer-results.png?w=700" width:"700" height:"760" alt="HK Dataviewer">
<=
What does Lucia do now?
|pathlink>[[[She clicks on a screenshot to conduct a reverse-image search->Video: HK Lucia revimage search]]
[[She tries a different approach->Video: HK Lucia's investigation]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
(set: $AmnestyDataviewer to 1)
---
For more information about Amnesty's YouTube DataViewer, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: AI DataViewer')].
For more information about Amnesty's Citizen Evidence Lab, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Citizen Evidence Lab')].(set: $PageCode to "119")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))After searching the internet for tools to help, Lucia uses the digital verification toolkit (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')] to analyse you.
=><=
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-video-invid-reverse-search.png?w=1024" width:"1863" height:"850" alt="HK Dataviewer">
<=
What does Lucia do now?
|pathlink>[[[She clicks on a screenshot to conduct a reverse-image search->Video: HK Lucia revimage search]]
[[She tries a different approach->Video: HK Lucia's investigation]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about InVID, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: InVID')].
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $PageCode to "125")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Lucia uses the open-source mapping website (link-reveal: "WikiMapia")[(open-url: 'https://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=22.331658&lon=114.141426&z=12&m=w&search=hong%20kong')] to try and find where you are from. She searches 'Hong Kong'. This is what appears:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/wikimapia-hong-kong1.png?w=1024" width="850" height="402" alt="HKUSUCampusTVFB">
She finds this overwhelming and doesn't know where to start...
What does she do?
|pathlink>[[[She tries a different approach->Video: HK Lucia's investigation]]
(link: "She gives up")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
For more information about WikiMapia, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: WikiMapia')].
(set: $WikiMapia to 1)Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "121")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The tool uses Google's reverse image search function to look for similar screenshots across the internet.
The search suggests that 'soldier' provides a good match for what is in the image. It also finds videos matching you on the following pages:
(link-reveal: "Hong Kong Protests — Good Trouble")[(open-url: 'www.goodtroublemag.com › home › hongkongprotests')]
www.goodtroublemag.com › home › hongkongprotests
480 × 360 - 25 Aug 2019 - After a summer colored by protests, Hong Kong is polluted by tear gas. Good Trouble reached out to representative Wong Ka Ying of Hong ...
(link-reveal: "Video: Level of force used by Hong Kong police to clear ...")[(open-url: 'https://hongkongfp.com/2019/06/18/video-level-force-used-hong-kong-police-clear-protests-questioned-video-clips-go-viral/')]
hongkongfp.com › 2019/06/18 › video-level-force-use...
480 × 360 - 18 Jun 2019 - As protesters occupied main roads for several hours on Wednesday in opposition to the controversial extradition bill, police took ...
(link-reveal: "HK Special Tactical Squad hates water and phone? - YouTube")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHBAWsQhszI')]
www.youtube.com › watch
480 × 360 - 12 Jun 2019 - Copy link. Info. Shopping. Tap to unmute. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Your browser does not currently recognize ...
(link-reveal: "片/依從指引使用武力?國際特赦組織:香港警察違反國際人權 ...")[(gotourl: 'https://dailyview.hk/popular/detail/5315')]
Dailyview.hk › popular › detail
480 × 360 - 21 Jun 2019 - 香港反送中浪潮持續不斷,自6月9號一百萬人和平示威遊行,到6月12號金鐘一帶發生警民衝突,許多市民都質疑警方過度使用武力……
What does Lucia do now?
|pathlink>[[[She tries a different approach->Video: HK Lucia's investigation]]
[[She contacts Amnesty International->HK: Amnesty init]]
(link: "She decides she has learned enough")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "128")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The investigative team begins to write up a draft report where you are the centre-piece. However, their editor decides that without further work to confirm your authenticity, they can't use you.
What happens?
|pathlink>[[[The team decides to store you before investigating you further->Video: HK CNN investigation storage]]
(link: "The team decides to use another video")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](set: $PageCode to "129")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $archived is "yes")[Their other options are:](else:)[The team from *CNN* decides that they need to store you securely, to ensure that there is no danger of you disappearing. They have several possible tools at their disposal.
(link-reveal: "Archive.today")[(open-url: 'http://archive.vn/')], a tool which allows users to archive webpages. It takes a 'snapshot' of a page which is then stored, accessible via a link.
](link-reveal: "YouTube-dl")[(open-url: 'https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/')], an open-source tool which allows users to download videos from YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
(link-reveal: "Video Vault")[(open-url: 'https://www.bravenewtech.org/')], an open-source tool which allows users to upload videos to be encrypted on its website. Videos are authenticated with a time-stamp. However, the tool is in beta and does not provide a warranty.
Which tool do they choose?
|pathlink>[(if: $archived is not "yes")[[[Archive.today->Video: HK CNN investigation Archiv]]
][[YouTube-dl->Video: HK CNN investigation TYdl]]
[[Video Vault->Video: HK CNN investigation VidVault]]]
---
To find out more about video storage tools, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Video storage tools')].
(set: $YouTubedl to 1)(set: $VideoVault to 1)(set: $Archivetoday to 1)(set: $PageCode to "134")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Location = "N/A")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = ".mp4")(set: $Size = "77kb")(set: $Authors = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "CNN")(set: $Additional = "")(set: $CNNYTdl to "yes")(set: $archived to "no")(goto: "Video: HK CNN investigation next")(set: $PageCode to "132")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 14:08")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 14:08") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional to "Encrypted; stored in VideoVault")(set: $archived to "no")(goto: "Video: HK CNN investigation next")(set: $PageCode to "133")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 14:08")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 14:08")(set: $Location = "http://archive.today/2020.08.26-155007/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw&feature=emb_title")(set: $Datatype = "Web Archive")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "77kb")(set: $Authors = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "YouTube")(set: $Additional = "Arhchived on https://archive.vn")(set: $archived to "yes")(goto: "Video: HK CNN investigation next")Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "136")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $archived is "yes")[Unfortunately, the one of the journalists realises that Archive.today has saved you as a website (.html) rather than saving your video data. They will have to do something else if they would like to save you.
What do they do?
|pathlink>[[[They choose another tool to store you with->Video: HK CNN investigation storage]]
(link: "They decide to use another video")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]](else:)[The team from *CNN* re-examine you, so they can judge what to do next. What do they do?
|pathlink>[[[They pass you on to colleagues at Amnesty International who have expertise in verifying digital content->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]
[[They decide not to use you. Instead, you shapeshift through their servers and become a news story->HK: CNN report]]]]
(if: $CNNYTdl is "yes")[---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
(text-style: "mark")[**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]](else:)[---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
(text-style: "mark")[**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]]
---
(set: $backup to "yes")(set: $NYTinv to "yes")Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "168")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmLoc to "yes")The team try to find ways of establishing where you happened. They decide to look for locations which look similar to yours on maps. They have two options for this: Google Earth and an open-source equivalent named WikiMapia. Which do they choose?
|pathlink>[[[Google Earth->HK: Amnesty GEarth]]
[[WikiMapia->HK: Amnesty WikiMapia]]]
(set: $GoogleEarth to 1)(set: $WikiMapia to 1)(set: $PageCode to "163")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmSource to "yes")The team would like to see if they can work out who filmed you originally. Based on the watermark in your top-right - 'CampusTV HKUSU' - they suspect that the version of you that they have is not your original version.
(if: $Location is "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")[What do they decide to do?
|pathlink>[[[They examine the YouTube channel you were posted on->HK: Amnesty source YT channel]]
[[They look for where you were first posted online->HK: Amnesty provenance]]]](else:)[(if: $Name is "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water recommendations crawl.gdf")[What do they decide to do?
|pathlink>[[[They examine the YouTube channel you were posted on->HK: Amnesty source YT channel]]
[[They look for where you were first posted online->HK: Amnesty provenance]]]](else:)[(if: $Location is "https://hongkongers69.github.io/fb-live/highlight.html")[What do they decide to do?
|pathlink>[[[They examine video-sharing page you were posted on->HK: Amnesty source SendVid channel]]
[[They look for where you were first posted online->HK: Amnesty provenance]]]](else:)[The team decides that they need to establish where you were first posted online
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty provenance]]]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)(set: $PageCode to "193")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmMeta to "yes")(if: $Filetype is "Sendvid")[Unfortunately, your file type ($Filetype) is not supported by the team's metadata analysis tools. They decide they have to use different methods
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]](set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "This particular video file type not possible to analyse via Amnesty's Dataviewer or InVID. ")](else:)[The team want to find out more information about you. To do this, they decide to use a tool to examine your metadata. They have a choice of tools, which they have found via The Whistle's (link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')]. These are:
(link-reveal: "Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer")[(open-url: 'https://citizenevidence.org/2014/07/01/youtube-dataviewer/')], a tool developed by Amnesty's Citizen Evidence Lab. This allows users to extract metadata on YouTube videos and find similar videos elsewhere.
(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')], a toolkit which allows users to extract metadata, analyse stills from videos and reverse-search screenshots across the internet.
Which tool do they use?
|pathlink>[[[Amnesty's YouTube DataViewer->HK: Amnesty metadata dataviewer]]
[[InVID->HK: Amnesty metadata InVID]]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $AmnestyDataviewer to 1)(set: $PageCode to "181")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmForensics to "yes")How do they decide to analyse your content?
|pathlink>[[[They use tools to analyse the content of freeze-frames taken from you->HK: Amnesty image forensics]]
[[They use tools to search for similar videos to you across the internet->HK Amnesty rev-vid search tools]]](set: $PageCode to "177")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmProv to "yes")The team decides that they need to find out where you first appeared online. They notice that you have a watermark - 'CampusTV HKUSU' - and want to see where this leads them. How do they do this?
|pathlink>[[[They search on Twitter->Video: HK Amnesty Twitter]]
[[They search on Facebook->Video: HK Amnesty Facebook]](if: $AmRevImgForensics is not 1)[
[[They use a tool to take freeze-frames of you and search for them across the internet->HK Amnesty rev-vid search tools]]]](set: $PageCode to "200")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))With all the information they have about you, the team decides that they will use you in a report. They don't have much time.
This is all the information they have in your case file:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]
Based on several other videos they have also investigated, they are confident to say that you depict an excessive use of force by Hong Kong's police on March 12th. They believe you are evidence of a systematic crackdown on largely peaceful protesters.
What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[They publish you in their report->HK: Amnesty Report]]
[[They pass you on to the *New York Times*->Video: HK NYTimes article]]](set: $PageCode to "195")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team decides to use (link-reveal: "Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer")[(open-url: 'https://citizenevidence.org/2014/07/01/youtube-dataviewer/')] to find out more about you.
They input your web address into the tool. It outputs the following information, as well as a series of screenshots which can be used to search for other versions of you online.
=><=
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-dataviewer-results.png?w=700" width:"700" height:"760" alt="HK Dataviewer">
<=
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[One of the investigators clicks on a screenshot to conduct a reverse-image search->HK Amnesty Google revimage search results]]
[[The team discusses what your metadata tells them->HK: Amnesty DVC metadata results]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about Amnesty's YouTube DataViewer, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: AI DataViewer')].(set: $PageCode to "194")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team use (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s metadata extraction functions to analyse you.
=><=
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/amnesty-invid-analysis-result.png?w=1024" width:"1869" height:"640" alt="HK InVID results">
<=
(if: $AmRevImgForensics is not 1)[What do they do now?
|pathlink>[[[A team member clicks on a screenshot to conduct a reverse-image search->HK Amnesty Google revimage search results]]
[[The team discusses what your metadata tells them->HK: Amnesty DVC metadata results]]]](else:)[With this additional information, the team decides what to do next.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty DVC metadata results]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about InVID, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: InVID')].(set: $PageCode to "161")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmVisits +=1)(set: $AmnestyDVC to "yes")(if: $backup is not "yes")[(set: $filefail to (random: 1,8))](if: $filefail is 1)[Oh no! The team goes back to use you, but they discover that you have been deleted. Because they don't have a backup of you, there's nothing they can do...
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 4s)[|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Date_time)]
**Time since created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $timesince)]
**Last modified**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Datatype)]
**File type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Size)]
**Authors**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Authors)]
**Owner**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Owner)]
**Additional**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Additional)]]](else:)[(if: ($AmMeta is "yes") and ($AmForensics is "yes") and ($AmLoc is "yes") and ($AmSource is "yes") and ($AmProv is "yes"))[The team decides they have enough information about you.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty Report prelude]]]](else:)[(if: $AmVisits is 1)[(set: $totalinfo to (""))(set:$pastinfo to (""))(set: $latestinfo to (""))You are given to a caseworker(if: $NYTinv is "yes")[ from Amnesty International](else:)[], who decides that they need to check key details about you in order to know what has happened. They enlist members of Amnesty's Digital Verification Corps (DVC) to help with this.
What do they want to find out first?](if: $AmVisits is >1)[(set: $totalinfo to ($pastinfo+$latestinfo))(if: ($AmVisits is >1) and ($totalinfo is not("")))[Their case file about you states:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]]
What do they look for next?]
|pathlink>[(if: $AmMeta is not "yes")[[[More information about the file you are stored in->HK: Amnesty metadata tools]]
](if: $AmForensics is not "yes")[[[What exactly you are showing and whether you could be fake->HK: Amnesty vid forensics tools]]
](if: $AmLoc is not "yes")[[[Where you were created->HK: Amnesty vid location tools]]
](if: $AmSource is not "yes")[[[Who created you->HK: Amnesty source tools]]
](if: $AmProv is not "yes")[[[Where you were first posted online->HK: Amnesty provenance]]
](if: $AmVisits is 5)[[[They decide they have enough information about you->HK: Amnesty Report prelude]]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about Amnesty International's Digital Verification Corps, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: DVC')].](set: $PageCode to "159")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $backup to "no")(goto: "HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop")(set: $PageCode to "160")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))They decide that they need to store you securely, to ensure that there is no danger of you disappearing. They have several possible tools at their disposal.
(link-reveal: "YouTube-dl")[(open-url: 'https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/')], an open-source tool which allows users to download videos from YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
(link-reveal: "Video Vault")[(open-url: 'https://www.bravenewtech.org/')], an open-source tool which allows users to upload videos to be encrypted on its website. Videos are authenticated with a time-stamp. However, the tool is in beta and does not provide a warranty.
Which tool do they choose?
|pathlink>[[[YouTube-dl->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]
[[Video Vault->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]
---
To find out more about video storage tools, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Video storage tools')].
(set: $YouTubedl to 1)(set: $VideoVault to 1)(set: $backup to "yes")(set: $PageCode to "191")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))They use (link-reveal: "Google Images' reverse search function")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ogbl')] to find similar videos to you online. These are some of the results which come up:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-google-reverse-image-search.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"513" alt="HK Googel rev search1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-google-reverse-image-search-matches-1.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"432" alt="HK Googel rev search2">
The search suggests that 'soldier' provides a good match for what is in the image. It also finds videos matching you on the following pages:
(link-reveal: "Hong Kong Protests — Good Trouble")[(open-url: 'www.goodtroublemag.com › home › hongkongprotests')]
www.goodtroublemag.com › home › hongkongprotests
480 × 360 - 25 Aug 2019 - After a summer colored by protests, Hong Kong is polluted by tear gas. Good Trouble reached out to representative Wong Ka Ying of Hong ...
(link-reveal: "Video: Level of force used by Hong Kong police to clear ...")[(open-url: 'https://hongkongfp.com/2019/06/18/video-level-force-used-hong-kong-police-clear-protests-questioned-video-clips-go-viral/')]
hongkongfp.com › 2019/06/18 › video-level-force-use...
480 × 360 - 18 Jun 2019 - As protesters occupied main roads for several hours on Wednesday in opposition to the controversial extradition bill, police took ...
(link-reveal: "HK Special Tactical Squad hates water and phone? - YouTube")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHBAWsQhszI')]
www.youtube.com › watch
480 × 360 - 12 Jun 2019 - Copy link. Info. Shopping. Tap to unmute. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Your browser does not currently recognize ...
(link-reveal: "片/依從指引使用武力?國際特赦組織:香港警察違反國際人權 ...")[(gotourl: 'https://dailyview.hk/popular/detail/5315')]
Dailyview.hk › popular › detail
480 × 360 - 21 Jun 2019 - 香港反送中浪潮持續不斷,自6月9號一百萬人和平示威遊行,到6月12號金鐘一帶發生警民衝突,許多市民都質疑警方過度使用武力……
Do these results help the team's goal of establishing whether you are authentic?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->HK Amnesty revimage next]]
[[No->HK Amnesty revimage next]]
[[You're not sure->HK Amnesty revimage next]]](set: $PageCode to "196")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the team members analyses your file, whilst the others use the data gathered from (if: $InVID is 1)[InVID](if: $AmnestyDataviewer is 1)[the YouTube DataViewer]. The team gets together to discuss the results. This is what they have:
(if: $InVID is 1)[<u>**InVID results**</u>
Video title: 20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water
Video description: Livestream: https://hongkongers69.github.io/fb-live/ https://ncehk2019.github.io/nce-live/ https://www.twitch.tv/yurivipw
Video description: Livestream: https://hongkongers69.github.io/fb-live/ https://ncehk2019.github.io/nce-live/ https://www.twitch.tv/yurivipw
Video view count: 79250
Like count: 210
Dislike count: 103
Duration: PT1M
Licensed content: false
Description mentioned locations: N/A
Recording location description: N/A
Upload time: 2019-06-12, 14:08:55 (UTC)](if: $AmnestyDataviewer is 1)[<u>**DataViewer Results**</u>
Video ID: FG9fGy9JcYw
Upload Date (YYYY/MM/DD): 2019-06-12
Upload Time (UTC): 14:08:55]
<u>**File Analysis Results**</u>
Name: (print: $Name)
Date and time created: (print: $Date_time)
Time since created: (print: $timesince)
Last modified: (print: $Last_modified)
Location: (print: $Location)
Data type: (print: $Datatype)
File type: (print: $Filetype)
Size: (print: $Size)
Authors: (print: $Authors)
Owner: (print: $Owner)
Additional: (print: $Additional)
Is this information enough for them to make a judgement about your authenticity?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->HK: Amnesty DVC metadata analysis]]
[[No->HK: Amnesty DVC metadata analysis]]
[[You're not sure->HK: Amnesty DVC metadata analysis]]](set: $PageCode to "197")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team decides that, ultimately, the information they have about you from these metadata analyses is not enough to go on. (if: ($Name is not "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water") or ($Date_time is not "12/6/19 14:08") or ($Last_modified is not "12/6/19 at 14:08") or ($Location is not "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw") or ($Datatype is not "Video") or ($Filetype is not "Youtube Video") or ($Authors is not "f***ing Hong Kong Police"))[In particular, the conflicting evidence in the metadata they have found means it is clear that many people have owned you - but they cannot establish a complete chain of who has or when.]
However, their analysis has established that the version of you they received is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw, you were uploaded by the Channel f***ing Hong Kong Police at 14:08 (UTC) on 12/6/19(if: ($Name is not "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water") or ($Date_time is not "12/6/19 14:08")or ($Last_modified is not "12/6/19 at 14:08") or ($Location is not "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw") or ($Datatype is not "Video") or ($Filetype is not "Youtube Video") or ($Authors is not "f***ing Hong Kong Police"))[and that you have had a complicated chain of custody.](else:)[.]
They agree that they need to combine these results with other approaches.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "This particular video file is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw. Uploaded by the Channel f***ing Hong Kong Police at 14:08 (UTC) on 12/6/19. ")(set: $PageCode to "188")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team uses (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s video analysis function to take freeze-frames from you. InVID then allows them to search for similar images across the internet, using several other tools. Each tool has its' own database of websites and will show different results. The tools are:
(link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: 'https://tineye.com')], a reverse image searching tool which uses pattern recongition techniques to match you with potentially similar copies elsewhere. It emphasises privacy.
(link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZive-GroXMbW9a4m89wvoy3mV_1e_1DoOeZNnOEZ64vNLrTzEeTt0_1YO4qAoE5-roYtiITf1wqEeM7x7hBls7IlAiB0WD5cnIbL8SNbiUuYmz9XUNjrpi3tWPk18Q2m6BJI7njf-KewBPe_1usVlYuwGnsPo6cjTSnRybLbojQdsSuPnkSiK_1WTL_17v4JzgFtVBFS-g0HtuIVse6-qsUUpmeZHrlYQnjIbUh4Nnasl2a-z0VyUxrX2QPoS8bTX957yMMEEbfJWwJHmEGnbz8Sk7OVwy05ZeSwin5VAZ2nSQt3e_1Ps4AK9oPmQJ8k0qhURrKslMWupBFaZe28u-wABfaZ9KnNFwfGw')], a tool which searches Google's image search database. As well as highlighting direct matches, it uses machine learning techniques to suggest visually similar images and topical websites.
(link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')], a reverse image searching tool based in Moscow, Russia. The digital investigations site Bellingcat suggests Yandex is the most accurate tool of its kind for identifying faces, landscapes, and objects.
Which tool do they choose?
|pathlink>[[[TinEye->HK Amnesty revimage TinEye results]]
[[Google's reverse image search->HK Amnesty Google revimage search results]]
[[Yandex->HK Amnesty revimage Yandex results]]]
(set: $AmRevImgForensics to 1)(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $tineye to 1)(set: $Googleimagerev to 1)(set: $Yandex to 1)(set: $PageCode to "182")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team has the following software at their disposal to analyse your content:
(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')], a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital photo forensics. It offers various techniques for judging whether an image has been edited, including Error Level Analysis and metadata extraction.
(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')], a free toolset for digital image forensics. It includes tools such as noise level analysis, clone detection, error level analysis and metadata extraction.
(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')], a free toolkit which affords various techniques for analysing videos. These include metadata extraction, Error Level Analysis, noise detection and more.
(link-reveal: "Uniform Insignia")[(open-url: 'http://www.uniforminsignia.org')], a public encyclopaedia of uniforms for various grups across the world, including police and military.
Which tool to they decide to use?
|pathlink>[[[FotoForensics->HK: Amnesty FotoForensics]]
[[Forensically->HK: Amnesty Forensically]]
[[InVID->HK: Amnesty InVID]]
(if: $Insignia is not 1)[[[Uniform Insignia->HK: Amnesty Uniform Insignia]]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $FotoForensics to 1)(set: $Forensically to 1)(set: $Ghiro to 1)(set: $UniformInsignia to 1)(set: $PageCode to "185")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators takes a screenshot from you and loads it into (link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')]. The tool carries out an Error Level Analysis. This creates an image showing how much compression is present for different parts of you. If areas are very uniform where they shouldn't be - or aren't very uniform where they should be - this can indicate that the image has been edited or tampered with. For example, if there is an area of a single colour, it shouldn't look like it has lots of colours in the analysis.
This is the image that FotoForensics outputs:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-fotoforensics-output.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"407" alt="HK FotoForensics">
What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were filmed->HK: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->HK: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->HK: Amnesty image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "184")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators takes a freeze-frame from you and loads it into (link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')]. The tool carries out an a series of tests, including Clone Detecton and a Noise Analysis. The Clone Detection is meant to find areas of the picture which seem to be repeated - a sign that the video has been tampered with. The Noise Analysis creates an image of you which highlights areas which have a particularly high level of random variation in colour or brightness. It can be helpful for identifying manipulations to the image like airbrushing, deformations or warping.
This is the image that the investigator inputted:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-youtube-vid-screensot.jpg?w=480" width:"480" height:"360" alt="HK Screensot">
And this is the Noise map that Forensically produces of you:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-forensically-output.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"413" alt="HK Forensically">
It shows that there is very little unexpected noise in the image. Meanwhile, the Clone Detection shows no signs that there are repeated areas which might have been manipulated.
What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were filmed->HK: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->HK: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->HK: Amnesty image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "183")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators takes a screenshot from you and loads it into (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s forensic analysis tool. The tool carries out a variety of analyses which test for unusual changes to the image.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-invid-forensics.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"401" alt="HK FotoForensics">
The results show nothing unusual in this image. What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were filmed->HK: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->HK: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->HK: Amnesty image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "189")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))They use (link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ogbl')] to find similar videos to you online. But only one result comes up:
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<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-tineye-results-1.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"687" alt="HK TinEye">
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What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They decide to try Google images' reverse search instead->HK Amnesty Google revimage search results]]
[[They decide to try Yandex's reverse search instead->HK Amnesty revimage Yandex results]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]
(set: $tineye to 1)(set: $PageCode to "190")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))They use (link-reveal: "Yandex' reverse image search function")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/images/')] to find similar videos to you online. These are some of the results which come up:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-yandex-results-all.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"682" alt="HK Yandex1">
Besides your original YouTube channel, there is one other result which looks like you.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-yandex-result-specific.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"687" alt="HK Yandex2">
Do these results help the team's goal of establishing whether you are authentic?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->HK Amnesty revimage next]]
[[No->HK Amnesty revimage next]]
[[You're not sure->HK Amnesty revimage next]]](set: $PageCode to "187")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators searches 'Hong Kong' in the (link-reveal: "Uniform Insignia")[(open-url: 'http://www.uniforminsignia.org/index.php?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&search_id=main&state=143&search_id=top')] database
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-uniform-insignia.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"580" alt="HK Insignia">
However, the database doesn't have pages for the insignia of Hong Kong's police departments.
What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They decide to use a different tool to analyse your content->HK: Amnesty image forensics]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]
(set: $Insignia to 1)(set: $PageCode to "169")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator uses the world mapping software (link-reveal: "Google Earth")[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/Hong+Kong/@22.35272344,114.12770008,19.68883955a,68813.56803775d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnQaShJECiUweDM0MDNlMmVkYTMzMjk4MGY6MHhmMDhhYjNiYWRiZWFjOTdjGTn8f-a9UTZAIbtt8M_WilxAKglIb25nIEtvbmcYAiABIiYKJAleCAoNO_8zQBFcCAoNO_8zwBmzIbM2uus_wCEdVTP-0qlgwA')] to try and find where you are from. They search for 'Hong Kong'. This is what appears:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hong-kong-google-earth.png?w=1024" width="850" height="398" alt="HK GoogleEarth">
This is too much information for one investigator. Forunately, another member of the team has found a version of you on posted on Facebook with a caption whhich suggests you were taken in the area around Hong Kong City Hall.
What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They look at the City Hall area in Google Maps' Streetview mode->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]
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^^Image credit: Google Earth (2020), ‘Hong Kong’. Available at https://earth.google.com/web/search/Hong+Kong/@22.35272344,114.12770008,19.68883955a,68813.56803775d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnQaShJECiUweDM0MDNlMmVkYTMzMjk4MGY6MHhmMDhhYjNiYWRiZWFjOTdjGTn8f-a9UTZAIbtt8M_WilxAKglIb25nIEtvbmcYAiABIiYKJAleCAoNO_8zQBFcCAoNO_8zwBmzIbM2uus_wCEdVTP-0qlgwA (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "170")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator uses the open-source mapping website (link-reveal: "WikiMapia")[(open-url: 'https://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=22.331658&lon=114.141426&z=12&m=w&search=hong%20kong')] to try and find where you are from. They search for 'Hong Kong'. This is what appears:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/wikimapia-hong-kong1.png?w=1024" width="850" height="402" alt="HKUSUCampusTVwikimap">
This is too much information for one investigator. Forunately, another member of the team has found a version of you on posted on Facebook with a caption which suggests you were taken in the area around Hong Kong City Hall.
What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They look at the City Hall area in Google Maps' Streetview mode->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]](set: $PageCode to "178")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "1139134770422542336")(set: $Date_time = "13/6/19 at 11:37")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "13/6/19 at 11:37") (set: $Location = "https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1139134677178994689/pu/vid/480x270/DH2NDGTa2zB1B2T_.mp4")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Twitter video")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "香港反政府デモ情報館")(set: $Owner = "Twitter")(set: $Additional = "Hashtags: . Replies: 0. Retweets: 69. Likes: 39")Based on the watermark on the video, a member of the team searches for 'Campus TV HKUSU' on Twitter for the period you were posted.
They only find one tweet. It was posted by (link-reveal: "香港反政府デモ情報館 (@HKnewsJP)")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/HKnewsJP')], a user claiming to be a pro-democracy news page.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ja" dir="ltr">【20190612】男性が水を運んでいる最中、十数名の警察に囲まれ、警棒で殴られました。それに、催涙スプレーをかけられ続けました。<br>via Campus TV, HKUSU 香港大學學生會校園電視 <a href="https://t.co/MXdYTUlRF7">pic.twitter.com/MXdYTUlRF7</a></p>— 香港反政府デモ情報館 (@HKnewsJP) <a href="https://twitter.com/HKnewsJP/status/1139134770422542336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The tweet includes a version of you, as a Twitter video. The caption is written in Japanese. If translated into English, it includes the phrase “Campus TV, HKUSU Hong Kong University College Student Academy Television”.
What does the investigator do next?
|pathlink>[[[They use you to check the trustworthyness of the account which posted you->Video: HK Amnesty Twitter usercheck]]
[[They search Facebook for you, using the term “Campus TV, HKUSU Hong Kong University College Student Academy Television”->Video: HK original source]]
(link: "They give up - and your story ends here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)](set: $PageCode to "179")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The investigator runs you through the (link-reveal: "video verification tool InVID's")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/tools-and-services/invid-verification-plugin/')] analysis function. This pulls up all your metadata, as well as information about the account.
<u>**Video**</u>:
* Identifiant: 1139134770422542336
* Content:【20190612】男性が水を運んでいる最中、十数名の警察に囲まれ、警棒で殴られました。それに、催涙スプレーをかけられ続けました。 via Campus TV, HKUSU 香港大學學生會校園電視 https://t.co/MXdYTUlRF7
* Origin: Twitter for iPhone
* Likes count: 39
* Retweets count: 64
* Language: ja
* Duration: 00:00:59
* (text-style: "mark")[Created: 2019-06-13, 11:37:48 UTC]
<u>**User**</u>:
* Name: 香港反政府デモ情報館
* Screen name: HKnewsJP
* Location:
* Profile:
* Followers: 17203
* Following: 0
* Lists:
* (text-style: "mark")[Created: 2019-06-11, 13:02:17]
The data suggests that the account was made two days before it posted you.
Does the information they have found make it more or less trustworthy?
|pathlink>[[[More->Video: HK Amnesty Twitter usercheck next]]
[[Less->Video: HK Amnesty Twitter usercheck next]]
[[Neither more nor less->Video: HK Amnesty Twitter usercheck next]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $PageCode to "198")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The investigator finds the (link-reveal: "Facebook page for Hong Kong University Students Union's Campus TV (HKUSU CampusTV)")[(open-url: 'https://www.facebook.com/hkucampustv')].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hkusu-campus-tv-fb.png?w=1024" width="850" height="547" alt="HKUSUCampusTVFB">
They decide to search for you on the page's videos.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Video: HK original source]]](set: $PageCode to "180")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team is divided over how to interpret this investigation into your history on Twitter. But they agree that this information suggests you weren't first posted on Twitter: the tweet is from 13/6/20, a day after you were posted on YouTube.
They decide that they need to investigate you via a different route. What do they do next?
|pathlink>[[[They decide that they need to take a different approach altogether->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]
[[They search on Facebook->Video: HK Amnesty Facebook]](if: $AmRevImgForensics is not 1)[
[[They use a tool to take freeze-frames of you and search for them across the internet->HK Amnesty rev-vid search tools]]]](set: $PageCode to "164")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators follows you to see you in the context of the other videos on your YouTube channel, '(link-reveal: "f***ing Hong Kong Police")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO04dcv8cmqaDomwrm2L0LQ')]'. The channel was created on May 31st 2014. It has 1.36k subscribers. You are the first video it posted and have by far the most views.
They find you alongside these videos:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jK5fexc91qI" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/F5dBfaGiyH0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_Fv7_CB3fiM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Does this context help tell the team from Amnesty about who posted you?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->HK: Amnesty source YT channel next]]
[[No->HK: Amnesty source YT channel next]]
[[They're not sure->HK: Amnesty source YT channel next]]]
(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 14:08")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 14:08") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Views: 79,181. Likes: 210. Dislikes: 103. Comments: 31")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
(set: $PageCode to "165")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Based on this information, the team agrees that you were uploaded to a channel dedicated to documenting police abuses in Hong Kong. (if: $videonet is 1)[The team also has the map of your YouTube recommended videos, given to them by Dr Alison Richards, which corresponds with this theory. ]However, they decide that this does not tell them about who posted you originally.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Uploaded by the Channel f***ing Hong Kong Police, a channel focused on documenting police abuses in Hong Kong. ")
(set: $PageCode to "166")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators follows you to see you in the context of the other videos on you were posted with on, (link-reveal: "Sendvid")[(open-url: https://sendvid.com/50cs0xyu)].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-video-sendvid.png?w=1024" width="836" height="440" alt="HK Sendvid">
Does this context help tell the team from Amnesty about who posted you?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->HK: Amnesty source SendVid next]]
[[No->HK: Amnesty source SendVid next]]
[[Shes not sure->HK: Amnesty source SendVid next]]]
(set: $Name = "D8461632 E372 4B58 9834 ED0F9E727AA0")(set: $Date_time = "13/6/19 at 21:43")(set: $timesince = "3hrs")(set: $Last_modified = "13/6/19 at 21:43") (set: $Location = "https://hongkongers69.github.io/fb-live/highlight.html")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Sendvid")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "N/A")(set: $Additional = "Views: 8709")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)](set: $PageCode to "167")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))After some discussion, the team decides that this context doesn't tell them enough about who posted you. Nevertheless, they have established that their version of you was published to the site https://hongkongers69.github.io/fb-live/highlight.html using the video-sharing platform SendVid.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Video is from https://hongkongers69.github.io/fb-live/highlight.html. Uploaded using the sharing platform SendVid. Uploaded on 13/6/19 at 21:43. ")
(set: $PageCode to "192")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))After examinng the results of the reverse image search, the team agrees that it is clear that you have spread far across the internet by now. However, they can't establish who took you, when you were first uploaded, where you were first uploaded or whether you have been doctored in some way.
The team decides to continue examining you through other methods. (if: $AmRevImgForensics is 1)[What do they choose to do?
|pathlink>[[[They use another image forensics technique->HK: Amnesty image forensics]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]](else:)[
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Lots of other copies online. ")(set: $PageCode to "186")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The investigator shows your results to the rest of the team, who convince them that the analysis suggests you have not been tampered with since you were filmed. They therefore conclude that you are not fake. One of the team members notices that the police use some kind of spray - likely pepper spray - repeatedly throughout the video.
The team decide that they need to combine these results with the other information they have on you.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "The video file has not been edited since it was created. It is therefore unlikely to be fake. The video features multiple uses of pepper spray. ")(set: $PageCode to "171")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Searching (link-reveal: "Google Maps for 'Hong Kong City Hall'")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hong+Kong+City+Hall/@22.2829026,114.1609277,21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3404006400f23fbd:0xdea5d17c31b69b5f!8m2!3d22.2822389!4d114.1616361')], the investigators bring up (link-reveal: "Google's Streetview")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps/@22.2828991,114.1609504,3a,75y,142.92h,98.11t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNCwXSJDcfUJbFJtj70m3dt38I4XPV-0_kdqI7C!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNCwXSJDcfUJbFJtj70m3dt38I4XPV-0_kdqI7C%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya308.51276-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352')] and begin exploring. This is the screenshot from you that they are using for reference:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-geoloc-screenshot1.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"352" alt="HK Geoloc screenshot">
And these are the viewpoints they record from Streetview:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-streetview4.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"392" alt="HK Streetview1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-streetview2.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"393" alt="HK Streetview2">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-streetview3.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"393" alt="HK Streetview">
Have they located where you were taken?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview yes]]
[[No->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview no]]
[[You're not sure->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]]
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<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more informatio about using Google Maps and Streetview for investigations, (link-reveal: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Google Maps for investigations')].(set: $GStreetview to 1)
^^ Image credit: Google (2020), Edinburgh Pl, Google Maps. Available at https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hong+Kong+City+Hall/@22.2829026,114.1609277,21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3404006400f23fbd:0xdea5d17c31b69b5f!8m2!3d22.2822389!4d114.1616361 (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "173")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmStretview to "yes")(goto: "HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview why")(set: $PageCode to "174")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmStretview to "no")(goto: "HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview why")(set: $PageCode to "176")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))After showing these images to the rest of the team, the investigators agree that you were filmed next to Hong Kong's City Hall Memorial Garden, on the corner with Edinburgh Place. Specifically, they locate you to at the co-ordinates 22.282876, 114.160987. (set: $Location to "22.282876, 114.160987")
|pathlink>[[[Continue->HK: Amnesty DVC investigation loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Video was recorded at the City Hall Memorial Garden, 22.282876, 114.160987. ")
(set: $PageCode to "175")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $AmStretview is "yes")[[[Because the staircase, building and road are in the correct place and seem identical->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]
[[Because this is obviously the same place->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]](if: $AmStretview is "no")[[[Beause there is too much going on in the video to confirm anything->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]
[[Because the perspective is wrong in the streetviews versus the screenshot->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]
[[Because you were a fake video->HK: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]]](set: $PageCode to "208")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team from Amnesty International publishes you in a reort titiled *(link-reveal: "Verified: Hong Kong police violence against peaceful protesters")[(open-url: 'https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/hong-kong-police-violence-verified/')]*. It goes online on 21/6/19 at 14:20.
“(text-style: "mark")[Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday, 12 June], in one of a series of mass protests over the past two weeks to demand the government withdraw the extradition bill.
From late afternoon into the night on 12 June, the (text-style: "mark")[largely peaceful protesters faced an onslaught of tear gas, guns firing rubber bullets, pepper spray and baton charges from police] to disperse the demonstration near government headquarters. These (text-style: "mark")[unlawful police actions] posed a serious risk of severe injury, or even death, to protesters.
(text-style: "mark")[Amnesty International’s team of experts on policing and digital verification] took a closer look at this unnecessary and excessive use of force by police. We examined in detail (text-style: "mark")[footage from 14 instances of apparent police violence].
Our team verified incidents of the dangerous use of rubber bullets, officers beating protesters who did not resist, aggressive tactics used by police to obstruct journalists on site and the misuse of tear gas and pepper spray.
(text-style: "mark")[All of the examples Amnesty International verified are violations of international law and standards on the use of force by law enforcement officials]. The verified footage draws upon media coverage and as well as footage posted on social media.”
What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared on social media->HK: Amnesty twitter post]]
[[You are reported online->HK: Amnesty reddit]]
[[You finish your journey here->HK: Amnesty almost final]]]
(set: $Name = "Verified: Hong Kong police violence against peaceful protesters")(set: $Date_time = "21/6/19 14:20")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "21/6/19 14:20") (set: $Location = "https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/hong-kong-police-violence-verified/")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "Amnesty International")(set: $Owner = "Amnesty International")(set: $Additional = "N/A")
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<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
*Artcle credit: Amnesty International, at https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/hong-kong-police-violence-verified/. *
(set: $PageCode to "202")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $NYTimesq1 to "yes")(goto: "Video: HK NYTimes article q1why")(set: $PageCode to "203")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $NYTimesq1 to "no")(goto: "Video: HK NYTimes article q1why")(set: $PageCode to "205")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Does the fact that you were published in a well-respected American, English-language newspaper make the claims made about you more or less likely to be true?
|pathlink>[[[More likely->Video: HK NYTimes article q3]]
[[Less likely->Video: HK NYTimes article q3]]
[[Neither more no less likely->Video: HK NYTimes article q3]]
[[You're not sure->Video: HK NYTimes article q3]]](set: $PageCode to "207")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Hong Kong: final")(set: $PageCode to "204")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $NYTimesq1 is "yes")[[[Becuase the world needed to hear about you - and the New York Times is one of the best platforms to do that->Video: HK NYTimes article q2]]
[[Because the *New York Times* reporting is some of the best in the world->Video: HK NYTimes article q2]]
[[Because American reporting is generally better->->Video: HK NYTimes article q2]]](if: $NYTimesq1 is "no")[[[Because you were already online->->Video: HK NYTimes article q2]]
[[Because you didn't need to be presented to English-speaking audiences to have an impact->Video: HK NYTimes article q2]]
[[Because Western reporting on issues in Hong Kong is generally less accurate->Video: HK NYTimes article q2]]]](set: $PageCode to "218")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You appear on the internet forum (link-reveal: "Reddit")[(open-url: 'https://www.reddit.com')], in a post titled (link-reveal: "[Amnesty International] Verified: Hong Kong police violence against peaceful protesters")[(open-url: 'https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/c3qvsv/amnesty_international_verified_hong_kong_police/')]. The thread receives 72 upvotes and 2 comments.
*/u/rsapparel*. It reads: “(text-style: "mark")[NGO calls out Hong Kong police for being violent against 'peaceful' protestors, but conveniently edits all video footage leading up to said 'peaceful' protestors being beaten.
Not even surprised.]”
Is their interpretation of what Amnesty did true?
|pathlink>[(link: "Yes")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "No")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]
(link: "You're not sure")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](set: $PageCode to "220")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are shared and commented on by 2.4k people, including:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We REQUEST the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a> government to start an independent investigation into the excess force used by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongPolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongPolice</a> on 12th June 2019 immediately. This cannot be ignored. This cannot be bargained with. <a href="https://t.co/2WqeBUvysZ">https://t.co/2WqeBUvysZ</a></p>— Voice of Hongkongers: Civilian's Justice 😷 🖐☝️ (@hkciviljustice) <a href="https://twitter.com/hkcivil_justice/status/1142483861009383424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happens all the time in Venezuela, nobody cares. HK is more important in the global economy though, maybe some would react to this 🙄</p>— Javier Mendonça ⭕ (@javiermendonca) <a href="https://twitter.com/javiermendonca/status/1142120763908075521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What happens now?
|pathlink>[(link: "You become #HongKong")[(goto: 'hashtag HongKong')]
(link: "You become #HongKongPolice")[(goto: 'hashtag HongKongPolice')]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]](set: $PageCode to "221")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "hashtag HongKong")(set: $PageCode to "209")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Was it important for you to be reported on by a London-based international charity for people to see you?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->HK: Amnesty q1yes]]
[[No->HK: Amnesty q1no]]
[[You're not sure->HK: Amnesty q2]]](set: $PageCode to "210")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AIq1 to "yes")(goto: "HK: Amnesty q1why")(set: $PageCode to "211")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AIq1 to "no")(goto: "HK: Amnesty q1why")(set: $PageCode to "212")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Does the fact that they were made by a renouned human rights charity make the claims made about you inherently more true?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->HK: Amnesty q3]]
[[No->HK: Amnesty q3]]
[[You're not sure->HK: Amnesty q3]]](set: $PageCode to "213")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $AIq1 is "yes")[[[Becuase the world needed to hear about you - and Amnesty International is one of the best platforms to do that->HK: Amnesty q2]]
[[Because Amnesty International's human rights investigations are some of the best in the world->HK: Amnesty q2]]
[[Because Western reporting on human rights issues is generally better->HK: Amnesty q2]]](if: $AIq1 is "no")[[[Because you were already online->HK: Amnesty q2]]
[[Because you didn't need to be presented to English-speaking audiences to have an impact->HK: Amnesty q2]]
[[Because Western reporting on human rights issues is often biased->HK: Amnesty q2]]]](set: $PageCode to "215")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Hong Kong: final")(set: $PageCode to "217")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $End_HongKong_Main to 1)
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(goto: "Metadata ending")(set: $PageCode to "30")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You have changed a lot on your journey. You may have even shapeshifted into an entirely different kind of data. Your metadata has changed too.
<u>**This is the metadata you began with**</u>
**Name**: (print: $NameEnd)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_timeEnd)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesinceEnd)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modifiedEnd)
**Location**: (print: $LocationEnd)
**Data type**: (print: $DatatypeEnd)
**File type**: (print: $FiletypeEnd)
**Size**: (print: $SizeEnd)
**Authors**: (print: $AuthorsEnd)
**Owner**: (print: $OwnerEnd)
**Additional**: (print: $AdditionalEnd)
<u>**And this was the metadata you have ended with**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Alternative journeys 1]]](set: $PageCode to "11")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You will be presented with moments that allow you to shapeshift. These will open up other paths to other ways of knowing.
|pathlink>[[[They allow you to change what you are.->What are you?]]](set: $PageCode to "214")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Would you have had more or less influence if you were a person's written testimony, rather than a video?
|pathlink>[[[More influence->HK: Amnesty final final]]
[[Neither more nor less influence->HK: Amnesty final final]]
[[Less influence->HK: Amnesty final final]]
[[It depends on the context->HK: Amnesty final final]]
[[You're not sure->HK: Amnesty final final]]](set: $PageCode to "206")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Would you have had more or less influence if you were a person's story, rather than a video?
|pathlink>[[[More influence->Video: HK NYTimes article final]]
[[Neither more nor less influence->Video: HK NYTimes article final]]
[[Less influence->Video: HK NYTimes article final]]
[[It depends on the context->Video: HK NYTimes article final]]
[[You're not sure->Video: HK NYTimes article final]]](set: $PageCode to "137")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "Hong Kong prepares for more China extradition bill protests as police backlash continues")(set: $Date_time = "14/6/19 at 0:00")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "14/6/19 at 15:19") (set: $Location = "https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/14/asia/hong-kong-protests-police-tactics-intl-hnk/index.html")(set: $Datatype = "Text")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Julia Hollingsworth,")(set: $Owner = "CNN")(set: $Additional = "N/A")(set: $CNNreport to 1)You become *CNN*'s eventual news report. Written by Julia Hollingsworth and published on 14/6/19, its' title is *(link-reveal: "Hong Kong prepares for more China extradition bill protests as police backlash continues")[(open-url: 'https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/14/asia/hong-kong-protests-police-tactics-intl-hnk/index.html')]*.
“Hong Kong (CNN)Hong Kong is preparing for (text-style: "mark")[another weekend of protests over a controversial China extradition bill] -- just days after police tactics during violent demonstrations drew international condemnation.
“Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) said it was planning to hold a third protest on Sunday afternoon against the bill that would allow fugitives to be extradited to mainland China. Hong Kong police have granted the political advocacy group permission to do so.
“(text-style: "mark")[In a press conference on Thursday, CHRF spokeswoman Bonnie Leung told CNN that they were planning "a very peaceful assembly."]
“It was unclear whether Wednesday's violence would serve to galvanize opposition to the bill or scare protesters off the streets.
The (text-style: "mark")[protests started on Sunday when organizers said more than 1 million people took to the city's streets] -- the largest protest since the former British colony was handed back to China in 1997.”
“(text-style: "mark")[Up to 5,000 riot police fired 150 rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and bean bag rounds in clashes with protesters]. The number of tear gas canisters used was almost double the amount fired during 2014's pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, when the city was brought to a standstill for 79 days.
“Videos from Wednesday's protest showed police spraying tear gas directly into protester's faces and beating them with batons.”
“Since Thursday, (text-style: "mark")[more than 23,000 people have signed a petition] against the "excessive level of violence and firearms against citizens who are participating in a peaceful assembly."
“(text-style: "mark")[Amnesty International Hong Kong director Man-Kei Tam said the "ugly scenes" against "overwhelmingly peaceful protesters" was a "violation of international law."]
“"This excessive response from police is fueling tensions and is likely to contribute to worsening violence, rather than end it," Tam said in a statement.”
Is your description correct?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Yes", "HK: CNN report why 1")[(set: $Video_CNN_truth to "yes")]
(link-reveal-goto: "No", "HK: CNN report why 1")[(set: $Video_CNN_truth to "no")]
(link-reveal-goto: "You're not sure", "HK: CNN report why 1")[(set: $Video_CNN_truth to "unsure")]]
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(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
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(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are this video.
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(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 15s)[The video goes on to show the men in riot gear pinning someone to the ground with their knees.]
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 18s)[|pathlink>[[[Continue->Metadata tutorial: HKvid]]]]Content warning: the following paths involve issues of displacement, forced migration, persecution, police brutality, trauma, and human rights violations. They inlude narratives and descriptions which some people may find disturbing.
Please click the back button if you would prefer to choose a different path. If you would like a more light-hearted journey, |pathlink>[(link: "click here")[(goto: 'Meet Harold')]].
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Calais Language]]]Content warning: the following paths involve issues of displacement, forced migration, persecution, police brutality, trauma, and human rights violations.
Please click the back button if you would prefer to choose a different path. If you would like a more light-hearted journey, |pathlink>[(link: "click here")[(goto: 'Meet Harold')]].
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</script>}
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to $PageCode)(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "true")(append: ?SideBar)[(if: $showFooter is "true")[(if: $GameMode is "main")[|sidebar>[(link:"Save")[(save-game:"A")Saved]]](if: $GameMode is "training mode")[|sidebar>[(link:"Save")[(save-game:"B")Saved]]]
|sidebar>[(link-reveal: "Restart")[(goto: "Start menu")]]
|sidebar>[(link-reveal: "Home")[(reload:)]]
|sidebar>[(link-reveal: "Sources")[(open-url: 'https://docs.google.com/document/d/11KTSwYQZVJbLvLoEFsUbgLLRZiy9MsJc-F3ZN-fAETI/edit?usp=sharing')]]
](if: $showFooter is "false")[]]
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "9270687")(set: $Location = "https://tenor.com/view/hideyourpainharold-harold-hide-your-pain-gif-9270687")Well...
<div class="tenor-gif-embed" data-postid="9270687" data-share-method="host" data-width="100%" data-aspect-ratio="0.6666666666666666"><a href="https://tenor.com/view/hideyourpainharold-harold-hide-your-pain-gif-9270687">Harold Hide Your Pain GIF</a> from <a href="https://tenor.com/search/harold-gifs">Harold GIFs</a></div><script type="text/javascript" async src="https://tenor.com/embed.js"></script>
What now?
|pathlink>[[[You become yet another 'Hide the Pain Harold' GIF...->Harold: Tenor3]]
[[You become another kind of 'Hide the Pain Harold' meme->Harold: identity theft]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
(text-style: "mark")[**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "7565163")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A")(set: $Location = "https://tenor.com/view/hide-the-pain-harold-eyebrows-gif-7565163")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = ".gif")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "Tenor")(set: $Additional = "")(if: $HaroldAutobiography is not 1)[You go viral, spreading across the internet, mutating in meaning and use with each share. You become a medium for people to express their humour, their irony and their sadness.
You become the subject of endless improvisation and innovation, including...]
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 8s)[<div class="tenor-gif-embed" data-postid="7565163" data-share-method="host" data-width="100%" data-aspect-ratio="0.6666666666666666"><a href="https://tenor.com/view/hide-the-pain-harold-eyebrows-gif-7565163">Hide The GIF</a> from <a href="https://tenor.com/search/hide-gifs">Hide GIFs</a></div><script type="text/javascript" async src="https://tenor.com/embed.js"></script>]
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 12s)[What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become another 'Hide the Pain Harold' GIF->Harold: Tenor2]](if: $HaroldAutobiography is not "yes")[
(link-reveal-goto: "You shapeshift into another kind of 'Hide the Pain Harold' meme", "Harold: autobiography")[(set: $HaroldTenor to "yes")]]
[[You become the tag 'Hide Your Pain Harold', used by Google's search algorithm->Harold: Google]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
]For more information about GIFs, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: GIFS')].
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "15579798")(set: $Location = "https://tenor.com/view/hide-the-pain-harold-yoga-touch-crystal-relaxing-stuff-gif-15579798")
You are becoming an expression of some of the stranger parts of meme culture. Someone has decided to use 'Deep Fake' techniques on you. The results are... disturbing...
<div class="tenor-gif-embed" data-postid="15579798" data-share-method="host" data-width="100%" data-aspect-ratio="1.0101419878296145"><a href="https://tenor.com/view/hide-the-pain-harold-yoga-touch-crystal-relaxing-stuff-gif-15579798">Hide The Pain Harold Yoga GIF</a> from <a href="https://tenor.com/search/hidethepainharold-gifs">Hidethepainharold GIFs</a></div><script type="text/javascript" async src="https://tenor.com/embed.js"></script>
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become the tag 'Hide Your Pain Harold', used by Google's search algorithm->Harold: Google]]
[[You are found by a data analytics company->Harold: face scraping]]
(link: "You finish your story here")[(goto: 'Harold: finish')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
(text-style: "mark")[**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about Deep Fakes, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Deep Fakes')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "grandpa-smiling-98247059")(set: $Date_time = "13/9/2011 00:00")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "13/9/2011 00:00") (set: $Location = "http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1124864")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "233kb")(set: $Authors = "Greenen72")(set: $Owner = "FacePunch")(set: $Additional = "")(set: $NameEnd = "grandpa-smiling-98247059")(set: $Date_timeEnd = "13/9/2011 00:00")(set: $timesinceEnd = "N/A")(set: $Last_modifiedEnd = "13/9/2011 00:00") (set: $LocationEnd = "http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1124864")(set: $DatatypeEnd = "Image")(set: $FiletypeEnd = ".jpg")(set: $SizeEnd = "233kb")(set: $AuthorsEnd = "Greenen72")(set: $OwnerEnd = "FacePunch")(set: $AdditionalEnd = "")
(goto: "Metadata tutorial")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are posted to the forum FacePunch by the user Greenen72, alongside a collection of other stock photographs. The forum thread is titled 'Photoshop Hide-the-Pain Harold'.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-facepunch-edited.jpg?w=973" width="850" height="895" alt="Harold Facepunch">
Below you, Greenen72 shares some versions of you they have edited:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-facepunch3.png?w=713" width="713" height="792" alt="Harold PhotoShop1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-facepunch4.png?w=985" width="850" height="746" alt="Harold PhotoShop2">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared on Facebook->Harold: Facebook group]]
[[You are shared on the forum 4Chan->Harold: 4Chan 1]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
^^ Available at (link-reveal: "https://web.archive.org/web/20110925031223/http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1124864")[(open-url: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20110925031223/http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1124864')] ^^
For more information about memes and memeification, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: memes')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "Hide the Pain Harold")(set: $Date_time = "23/10/11")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://www.facebook.com/Hide-the-Pain-Harold-259512860761226")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = "Facebook page")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Hide the Pain Harold")(set: $Owner = "Facebook")(set: $Additional = "")(alert: "Look! Your metadata has changed.")On October 23rd 2011, a Facebook group is created titled '(link-reveal: "Hide the Pain Harold")[(open-url: 'https://www.facebook.com/Hide-the-Pain-Harold-259512860761226/')]'. You are shared to it, with your poster encouraging others to caption and reframe you.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-facebook-page.png?w=1024" width="850" height="470" alt="Harold Facebook group">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are remixed by one of the users->Harold: I'm fine]]
[[You shapeshift into the meme template 'Hide the Pain Harold' and go viral->Harold: autobiography]]
[[You shapeshift into the user data of someone who comments on the page->Harold: data sale]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "37623sB421zk2")(set: $Date_time = "5/5/14 14:17")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "5/5/14 14:17")(set: $Location = "https://boards.4chan.org/b/")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "233kb")(set: $Authors = "Anon")(set: $Owner = "4Chan")(alert: "Look! Your metadata has changed.")You are shared by an anonymous user in a thread on the forum (link-reveal: "4Chan")[(open-url: 'https://www.4chan.org/')]. These are some of the other posts.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-4chan1.png?w=1024" width="850" height="504" alt="Harold 4Chan1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-4chan2.png?w=552" width="552" height="412" alt="Harold 4Chan2">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-4chan5.png?w=680" width="680" height="685" alt="Harold 4Chan5">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-4chan6.png?w=1024" width="850" height="467" alt="Harold 4Chan6">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become a post on the image sharing site Imgur->Harold: Imgur 1]]
[[You are shared on the social media site VK->Harold:VK page]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information about 4Chan, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: 4chan')].
^^ 4Chan thread archived at (link-reveal: "https://imgur.com/6iAKXsa")[(open-url: 'https://imgur.com/6iAKXsa')] ^^Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "Hide-the-pain-Harold")(set: $Date_time = "7/9/2014 00:00")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://imgur.com/gallery/KjtbV")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "SomeS***bag")(set: $Owner = "Imgur")(set: $Additional = "
Views: 1,459,540
Total score: 18,890
Comments: 670")}
You shapeshift, becoming a thread on the image sharing site Imgur. Someone has compiled a series of 'Harold' stock photos and captioned them.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-imgur-edit-1.png?w=864" width="850" height="1008" alt="Harold Imgur 1">
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Harold: Imgur 2]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more informationa about Imgur, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Imgur')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "gQou8-pa7eK.jpg")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://vk.com/pain_harold")(set: $Size = "162kb")(set: $Authors = "Дратути")(set: $Owner = "VK")
You are shared in a group on the Russian-language social media site (link-reveal: "VK")[(open-url: 'https://vk.com/')]. The group is titled '(link-reveal: "Hide The Pain Harold & Co")[(open-url: 'https://vk.com/pain_harold')]'.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-vk-group-1.png?w=1024" width="850" height="606" alt="Harold VK group">
What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[You shapeshift into one of the videos shared on the page->Harold: VK video]]
[[You shapeshift into the user data of one of the members of the group->Harold: data sale]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
(text-style: "mark")[**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information about VK, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: VK')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "Гарольд, который скрывает боль. Происхождение мема.")(set: $Date_time = "26/1/16 at 02:42")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "Гарольд, который скрывает боль. Для тех кто не в теме кто этот дед")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube video")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = " Агния Огонек")(set: $Owner = "YouTube")You are now this video, posted on the VK page '(link-reveal: "Hide The Pain Harold & Co")[(open-url: 'https://vk.com/pain_harold')]' on 26/1/16. You receive 5,250 views.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Dvd7sxNwohA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-vk-video.png?w=1024" width="850" height="467" alt="Harold VK group">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become another post on vk.com/pain-harold->Harold: Andras' post]]
(link: "You finish your story here")[(goto: 'Harold: finish')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "Ali-Sears")(set: $Date_time = "1/9/15 at 11:15")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A")(set: $Location = "Facebook.com")(set: $Datatype = "Database")(set: $Filetype = ".csv")(set: $Size = "2.42GB")(set: $Authors = "Facebook")(set: $Owner = "Facebook")(set: $Additional = "")}
You have shapeshifted, becoming the personal data of a visitor to the Facebook page 'Hide the Pain Harold'.
What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[You are used by one of Facebook's customers->Harold: Facebook advertiser]]
[[You are held in storage->Harold: Facebook end]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
(text-style: "mark")[**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information about Facebook's data practices, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Facebook data')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "1511475-891338007578705-6192137905309938379-n.jpg")(set: $Date_time = "17/6/15 at 21:36")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "17/6/15 at 21:36")(set: $Location = "https://www.facebook.com/259512860761226/photos/a.889841244395048/891338007578705/?type=3&theater")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Hide the Pain Harold")(set: $Owner = "Facebook")(set: $Additional = "
Reacts: 561
Comments: 113
Shares: 146")}Four years later, the page posts an (link-reveal: "edited version of you with the caption: “When someone asks how you're doing: 'I'm fine'.”")[(open-url: 'https://www.facebook.com/259512860761226/photos/a.889841244395048/891338007578705/?type=3&theater')]
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-facebook-2.png?w=1024" width="850" height="535" alt="Harold I'm Fine">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You shapeshift into the meme template 'Hide the Pain Harold' and go viral->Harold: Tenor1]]
[[You shapeshift into the user data of someone who comments on the page->Harold: data sale]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
(text-style: "mark")[**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "я жив!")(set: $Date_time = "3/3/16 at 10:27")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://vk.com/pain_harold")(set: $Datatype = "Web page")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "András Arató")(set: $Owner = "VK")A user named (link-reveal: "András Arató")[(open-url: 'https://vk.com/painharold')] posts you to /pain-harold:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-vk-announcement.jpg?w=1003" width="850" height="771" alt="Harold VK announcement">
“я жив!” translates roughly to “I'm alive!”. András Arató claims that he is you.
Is he?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Yes", "Harold: Andras' post why")[(set: $AndrasWhy to "yes")]
(link-reveal-goto: "No", "Harold: Andras' post why")[(set: $AndrasWhy to "no")]
(link-reveal-goto: "You're not sure", "Harold: Andras' post why")[(set: $AndrasWhy to "not sure")]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $End_Harold_Main +=1){<script src=”jquery-3.3.1.min.js”></script>
<script>
var sendData = JSON.stringify({
"End_Harold_Main": harlowe.State.variables['End_Harold_Main']
});
$.ajax({
url:"https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbwm9DX9V0-XdT_qmz8L87_zR6t5sez8gSdlp5BcjQUboRPmB7A/exec",
method:"POST",
dataType: "json",
data: sendData
}).done(function() {});
</script>}<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FScfGU7rQaM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Having become a “meme hero”, András Arató now speaks publicly about his experiences. He has fans across the world. His image is used to express people's laughter, their irony, their joy and their sadness.
Every day, people on the internet search for new material to make memes. This includes from the endless flows of photographs of people which spread online.
Meanwhile, corporations, government agencies and other actors scrape the web for data. Images of people are particularly valuable.
|pathlink>[(link-reveal: "Continue")[(goto: "Metadata ending")]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $HaroldGoogle to "yes")(set: $Name = "Hide-the-pain-harold")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "Google.com")(set: $Datatype = "String")(set: $Filetype = "N/A")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "Google")(set: $Additional = "N/A")You have shapeshifted, becoming the Google search 'Hide the pain Harold'. The following results appear:
www.facebook.com › Pages › Public Figure › Comedian
**(link-reveal: "Hide the Pain Harold - Facebook")[(open-url: 'https://www.facebook.com/painharold/')]**
Hide the Pain Harold. 338K likes. Official Facebook page of Hide the Pain Harold.
en.meming.world › wiki › Hide-The-Pain-Harold
**(link-reveal: "Hide The Pain Harold - Meming Wiki")[(open-url: 'https://en.meming.world/wiki/Hide_The_Pain_Harold')]**
12 Jul 2019 - Hide The Pain Harold” or “Maurice” is a stock photography model who has gained popularity as a meme thanks largely to his unique smile, ...
www.theguardian.com › lifeandstyle › nov › experienc...
**(link-reveal: "Experience: my face became a meme | Life and style | The ...")[(goto-url: 'https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/08/experience-hide-the-pain-harold-face-became-meme-turned-it-into-career')]**
8 Nov 2019 - My wife hated Hide the Pain Harold – until I got paid for a Hungarian TV commercial.
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become *The Guardian's* article->Harold: article]]
(if: $HaroldReddit is not "yes")[[[You become a post on Reddit->Harold: Reddit 1]]
](link: "You finish your story here")[(goto: 'Harold: finish')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
(text-style: "mark")[**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about Google's search algorithms, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Google search algorithms')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "89e.png")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1447488-hide-the-pain-harold")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".png")(set: $Size = "789.4 KB")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "Know Your Meme")(set: $Additional = "")
You go viral, spreading across the internet, mutating in meaning and use with each share. You become a medium for people to express their humour, their irony and their sadness.
You become the subject of endless improvisation and innovation, including...
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 8s)[<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-autobiography.png?w=640" width="640" height="788" alt="Harold Autobiography">]
What happens now?
|pathlink>[(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 12s)[[You are remixed once more->Harold: identity theft]]
(if: $HaroldTenor is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "You become another kind of 'Hide the Pain Harold' meme", "Harold: Tenor1")[(set: $HaroldAutobiography to "yes")]]
[[You are found by a data analytics company->Harold: face scraping]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "Hide-The-Pain-Harold-meme-3.jpg")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://en.meming.world/wiki/File:Hide-The-Pain-Harold-meme-3.jpg/")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "229 KB")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "Meming.World")(set: $Additional = "")<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-identity-theft.jpg?w=674" width="674" height="899" alt="Harold Identity Theft">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become the tag 'Hide Your Pain Harold', used by Google's search algorithm->Harold: Google]]
[[You are found by a data analytics company->Harold: face scraping]]
(link: "You finish your story here")[(goto: 'Harold: finish')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-imgur-edit-4.png?w=467" width="850" height="1862" alt="Harold Imgur 2">
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared to the forum Reddit->Harold: Reddit 1]]
[[You are remade into a YouTube video->Harold: YouTube 1]]
[[You go viral->Harold: autobiography]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Location = "https://www.reddit.com/r/wtfstockphotos/comments/2ftuum/hidethepain_harold_goes_about_his_day/")(set: $timesince = "1 day")(set: $Last_modified = "8/9/14 17:23")(set: $Authors = "/u/popecorky")(set: $Owner = "Reddit")(set: $Additional = "
Points: 1.3K
Upvotes: 97% upvoted
Reddit Gold: x2
Comments: 40")}
You are shared on the internet forum (link-reveal: "Reddit")[(open-url: 'https://www.reddit.com')], in a post titled '(link-reveal: "Hide-the-pain Harold goes about his day")[(open-url: 'https://www.reddit.com/r/wtfstockphotos/comments/2ftuum/hidethepain_harold_goes_about_his_day/')]'. The thread receives 1.3K points and 40 comments.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-reddit-2.png?w=1024" width="850" height="411" alt="Harold Reddit 1">
*/u/pidgeonator* 157 points · 8/9/14
“this is the most hilarious thing I've seen on this sub thank you op”
*/u/potato-caesar-salad* 97 points · 8/9/14
“(link-reveal: "r/youdontsurf")[(open-url: 'reddit.com/r/youdontsurf')] for more!”
*/u/Fingebimus* 7 points · 8/9/14
“There's also a comic in Dutch about them: (link-reveal: "https://www.facebook.com/evertevelien")[(open-url: 'https://www.facebook.com/evertevelien')]”
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become the tag 'Hide the Pain Harold' and appear elsewhere on Reddit->Harold: Reddit 2]]
[[You are remade into a YouTube video->Harold: YouTube 1]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
(text-style: "mark")[**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
(text-style: "mark")[**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more informationa about Reddit, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Reddit')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "Hide the Pain Harold")(set: $Date_time = "10/9/14")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "10/9/14") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eusqf33568")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "ChinnyxD")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "
Views: 461,621
Likes: 7.3K
Dislikes: 105
Comments: 349")}You are now a YouTube video titled '(link-reveal: "Hide the Pain Harold")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eusqf33568')]', posted by the channel ChinnyxD on September 10th 2014.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6eusqf33568" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
What happens next?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "You become the video YouTube plays next", "Harold: Media appearance")[(set: $HaroldYouTube to "yes")]
[[You become one of the videos YouTube recommends->Harold: YouTube 2]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information on YouTube's recommendation algorithms, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: YouTube algorithms')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "We found him.")(set: $Date_time = "5/3/16 5:30")(set: $timesince = "18 hours")(set: $Location = "https://www.reddit.com/r/youdontsurf/comments/4918mw/we_found_him/")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "5/3/14 23:49")(set: $Datatype = "Web page")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "/u/[deleted]")(set: $Owner = "Reddit")(set: $Additional = "
Points: 1.6K
Upvotes: 96% upvoted
Comments: 93")}
You shapeshift into another Reddit thread, this time posted to /r/youdontsurf on March 5th 2016. The thread is titled (link-reveal: "We found him.")[(open-url:'https://www.reddit.com/r/youdontsurf/comments/4918mw/we_found_him/')]. It receives 1.6K points and 93 comments.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-reddit1.png?w=1024" width="850" height="184" alt="Harold Reddit 2">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/harold-vk-announcement.jpg?w=1003" width="850" height="771" alt="Harold VK announcement">
***/u/Brydenney* 610 points · 5/3/16**
“There's a big social networking site in Russia called vk.com, they have a group called pain-harold which has thousands of pics of him (with funny words all in Russian). So anyway on March 3rd, Harold showed up and joined the group, and posted the pic of himself. So actually he found them.”
***/u/Zormut* 135 points · 5/3/16**
“I also (link-reveal: "found this video of him on a tv show")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKF-YHxYt5o')]
He seems like a smart man.”
***/u/fairdinkumposeur* 236 points · 5/3/16**
“HOLY F&%k HE WENT INTO HIDING IN MOTHER RUSSIA LIKE SNOWDEN.”
***/u/teokk* 76 points · 5/3/16**
“Someone found him a while ago on this sub but decided not to post his identity to protect his privacy.”
***/u/decoy321* 31 points · 5/3/16**
“So what does the sign say?”
***/u/Party-Magician* 105 points · 5/3/16**
“'I'm alive!
VK ID (russian social network)
Hello!'
This was posted to a VK group dedicated to commie Harold memes”
What happens now?
|Pathlink>[(if: $HaroldGoogle is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "You are indexed by Google's PageRank algorithm", "Harold: Google")[(set: $HaroldReddit to "yes")]]
(link-reveal-goto: "You shapeshift into another post which Reddit has tagged with 'Harold'", "Harold: Media appearance")[(set: $HaroldReddit to "yes")]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "Retired Hungarian engineer as internet star")(set: $Date_time = "17/3/16")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "17/3/16") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvcKW8El8MU")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Hide the Pain Harold")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Views: 628,363
Likes: 16K
Dislikes: 225
Comments: 723")}(if: $HaroldReddit is "yes")[(link-reveal: "You")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvcKW8El8MU')] are shared to reddit.com/r/videos on March 23rd, 2016, with the title (link-reveal: "Retired Hungarian engineer as internet star Harold HideYourPain")[(open-url: 'https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4blr66/retired_hungarian_engineer_as_internet_star/')]. The thread receives 351 points and 31 comments.](if: $HaroldYouTube is "yes")[You are video titled '(link-reveal: "Retired Hungarian engineer as internet star")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvcKW8El8MU')]'. You were posted by Hide the Pain Harold, a channel run by András Arató, on March 17th 2016.](else:)[András Arató shares you, (link-reveal: "a YouTube video")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvcKW8El8MU')]. He claims you are a Hungarian news report about him and his life as a meme.]
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uvcKW8El8MU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
What happens next?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "You become another post by András Arató", "Harold: article")[(set: $HaroldArticle to "andras")]
[[You shapeshift into the video which YouTube recommends next->Harold: YouTube 2]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(For English subtitles, click on the link to the video)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why?
|pathlink>[(if: $AndrasWhy is "yes")[[[Because you look like the 'Harold', the man in the meme->Harold: Andras' post what next]]
[[Because the user András Arató seems trustworthy->Harold: Andras' post what next]]](if: $AndrasWhy is "no")[[[Because this poster might not be the man you depict->Harold: Andras' post what next]]
[[Because you never truly know who you are dealing with on the internet->Harold: Andras' post what next]]
[[Because the user András Arató is not seem trustworthy->Harold: Andras' post what next]]](if: $AndrasWhy is "not sure")[[[Because you never truly know who you are dealing with on the internet->Harold: Andras' post what next]]
[[Because you haven't been provided with enough context to be certain->Harold: Andras' post what next]]]]
---
For a discussion of the complexities of digital representation, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Representation')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You shapeshift, becoming a video shared on András Arató's page->Harold: Media appearance]]
[[You are shared on the forum Reddit->Harold: Reddit 2]]
[[You are found by a data analytics company->Harold: face scraping]]]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "Experience: my face became a meme")(set: $Date_time = "8/11/19 at 10:00")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/08/experience-hide-the-pain-harold-face-became-meme-turned-it-into-career")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "András Arató")(set: $Owner = "The Guardian")(set: $Additional to "
Shares: 6181
Comments: 237")}(if: $HaroldArticle is "andras")[You shapeshift into a post on András Arató's page, linking to](else:)[You shapeshift into] an article by *The Guardian*, published on November 8th 2019. Its' title is *(link-reveal: "Experience: my face became a meme")[(open-url: 'https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/08/experience-hide-the-pain-harold-face-became-meme-turned-it-into-career')]*. It reads:
“(text-style: "mark")[My wife hated Hide the Pain Harold – until I got paid for a Hungarian TV commercial] [...]
Nine years ago, I did a reverse image search on a photograph of me and was shocked to discover it had become a meme. (text-style: "mark")[People online thought my smile, combined with the look in my eyes, seemed terribly sad. They were calling me “Hide the Pain Harold”].
The (text-style: "mark")[photo came from a shoot I’d done a year earlier, when I was still working as an electrical engineer]. A professional photographer had got in touch after seeing my holiday photographs on Facebook. He said he was seeking someone like me to be in some stock images. Everyone is a little vain inside, myself included, so I was happy that he wanted me. He invited me to a photoshoot near my home in Budapest and we took shots in different locations and settings. O(text-style: "mark")[ver the course of two years he took hundreds of pictures of me for photo libraries].
(text-style: "mark")[I thought the pictures would just be used by businesses and websites, but I wasn’t expecting the memes]. [...]
(text-style: "mark")[My wife hated it]: she thought it interfered in our private life and didn’t like the way I was portrayed. (text-style: "mark")[People thought I wasn’t a real person, that I was a Photoshop creation] – someone even got in contact asking for proof that I existed. [...]
I knew that it was impossible to stop people making memes, but it still (text-style: "mark")[annoyed me that Facebook pages, some with hundreds of thousands of followers, were using my photograph as their profile picture], and pretending to be me. (text-style: "mark")[Some kind of brand had been made out of me] and I would have been a fool not to make use of it. So, in 2017, I created my own Facebook fan page and updated it with videos and stories from my travels.
That started everything going. (text-style: "mark")[People noticed that I had taken ownership of the meme and got in contact to offer me work. I was given a role in a television commercial for a Hungarian car dealer]. [...]
I’m 74 now. I spent 40 years as an engineer. I did a bit of public speaking then, at conferences and lectures, but that was very different from appearing on television talkshows and YouTube videos. (text-style: "mark")[As an engineer, it was really me. Now, it’s role play: I’m Hide the Pain Harold. But I’m not actually a sad guy – I think I’m rather a happy one].
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Harold: finish')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
^^ Article credit: András Arató (2019), ‘Experience: my face became a meme’, in The Guardian 8/11/19. Available at (link-reveal: "https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/08/experience-hide-the-pain-harold-face-became-meme-turned-it-into-career")[(open-url: 'https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/08/experience-hide-the-pain-harold-face-became-meme-turned-it-into-career')] ^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "Manchester City Sergio Aguero Hide the Pain Harold")(set: $Date_time = "23/3/18")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "23/3/18") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5qmQqA4jU")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "smillmf")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "
Views: 386,394
Likes: 8.9K
Dislikes: 114
Comments: 373")}You are now a YouTube video posted by the channel Smillmf, posted on March 3rd 2018. You receive 386,394 views, 8.9K likes, 114 dislikes and 373 comments.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Wc5qmQqA4jU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Harold: finish')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "Set.x0129sdUsd8")(set: $Date_time = "10/2/17")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/10/17 at 00:29")(set: $Location = "N/A")(set: $Datatype = "Database")(set: $Filetype = ".csv")(set: $Size = "167TB")(set: $Authors = "Clearview AI")(set: $Owner = "Clearview AI")(set: $Additional = "")}
You are scraped from Twitter by (link-reveal: "Clearview AI")[(open-url: 'https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html?utm_source=Memberful&utm_campaign=41977c2de4-daily_update_2020_01_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4c7fece27-41977c2de4-111021813')], a company which specialises in facial recognition. You are aggregated with other images and transformed into a massive dataset. The size of the dataset is over 167 terabites.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Harold: Clearview app]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information about Clearview AI's image scraping, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Clearview AI')]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))In 2020, three years after you were collected originally, you are used to serve an advertiser on Facebook. This is the image they advertise:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/biden-attack-ad-1.jpg?w=1024" width="850" height="478" alt="Attack Ad">
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Harold: finish')]]
---
For more information about political advertising and social media, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: political advertising on social media')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "Dataset15x21")(set: $Date_time = "N/A")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A")(set: $Location = "N/A")(set: $Datatype = "Database")(set: $Filetype = ".csv")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Facebook")(set: $Owner = "Facebook")(set: $Additional = "")}
Alongside the datasets of more than a billion other users, you are stored in Facebook's databanks. Together, you are used to generate advertising and revenue for one of the most profitable technology compnaies on the planet.
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Harold: finish')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
(text-style: "mark")[**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information about Facebook's revenue, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Facebook revenue')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Clearview AI inputs you into their app. They provide this to government agencies, law enforcement, private sector companies and other customers.
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Harold: finish')]]Double-click this passage to edit it.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "false")(set: $GameMode to "training mode")Clicking on |sidebar>[(link-reveal:"Save")[(save-game:"B")Saved]] will save your progress in your browser's history. Click 'Load Saved Game' in the |sidebar>[ (link-reveal: "Start Menu")[(goto: 'Start menu')]] at any point to reload your save. Saving your game might not be possible in private browsing mode o with cookies disabled.
Playing this game on Firefox may cause issues with the display of some of the media used. Some content - such as embedded tweets - requires trackers to be enabled for it to appear in the game. Setting browser privacy settings to 'standard' or 'moderate' rather than 'strict' (depending on the browser) tends to resolve this.
For those using voice controls, the Go Back (↶) button is labelled 'Undo' and the Go Forward (↷) button is labelled 'Redo'.
Anything which is in |pathlink>[[[bold, italicised, purple font->OSINT Training Mode: content warning]]] will take you further on your data journey.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "true")The following narratives combine factual accounts, fictional interpretations and estimations of how events might have occurred.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Choose your datatype]]](set: $showFooter to "true")What type of data would you like to investigate?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Video", "OSINT: Video Start")[(set: $OSINTdatatype to "video")]
(link-reveal-goto: "Image", "OSINT: Image start")[(set: $OSINTdatatype to "image")]]
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FG9fGy9JcYw?end=8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 8s)[The video goes on to show the men in riot gear pinning someone to the ground with their knees.]
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}(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "true")(set: $Path to "VideoHK")Content warning: the following paths involve issues of political protest, violence, police brutality, human rights violations and disasters caused by explosions. Some people may find the video and text included disturbing, triggering or traumatic.
Please click the back button if you would prefer to choose a different path. If you would like a more light-hearted journey, |pathlink>[(link: "click here")[(goto: 'Meet Harold')]].
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT Training Mode: intro]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))A member of staff from Amnesty International receives you and flags you up to the other members of their team. What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[They send you on quickly to be investigated->OSINT: Amnesty DVC investigation no storage]]
[[They create a secure backup of you->OSINT: Amnesty DVC investigation storage]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $backup to "no")(goto: "OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))They decide that they need to store you securely, to ensure that there is no danger of you disappearing. They have several possible tools at their disposal.
(link-reveal: "YouTube-dl")[(open-url: 'https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/')], an open-source tool which allows users to download videos from YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
(link-reveal: "Video Vault")[(open-url: 'https://www.bravenewtech.org/')], an open-source tool which allows users to upload videos to be encrypted on its website. Videos are authenticated with a time-stamp. However, the tool is in beta and does not provide a warranty.
Which tool do they choose?
|pathlink>[[[YouTube-dl->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]
[[Video Vault->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]]
---
To find out more about video storage tools, (link-reveal: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Video storage tools')].
(set: $YouTubedl to 1)(set: $VideoVault to 1)(set: $backup to "yes")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmVisits +=1)(set: $AmnestyDVC to "yes")(if: $backup is not "yes")[(set: $filefail to (random: 1,8))](if: $filefail is 1)[Oh no! The team goes back to use you, but they discover that you have been deleted. Because they don't have a backup of you, there's nothing they can do...
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 4s)[|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Date_time)]
**Time since created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $timesince)]
**Last modified**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Datatype)]
**File type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Size)]
**Authors**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Authors)]
**Owner**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Owner)]
**Additional**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Additional)]]](else:)[(if: ($AmMeta is "yes") and ($AmForensics is "yes") and ($AmLoc is "yes") and ($AmSource is "yes") and ($AmProv is "yes"))[The team decides they have enough information about you.
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'OSINT: Amnesty Report prelude')]]](else:)[(if: $AmVisits is 1)[(set: $totalinfo to (""))(set:$pastinfo to (""))(set: $latestinfo to (""))You are given to a caseworker who decides that they need to check key details about you in order to know what has happened. They enlist members of Amnesty's Digital Verification Corps (DVC) to help with this.
What do they want to find out first?](if: $AmVisits is >1)[(set: $totalinfo to ($pastinfo+$latestinfo))(if: ($AmVisits is >1) and ($totalinfo is not("")))[Their case file about you states:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]]
What do they look for next?]
|pathlink>[(if: $AmMeta is not "yes")[[[More information about the file you are stored in->OSINT: Amnesty metadata tools]]
](if: $AmForensics is not "yes")[[[What exactly you are showing and whether you could be fake->OSINT: Amnesty vid forensics tools]]
](if: $AmLoc is not "yes")[[[Where you were created->OSINT: Amnesty vid location tools]]
](if: $AmSource is not "yes")[[[Who created you->OSINT: Amnesty source tools]]
](if: $AmProv is not "yes")[[[Where you were first posted online->OSINT: Amnesty provenance]]
](if: $AmVisits is 5)[(link: "They decide they have enough information about you")[(goto: 'OSINT: Amnesty Report prelude')]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
]
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}Thank you for playing through this investigation.
The protests which began in June 2019 continued in the face of violence and suppression by the police. Countless people have been injured or imprisoned. Protesters are often framed as dangerous or 'thugs' in media supportive of the Chinese mainland government.
In the summer of 2020, over a year on from the first protests against the extradition bill in the Hong Kong legislature, state violence has not stopped. The central government has increasingly attempted to tighten its control over the semi-autonomous region in various ways.
On June 30th 2020 at 23:00 - an hour before the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China - a new national security law was imposed. This mandated strict rules and sentencing against all possible forms of sedition. Under this law, (link-reveal: "several well-known activists have had international arrest warrants put out against them")[(open-url: 'https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/31/china-hong-kong-security-law-american-citizen-exiles')], including Nathan Law; whilst an unknown number of people have been arrested, detained or disappeared within the region iteslf.
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'OSINT: metadata ending')]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))With all the information they have about you, the team decides that they will use you in a report. They don't have much time.
This is all the information they have in your case file:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]
Based on several other videos they have also investigated, they are confident to say that you depict an excessive use of force by Hong Kong's police on March 12th. They believe you are evidence of a systematic crackdown on largely peaceful protesters.
What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[They publish you in their report->OSINT: Amnesty Report]]
[[They pass you on to the *New York Times*->OSINT: HK NYTimes article]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmMeta to "yes")The team want to find out more information about you. To do this, they decide to use a tool to examine your metadata. They have a choice of tools, which they have found via The Whistle's (link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')]. These are:
(link-reveal: "Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer")[(open-url: 'https://citizenevidence.org/2014/07/01/youtube-dataviewer/')], a tool developed by Amnesty's Citizen Evidence Lab. This allows users to extract metadata on YouTube videos and find similar videos elsewhere.
(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')], a toolkit which allows users to extract metadata, analyse stills from videos and reverse-search screenshots across the internet.
Which tool do they use?
|pathlink>[[[Amnesty's YouTube DataViewer->OSINT: Amnesty metadata dataviewer]]
[[InVID->OSINT: Amnesty metadata InVID]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $AmnestyDataviewer to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmForensics to "yes")How do they decide to analyse your content?
|pathlink>[[[They use tools to analyse the content of freeze-frames taken from you->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics]]
[[They use tools to search for similar videos to you across the internet->OSINT: Amnesty rev-vid search tools]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmLoc to "yes")The team try to find ways of establishing where you happened. They decide to look for locations which look similar to yours on maps. They have two options for this: Google Earth and an open-source equivalent named WikiMapia. Which do they choose?
|pathlink>[[[Google Earth->OSINT: Amnesty GEarth]]
[[WikiMapia->OSINT: Amnesty WikiMapia]]]
(set: $GoogleEarth to 1)(set: $WikiMapia to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmSource to "yes")The team would like to see if they can work out who filmed you originally. Based on the watermark in your top-right - 'CampusTV HKUSU' - they suspect that the version of you that they have is not your original version.
What do they decide to do?
|pathlink>[[[They examine the YouTube channel you were posted on->OSINT: Amnesty source YT channel]]
[[They decide they need to establish where you were first posted online->OSINT: Amnesty provenance]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmProv to "yes")The team decides that they need to find out where you first appeared online. They notice that you have a watermark - 'CampusTV HKUSU' - and want to see where this leads them. How do they do this?
|pathlink>[[[They search on Twitter->OSINT: HK Amnesty Twitter]]
[[They search on Facebook->OSINT: HK Amnesty Facebook]](if: $AmRevImgForensics is not 1)[
[[They use a tool to take freeze-frames of you and search for them across the internet->OSINT: Amnesty rev-vid search tools]]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))This is (text-style: "mark")[<u>**your metadata**</u>]
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
Metadata is data about data: it tells you information about yourself.
But be careful - metadata is easy to change. Changes to your metadata will be (text-style: "mark")[highlighted in yellow].
|pathlink>[(if: $OSINTdatatype is "video")[(link-reveal: "Continue")[(goto: 'OSINT: Amnesty DVC Start')]](if: $OSINTdatatype is "image")[(link-reveal: "Continue")[(goto: 'OSINT: Bellingcat Beirut start')]]]
---
For more information on metadata, (link-reveal: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: metadata')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team decides to use (link-reveal: "Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer")[(open-url: 'https://citizenevidence.org/2014/07/01/youtube-dataviewer/')] to find out more about you.
They input your web address into the tool. It outputs the following information, as well as a series of screenshots which can be used to search for other versions of you online.
=><=
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-dataviewer-results.png?w=700" width:"700" height:"760" alt="HK Dataviewer">
<=
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[One of the investigators clicks on a screenshot to conduct a reverse-image search->OSINT: Amnesty Google revimage search results]]
[[The team discusses what your metadata tells them->OSINT: Amnesty DVC metadata results]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more information about Amnesty's YouTube DataViewer, (link-reveal: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: AI DataViewer')].Double-click this passage to edit it.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))They use (link-reveal: "Google Images' reverse search function")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ogbl')] to find similar videos to you online. These are some of the results which come up:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-google-reverse-image-search.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"513" alt="HK Googel rev search1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-google-reverse-image-search-matches-1.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"432" alt="HK Googel rev search2">
The search suggests that 'soldier' provides a good match for what is in the image. It also finds videos matching you on the following pages:
(link-reveal: "Hong Kong Protests — Good Trouble")[(open-url: 'www.goodtroublemag.com › home › hongkongprotests')]
www.goodtroublemag.com › home › hongkongprotests
480 × 360 - 25 Aug 2019 - After a summer colored by protests, Hong Kong is polluted by tear gas. Good Trouble reached out to representative Wong Ka Ying of Hong ...
(link-reveal: "Video: Level of force used by Hong Kong police to clear ...")[(open-url: 'https://hongkongfp.com/2019/06/18/video-level-force-used-hong-kong-police-clear-protests-questioned-video-clips-go-viral/')]
hongkongfp.com › 2019/06/18 › video-level-force-use...
480 × 360 - 18 Jun 2019 - As protesters occupied main roads for several hours on Wednesday in opposition to the controversial extradition bill, police took ...
(link-reveal: "HK Special Tactical Squad hates water and phone? - YouTube")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHBAWsQhszI')]
www.youtube.com › watch
480 × 360 - 12 Jun 2019 - Copy link. Info. Shopping. Tap to unmute. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Your browser does not currently recognize ...
(link-reveal: "片/依從指引使用武力?國際特赦組織:香港警察違反國際人權 ...")[(gotourl: 'https://dailyview.hk/popular/detail/5315')]
Dailyview.hk › popular › detail
480 × 360 - 21 Jun 2019 - 香港反送中浪潮持續不斷,自6月9號一百萬人和平示威遊行,到6月12號金鐘一帶發生警民衝突,許多市民都質疑警方過度使用武力……
Do these results help the team's goal of establishing whether you are authentic?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Amnesty revimage next]]
[[No->OSINT: Amnesty revimage next]]
[[You're not sure->OSINT: Amnesty revimage next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team decides that, ultimately, the information they have about you from these metadata analyses is not enough to go on.
However, their analysis has established that the version of you they received is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw, you were uploaded by the channel F***ing Hong Kong Police at 14:08 (UTC) on 12/6/19. Considering the fact you have a watermark, they also decide that you have had a complicated chain of custody.
They agree that they need to combine these results with other approaches.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "This particular video file is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw. Uploaded by the Channel f***ing Hong Kong Police at 14:08 (UTC) on 12/6/19. Complicated chain of custody. ")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team has the following software at their disposal to analyse your content:
(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')], a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital photo forensics. It offers various techniques for judging whether an image has been edited, including Error Level Analysis and metadata extraction.
(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')], a free toolset for digital image forensics. It includes tools such as noise level analysis, clone detection, error level analysis and metadata extraction.
(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')], a free toolkit which affords various techniques for analysing videos. These include metadata extraction, Error Level Analysis, noise detection and more.
(link-reveal: "Uniform Insignia")[(open-url: 'http://www.uniforminsignia.org')], a public encyclopaedia of uniforms for various grups across the world, including police and military.
Which tool to they decide to use?
|pathlink>[[[FotoForensics->OSINT: Amnesty FotoForensics]]
[[Forensically->OSINT: Amnesty Forensically]]
[[InVID->OSINT: Amnesty InVID]]
(if: $Insignia is not 1)[[[Uniform Insignia->OSINT: Amnesty Uniform Insignia]]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $FotoForensics to 1)(set: $Forensically to 1)(set: $UniformInsignia to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team uses (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s video analysis function to take freeze-frames from you. InVID then allows them to search for similar images across the internet, using several other tools. Each tool has its' own database of websites and will show different results. The tools are:
(link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: 'https://tineye.com')], a reverse image searching tool which uses pattern recongition techniques to match you with potentially similar copies elsewhere. It emphasises privacy.
(link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZive-GroXMbW9a4m89wvoy3mV_1e_1DoOeZNnOEZ64vNLrTzEeTt0_1YO4qAoE5-roYtiITf1wqEeM7x7hBls7IlAiB0WD5cnIbL8SNbiUuYmz9XUNjrpi3tWPk18Q2m6BJI7njf-KewBPe_1usVlYuwGnsPo6cjTSnRybLbojQdsSuPnkSiK_1WTL_17v4JzgFtVBFS-g0HtuIVse6-qsUUpmeZHrlYQnjIbUh4Nnasl2a-z0VyUxrX2QPoS8bTX957yMMEEbfJWwJHmEGnbz8Sk7OVwy05ZeSwin5VAZ2nSQt3e_1Ps4AK9oPmQJ8k0qhURrKslMWupBFaZe28u-wABfaZ9KnNFwfGw')], a tool which searches Google's image search database. As well as highlighting direct matches, it uses machine learning techniques to suggest visually similar images and topical websites.
(link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')], a reverse image searching tool based in Moscow, Russia. The digital investigations site Bellingcat suggests Yandex is the most accurate tool of its kind for identifying faces, landscapes, and objects.
Which tool do they choose?
|pathlink>[[[TinEye->OSINT: Amnesty revimage TinEye results]]
[[Google's reverse image search->OSINT: Amnesty Google revimage search results]]
[[Yandex->OSINT: Amnesty revimage Yandex results]]]
(set: $AmRevImgForensics to 1)(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $tineye to 1)(set: $Googleimagerev to 1)(set: $Yandex to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))They use (link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ogbl')] to find similar videos to you online. But only one result comes up:
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<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-tineye-results-1.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"687" alt="HK TinEye">
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What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They decide to try Google images' reverse search instead->OSINT: Amnesty Google revimage search results]]
[[They decide to try Yandex's reverse search instead->OSINT: Amnesty revimage Yandex results]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]]
(set: $tineye to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))They use (link-reveal: "Yandex' reverse image search function")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/images/')] to find similar videos to you online. These are some of the results which come up:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-yandex-results-all.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"682" alt="HK Yandex1">
Besides your original YouTube channel, there is one other result which looks like you.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-yandex-result-specific.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"687" alt="HK Yandex2">
Do these results help the team's goal of establishing whether you are authentic?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Amnesty revimage next]]
[[No->OSINT: Amnesty revimage next]]
[[You're not sure->OSINT: Amnesty revimage next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))After examinng the results of the reverse image search, the team agrees that it is clear that you have spread far across the internet by now. However, they can't establish who took you, when you were first uploaded, where you were first uploaded or whether you have been doctored in some way.
The team decides to continue examining you through other methods. (if: $AmRevImgForensics is 1)[What do they choose to do?
|pathlink>[[[They use another image forensics technique->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]]](else:)[
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Lots of other copies online. ")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators takes a screenshot from you and loads it into (link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')]. The tool carries out an Error Level Analysis. This creates an image showing how much compression is present for different parts of you. If areas are very uniform where they shouldn't be - or aren't very uniform where they should be - this can indicate that the image has been edited or tampered with. For example, if there is an area of a single colour, it shouldn't look like it has lots of colours in the analysis.
This is the image that FotoForensics outputs:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-fotoforensics-output.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"407" alt="HK FotoForensics">
What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were filmed->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators takes a freeze-frame from you and loads it into (link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')]. The tool carries out an a series of tests, including Clone Detecton and a Noise Analysis. The Clone Detection is meant to find areas of the picture which seem to be repeated - a sign that the video has been tampered with. The Noise Analysis creates an image of you which highlights areas which have a particularly high level of random variation in colour or brightness. It can be helpful for identifying manipulations to the image like airbrushing, deformations or warping.
This is the image that the investigator inputted:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-youtube-vid-screensot.jpg?w=480" width:"480" height:"360" alt="HK Screensot">
And this is the Noise Map that Forensically produces of you:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-forensically-output.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"413" alt="HK Forensically">
It shows that there is very little unexpected noise in the image. Meanwhile, the Clone Detection shows no signs that there are repeated areas which might have been manipulated.
What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were filmed->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators takes a screenshot from you and loads it into (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s forensic analysis tool. The tool carries out a variety of analyses which test for unusual changes to the image.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-invid-forensics.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"401" alt="HK FotoForensics">
The results show nothing unusual in this image. What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were filmed->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators searches 'Hong Kong' in the (link-reveal: "Uniform Insignia")[(open-url: 'http://www.uniforminsignia.org/index.php?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&search_id=main&state=143&search_id=top')] database.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-uniform-insignia.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"580" alt="HK Insignia">
However, the database doesn't have pages for the insignia of Hong Kong's police departments.
What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They decide to use a different tool to analyse your content->OSINT: Amnesty image forensics]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]]
(set: $Insignia to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The investigator shows your results to the rest of the team, who convince them that the analysis suggests you have not been tampered with since you were filmed. They therefore conclude that you are not fake. One of the team members notices that the police use some kind of spray - likely pepper spray - repeatedly throughout the video.
The team decide that they need to combine these results with the other information they have on you.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "The video file has not been edited since it was created. It is therefore unlikely to be fake. The video features multiple uses of pepper spray. ")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The investigator runs you through the (link-reveal: "video verification tool InVID's")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/tools-and-services/invid-verification-plugin/')] analysis function. This pulls up all your metadata, as well as information about the account.
<u>**Video**</u>:
* Identifiant: 1139134770422542336
* Content:【20190612】男性が水を運んでいる最中、十数名の警察に囲まれ、警棒で殴られました。それに、催涙スプレーをかけられ続けました。 via Campus TV, HKUSU 香港大學學生會校園電視 https://t.co/MXdYTUlRF7
* Origin: Twitter for iPhone
* Likes count: 39
* Retweets count: 64
* Language: ja
* Duration: 00:00:59
* (text-style: "mark")[Created: 2019-06-13, 11:37:48 UTC]
<u>**User**</u>:
* Name: 香港反政府デモ情報館
* Screen name: HKnewsJP
* Location:
* Profile:
* Followers: 17203
* Following: 0
* Lists:
* (text-style: "mark")[Created: 2019-06-11, 13:02:17]
The data suggests that the account was made two days before it posted you.
Does the information they have found make it more or less trustworthy?
|pathlink>[[[More->OSINT: HK Amnesty Twitter usercheck next]]
[[Less->OSINT: HK Amnesty Twitter usercheck next]]
[[Neither more nor less->OSINT: HK Amnesty Twitter usercheck next]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The investigator finds the (link-reveal: "Facebook page for Hong Kong University Students Union's Campus TV (HKUSU CampusTV)")[(open-url: 'https://www.facebook.com/hkucampustv')].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hkusu-campus-tv-fb.png?w=1024" width="850" height="547" alt="HKUSUCampusTVFB">
They decide to search for you on the page's videos.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Facebook provenance]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team is divided over how to interpret this investigation into your history on Twitter. But they agree that this information suggests you weren't first posted on Twitter: the tweet is from 13/6/20, a day after you were posted on YouTube.
They decide that they need to investigate you via a different route. What do they do next?
|pathlink>[[[They decide that they need to take a different approach altogether->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]
[[They search on Facebook->OSINT: HK Amnesty Facebook]](if: $AmRevImgForensics is not 1)[
[[They use a tool to take freeze-frames of you and search for them across the internet->OSINT: Amnesty rev-vid search tools]]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode)){(set: $Name = "【金鐘現場】 當時一名男子攜着一箱水前行,突然十多名速龍成員不停向該男子使用胡椒噴霧及警棍,男子隨即痛苦倒地。")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "13/6/19 at 16:54") (set: $Location = "https://www.facebook.com/hkucampustv/videos/323960905189061/?__so__=channel_tab&__rv__=all_videos_card")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = "Facebook post")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Campus TV, HKUSU 香港大學學生會校園電視")(set: $Owner = "Facebook")(set: $Additional = "
Reacts: 29k
Shares: N/A
Comments: 3.3k")}The date on your upload indicates that you first appeared as (link-reveal: "this Facebook post by Hong Kong University Students Union's Campus TV")[(open-url: 'https://www.facebook.com/hkucampustv/videos/323960905189061/?__so__=channel_tab&__rv__=all_videos_card')].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hkusu-campus-tv-vid.png?w=1012" width="850" height="642" alt="HKUSU original video">
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "First uploaded on the Facebook page for the Hong Kong University Students' Union's Campus TV on 12/6/19. ")
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators follows you to see you in the context of the other videos on your YouTube channel, '(link-reveal: "F***ing Hong Kong Police")[(open-url: 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO04dcv8cmqaDomwrm2L0LQ')]'. The channel was created on May 31st 2014. It has 1.36k subscribers. You are the first video it posted and have by far the most views.
They find you alongside these videos:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jK5fexc91qI" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/F5dBfaGiyH0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_Fv7_CB3fiM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Does this context help tell the team from Amnesty about who posted you?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Amnesty source YT channel next]]
[[No->OSINT: Amnesty source YT channel next]]
[[They're not sure->OSINT: Amnesty source YT channel next]]]
(set: $Name = "20190612 Hong Kong Police Jump on Protester Who Carry A Box Of Bottle Water")(set: $Date_time = "12/6/19 14:08")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "12/6/19 at 14:08") (set: $Location = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9fGy9JcYw")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = "Youtube Video")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "f***ing Hong Kong Police")(set: $Owner = "Youtube")(set: $Additional = "Views: 79,181. Likes: 210. Dislikes: 103. Comments: 31")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Uploaded by the channel F***ing Hong Kong Police, a channel focused on documenting police abuses in Hong Kong. ")Based on this information, the team agrees that you were uploaded to a channel dedicated to documenting police abuses in Hong Kong. However, they decide that this does not tell them about who posted you originally.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator uses the world mapping software (link-reveal: "Google Earth")[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/Hong+Kong/@22.35272344,114.12770008,19.68883955a,68813.56803775d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnQaShJECiUweDM0MDNlMmVkYTMzMjk4MGY6MHhmMDhhYjNiYWRiZWFjOTdjGTn8f-a9UTZAIbtt8M_WilxAKglIb25nIEtvbmcYAiABIiYKJAleCAoNO_8zQBFcCAoNO_8zwBmzIbM2uus_wCEdVTP-0qlgwA')] to try and find where you are from. They search for 'Hong Kong'. This is what appears:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hong-kong-google-earth.png?w=1024" width="850" height="398" alt="HK GoogleEarth">
This is too much information for one investigator. Forunately, another member of the team has found a version of you on posted on Facebook with a caption whhich suggests you were taken in the area around Hong Kong City Hall.
What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They look at the City Hall area in Google Maps' Streetview mode->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]]
---
^^ Image credit: Google Earth (2020), ‘Hong Kong’. Available at https://earth.google.com/web/search/Hong+Kong/@22.35272344,114.12770008,19.68883955a,68813.56803775d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnQaShJECiUweDM0MDNlMmVkYTMzMjk4MGY6MHhmMDhhYjNiYWRiZWFjOTdjGTn8f-a9UTZAIbtt8M_WilxAKglIb25nIEtvbmcYAiABIiYKJAleCAoNO_8zQBFcCAoNO_8zwBmzIbM2uus_wCEdVTP-0qlgwA (accessed 18/10/20) ^^
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator uses the open-source mapping website (link-reveal: "WikiMapia")[(open-url: 'https://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=22.331658&lon=114.141426&z=12&m=w&search=hong%20kong')] to try and find where you are from. They search for 'Hong Kong'. This is what appears:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/wikimapia-hong-kong1.png?w=1024" width="850" height="402" alt="HKUSUCampusTVwikimap">
This is too much information for one investigator. Forunately, another member of the team has found a version of you on posted on Facebook with a caption which suggests you were taken in the area around Hong Kong City Hall.
What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They look at the City Hall area in Google Maps' Streetview mode->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview]]
[[They decide to focus on answering a different question about you->OSINT: Amnesty DVC loop]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Searching (link-reveal: "Google Maps for 'Hong Kong City Hall'")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hong+Kong+City+Hall/@22.2829026,114.1609277,21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3404006400f23fbd:0xdea5d17c31b69b5f!8m2!3d22.2822389!4d114.1616361')], the investigators bring up (link-reveal: "Google's Streetview")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps/@22.2828991,114.1609504,3a,75y,142.92h,98.11t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNCwXSJDcfUJbFJtj70m3dt38I4XPV-0_kdqI7C!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNCwXSJDcfUJbFJtj70m3dt38I4XPV-0_kdqI7C%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya308.51276-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352')] and begin exploring. This is the screenshot from you that they are using for reference:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-geoloc-screenshot1.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"352" alt="HK Geoloc screenshot">
And these are the viewpoints they record from Streetview:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-streetview4.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"392" alt="HK Streetview1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-streetview2.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"393" alt="HK Streetview2">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/hk-streetview3.png?w=1024" width:"850" height:"393" alt="HK Streetview">
Have they located where you were taken?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview yes]]
[[No->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview no]]
[[You're not sure->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
For more informatio about using Google Maps and Streetview for investigations, (link-reveal: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Google Maps for investigations')].(set: $GStreetview to 1)
^^Image credit: Google (2020), Edinburgh Pl, Google Maps. Available at https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hong+Kong+City+Hall/@22.2829026,114.1609277,21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3404006400f23fbd:0xdea5d17c31b69b5f!8m2!3d22.2822389!4d114.1616361 (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmStretview to "yes")(goto: "OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview why")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmStretview to "no")(goto: "OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview why")Double-click this passage to edit it.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $AmStretview is "yes")[[[Because the staircase, building and road are in the correct place and seem identical->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]
[[Because this is obviously the same place->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]](if: $AmStretview is "no")[[[Beause there is too much going on in the video to confirm anything->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]
[[Because the perspective is wrong in the streetviews versus the screenshot->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]
[[Because you were a fake video->OSINT: Amnesty GMaps streetview next]]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team from Amnesty International publishes you in a reort titiled *(link-reveal: "Verified: Hong Kong police violence against peaceful protesters")[(open-url: 'https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/hong-kong-police-violence-verified/')]*. It goes online on 21/6/19 at 14:20.
“(text-style: "mark")[Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday, 12 June], in one of a series of mass protests over the past two weeks to demand the government withdraw the extradition bill.
From late afternoon into the night on 12 June, the (text-style: "mark")[largely peaceful protesters faced an onslaught of tear gas, guns firing rubber bullets, pepper spray and baton charges from police] to disperse the demonstration near government headquarters. These (text-style: "mark")[unlawful police actions] posed a serious risk of severe injury, or even death, to protesters.
(text-style: "mark")[Amnesty International’s team of experts on policing and digital verification] took a closer look at this unnecessary and excessive use of force by police. We examined in detail (text-style: "mark")[footage from 14 instances of apparent police violence].
Our team verified incidents of the dangerous use of rubber bullets, officers beating protesters who did not resist, aggressive tactics used by police to obstruct journalists on site and the misuse of tear gas and pepper spray.
(text-style: "mark")[All of the examples Amnesty International verified are violations of international law and standards on the use of force by law enforcement officials]. The verified footage draws upon media coverage and as well as footage posted on social media.”
What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[You are shared on social media->OSINT: Amnesty twitter post]]
[[You are reported online->OSINT: Amnesty reddit]]
[[You finish your journey here->OSINT: Amnesty almost final]]]
(set: $Name = "Verified: Hong Kong police violence against peaceful protesters")(set: $Date_time = "21/6/19 14:20")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "21/6/19 14:20") (set: $Location = "https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/hong-kong-police-violence-verified/")(set: $Datatype = "Website")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "Amnesty International")(set: $Owner = "Amnesty International")(set: $Additional = "N/A")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
^^*Artcle credit: Amnesty International, at https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/hong-kong-police-violence-verified/. * ^^
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The *New York Times* publishes you in an article titled *(link-reveal: "'Did Hong Kong Police Abuse Protesters? What Videos Show'")[(open-url: 'https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/world/asia/did-hong-kong-police-abuse-protesters-what-videos-show.html')]*. It goes live on June 30th.
“Dozens of people in Hong Kong say they were injured by the police during a mass demonstration in June against a contentious bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China.
“The New York Times reviewed hundreds of videos and photos posted online by witnesses, along with submissions to our WhatsApp tip line, to assess whether the Hong Kong police used excessive force. (text-style: "mark")[Experts at Amnesty International, a human rights group, helped examine the footage]. We spoke to specialists in crowd control and interviewed more than two dozen protesters.
“(text-style: "mark")[The videos show protesters being beaten by police officers, shot with riot-control ammunition, dragged on the ground and hit with tear gas] during large-scale confrontations on June 12 near the headquarters of Hong Kong’s government. Their injuries included bruised ribs, broken fingers and respiratory problems.”
<video autoplay muted src="https://vp.nyt.com/video/2019/06/26/81381_1_30hkvid2_wg_720p.mp4" width="1280" height="720">
</video>
“(text-style: "mark")[Even as many in Hong Kong denounce the police, others have defended their response]. On Sunday, tens of thousands of people attended a rally in support of the police, with some holding signs praising the Hong Kong police as the “best in Asia.”
“The police and a government-appointed watchdog have promised an investigation, but protesters have called for an independent inquiry.
“The government has said that at least 81 people were injured in the June 12 demonstrations, though it has not specified how many were protesters or how they were hurt. Separately, (text-style: "mark")[the police have said 22 officers were injured].”
Was it important for you to be published in an American, English-language newspaper for people to find you?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q1yes]]
[[No->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q1no]]
[[You're not sure->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q2]]]
(set: $Name = "Did Hong Kong Police Abuse Protesters? What Videos Show")(set: $Date_time = "30/6/19 14:08")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "30/6/19 at 14:08") (set: $Location = "https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/world/asia/did-hong-kong-police-abuse-protesters-what-videos-show.html")(set: $Datatype = "Text")(set: $Filetype = ".html")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "Javier C. Hernández, Barbara Marcolini, Haley Willis, Drew Jordan, Meg Felling, Tiffany May and Elsie Chen")(set: $Owner = "New York Times")(set: $Additional = "N/A")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
^^*Article credit: Javier C. Hernández, Barbara Marcolini, Haley Willis, Drew Jordan, Meg Felling, Tiffany May and Elsie Chen at the New York Times. Available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/world/asia/did-hong-kong-police-abuse-protesters-what-videos-show.html *^^
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $NYTimesq1 to "yes")(goto: "OSINT: HK NYTimes article q1why")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $NYTimesq1 to "no")(goto: "OSINT: HK NYTimes article q1why")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Does the fact that you were published in a well-respected American, English-language newspaper make the claims made about you more or less likely to be true?
|pathlink>[[[More likely->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q3]]
[[Less likely->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q3]]
[[Neither more no less likely->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q3]]
[[You're not sure->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q3]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $NYTimesq1 is "yes")[[[Becuase the world needed to hear about you - and the New York Times is one of the best platforms to do that->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q2]]
[[Because the *New York Times* reporting is some of the best in the world->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q2]]
[[Because American reporting is generally better->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q2]]](if: $NYTimesq1 is "no")[[[Because you were already online->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q2]]
[[Because you didn't need to be presented to English-speaking audiences to have an impact->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q2]]
[[Because Western reporting on issues in Hong Kong is generally less accurate->OSINT: HK NYTimes article q2]]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Would you have had more or less influence if you were a person's story, rather than a video?
|pathlink>[(link: "More influence")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "Neither more nor less influence")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "Less influence")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "It depends on the context")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "You're not sure")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Amnesty International's twitter pages shares you as a video, embedded in a tweet on June 21st.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tear gas + rubber bullets + pepper spray + batons on peaceful protesters = excessive force. <a href="https://t.co/ekxN5FbZ6C">pic.twitter.com/ekxN5FbZ6C</a></p>— Amnesty International (@amnesty) <a href="https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1142011007264600064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become the the tweet and explore your retweets->OSINT: Amnesty twitter replies]]
[[Your journey ends here->OSINT: Amnesty almost final]]]
(set: $Name = "amnesty/status/1142011007264600064")(set: $Date_time = "21/6/19 at 11:06")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "21/6/19 at 11:06") (set: $Location = "https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1142011007264600064")(set: $Datatype = "Social media")(set: $Filetype = "Tweet")(set: $Size = "N/a")(set: $Authors = "Amnesty International")(set: $Owner = "Twitter")(set: $Additional = "Source: Sprinklr. Retweets: 2.4k. Likes: 2.5k")
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You appear on the internet forum (link-reveal: "Reddit")[(open-url: 'https://www.reddit.com')], in a post titled (link-reveal: "[Amnesty International] Verified: Hong Kong police violence against peaceful protesters")[(open-url: 'https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/c3qvsv/amnesty_international_verified_hong_kong_police/')]. The thread receives 72 upvotes and 2 comments.
The top comment is by */u/rsapparel*. It reads: “(text-style: "mark")[NGO calls out Hong Kong police for being violent against 'peaceful' protestors, but conveniently edits all video footage leading up to said 'peaceful' protestors being beaten.
Not even surprised.]”
Is */u/rsapparel*'s interpretation of what Amnesty did true?
|pathlink>[(link: "Yes")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "No")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "You're not sure")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Was it important for you to be reported on by a London-based international charity for people to see you?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Amnesty q1yes]]
[[No->OSINT: Amnesty q1no]]
[[You're not sure->OSINT: Amnesty q2]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You are shared and commented on by 2.4k people, including:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We REQUEST the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a> government to start an independent investigation into the excess force used by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKongPolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKongPolice</a> on 12th June 2019 immediately. This cannot be ignored. This cannot be bargained with. <a href="https://t.co/2WqeBUvysZ">https://t.co/2WqeBUvysZ</a></p>— Voice of Hongkongers: Civilian's Justice 😷 🖐☝️ (@hkciviljustice) <a href="https://twitter.com/hkcivil_justice/status/1142483861009383424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happens all the time in Venezuela, nobody cares. HK is more important in the global economy though, maybe some would react to this 🙄</p>— Javier Mendonça ⭕ (@javiermendonca) <a href="https://twitter.com/javiermendonca/status/1142120763908075521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Amnesty almost final]]](set: $showFooter to "false")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You have changed a lot on your journey. You may have even shapeshifted into an entirely different kind of data. Your metadata has changed too.
<u>**This is the metadata you began with**</u>
**Name**: (print: $NameEnd)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_timeEnd)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesinceEnd)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modifiedEnd)
**Location**: (print: $LocationEnd)
**Data type**: (print: $DatatypeEnd)
**File type**: (print: $FiletypeEnd)
**Size**: (print: $SizeEnd)
**Authors**: (print: $AuthorsEnd)
**Owner**: (print: $OwnerEnd)
**Additional**: (print: $AdditionalEnd)
<u>**And this was the metadata you have ended with**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Alternative start]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AIq1 to "yes")(goto: "OSINT: Amnesty q1why")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AIq1 to "no")(goto: "OSINT: Amnesty q1why")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Does the fact that they were made by a renouned human rights charity make the claims made about you more likely to be true?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Amnesty q3]]
[[No->OSINT: Amnesty q3]]
[[You're not sure->OSINT: Amnesty q3]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Would you have had more or less influence if you were a person's written testimony, rather than a video?
|pathlink>[(link: "More influence")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "Neither more nor less influence")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "Less influence")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "It depends on the context")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]
(link: "You're not sure")[(goto: 'OSINT: video final')]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $AIq1 is "yes")[[[Becuase the world needed to hear about you. Amnesty International is one of the best platforms to do that->OSINT: Amnesty q2]]
[[Because Amnesty International's human rights investigations are some of the best in the world->OSINT: Amnesty q2]]
[[Because Western reporting on human rights issues is generally better->OSINT: Amnesty q2]]](if: $AIq1 is "no")[[[Because you were already online->OSINT: Amnesty q2]]
[[Because you didn't need to be presented to English-speaking audiences to have an impact->OSINT: Amnesty q2]]
[[Because Western reporting on human rights issues is often biased->OSINT: Amnesty q2]]]](set: $showFooter to "false")What would you like to do now?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Start another investigation", "OSINT: Choose your datatype")[(set: $GameMode to "training mode")(set: $New_Training_Mode to 1)]
[[See the tools which have appeared in the course of your investigation->OSINT: Tools]]](set: $showFooter to "false")(set: $PageCode to "44")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "false")(if: $OpenEvsys is <1 and $Martus is <1 and $Movavi is <1 and $tineye is <1 and $InVID is <1 and $AmnestyDataviewer is <1 and $Googleimagerev is <1 and $Yandex is <1 and $FotoForensics is <1 and $Forensically is <1 and $UniformInsignia is <1 and $GoogleEarth is <1 and $WikiMapia is <1 and $GStreetview is <1 and $YouTubedl is <1 and $VideoVault is <1 and $channelnet is <1 and $videonet is <1 and $geoIP is <1)[You didn't come across any tools during your journey.](else:)[<u>**Throughout your journey, you the following tools appeared:**</u>
](if: $OpenEvsys is 1)[(link-reveal: "OpenEvsys")[(open-url: 'https://openevsys.org/')], an open source database application used for recording information, browsing, retrieving data points, and analysing data.
](if: $Martus is 1)[(link-reveal: "Martus")[(open-url: 'https://www.martus.org/')], an information collection and management tool aimed to help human rights activists to collect, safeguard, organise, and share information about human rights abuses.
](if: $Movavi is 1)[(link-reveal: "Movavi Video Editor")[(open-url: "https://www.movavi.com/videoeditor/")], free-to-use video editing programme which allows you to anonymise people through its blurring function.
](if: $tineye is 1)[(link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: "https://tineye.com/")], a free tool for reverse-searching images.
](if: $AmnestyDataviewer is 1)[(link-reveal: "Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer")[(open-url: 'https://citizenevidence.org/2014/07/01/youtube-dataviewer/')], a tool developed by Amnesty's Citizen Evidence Lab. This allows users to extract metadata on YouTube videos and find similar videos elsewhere.
](if: $InVID is 1)[(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')], a toolkit which allows users to extract metadata, analyse stills from videos and reverse-search screenshots across the internet.
](if: $Googleimagerev is 1)[(link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search")[(open-url: 'https://images.google.com/')], a tool which searches Google's image search database. As well as highlighting direct matches, it uses machine learning techniques to suggest visually similar images and topical websites.
](if: $Yandex is 1)[(link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')], a reverse image searching tool based in Moscow, Russia. The digital investigations site Bellingcat suggests Yandex is the most accurate tool of its kind for identifying faces, landscapes, and objects.
](if: $FotoForensics is 1)[(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')], a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital photo forensics. It offers various techniques for judging whether an image has been edited, including Error Level Analysis and metadata extraction.
](if: $Forensically is 1)[(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')], a free toolset for digital image forensics. It includes tools such as noise level analysis, clone detection, error level analysis and metadata extraction.
](if: $UniformInsignia is 1)[(link-reveal: "Uniform Insignia")[(open-url: 'http://www.uniforminsignia.org')], a public encyclopaedia of uniforms for various grups across the world, including police and military.
](if: $GoogleEarth is 1)[(link-reveal: "Google Earth")[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web')], Google's world-mapping tool which uses satellite data to provide a map of the globe.
](if: $WikiMapia is 1)[(link-reveal: "WikiMapia")[(open-url: 'https://wikimapia.org')], an open-source mapping tool which uses satellite data.
](if: $GStreetview is 1)[(link-reveal: "Google Maps' Streetview")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps')], a tool which provides street-level views of locations on Google Maps.
](if: $YouTubedl is 1)[(link-reveal: "YouTube-dl")[(open-url: 'https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/')], an open-source tool which allows users to download videos from YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
](if: $VideoVault is 1)[(link-reveal: "Video Vault")[(open-url: 'https://www.bravenewtech.org/')], an open-source tool which allows users to upload videos to be encrypted on its website. Videos are authenticated with a time-stamp. However, the tool is in beta and does not provide a warranty.
](if: $channelnet is 1 or $videonet is 1)[(link-reveal: "Netvizz YouTube data tools")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/')], a collection of tools for extracting data from YouTube. It includes a *Channel network crawler* and a *Video network crawler*:.
](if: $geoIP is 1)[(link-reveal: "Geo IP")[(open-url: 'https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ToolGeoIP')], a tool which helps to geo-locate the origins of webpages. It takes web addresses (URLs), discovers primary IP addresses and links them with a database of locations.]
<u>**These are other tools you could have seen by going down other paths:**</u>
(if: $OpenEvsys is not 1)[(link-reveal: "OpenEvsys")[(open-url: 'https://openevsys.org/')], an open source database application used for recording information, browsing, retrieving data points, and analysing data.
](if: $Martus is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Martus")[(open-url: 'https://www.martus.org/')], an information collection and management tool aimed to help human rights activists to collect, safeguard, organise, and share information about human rights abuses.
](if: $Movavi is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Movavi Video Editor")[(open-url: "https://www.movavi.com/videoeditor/")], free-to-use video editing programme which allows you to anonymise people through its blurring function.
](if: $tineye is not 1)[(link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: "https://tineye.com/")], a free tool for reverse-searching images.
](if: $AmnestyDataviewer is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Amnesty International's YouTube DataViewer")[(open-url: 'https://citizenevidence.org/2014/07/01/youtube-dataviewer/')], a tool developed by Amnesty's Citizen Evidence Lab. This allows users to extract metadata on YouTube videos and find similar videos elsewhere.
](if: $InVID is not 1)[(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')], a toolkit which allows users to extract metadata, analyse stills from videos and reverse-search screenshots across the internet.
](if: $Googleimagerev is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search")[(open-url: 'https://images.google.com/')], a tool which searches Google's image search database. As well as highlighting direct matches, it uses machine learning techniques to suggest visually similar images and topical websites.
](if: $Yandex is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')], a reverse image searching tool based in Moscow, Russia. The digital investigations site Bellingcat suggests Yandex is the most accurate tool of its kind for identifying faces, landscapes, and objects.
](if: $FotoForensics is not 1)[(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')], a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital photo forensics. It offers various techniques for judging whether an image has been edited, including Error Level Analysis and metadata extraction.
](if: $Forensically is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')], a free toolset for digital image forensics. It includes tools such as noise level analysis, clone detection, error level analysis and metadata extraction.
](if: $UniformInsignia is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Uniform Insignia")[(open-url: 'http://www.uniforminsignia.org')], a public encyclopaedia of uniforms for various grups across the world, including police and military.
](if: $GoogleEarth is not 1)[
(link-reveal: "Google Earth")[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web')], Google's world-mapping tool which uses satellite data to provide a map of the globe.
](if: $WikiMapia is not 1)[(link-reveal: "WikiMapia")[(open-url: 'https://wikimapia.org')], an open-source mapping tool which uses satellite data.
](if: $GStreetview is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Google Maps' Streetview")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps')], a tool which provides street-level views of locations on Google Maps.
](if: $YouTubedl is not 1)[(link-reveal: "YouTube-dl")[(open-url: 'https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/')], an open-source tool which allows users to download videos from YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
](if: $VideoVault is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Video Vault")[(open-url: 'https://www.bravenewtech.org/')], an open-source tool which allows users to upload videos to be encrypted on its website. Videos are authenticated with a time-stamp. However, the tool is in beta and does not provide a warranty.
](if: ($channelnet is not 1) or ($videonet is not 1))[(link-reveal: "Netvizz YouTube data tools")[(open-url: 'https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/')], a collection of tools for extracting data from YouTube. It includes a *Channel network crawler* and a *Video network crawler*:.
](if: $geoIP is not 1)[(link-reveal: "Geo IP")[(open-url: 'https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ToolGeoIP')], a tool which helps to geo-locate the origins of webpages. It takes web addresses (URLs), discovers primary IP addresses and links them with a database of locations.
]
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: The end]]]{
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(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))With the CRS watching, the volunteers and displaced people hurry to put away the items from the food distribution. Once they have done this, they wait until the CRS have driven away.
The next day, a team from the (link-reveal: "Refugee Info Bus")[(open-url: "https://www.refugeeinfobus.com/")] comes to the distribution point.They have brought other people with them: a team from Human Rights Watch, supported by volunteers from HelpRefugees and RCK, which includes several translators.
They ask for witnesses to come forward and help corroborate accounts of what happened. They say they will be recording written testimonies.
Does your owner come forward?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Calais: HRW testimony]]
(link: "No")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name to "DSC01.1632.18.06.17")(set: $Date_time = "18/6/17 at 16:32")(set: $timesince = "")(set: $Last_modified = "18/6/17 at 16:32") (set: $Location = "users\general\documents\evidence")(set: $Datatype = "Video")(set: $Filetype = ".mp4")(set: $Size = "32KB")(set: $Authors = "Emmanuel Calvin")(set: $Owner = "Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité")(set: $Additional = "")You are now the video recorded by the member of the CRS. The story you once told is gone. Instead, your data is stored on the CRS' computer system.
Eventually, you are played to an asylum caseworker. They freeze you, just at the moment you show your former owner's face. This image, taken from you, is used as evidence against his claim for asylum in Britain. It is presented as proof that he was present in France before arriving in Britain, and therefore should have completed his asylum claim there as dictated by the Dublin Regulations.
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---
For more information about the Dublin Regulations, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Dublin Regulations')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name to "")(set: $Date_time = "")(set: $timesince = "")(set: $Last_modified = "") (set: $Location = "")(set: $Datatype = "")(set: $Filetype = "")(set: $Size = "")(set: $Authors = "")(set: $Owner = "")(set: $Additional = "")You are now the video recorded on the volunteer's phone.
Having demanded that the volunteer hand you over, the patrol leader taps a button. You are deleted.
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Calais: final')]]
---
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 3s)[
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Date_time)]
**Time since created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $timesince)]
**Last modified**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Datatype)]
**File type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Size)]
**Authors**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Authors)]
**Owner**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Owner)]
**Additional**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Additional)]]
---
For more information about government censorship, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: censorship')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "true")(set: $regress += 1)Why not?
[[Why do *you* want to know?->Epistemic circles]]
(link: "Go back")[(goto: 'Main menu')](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "true")(set: $regress += 1)Because we're asking the questions. (if: $regress is <3)[
[[Why?->Circular logic]]
(link: "Fine then")[(goto: 'Main menu')]
[[I want to choose the questions->How to make questions]]
](if: $regress >=3 and $regress is <=6) [We can keep doing this forever.
(link: "I give up")[(goto: 'Main menu')]
[[Why?->Circular logic]]
[[I want to choose the questions->How to make questions]]
](if: $regress is >7)[Haven't you had enough yet?
(link: "Yes")[(goto: 'Main menu')]
[[No->Circular logic]]
[[I want to choose the questions->How to make questions]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "true")(set: $regress += 1)Because otherwise we'll end up going around and around, in something called "circular logic". (if: $regress is <4)[
[[Why?->The designers]]
(link: "I understand")[(goto: 'Main menu')]](if: $regress is >4 and <=7)[We warned you. Can you see the problem?
(link: "Yes, I see")[(goto: 'Main menu')]
[[Why?->The designers]]
](if: $regress is >7)[You're going to ask again aren't you?
(link: "No")[(goto: 'Main menu')]
[[Why?->The designers]]]
---
For more information about 'circular logic' is, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: circular logic')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "true")If you'd like to make the questions yourself, you can do so with the same software we've used! It's called (link-reveal: "Twine")[(open-url: 'https://twinery.org/')].
To learn more about Twine, (link: "click here")[(goto: "About Twine")](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $showFooter to "true")(set: $regress += 1)Because we designed this experience. (if: $regress is <5)[
(link: "Thank you")[(goto: 'Main menu')]
[[Why?->Epistemic circles]]
](if: $regress is >5 and <=8)[We had to make decisions about what to show you.
(link: "I understand")[(goto: 'Main menu')]
[[Why?->Epistemic circles]]
](if: $regress is >8)[Aren't you tired of this yet?
(link: "No")[(goto: 'Main menu')]
[[Why?->Epistemic circles]]]Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Path to "OSINT ImageBeirut")(set: $Image_Training +=1)You are this image.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion">
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'OSINT: Metadata tutorial')]]
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(set: $Name = "Eelam0qXkAg3rm6.jpg")(set: $Date_time = "2020-08-04 14:52:28 GMT")(set: $timesince = "2mins")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "N/A")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "285Kb")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "N/A")(set: $Additional = "N/A")(set: $NameEnd = "Eelam0qXkAg3rm6.jpg")(set: $Date_timeEnd = "2020-08-04 14:52:28 GMT")(set: $timesinceEnd = "2mins")(set: $Last_modifiedEnd = "N/A") (set: $LocationEnd = "N/A")(set: $DatatypeEnd = "Image")(set: $FiletypeEnd = ".jpg")(set: $SizeEnd = "285Kb")(set: $AuthorsEnd = "N/A")(set: $OwnerEnd = "N/A")(set: $AdditionalEnd = "N/A")}
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You have been passed on to the investigative research collective (link-reveal: "Bellingcat")[(open-url: 'https://www.bellingcat.com')]. They decide to use you in an ongoing investigation. It focuses on a recent event in Beirut.
Before they begin, one of the team members suggests creating a secure backup of you. Do they?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Yes", "OSINT: Beirut first loop")[(set: $backup to "yes")(set: $FirstLoopVisits to 0)]
(link-reveal-goto: "No", "OSINT: Beirut first loop")[(set: $backup to "no")(set: $FirstLoopVisits to 0)]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $FirstLoopVisits +=1)(if: $backup is not "yes")[(set: $filefail to (random: 1,8))](if: $filefail is 1)[Oh no! The team goes back to use you, but they discover that you have been deleted. Because they don't have a backup of you, there's nothing they can do...
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 4s)[|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'OSINT: Beirut final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Date_time)]
**Time since created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $timesince)]
**Last modified**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Datatype)]
**File type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Size)]
**Authors**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Authors)]
**Owner**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Owner)]
**Additional**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Additional)]]
---
](else:)[(if: ($BeirutMetadata is "yes") and ($BeirutForensics is "yes") and ($BeirutComparison is "yes") and ($BeirutProv is "yes") and ($BeirutImgLocation is "yes"))[(set: $totalinfo to ($pastinfo+$latestinfo))The team decides they have gathered enough information about you. Their case file states:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]
After storing you in their database for the case, they agree to begin investigating a new question: what happened in the port?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Continue", "OSINT: Beirut second loop")[(set: $SecondLoopVisits to 0)]]](else:)[(if: $FirstLoopVisits is 1)[(set: $totalinfo to (""))(set:$pastinfo to (""))(set: $latestinfo to (""))The team believe that a major incident has happened in Beirut, where they think you may have been taken. They want to find out more about you. How do they do this?](else:)[(set: $totalinfo to ($pastinfo+$latestinfo))(if: ($FirstLoopVisits is >1) and ($totalinfo is not("")))[Their case file about you states:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]]
What do they do next?]
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutMetadata is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They look for more information about the file you are stored in", "OSINT: Beirut metadata tools")[(set: $BeirutMetadata to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutForensics is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They use tools to analyse what you are showing and whether you could be fake", "OSINT: Beirut forensics tools")[(set: $BeirutForensics to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutComparison is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They compare you with other images and videos they have found", "OSINT: Beirut first comparison choice")[(set: $BeirutComparison to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutProv is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They try to establish where you've been online", "OSINT: Beirut provenance")[(set: $BeirutProv to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutImgLocation is not "yes")[(link-reveal: "They try to establish where you were taken")[(goto: 'OSINT: Beirut location')]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
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}Thank you for playing through these stories from Beirut.
The explosion in Beirut's port on August 4th 2020 has been estimated to have killed almost 200 people. Around 6,000 others have been injured. The blast caused up to $4.6bn (£3.6bn) of physical damage and $3.5bn of economic damage^^1^^. The trauma it has left is incalculable.
Large protests erupted in the days immediately following the catatsrophe, demonstrating against the government corruption on which it was blamed. These were met with violent crackdowns by police^^2^^.
The explosion came after years of economic crisis, with some 55% of the Lebanese population living below the poverty line, and mass civil unrest^^3^^.
Nasser Saidi, a leading economist and former minister, told reporters from Reuters: “I think young people are trying to survive, that’s why they’re not going to the streets. I think they’ve been frightened because they’ve been threatened”. “We’ve never had anything this bad.” ^^4^^
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'OSINT: metadata ending')]]
---
1.(link-reveal: "*BBC News* (15/9/20), 'Lebanon crisis: Fire erupts in Zaha Hadid-designed shopping centre in Beirut'")[(open-url: 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-54160630')]
2. (link-reveal: "Samia Nakhoul, Ellen Francis, 'A year on, Lebanon's protests have faded and life has got worse', in *Reuters* 16/10/20")[(open-url: 'https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-lebanon-crisis-protests/a-year-on-lebanons-protests-have-faded-and-life-has-got-worse-idUKKBN2711EH')]
3. Ibid
4. Ibid(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $MetadataVisits +=1)(if: $MetadataVisits is 1)[The team decides to see what information they can gain about you by analysing your metadata. They have a choice of tools to use for this, which they have found via The Whistle's (link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')]. These are:
(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')](if: $FotoForensics is not 1)[, a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital image forensics.]
(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')](if: $Forensically is not 1)[, a free toolset for digital image forensics.]
(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')](if: $InVID is not 1)[, a free toolkit which affords various techniques for analysing videos, as well as a metadata analysis function.]
]Which tool do they use(if: $MetadataVisits is >1)[ next]?
|pathlink>[(if: $FotoForensicsMetaUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "FotoForensics", "OSINT: Beirut FotoForensics metadata")[(set: $FotoForensicsMetaUsed to "yes")]
](if: $ForensicallyMetaUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Forensically", "OSINT: Beirut Forensically metadata")[(set: $ForensicallyMetaUsed to "yes")]
](if: $InVIDMetaUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "InVID", "OSINT: Beirut InVID metadata")[(set: $InVIDMetaUsed to "yes")]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $FotoForensics to 1)(set: $Forensically to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $BeirutMetadata is "yes")[Because your metadata provides such little information, the team decides the best approach might be to search for where you have appeared online.
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Continue", "OSINT: Beirut revimage search tools")[(set: $BeirutRevImg to "yes")]]](else:)[
What methods do they use?
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutMetadata is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They use your metadata to find out more about your history", "OSINT: Beirut metadata tools")[(set: $BeirutMetadata to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutRevImg is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They search to see where you have appeared online", "OSINT: Beirut revimage search tools")[(set: $BeirutRevImg to "yes")]]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Someone from the team has discovered other images and videos which appear to depict the same event in Beirut. They want to compare you with these to see if they can establish what happened.
How do they do this?
|pathlink>[[[They gather more examples so they can be more confident in their conclusions->OSINT: Beirut comparison source choice]]
[[They work with what they have already->OSINT: Beirut comparison analysis]]](if: $BeirutComparison is not "yes")[Unfortuntely, the team agrees that they do not yet have enough information about your context to work out where you were taken. They agree that comparing you with other materials might be helpful at this stage.
|pathlink>[[[Go back->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]]]
(else:)[(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmLoc to "yes")The team try to find ways of establishing where you were recorded. To do this they decide to look for locations which look similar to yours on satellite maps. They have two tools available: Google Maps, Google Earth and an open-source equivalent named WikiMapia. Which do they choose?
|pathlink>[[[Google Maps->OSINT: Beirut GMaps first stage]]
[[Google Earth->OSINT: Beirut GEarth1]]
[[WikiMapia->OSINT: Beirut WikiMapia]]]
(set: $GoogleEarth to 1)(set: $WikiMapia to 1)](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $SecondLoopVisits +=1)(if: $backup is not "yes")[(set: $filefail to (random: 1,8))](if: $filefail is 1)[Oh no! The team goes back to use you, but they discover that you have been deleted. Because they don't have a backup of you, there's nothing they can do...
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 4s)[|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'OSINT: Beirut final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Date_time)]
**Time since created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $timesince)]
**Last modified**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Datatype)]
**File type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Size)]
**Authors**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Authors)]
**Owner**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Owner)]
**Additional**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Additional)]]
---
](else:)[(if: ($SecondLoopVisits is >1) and ($BeirutFireComp is "yes") and ($BeirutTwitterClaims is "yes") and ($Warehouse12 is "yes") and ($WarehouseLocation is "yes"))[The team decides that they are satisfied with this answer. Their case file reads:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]
However, the investigation has raised a further question: |pathlink>[[[what caused the explosion?->OSINT: Beirut explosion cause discourse]]]](else:)[(if: $SecondLoopVisits is 1)[(set: $Name = "Bellingcat Beirut database")(set: $Date_time = "06/08/20 09:00")(set: $timesince = "0 days")(set: $Last_modified = "06/08/20 12:20") (set: $Location = "")(set: $Datatype = "Databse")(set: $Filetype = ".csv")(set: $Size = "1mb")(set: $Authors = "Bellingcat")(set: $Owner = "Bellingcat")(set: $Additional to "")(set: $totalinfo to (""))(set:$pastinfo to (""))(set: $latestinfo to (""))(alert: "You have shapeshifted: you are now Bellingcat's investigation database. Your metadata has changed accordingly.")On social media, some people have claimed your explosion was caused by a ship. Others have said it was an airstrike. Some have even said it looks (link-reveal: "like a nuclear bomb")[(open-url: "ttps://twitter.com/LastDef/status/1290704334330761217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw")]. The team want to know what, precisely, happened. How do they do this?](if: $SecondLoopVisits is >1)[(set: $totalinfo to ($pastinfo+$latestinfo))The case file about you states:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]
What does the team do next?]
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutFireComp is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They analyse the media they have gathered for more details", "OSINT: Beirut fire source comparison")[(set: $BeirutFireComp to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutTwitterClaims is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They examine claims made about you on Twitter", "OSINT: Beirut Twitter claims analysis")[(set: $BeirutTwitterClaims to "yes")]
](if: ($Warehouse12 is "yes") and ($WarehouseLocation is not "yes"))[(link-reveal-goto: "They try to pinpoint the precise location of Warehouse 12", "OSINT: Beirut Warehouse 12 location")[(set: $WarehouseLocation to "yes")]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $ForensicsVisits +=1)(if: $ForensicsVisits is 1)[The investigators decide to use tools for forensic image analysis on you. To do this, they have found a range of tools through The Whistle's (link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')]. These are:
(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')](if: $FotoForensics is not 1)[, a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital photo forensics. It offers various techniques for judging whether an image has been edited, including Error Level Analysis and metadata extraction.]
(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')](if: $Forensically is not 1)[, a free toolset for digital image forensics. It includes tools such as noise level analysis, clone detection, error level analysis and metadata extraction.]
(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')](if: $InVID is not 1)[, a free toolkit which affords various techniques for analysing videos, screenshots and images. These include metadata extraction, Error Level Analysis, noise detection and more.]
]Which tool does the team use(if: $ForensicsVisits is >1)[ next]?
|pathlink>[(if: $FotoForensicsForensicUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "FotoForensics", "OSINT: Beirut FotoForensics forensics")[(set: $FotoForensicsForensicUsed to "yes")]
](if: $ForensicallyForensicUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Forensically", "OSINT: Beirut Forensically forensics")[(set: $ForensicallyForensicUsed to "yes")]
](if: $InVIDForensicUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "InVID", "OSINT: Beirut InVID forensics")[(set: $InVIDForensicUsed to "yes")]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $FotoForensics to 1)(set: $Forensically to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators inputs you into (link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-fotoforensics-1.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Fotoforensics 1">
The tool doesn't tell them much, but it does suggest you were first created on 2020-08-04 14:52:28 GMT and that you take up 285,309 bytes.
(if: ($FotoForensicsMetaUsed is "yes") and ($ForensicallyMetaUsed is "yes") and ($InVIDMetaUsed is "yes"))[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]](else:)[What does the team decide to do?
|pathlink>[[[They use another tool to examine your metadata->OSINT: Beirut metadata tools]]
[[They decide that this information is enough to work with->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Created 2020-08-04 14:52:28 GMT. 285,309 bytes. ")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators inputs you into (link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-forensically-2.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Forensically 2">
Unfortunately, Forensically's metadata analysis tool won't work for you. It seems it can't find your metadata.
(if: ($FotoForensicsMetaUsed is "yes") and ($ForensicallyMetaUsed is "yes") and ($InVIDMetaUsed is "yes"))[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]](else:)[What does the team do next?
|pathlink>[[[They use another tool to examine your metadata->OSINT: Beirut metadata tools]]
[[They decide to pursue a different approach->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]]]
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For more information about kinds of metadata, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: kinds of metadata')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators inputs you into (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s metadata view tool.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-invid-metadata.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut InVID">
Unfortunately, InVID can't find your metadata. It can only search for metadata in the Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) format, which you lack.
(if: ($FotoForensicsMetaUsed is "yes") and ($ForensicallyMetaUsed is "yes") and ($InVIDMetaUsed is "yes"))[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]](else:)[What does the team do next?
|pathlink>[[[They use another tool to examine your metadata->OSINT: Beirut metadata tools]]
[[They decide to pursue a different approach->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]]]
---
For more information about kinds of metadata, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: kinds of metadata')].Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators loads you into (link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')]. The tool carries out an Error Level Analysis. This creates an image showing how much compression is present for different parts of you. If areas are very uniform where they shouldn't be - or aren't very uniform where they should be - this can indicate that the image has been edited or tampered with. For example, if there is an area of a single colour, it should not look like it has lots of colours in the analysis.
This is the image that FotoForensics outputs:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-fotoforensics-2.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut FotoForensics 2">
What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were taken->OSINT: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->OSINT: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->OSINT: Beirut image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators loads you into (link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')]. The tool carries out an a series of tests, including Clone Detecton and a Noise Analysis. The Clone Detection is meant to find areas of the picture which seem to be repeated - a sign that the video has been tampered with. The Noise Analysis creates an image of you which highlights areas which have a particularly high level of random variation in colour or brightness. It can be helpful for identifying manipulations to the image like airbrushing, deformations or warping.
This is the image that the investigator inputted:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-forensically-3.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Explosion Forensically 3">
And this is the Noise Map that Forensically produces of you:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-forensically-4.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Explosion Forensically 4">
It shows that there is very little unexpected noise in the image. Meanwhile, the Clone Detection shows no signs that there are repeated areas which might have been manipulated.
What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were taken->OSINT: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->OSINT: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->OSINT: Beirut image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators loads you into (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s forensic analysis tool. The tool carries out a variety of analyses which test for unusual changes to the image.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-invid-forensics.png?w=1024" alt=Beirut explosion InVID forensics">
The results show nothing unusual in this image. What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were filmed->OSINT: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->OSINT: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->OSINT: Beirut image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The investigator shows your results to the rest of the team, who agree that the analysis implies you have not been tampered with since you were filmed. (if: ($FotoForensicsForensicUsed is "yes") and ($ForensicallyForensicUsed is "yes") and ($InVIDForensicUsed is "yes"))[They therefore conclude that you are not fake.
The team decide that they need to combine these results with the other information they have on you.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "The image file has not been edited since it was created. It is therefore unlikely to be fake. ")](else:)[However, they admit that they could use other analytic techniques to be sure.
What does the team do next?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "The team decides they are confident in their results and want to collate them with other information", "OSINT: Beirut first loop")[(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "The image file has not been edited since it was created. It is therefore unlikely to be fake. ")]
[[They use another tool to analyse your content->OSINT: Beirut forensics tools]]
[[They decide to pursue a different approach->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $BeirutProvRevImg to "no")Where does the investigator go to find more examples for their comparison?
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Twitter", "OSINT: Beirut comparison Twitter")[(set: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed to "yes")]
](if: $GoogleRevImgUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Google Images", "OSINT: Beirut Google RevImg")[(set: $GoogleRevImgUsed to "yes")]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team want to put you against other images and videos so they can better understand what you are showing them. This is the folder they have for their comparisons comparison:
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<u>**Image**</u>
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion.jpg?w=1024" width="1024" alt="Beirut explosion">
(if: $GoogleRevImgUsed is "yes")[---
<u>**New from Google search**</u>
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-gimages-1.jpeg?w=1000" width="1000" alt="Beirut explosion Google Images 1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-gimages-2.jpeg?w=275" alt="Beirut explosion Google Images 2">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-gimages-3.jpeg?w=300" alt="Beirut explosion Google Images 3">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-gimages-4.jpeg?w=300" alt="Beirut explosion Google Images 4">
](if: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed is "yes")[---
<u>**New from Twitter search**</u>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This guy was easily 1.5 to 2 miles away!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> <a href="https://t.co/MKtp32nvqx">pic.twitter.com/MKtp32nvqx</a></p>— Itsskagg (@ItsSkagg) <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsSkagg/status/1290756921092431874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/mhyGxlDb0v">pic.twitter.com/mhyGxlDb0v</a></p>— Afif Tabish 🇱🇧🇨🇦 (@afif) <a href="https://twitter.com/afif/status/1290672182595432450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
]
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<u>**Video**</u>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A video I received on WhatsApp of the scalr of explosion in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a>, confirming it was at the port. <a href="https://t.co/bIkcyfsi0o">pic.twitter.com/bIkcyfsi0o</a></p>— Bissan Fakih (@BissanCampaigns) <a href="https://twitter.com/BissanCampaigns/status/1290671086951161856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stunning video shows explosions just minutes ago at Beirut port <a href="https://t.co/ZjltF0VcTr">pic.twitter.com/ZjltF0VcTr</a></p>— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) <a href="https://twitter.com/borzou/status/1290675854767513600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
---
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut comparison conclusions]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator carries out a search on Twitter for similar materials, using the site's advanced search options. They input the hashtag #beirut. These are some of the results:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This guy was easily 1.5 to 2 miles away!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> <a href="https://t.co/MKtp32nvqx">pic.twitter.com/MKtp32nvqx</a></p>— Itsskagg (@ItsSkagg) <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsSkagg/status/1290756921092431874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/mhyGxlDb0v">pic.twitter.com/mhyGxlDb0v</a></p>— Afif Tabish 🇱🇧🇨🇦 (@afif) <a href="https://twitter.com/afif/status/1290672182595432450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What does the team do now?
|pathlink>[[[They compare these images with the other materials they have collected->OSINT: Beirut comparison analysis]]
(if: $GoogleRevImgUsed is "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They gather more images for comparison from Google Images", "OSINT: Beirut Google RevImg")[(set: $GoogleRevImgUsed to "yes")]
][[They decide to pursue a different approach->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $BeirutProvRevImg is not "yes")[From the Whistle's (link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')], the team selects a variety of tools which might help them search for similar images to you across the internet, using several other tools. Each tool has its' own database of websites and will show different results. The tools are:
(link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: 'https://tineye.com')](if: $tineye is not 1)[, a reverse image searching tool which uses pattern recongition techniques to match you with potentially similar copies elsewhere. It emphasises privacy].
(link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ogbl')](if: $Googleimagerev is not 1)[, a tool which searches Google's image database. As well as highlighting direct matches, it uses machine learning techniques to suggest visually similar images and topical websites].
(link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')](if: $Yandex is not 1)[, a reverse image searching tool based in Moscow, Russia. Bellingcat's training guides suggest Yandex is the most accurate tool of its kind for identifying faces, landscapes, and objects].]
Which tool do they choose?
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutTinEyeUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "TinEye", "OSINT: Beirut revimage TinEye results")[(set: $BeirutTinEyeUsed to "yes")]
][[Google's reverse image search->OSINT: Beirut Google RevImg]]
(if: $BeirutYandexUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Yandex", "OSINT: Beirut revimage Yandex results")[(set: $BeirutYandexUsed to "yes")]]]
(set: $BeirutProvRevImg to "yes")(set: $tineye to 1)(set: $Googleimagerev to 1)(set: $Yandex to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Location = "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eelam0qXkAg3rm6?format=jpg&name=large")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "285Kb")(set: $Authors = "@nabihbulos")(set: $Owner = "Twitter"){(set: $Additional = "Retweets: 551
Likes: 21.K")}
(link-reveal: "@nabihbulos")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/nabihbulos')]'s account claims he is a "Staff foreign correspondent in the Middle East for the *LA Times* [...], covering Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Libya & Yemen." He has a (link-reveal: "verified account")[(open-url: 'https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twitter-verified-accounts')].
The tweet appeared at 3:54 on 4th August 2020. It has received 551 retweets and 2.1K likes. The team agree that this seems to be the first time you were posted online:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Huge explosion in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> <a href="https://t.co/UEBECAMTHz">pic.twitter.com/UEBECAMTHz</a></p>— Nabih (@nabihbulos) <a href="https://twitter.com/nabihbulos/status/1290662401399033856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Does @nabihbulos' verified status and claim to be a reporter for the *LA Times* make what he says about what you are more credible?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Beirut Twitter origin next]]
[[No->OSINT: Beirut Twitter origin next]]
[[You're not sure->OSINT: Beirut Twitter origin next]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
(text-style: "mark")[**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
(text-style: "mark")[**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information about Twitter verification, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Twitter verification')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator chooses to upload you to (link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search tool")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ogbl')]. This provides them with a page of similar images to you, selected by Google via its algorithms.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-google-revimg-results.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Google RevImg">
(if: $BeirutProvRevImg is "yes")[Their search highlights a (link-reveal: "tweet")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/nabihbulos/status/1290662401399033856')] by a user with the handle @nabihbulos. They agree to check the contents of @nabihbulos's post.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut Twitter origin]]]](else:)[
What does the team do now?
|pathlink>[[[They compare these images with the other materials they have collected->OSINT: Beirut comparison analysis]]
(if: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They gather more images for comparison from Twitter", "OSINT: Beirut comparison Twitter")[(set: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed to "yes")]
][[They decide to pursue a different approach->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))After reviewing you together with the other materials together, the team gather to share their thoughts on what you are showing. What are their conclusions?
|pathlink>[[[You are an image of a large explosion in Beirut->OSINT: Beirut comparison next]]
[[You are an image of a massive bomb detonation in Beirut->OSINT: Beirut comparison next]]
[[You are an image of a major attack on Lebanese soil->OSINT: Beirut comparison next]]
[[You are evidence of a catastrophic accident in Beirut->OSINT: Beirut comparison next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "The image seems to show a very large explosion in the dock area of Beirut. This explosion appears to have damaged a large part of the city. To be investigated urgently. ")Though there seem to be many people interpreting you and materials like you as evidence of a bomb or attack, the team agree that there needs to be a more thorough investigation into what you are. Nevertheless, they agree that you seem to show a very large explosion in the dock area of Beirut which damaged a large part of the city.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team agrees to add this new information to their case file.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "First posted by https://twitter.com/nabihbulos aon Twitter at 3:54 on 4th August 2020. ")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Using (link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: 'https://tineye.com')], they search for mirror images or similar-looking files across the internet.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-tineye-results-best-match.png?w=1024" alt="beirut explosion tineye results best match">
The search highlights a (link-reveal: "tweet")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/nabihbulos/status/1290662401399033856')] by a user with the handle @nabihbulos.
What do the investigators do?
|pathlink>[[[They agree to check the contents of @nabihbulos's post->OSINT: Beirut Twitter origin]]
[[They decide to use a different reverse image search tool->OSINT: Beirut revimage search tools]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Using (link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')], they search for mirror images or similar-looking files across the internet.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-yandex-results.png?w=1024" alt=" Beirut explosion Yandex results">
However, Yandex does not output many similar images. It finds many websites which feature versions of you - but none seem to be your original source.
What does the team decide to do next?
|pathlink>[[[They try to use another reverse image search tool->OSINT: Beirut revimage search tools]]
[[They change their approach and pursue a different line of investigation->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))A member of Bellingcat's team uses the world mapping software (link-reveal: "Google Earth")[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')] to locate where you were. Searching through the area around Beirut's port, they find a vantage vantage point which they think might match yours - though it is flattened and distorted by the satellite photography.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gearth.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut GoogleEarth Santiago Tower (unedited)">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut">
Are they right?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Beirut GEarth2]]
[[No->OSINT: Beirut GEarth2]]
[[It's not clear->OSINT: Beirut GEarth2]]]
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^^ Image credit: Google, Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO Landsat / Copernicus (2020), ‘33.89712842, 35.52475659’, Google Earth. Available at (link-reveal: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')] (accessed 18/10/20)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator uses the open-source mapping website (link-reveal: "WikiMapia")[(open-url: 'http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.902096&lon=35.519003&z=17&search=beirut')] to try and find where you are from. They search for the port area of Beirut.
However, when they find the area, they discover that WikiMapia is drawing its satellite data from (link-reveal: "Google Maps")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps')].
|pathlink>[[[They decide to use Google Maps instead->OSINT: Beirut GMaps first stage]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Using (link-reveal: "Google Maps")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps/place/SUD+Restobar/@33.8976404,35.5245142,404m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x151f16591c8a503f:0x7ecfb70fe6b1494f!8m2!3d33.8966533!4d35.52499')], one of the investigators suggests they have found a potential location where you were taken. They point to the similar skyscraper, in combination with an area of destruction in the port area beyond.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gmaps-overview.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion santiago tower gmaps overview">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion (edited)">
However, they want to be sure. What do they do?
|pathlink>[[[They cross-reference this with Google's Streetview to confirm the location->OSINT: Beirut GMaps streetview 1]]
[[They compare this positioning with the other images and videos they have, so they can establish where the explosion occurred->OSINT: Beirut first location comparison]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Another member of the team takes a look and suggests you might be depicting Beirut's (link-reveal: "Skyline Tower")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=beirut%20skyline%20tower')]. They circle what they think is the tower, highlighting the similarities between you and the satellite imagery.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/inkedbeirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gearth-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut GEarth santiago tower (edited)">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion (edited)">
What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They cross-reference this with Google's Streetview just to check->OSINT: Beirut GMaps streetview 1]]
[[They compare this positioning with the other images and videos they have, so they can establish where the explosion occurred->OSINT: Beirut first location comparison]]]
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^^ Image credit: Google, Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO Landsat / Copernicus (2020), ‘33.89712842, 35.52475659’, Google Earth. Available at (link-reveal: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')] (accessed 18/10/20; edited for purposes of game)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Searching the (link-reveal: "streetview images for the nearby streets")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8992204,35.5246963,3a,75y,236.72h,88.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipP5m884mVi4mT9AAmUMxovgk7Mm674Viu7lfRr9!2e10!7i5376!8i2688')], the investigators find this image.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gmaps.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion santiago toiwer gmaps">
They compare the two large buildings in the image - the (link-reveal: "Skyline Tower")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=beirut%20skyline%20tower')] and part of the port area - circling the similarities.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/inkedbeirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gmaps-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion santiago toiwer gmaps (edited)">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion (edited)">
Based on this evidence, they believe they have located you successfully. Are they right?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Beirut first location comparison]]
[[No->OSINT: Beirut first location comparison]]
[[It isn't clear->OSINT: Beirut first location comparison]]]
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For more information about using Google Maps and Streetview for investigations, (link-reveal: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Google Maps for investigations')].(set: $GStreetview to 1)
^^Image credit: Sandro Eid, Google (2019), ‘33.8992204, 35.5246963’, Google Street View March 2019. Available at https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8992204,35.5246963,3a,75y,236.72h,88.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipP5m884mVi4mT9AAmUMxovgk7Mm674Viu7lfRr9!2e10!3e12!7i5376!8i2688 (accessible at 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team collate together all their work on geolocating images and videos from the incident, including their work with you, in order to pinpoint the co-ordinates of the explosion.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-viewpoint-gmaps.png?w=1024" alt="beirut explosion viewpoint gmaps">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-satellite-comparison-1.jpg?w=1024" alt="bellingcat satellite comparison1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-satellite-comparison-2.jpg?w=734" alt="bellingcat satellite comparison2">
Using (link-reveal: "Google Maps")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps')] once more, they agree that the evidence all points to a single, massive explosion which occurred at (link-reveal: "33.901353, 35.518835")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=Iu-KX-_DFuOflwT-lqnQAQ&q=33.901353%2C+35.518835&oq=33.901353%2C+35.518835&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQA0oFCAQSATFKBQgHEgExUOQDWOQDYKMGaABwAHgAgAFtiAFtkgEDMC4xmAEAoAECoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpeg&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjv3Ji727vsAhXjz4UKHX5LChoQ4dUDCAk&uact=5')].
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut first loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Evidence suggests explosion occurred at 33.901353, 35.518835. ")(set: $BeirutImgLocation to "yes")
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^^ Image credits:
Bellingcat (2020a), ‘Geoloc-1.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Geoloc-1.jpg (accessed 18/10/20)
Bellingcat (2020b), ‘Geoloc-2.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Geoloc-2.jpg (accessed 18/10/20)
Google, CNES / Airbus, Maxar Technologies, Map data (2020), ‘33.896639, 35.524959’, Google Maps. Available at (link-reveal: "https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2%B053'47.9%22N+35%C2%B031'29.9%22E/@33.896639,35.5244118,179m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m13!1m6!3m5!1s0x151f16591c8a503f:0x7ecfb70fe6b1494f!2sSUD+Restobar!8m2!3d33.8966533!4d35.52499!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d33.8966391!4d35.5249594")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2%B053'47.9%22N+35%C2%B031'29.9%22E/@33.896639,35.5244118,179m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m13!1m6!3m5!1s0x151f16591c8a503f:0x7ecfb70fe6b1494f!2sSUD+Restobar!8m2!3d33.8966533!4d35.52499!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d33.8966391!4d35.5249594')] (accessed 18/10/20)^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team selects one of your videos for analysis. They input it into (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s keyframe extraction tool.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING - First fireworks, then the mega blast in Beirut. <a href="https://t.co/EfO6NxZD78">pic.twitter.com/EfO6NxZD78</a></p>— Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) <a href="https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1290676318871445505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
InVID outputs a series of images, including:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-2-invid-keyframe-3.jpg?w=605" alt="Beirut explosion 2 InVID keyframe 3">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-2-invid-keyframe-4.jpg?w=604" alt="Beirut explosion 2 InVID keyframe 4">
What should the team infer from your video?
|pathlink>[[[That the explosion came from the large silo building next to the warehouse->OSINT: Beirut fire source conclusions]]
[[That the explosion originated in the warehouse, not from the other buildings around it->OSINT: Beirut fire source conclusions]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))To confirm the location of 'Warehouse 12', the investigators turn to Google Maps for a close comparison of your images. Someone creates the following composites, based on a location at 33.901750, 35.518238.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-google-maps-comparison-1.jpg?w=1024" alt="Bellingcat Google Maps Comparison 1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-google-maps-comparison-2.jpg?w=1016" alt="Bellingcat Google Maps Comparison 2">
They suggest that the similarities indicate the person filming was around 40 meters from the warehouse. If so, this would pinpoint the warehouse fire at 33.901353, 35.519006.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut second loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Original warehouse fire at 33.901353, 35.519006.")
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^^Image credit: Bellingcat (2020d), ‘Warehouses-close-1.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Warehouses-close-1.jpg (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The Bellingcat team compares you with a variety of claims made about the event. These include that:
*It was a foreign attack on Lebanon.*
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump was asked why he called it an attack and not an accident...<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeirutBlast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeirutBlast</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/World?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#World</a><a href="https://t.co/CPtav7dIhC">https://t.co/CPtav7dIhC</a></p>— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1290895072343420929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
*It was a nuclear bomb detonation.*
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Powerful explosion in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a>. Looks like very small nuclear bomb <a href="https://t.co/77nFKVRBzd">pic.twitter.com/77nFKVRBzd</a></p>— Last Defender (@LastDef) <a href="https://twitter.com/LastDef/status/1290704334330761217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
*It was caused by a fire in the port's 'Warehouse 12'.*
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a><br>Massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon<br>Reportedly in the port area. Sound heard from miles away.<br>Report: "Explosion in warehouse 12 in Beirut port, burned down during explosion of fireworks inside."<a href="https://t.co/Z76IiAQLrT">pic.twitter.com/Z76IiAQLrT</a></p>— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1290671166429057028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
*It was part of an Israeli conspiracy.*
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Israeli Official Celebrates <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeirutExplosion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeirutExplosion</a><br><br>“...huge thank you to God who organised for us this wonderful celebration in honour of the day of love. Marking Tu B'Av holiday, we've got a fantastic fireworks show from Beirut's port"<br><br>- Moshe Feiglin <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lebanon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lebanon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeirutBlast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeirutBlast</a> <a href="https://t.co/c63q1VPFgC">pic.twitter.com/c63q1VPFgC</a></p>— DOAM (@doamuslims) <a href="https://twitter.com/doamuslims/status/1291317076347498496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Which claim should the team decide to investigate seriously?
|pathlink>[[[The explosion was a foreign attack on Lebanon->OSINT: Beirut Twitter claims next]]
[[The explosion was caused by a nuclear detonation->OSINT: Beirut Twitter claims next]]
[[The explosion was the result of a warehouse fire->OSINT: Beirut Twitter claims next]]
[[The explosion was the result of an Israeli conspiracy->OSINT: Beirut Twitter claims next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Based on the type and scale of the explosion, the team quickly dismisses the possibility of it being caused by a nuclear bomb or airstrike. They also ignore the claims that this was a conspiracy. Instead, (if: $BeirutFireComp is "yes")[based on their video analyses, ]they decide that the claims it was due to a fire in 'Warehouse 12' are the most credible.
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutFireComp is "yes")[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut second loop]]](else:)[(link-reveal-goto: "To test the theory, they analyse the media they have gathered for more details", "OSINT: Beirut fire source comparison")[(set: $BeirutFireComp to "yes")]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Credible sources are calling the source of explosion 'Warehouse 12'. ")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the team members produces this composite from your screenshots:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-satellite-comparison-3.jpg?w=1024" alt="Bellingcat satellite comparison 3">
They use it to argue that this shows the warehouse as the source of the blast. Their claim, they suggest, is supported by other videos which show the warehouse up close.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Beirut, Lebanon<br><br>Very close footage of the explosion.<br>Also showing smaller bursts prior to the main blast.<a href="https://t.co/eZWjEynD8F">pic.twitter.com/eZWjEynD8F</a></p>— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1290683991369097216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut fire source next]]]
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^^ Image credit: Bellingcat (2020c), ‘Epicenter-2.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Epicenter-2.jpg (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Together, the team agree that the blast does appear to have emerged from a warehouse next to the port's silo.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut second loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Initial blast appears to have come from a warehouse next to port's silo. ")(set: $Warehouse12 to "yes")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The Bellingcat team begins to scour the internet for clues as to what might have caused the explosion. They note tweets which point towards a 2,750 ton shipment of ammonium nitrate that had been sitting at the Port since at least late 2013.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sep 13: a vessel with 2,750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate entered the Beirut port.<br><br>Oct 15: "the port authorities discharged the cargo onto the port’s warehouses. The vessel and cargo remain to date in port awaiting auctioning and/or proper disposal." <a href="https://t.co/TNLeRvMkXP">pic.twitter.com/TNLeRvMkXP</a></p>— Hachem Yassine (@HachemYassin) <a href="https://twitter.com/HachemYassin/status/1290702640930791424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
*Al Jazeera* has picked up the same story, writing that the (link-reveal: "chemicals had been seized by authorities and then left due to administrative failures")[(open-url: 'https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/05/beirut-blast-tracing-the-explosives-that-tore-the-capital-apart/')]. In fact, the (link-reveal: "Lebanese President Michel Aoun has confirmed that the explosion was caused by 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate")[(open-url: 'https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/massive-explosion-shakes-lebanese-capital-buildings-near-beirut-port-damaged-1.9046138')] stored in a Beirut port warehouse without proper safety measures for six years.
It seems that others have come to the same conclusions as the investigators already. What does the team do now with you, their database on the case?
|pathlink>[[[They carry on looking for more detailed evidence to add to the story->OSINT: Beirut explosion cause analysis]]
[[They decide to finish their investigation, as others have beat them to the story->OSINT: Beirut final]]]
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<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
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(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the team members spots a tweet which claims to have a photo of workers handling the ammonium nitrate in the warehouse.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First photos emerging from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> Port's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hangar12?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hangar12</a> with workers stacking what seems to be the salvaged Nitroprill Ammonium Nitrate which caused the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeirutBlast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeirutBlast</a> <a href="https://t.co/8176TH3CFY">pic.twitter.com/8176TH3CFY</a></p>— Riam Dalati (@Dalatrm) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dalatrm/status/1290780414114779137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What do they do now?
|pathlink>[[[They try to verify the claims in the tweet->OSINT: Beirut explosion cause img comparison]]
[[They take the tweet for its word, accepting that this was the ammonium nitrate which exploded, and end their investigation->OSINT: Beirut final]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Using your (link-reveal: "video of the fire in Warehouse 12")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/joeyayoub/status/1290680306513645571')], they analyse whether the warehouse in the picture is the same as the one where the explosion originated.
They suggest that the roof of the warehouse does indeed look similar:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-explosion-comparison-1.jpg?w=842" alt="Bellingcat explosion comparison 1">
Moreover, they also think the doors in the picture match those in the video:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-explosion-comparison-2.jpg?w=981" alt="Bellingcat explosion comparison 2">
As a result, they are confident that this really is a picture of the ammonium nitrate as it was stored in Warehouse 12.
Are they right?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->OSINT: Beirut final report]]
[[No->OSINT: Beirut final report]]
[[It's not clear->OSINT: Beirut final report]]]
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^^Image credits:
Bellingcat (2020e), ‘Windows.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Windows.jpg (accessed 18/10/20)
Bellingcat (2020f), ‘Doors.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Doors.jpg (accessed 18/10/20)^^
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))*Bellingcat* publishes their (link-reveal: "report on Beirut's explosion")[(open-url: 'https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2020/08/04/what-just-blew-up-in-beirut/')] later on August 4th. Their conclusion states that:
“from the available information it is (text-style: "mark")[clear that shortly before 6 PM in Beirut a fire and series of explosions at the docks in Beirut set off a gigantic explosion], the effects of which were felt as far away as Cyprus. Damage is widespread around the city and (text-style: "mark")[thousands are reported to have been wounded]. The (text-style: "mark")[epicenter of the blast appears to have been the warehouse at 33.901353, 35.518835], and while the official explanation has yet to be confirmed, (text-style: "mark")[multiple sources on information point towards a shipment of 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been sitting in the port since 2013].
This explosion is (text-style: "mark")[one more layer of misery on a country suffering under severe economic conditions, inflation and frequent power-cuts]. No doubt there will now be a large amount of interest about exactly what was stored in that warehouse, and why something so dangerous was being stored so close to the center of such a bustling city.”
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-aftermath.jpeg?w=1024" alt="Beirut aftermath">
|pathlink>[[[Continue->OSINT: Beirut final]]]
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^^Image credit: Bellingcat (2020g), ‘EemDJuEXkAA15_v.jpeg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/EemDJuEXkAA15_v.jpeg (accessed 18/10/20)^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))What kind of social media do you want to become?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "A Twitter post", "SocMed: Twitter")[(set: $Twitter to 1)(set: $Path to "SocMed_Twitter")]
(link-reveal-goto: "A YouTube video", "SocMed: YouTube")[(set: $YouTube to 1)(set: $Path to "SocMed_YouTube")]
(link-reveal-goto: "An Instagram post", "SocMed: Insta")[(set: $Instagram to 1)(set: $Path to "SocMed_Instagram")]]
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "BaezJubilee/status/892150110897020929")(set: $Date_time = "31/7/17 at 11:28")(set: $timesince = "0min")(set: $Last_modified = "31/7/17 at 11:28") (set: $Location = "https://twitter.com/BaezJubilee/status/892150110897020929")(set: $Datatype = "Text")(set: $Filetype = "Tweet")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "@BaezJubilee")(set: $Owner = "Twitter")(set: $NameEnd = "BaezJubilee/status/892150110897020929")(set: $Date_timeEnd = "31/7/17 at 11:28")(set: $timesinceEnd = "0min")(set: $Last_modifiedEnd = "31/7/17 at 11:28") (set: $LocationEnd = "https://twitter.com/BaezJubilee/status/892150110897020929")(set: $DatatypeEnd = "Text")(set: $FiletypeEnd = "Tweet")(set: $SizeEnd = "N/A")(set: $AuthorsEnd = "@BaezJubilee")(set: $OwnerEnd = "Twitter")You are (link-reveal: "this tweet")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/BaezJubilee/status/892150110897020929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E892150110897020929%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_1&ref_url=file%3A%2F%2F%2FC%3A%2FUsers%2Fjamie%2FAppData%2FLocal%2FTemp%2F2067b617-91b3-4395-9548-fe70217f0da9.html')], posted by Jubilee Baez (@BaezJubilee) on July 31st 2017. You have 1 retweet.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">French Government Must Provide Water And Sanitation To Migrants In Calais<a href="https://t.co/10XJtxY6jP">https://t.co/10XJtxY6jP</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calais?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calais</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/migrants?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#migrants</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Refugees?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Refugees</a> <a href="https://t.co/GBSmH1b1Of">pic.twitter.com/GBSmH1b1Of</a></p>— Jubilee Baez (@BaezJubilee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BaezJubilee/status/892150110897020929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: "Metadata tutorial")]]
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KE3SrrXUmS4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: "Metadata tutorial")]]
---
For more information about the South China Morning Post, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: SCMP')].
For more information about YouTube verification, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: social media verification status')].
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(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Name = "lsb.co/p/Bykf8Usgq4l/?hl=ur")(set: $Date_time = "11/6/19 00:00")(set: $timesince = "N/A")(set: $Last_modified = "11/6/19 00:00") (set: $Location = "https://www.instagram.com/lsb.co/p/Bykf8Usgq4l/?hl=ur")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = "Instagram photo")(set: $Size = "N/A")(set: $Authors = "lsb.co")(set: $Owner = "Instagram"){(set: $Additional = "Caption: whatever it takes. (photo is cropped and reflected)
Hashtags: AntiELAB; noextraditiontochina
Likes: 132,317")}(set: $NameEnd = "lsb.co/p/Bykf8Usgq4l/?hl=ur")(set: $Date_timeEnd = "11/6/19 00:00")(set: $timesinceEnd = "N/A")(set: $Last_modifiedEnd = "11/6/19 00:00") (set: $LocationEnd = "https://www.instagram.com/lsb.co/p/Bykf8Usgq4l/?hl=ur")(set: $DatatypeEnd = "Image")(set: $FiletypeEnd = "Instagram photo")(set: $SizeEnd = "N/A")(set: $AuthorsEnd = "lsb.co")(set: $OwnerEnd = "Instagram"){(set: $AdditionalEnd = "Caption: whatever it takes. (photo is cropped and reflected)
Hashtags: AntiELAB; noextraditiontochina
Likes: 132,317")}You are posted by (link-reveal: "Deacon Lui (lsb.co)")[(open-url: 'https://www.instagram.com/lsb.co/')] on June 11th, 2019. You receive 132,317 likes.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/hk-deacon-lui-insta.png?w=1024" alt="HK Deacon Lui">
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: "Metadata tutorial")]]
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</script>}(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Image: HK Nathan Law image")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(goto: "Video: HK SCMP video")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You link to a (link: "news story discussing a recent case in the French Supreme Court (Conseil d'Etat)")[(goto: 'https://article.wn.com/view/2017/07/31/French_Government_Must_Provide_Water_And_Sanitation_To_Migra/')], in which the charities Help Refugees and L'Auberge des Migrants won a battle against the state over its obligations towards displaced people in Calais. The court ruled that the state had an obligation to install water points, toilets, showers, daily outreach for minors and departures to accommodation centres from Calais.
The story breaks out online, with people using the hashtag #Calais.
What happens now?
|pathlink>[(link: "You become the hastag #Calais")[(goto: 'hashtag Calais')]
(link: "You become a mainstream news report")[(goto: "Calais: Guardian 1")]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)]
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $GameMode to "main")(set: $initdatatype to "Image")(set: $Path to "Image_Beirut")Content warning: the following path centres around a humanitarian disaster caused by an explosion. Some people may find the video and text included disturbing, triggering or traumatic.
Please click the back button if you would prefer to choose a different path. If you would like a more light-hearted journey, |pathlink>[(link: "click here")[(goto: 'Meet Harold')]].
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut explosion image]]]
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=><=
<u>**(colour: "#50316c")[Ashraf]**</u>
==>
(transition:"slide-left")+(transition-time: 1.5s)[
(background: "#dcf8c6")[LOOK AT THIS]]
(transition:"slide-left")+(transition-time: 3s)[
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion.jpg?w=1024" width="560" alt="Beirut explosion">]
<==
(transition:"slide-right")+(transition-time: 5s)[
(background: "#e5ddd5")[Ok, I've sent this on. Hopefully someone knows wtf is happening]]
(transition: "dissolve")+(transition-time: 8s)[|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut Bellingcat start]]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))You have been passed on to the investigative research collective (link-reveal: "Bellingcat")[(open-url: 'https://www.bellingcat.com')]. They decide to use you in an ongoing investigation. It focuses on a recent event in Beirut.
Before they begin, one of the team members suggests creating a secure backup of you. Do they?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Yes", "Image: Beirut first loop")[(set: $backup to "yes")(set: $FirstLoopVisits to 0)]
(link-reveal-goto: "No", "Image: Beirut first loop")[(set: $backup to "no")(set: $FirstLoopVisits to 0)]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $FirstLoopVisits +=1)(if: $backup is not "yes")[(set: $filefail to (random: 1,8))](if: $filefail is 1)[Oh no! The team goes back to use you, but they discover that you have been deleted. Because they don't have a backup of you, there's nothing they can do...
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 4s)[|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Image: Beirut final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Date_time)]
**Time since created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $timesince)]
**Last modified**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Datatype)]
**File type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Size)]
**Authors**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Authors)]
**Owner**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Owner)]
**Additional**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Additional)]]
---
](else:)[(if: ($BeirutMetadata is "yes") and ($BeirutForensics is "yes") and ($BeirutComparison is "yes") and ($BeirutProv is "yes") and ($BeirutImgLocation is "yes"))[(set: $totalinfo to ($pastinfo+$latestinfo))The team decides they have gathered enough information about you. Their case file states:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]
After storing you in their database for the case, they agree to begin investigating a new question: what happened in the port?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Continue", "Image: Beirut second loop")[(set: $SecondLoopVisits to 0)]]](else:)[(if: $FirstLoopVisits is 1)[(set: $totalinfo to (""))(set:$pastinfo to (""))(set: $latestinfo to (""))The team believe that a major incident has happened in Beirut, where they think you may have been taken. They want to find out more about you. How do they do this?](else:)[(set: $totalinfo to ($pastinfo+$latestinfo))(if: ($FirstLoopVisits is >1) and ($totalinfo is not("")))[The case file about you states:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]]
What do they do next?]
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](if: $BeirutForensics is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They use tools to analyse what you are showing and whether you could be fake", "Image: Beirut forensics tools")[(set: $BeirutForensics to "yes")(set: $ForensicsVisits to 0)]
](if: $BeirutComparison is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They compare you with other images and videos they have found", "Image: Beirut first comparison choice")[(set: $BeirutComparison to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutProv is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They try to establish where you've been online", "Image: Beirut provenance")[(set: $BeirutProv to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutImgLocation is not "yes")[(link-reveal: "They try to establish where you were taken")[(goto: 'Image: Beirut location')]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $End_Beirut_Main to 1){<script src=”jquery-3.3.1.min.js”></script>
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}Thank you for playing through this investigation.
The explosion in Beirut's port on August 4th 2020 has been estimated to have killed almost 200 people. Around 6,000 others have been injured. The blast caused up to $4.6bn (£3.6bn) of physical damage and $3.5bn of economic damage^^1^^. The trauma it has left is incalculable.
Large protests erupted in the days immediately following the catatsrophe, demonstrating against the government corruption on which it was blamed. These were met with violent crackdowns by police^^2^^.
The explosion came after years of economic crisis, with some 55% of the Lebanese population living below the poverty line, and mass civil unrest^^3^^.
Nasser Saidi, a leading economist and former minister, told reporters from Reuters: “I think young people are trying to survive, that’s why they’re not going to the streets. I think they’ve been frightened because they’ve been threatened”. “We’ve never had anything this bad.” ^^4^^
|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Metadata ending')]]
---
1.(link-reveal: "*BBC News* (15/9/20), 'Lebanon crisis: Fire erupts in Zaha Hadid-designed shopping centre in Beirut'")[(open-url: 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-54160630')]
2. (link-reveal: "Samia Nakhoul, Ellen Francis, 'A year on, Lebanon's protests have faded and life has got worse', in *Reuters* 16/10/20")[(open-url: 'https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-lebanon-crisis-protests/a-year-on-lebanons-protests-have-faded-and-life-has-got-worse-idUKKBN2711EH')]
3. Ibid
4. Ibid(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $SecondLoopVisits +=1)(if: $backup is not "yes")[(set: $filefail to (random: 1,8))](if: $filefail is 1)[Oh no! The team goes back to use you, but they discover that you have been deleted. Because they don't have a backup of you, there's nothing they can do...
(transition:"dissolve")+(transition-time: 4s)[|pathlink>[(link: "Continue")[(goto: 'Image: Beirut final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Name)]
**Date and time created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Date_time)]
**Time since created**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $timesince)]
**Last modified**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Last_modified)]
**Location**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Datatype)]
**File type**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Filetype)]
**Size**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Size)]
**Authors**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Authors)]
**Owner**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Owner)]
**Additional**: (background: "#000000")[(print: $Additional)]]
---
](else:)[(if: ($SecondLoopVisits is >1) and ($BeirutFireComp is "yes") and ($BeirutTwitterClaims is "yes") and ($Warehouse12 is "yes") and ($WarehouseLocation is "yes"))[The team decides that they are satisfied with this answer. Their case file reads:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]
However, the investigation has raised a further question: |pathlink>[[[what caused the explosion?->Image: Beirut explosion cause discourse]]]](else:)[(if: $SecondLoopVisits is 1)[(set: $Name = "Bellingcat Beirut database")(set: $Date_time = "06/08/20 09:00")(set: $timesince = "0 days")(set: $Last_modified = "06/08/20 12:20") (set: $Location = "")(set: $Datatype = "Databse")(set: $Filetype = ".csv")(set: $Size = "1mb")(set: $Authors = "Bellingcat")(set: $Owner = "Bellingcat")(set: $Additional to "")(set: $totalinfo to (""))(set:$pastinfo to (""))(set: $latestinfo to (""))(alert: "You have shapeshifted: you are now Bellingcat's investigation database. Your metadata has changed accordingly.")On social media, some people have claimed your explosion was caused by a ship. Others have said it was an airstrike. Some have even said it looks (link-reveal: "like a nuclear bomb")[(open-url: "ttps://twitter.com/LastDef/status/1290704334330761217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw")]. The team want to know what, precisely, happened. How do they do this?](if: $SecondLoopVisits is >1)[(set: $totalinfo to ($pastinfo+$latestinfo))The case file about you states:
(text-style: "mark")[(print: $totalinfo)]
What does the team do next?]
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutFireComp is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They analyse the media they have gathered for more details", "Image: Beirut fire source comparison")[(set: $BeirutFireComp to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutTwitterClaims is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They examine claims made about you on Twitter", "Image: Beirut Twitter claims analysis")[(set: $BeirutTwitterClaims to "yes")]
](if: ($Warehouse12 is "yes") and ($WarehouseLocation is not "yes"))[(link-reveal-goto: "They try to pinpoint the precise location of Warehouse 12", "Image: Beirut Warehouse 12 location")[(set: $WarehouseLocation to "yes")]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
(text-style: "mark")[**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $MetadataVisits +=1)(if: $MetadataVisits is 1)[The team decides to see what information they can gain about you by analysing your metadata. They have a choice of tools to use for this, which they have found via The Whistle's (link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')]. These are:
(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')](if: $FotoForensics is not 1)[, a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital image forensics.]
(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')](if: $Forensically is not 1)[, a free toolset for digital image forensics.]
(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')](if: $InVID is not 1)[, a free toolkit which affords various techniques for analysing videos, as well as a metadata analysis function.]
]Which tool do they use(if: $MetadataVisits is >1)[ next]?
|pathlink>[(if: $FotoForensicsMetaUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "FotoForensics", "Image: Beirut FotoForensics metadata")[(set: $FotoForensicsMetaUsed to "yes")]
](if: $ForensicallyMetaUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Forensically", "Image: Beirut Forensically metadata")[(set: $ForensicallyMetaUsed to "yes")]
](if: $InVIDMetaUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "InVID", "Image: Beirut InVID metadata")[(set: $InVIDMetaUsed to "yes")]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $FotoForensics to 1)(set: $Forensically to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $ForensicsVisits +=1)(if: $ForensicsVisits is 1)[The investigators decide to use tools for forensic image analysis on you. To do this, they have found a range of tools through The Whistle's (link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')]. These are:
(link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')](if: $FotoForensics is not 1)[, a public site that provides researchers and investigators with tools for digital photo forensics. It offers various techniques for judging whether an image has been edited, including Error Level Analysis and metadata extraction.]
(link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')](if: $Forensically is not 1)[, a free toolset for digital image forensics. It includes tools such as noise level analysis, clone detection, error level analysis and metadata extraction.]
(link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')](if: $InVID is not 1)[, a free toolkit which affords various techniques for analysing videos, screenshots and images. These include metadata extraction, Error Level Analysis, noise detection and more.]
]Which tool does the team use(if: $ForensicsVisits is >1)[ next]?
|pathlink>[(if: $FotoForensicsForensicUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "FotoForensics", "Image: Beirut FotoForensics forensics")[(set: $FotoForensicsForensicUsed to "yes")]
](if: $ForensicallyForensicUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Forensically", "Image: Beirut Forensically forensics")[(set: $ForensicallyForensicUsed to "yes")]
](if: $InVIDForensicUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "InVID", "Image: Beirut InVID forensics")[(set: $InVIDForensicUsed to "yes")]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $FotoForensics to 1)(set: $Forensically to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Someone from the team has discovered other images and videos which appear to depict the same event in Beirut. They want to compare you with these to see if they can establish what happened.
How do they do this?
|pathlink>[[[They gather more examples so they can be more confident in their conclusions->Image: Beirut comparison source choice]]
[[They work with what they have already->Image: Beirut comparison analysis]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $BeirutMetadata is "yes")[Because your metadata provides such little information, the team decides the best approach might be to search for where you have appeared online.
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Continue", "Image: Beirut revimage search tools")[(set: $BeirutRevImg to "yes")]]](else:)[
What methods do they use?
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutMetadata is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They use your metadata to find out more about your history", "Image: Beirut metadata tools")[(set: $BeirutMetadata to "yes")]
](if: $BeirutRevImg is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They search to see where you have appeared online", "Image: Beirut revimage search tools")[(set: $BeirutRevImg to "yes")]]]](if: $BeirutComparison is not "yes")[Unfortuntely, the team agrees that they do not yet have enough information about your context to work out where you were taken. They agree that comparing you with other materials might be helpful at this stage.
|pathlink>[[[Go back->Image: Beirut first loop]]]]
(else:)[(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $AmLoc to "yes")The team try to find ways of establishing where you were recorded. To do this they decide to look for locations which look similar to yours on satellite maps. They have two tools available: Google Maps, Google Earth and an open-source equivalent named WikiMapia. Which do they choose?
|pathlink>[[[Google Maps->Image: Beirut GMaps first stage]]
[[Google Earth->Image: Beirut GEarth1]]
[[WikiMapia->Image: Beirut WikiMapia]]]
(set: $GoogleEarth to 1)(set: $WikiMapia to 1)](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators inputs you into (link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-fotoforensics-1.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Fotoforensics 1">
The tool doesn't tell them much, but it does suggest you were first created on 2020-08-04 14:52:28 GMT and that you take up 285,309 bytes.
(if: ($FotoForensicsMetaUsed is "yes") and ($ForensicallyMetaUsed is "yes") and ($InVIDMetaUsed is "yes"))[[[Continue->Image: Beirut first loop]]](else:)[What does the team decide to do?
|pathlink>[[[They use another tool to examine your metadata->Image: Beirut metadata tools]]
[[They decide that this information is enough to work with->Image: Beirut first loop]]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Created 2020-08-04 14:52:28 GMT. 285,309 bytes. ")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators inputs you into (link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')].
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-forensically-2.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Forensically 2">
Unfortunately, Forensically's metadata analysis tool won't work for you. It seems it can't find your metadata.
(if: ($FotoForensicsMetaUsed is "yes") and ($ForensicallyMetaUsed is "yes") and ($InVIDMetaUsed is "yes"))[[[Continue->Image: Beirut first loop]]](else:)[What does the team do next?
|pathlink>[[[They use another tool to examine your metadata->Image: Beirut metadata tools]]
[[They decide to pursue a different approach->Image: Beirut first loop]]]]
---
For more information about kinds of metadata, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: kinds of metadata')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators inputs you into (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s metadata view tool.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-invid-metadata.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut InVID">
Unfortunately, InVID can't find your metadata. It can only search for metadata in the Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) format, which you lack.
(if: ($FotoForensicsMetaUsed is "yes") and ($ForensicallyMetaUsed is "yes") and ($InVIDMetaUsed is "yes"))[[[Continue->Image: Beirut first loop]]](else:)[What does the team do next?
|pathlink>[[[They use another tool to examine your metadata->Image: Beirut metadata tools]]
[[They decide to pursue a different approach->Image: Beirut first loop]]]]
---
For more information about kinds of metadata, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: kinds of metadata')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators loads you into (link-reveal: "FotoForensics")[(open-url: 'http://fotoforensics.com/')]. The tool carries out an Error Level Analysis. This creates an image showing how much compression is present for different parts of you. If areas are very uniform where they shouldn't be - or aren't very uniform where they should be - this can indicate that the image has been edited or tampered with. For example, if there is an area of a single colour, it should not look like it has lots of colours in the analysis.
This is the image that FotoForensics outputs:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-fotoforensics-2.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut FotoForensics 2">
What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were taken->Image: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->Image: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->Image: Beirut image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators loads you into (link-reveal: "Forensically")[(open-url: 'https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier')]. The tool carries out an a series of tests, including Clone Detecton and a Noise Analysis. The Clone Detection is meant to find areas of the picture which seem to be repeated - a sign that the video has been tampered with. The Noise Analysis creates an image of you which highlights areas which have a particularly high level of random variation in colour or brightness. It can be helpful for identifying manipulations to the image like airbrushing, deformations or warping.
This is the image that the investigator inputted:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-forensically-3.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Explosion Forensically 3">
And this is the Noise Map that Forensically produces of you:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-forensically-4.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Explosion Forensically 4">
It shows that there is very little unexpected noise in the image. Meanwhile, the Clone Detection shows no signs that there are repeated areas which might have been manipulated.
What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were taken->Image: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->Image: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->Image: Beirut image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the investigators loads you into (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s forensic analysis tool. The tool carries out a variety of analyses which test for unusual changes to the image.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-invid-forensics.png?w=1024" alt=Beirut explosion InVID forensics">
The results show nothing unusual in this image. What does the investigator conclude?
|pathlink>[[[That you haven't been edited since you were filmed->Image: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[That you have been tampered with->Image: Beirut image forensics next]]
[[They're not sure->Image: Beirut image forensics next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The investigator shows your results to the rest of the team, who agree that the analysis implies you have not been tampered with since you were filmed. (if: ($FotoForensicsForensicUsed is "yes") and ($ForensicallyForensicUsed is "yes") and ($InVIDForensicUsed is "yes"))[They therefore conclude that you are not fake.
The team decide that they need to combine these results with the other information they have on you.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut first loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "The image file has not been edited since it was created. It is therefore unlikely to be fake. ")](else:)[However, they admit that they could use other analytic techniques to be sure.
What does the team do next?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "The team decides they are confident in their results and want to collate them with other information", "Image: Beirut first loop")[(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "The image file has not been edited since it was created. It is therefore unlikely to be fake. ")]
[[They use another tool to analyse your content->Image: Beirut forensics tools]]
[[They decide to pursue a different approach->Image: Beirut first loop]]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $BeirutProvRevImg to "no")Where does the investigator go to find more examples for their comparison?
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Twitter", "Image: Beirut comparison Twitter")[(set: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed to "yes")]
](if: $GoogleRevImgUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Google Images", "Image: Beirut Google RevImg")[(set: $GoogleRevImgUsed to "yes")]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team want to put you against other images and videos so they can better understand what you are showing them. This is the folder they have for their comparisons comparison:
---
<u>**Image**</u>
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion.jpg?w=1024" width="1024" alt="Beirut explosion">
(if: $GoogleRevImgUsed is "yes")[---
<u>**New from Google search**</u>
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-gimages-1.jpeg?w=1000" width="1000" alt="Beirut explosion Google Images 1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-gimages-2.jpeg?w=275" alt="Beirut explosion Google Images 2">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-gimages-3.jpeg?w=300" alt="Beirut explosion Google Images 3">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-gimages-4.jpeg?w=300" alt="Beirut explosion Google Images 4">
](if: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed is "yes")[---
<u>**New from Twitter search**</u>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This guy was easily 1.5 to 2 miles away!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> <a href="https://t.co/MKtp32nvqx">pic.twitter.com/MKtp32nvqx</a></p>— Itsskagg (@ItsSkagg) <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsSkagg/status/1290756921092431874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/mhyGxlDb0v">pic.twitter.com/mhyGxlDb0v</a></p>— Afif Tabish 🇱🇧🇨🇦 (@afif) <a href="https://twitter.com/afif/status/1290672182595432450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
]
---
<u>**Video**</u>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A video I received on WhatsApp of the scalr of explosion in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a>, confirming it was at the port. <a href="https://t.co/bIkcyfsi0o">pic.twitter.com/bIkcyfsi0o</a></p>— Bissan Fakih (@BissanCampaigns) <a href="https://twitter.com/BissanCampaigns/status/1290671086951161856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stunning video shows explosions just minutes ago at Beirut port <a href="https://t.co/ZjltF0VcTr">pic.twitter.com/ZjltF0VcTr</a></p>— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) <a href="https://twitter.com/borzou/status/1290675854767513600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
---
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut comparison conclusions]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator carries out a search on Twitter for similar materials, using the site's advanced search options. They input the hashtag #beirut. These are some of the results:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This guy was easily 1.5 to 2 miles away!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> <a href="https://t.co/MKtp32nvqx">pic.twitter.com/MKtp32nvqx</a></p>— Itsskagg (@ItsSkagg) <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsSkagg/status/1290756921092431874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/mhyGxlDb0v">pic.twitter.com/mhyGxlDb0v</a></p>— Afif Tabish 🇱🇧🇨🇦 (@afif) <a href="https://twitter.com/afif/status/1290672182595432450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What does the team do now?
|pathlink>[[[They compare these images with the other materials they have collected->Image: Beirut comparison analysis]]
(if: $GoogleRevImgUsed is "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They gather more images for comparison from Google Images", "Image: Beirut Google RevImg")[(set: $GoogleRevImgUsed to "yes")]
][[They decide to pursue a different approach->Image: Beirut first loop]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator chooses to upload you to (link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search tool")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ogbl')]. This provides them with a page of similar images to you, selected by Google via its algorithms.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-google-revimg-results.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut Google RevImg">
(if: $BeirutProvRevImg is "yes")[Their search highlights a (link-reveal: "tweet")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/nabihbulos/status/1290662401399033856')] by a user with the handle @nabihbulos. They agree to check the contents of @nabihbulos's post.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut Twitter origin]]]](else:)[
What does the team do now?
|pathlink>[[[They compare these images with the other materials they have collected->Image: Beirut comparison analysis]]
(if: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "They gather more images for comparison from Twitter", "Image: Beirut comparison Twitter")[(set: $BeirutComparisonTwitterUsed to "yes")]
][[They decide to pursue a different approach->Image: Beirut first loop]]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $Location = "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eelam0qXkAg3rm6?format=jpg&name=large")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "285Kb")(set: $Authors = "@nabihbulos")(set: $Owner = "Twitter"){(set: $Additional = "Retweets: 551
Likes: 21.K")}
(link-reveal: "@nabihbulos")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/nabihbulos')]'s account claims he is a "Staff foreign correspondent in the Middle East for the *LA Times* [...], covering Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Libya & Yemen." He has a (link-reveal: "verified account")[(open-url: 'https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twitter-verified-accounts')].
The tweet appeared at 3:54 on 4th August 2020. It has received 551 retweets and 2.1K likes. The team agree that this seems to be the first time you were posted online:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Huge explosion in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> <a href="https://t.co/UEBECAMTHz">pic.twitter.com/UEBECAMTHz</a></p>— Nabih (@nabihbulos) <a href="https://twitter.com/nabihbulos/status/1290662401399033856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Does @nabihbulos' verified status and claim to be a reporter for the *LA Times* make what he says about what you are more credible?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Image: Beirut Twitter origin next]]
[[No->Image: Beirut Twitter origin next]]
[[You're not sure->Image: Beirut Twitter origin next]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
(text-style: "mark")[**Location**: (print: $Location)]
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
(text-style: "mark")[**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)]
---
For more information about Twitter verification, (link: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Twitter verification')].(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))After reviewing you together with the other materials together, the team gather to share their thoughts on what you are showing. What are their conclusions?
|pathlink>[[[You are an image of a large explosion in Beirut->Image: Beirut comparison next]]
[[You are an image of a massive bomb detonation in Beirut->Image: Beirut comparison next]]
[[You are an image of a major attack on Lebanese soil->Image: Beirut comparison next]]
[[You are evidence of a catastrophic accident in Beirut->Image: Beirut comparison next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "The image seems to show a very large explosion in the dock area of Beirut. This explosion appears to have damaged a large part of the city. To be investigated urgently. ")Though there seem to be many people interpreting you and materials like you as evidence of a bomb or attack, the team agree that there needs to be a more thorough investigation into what you are. Nevertheless, they agree that you seem to show a very large explosion in the dock area of Beirut which damaged a large part of the city.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut first loop]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team agrees to add this new information to their case file.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut first loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "First posted by https://twitter.com/nabihbulos aon Twitter at 3:54 on 4th August 2020. ")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))(if: $BeirutProvRevImg is not "yes")[From the Whistle's (link-reveal: "Human Rights Digital Toolkit")[(open-url: 'https://thewhistle.soc.srcf.net/the-human-rights-digital-toolkit/')], the team selects a variety of tools which might help them search for similar images to you across the internet, using several other tools. Each tool has its' own database of websites and will show different results. The tools are:
(link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: 'https://tineye.com')](if: $tineye is not 1)[, a reverse image searching tool which uses pattern recongition techniques to match you with potentially similar copies elsewhere. It emphasises privacy].
(link-reveal: "Google's reverse image search")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ogbl')](if: $Googleimagerev is not 1)[, a tool which searches Google's image database. As well as highlighting direct matches, it uses machine learning techniques to suggest visually similar images and topical websites].
(link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')](if: $Yandex is not 1)[, a reverse image searching tool based in Moscow, Russia. Bellingcat's training guides suggest Yandex is the most accurate tool of its kind for identifying faces, landscapes, and objects].]
Which tool do they choose?
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutTinEyeUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "TinEye", "Image: Beirut revimage TinEye results")[(set: $BeirutTinEyeUsed to "yes")]
][[Google's reverse image search->Image: Beirut Google RevImg]]
(if: $BeirutYandexUsed is not "yes")[(link-reveal-goto: "Yandex", "Image: Beirut revimage Yandex results")[(set: $BeirutYandexUsed to "yes")]]]
(set: $BeirutProvRevImg to "yes")(set: $tineye to 1)(set: $Googleimagerev to 1)(set: $Yandex to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Using (link-reveal: "TinEye")[(open-url: 'https://tineye.com')], they search for mirror images or similar-looking files across the internet.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-tineye-results-best-match.png?w=1024" alt="beirut explosion tineye results best match">
The search highlights a (link-reveal: "tweet")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/nabihbulos/status/1290662401399033856')] by a user with the handle @nabihbulos.
What do the investigators do?
|pathlink>[[[They agree to check the contents of @nabihbulos's post->Image: Beirut Twitter origin]]
[[They decide to use a different reverse image search tool->Image: Beirut revimage search tools]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Using (link-reveal: "Yandex")[(open-url: 'https://yandex.com/')], they search for mirror images or similar-looking files across the internet.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-yandex-results.png?w=1024" alt=" Beirut explosion Yandex results">
However, Yandex does not output many similar images. It finds many websites which feature versions of you - but none seem to be your original source.
What does the team decide to do next?
|pathlink>[[[They try to use another reverse image search tool->Image: Beirut revimage search tools]]
[[They change their approach and pursue a different line of investigation->Image: Beirut first loop]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Using (link-reveal: "Google Maps")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps/place/SUD+Restobar/@33.8976404,35.5245142,404m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x151f16591c8a503f:0x7ecfb70fe6b1494f!8m2!3d33.8966533!4d35.52499')], one of the investigators suggests they have found a potential location where you were taken. They point to the similar skyscraper, in combination with an area of destruction in the port area beyond.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gmaps-overview.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion santiago tower gmaps overview">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion (edited)">
However, they want to be sure. What do they do?
|pathlink>[[[They cross-reference this with Google's Streetview to confirm the location->Image: Beirut GMaps streetview 1]]
[[They compare this positioning with the other images and videos they have, so they can establish where the explosion occurred->Image: Beirut first location comparison]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))A member of Bellingcat's team uses the world mapping software (link-reveal: "Google Earth")[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')] to locate where you were. Searching through the area around Beirut's port, they find a vantage vantage point which they think might match yours - though it is flattened and distorted by the satellite photography.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gearth.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut GoogleEarth Santiago Tower (unedited)">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut">
Are they right?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Image: Beirut GEarth2]]
[[No->Image: Beirut GEarth2]]
[[It's not clear->Image: Beirut GEarth2]]]
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^^ Image credit: Google, Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO Landsat / Copernicus (2020), ‘33.89712842, 35.52475659’, Google Earth. Available at (link-reveal: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')] (accessed 18/10/20)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))An investigator uses the open-source mapping website (link-reveal: "WikiMapia")[(open-url: 'http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.902096&lon=35.519003&z=17&search=beirut')] to try and find where you are from. They search for the port area of Beirut.
However, when they find the area, they discover that WikiMapia is drawing its satellite data from (link-reveal: "Google Maps")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps')].
|pathlink>[[[They decide to use Google Maps instead->Image: Beirut GMaps first stage]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Searching the (link-reveal: "streetview images for the nearby streets")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8992204,35.5246963,3a,75y,236.72h,88.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipP5m884mVi4mT9AAmUMxovgk7Mm674Viu7lfRr9!2e10!7i5376!8i2688')], the investigators find this image.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gmaps.png?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion santiago toiwer gmaps">
They compare the two large buildings in the image - the (link-reveal: "Skyline Tower")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=beirut%20skyline%20tower')] and part of the port area - circling the similarities.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/inkedbeirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gmaps-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion santiago toiwer gmaps (edited)">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion (edited)">
Based on this evidence, they believe they have located you successfully. Are they right?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Image: Beirut first location comparison]]
[[No->Image: Beirut first location comparison]]
[[It isn't clear->Image: Beirut first location comparison]]]
---
For more informatio about using Google Maps and Streetview for investigations, (link-reveal: "click here")[(goto: 'Info: Google Maps for investigations')].(set: $GStreetview to 1)
^^Image credit: Sandro Eid, Google (2019), ‘33.8992204, 35.5246963’, Google Street View March 2019. Available at https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8992204,35.5246963,3a,75y,236.72h,88.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipP5m884mVi4mT9AAmUMxovgk7Mm674Viu7lfRr9!2e10!3e12!7i5376!8i2688 (accessible at 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team collate together all their work on geolocating images and videos from the incident, including their work with you, in order to pinpoint the co-ordinates of the explosion.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-viewpoint-gmaps.png?w=1024" alt="beirut explosion viewpoint gmaps">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-satellite-comparison-1.jpg?w=1024" alt="bellingcat satellite comparison1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-satellite-comparison-2.jpg?w=734" alt="bellingcat satellite comparison2">
Using (link-reveal: "Google Maps")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/maps')] once more, they agree that the evidence all points to a single, massive explosion which occurred at (link-reveal: "33.901353, 35.518835")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=Iu-KX-_DFuOflwT-lqnQAQ&q=33.901353%2C+35.518835&oq=33.901353%2C+35.518835&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQA0oFCAQSATFKBQgHEgExUOQDWOQDYKMGaABwAHgAgAFtiAFtkgEDMC4xmAEAoAECoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpeg&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjv3Ji727vsAhXjz4UKHX5LChoQ4dUDCAk&uact=5')].
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut first loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Evidence suggests explosion occurred at 33.901353, 35.518835. ")(set: $BeirutImgLocation to "yes")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Another member of the team takes a look and suggests you might be depicting Beirut's (link-reveal: "Skyline Tower")[(open-url: 'https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=beirut%20skyline%20tower')]. They circle what they think is the tower, highlighting the similarities between you and the satellite imagery.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/inkedbeirut-explosion-santiago-tower-gearth-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut GEarth santiago tower (edited)">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-edited.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion (edited)">
What does the team do?
|pathlink>[[[They cross-reference this with Google's Streetview just to check->Image: Beirut GMaps streetview 1]]
[[They compare this positioning with the other images and videos they have, so they can establish where the explosion occurred->Image: Beirut first location comparison]]]
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^^ Image credit: Google, Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO Landsat / Copernicus (2020), ‘33.89712842, 35.52475659’, Google Earth. Available at (link-reveal: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')[(open-url: 'https://earth.google.com/web/search/33.901353,+35.518835/@33.89746574,35.52453867,24.65487326a,141.76342237d,35y,-43.50875011h,68.49455167t,0r/data=CigiJgokCdaalzowxUFAEUEWblbGwUFAGSinEA53bA9AIU2iLOO5Jw9A')] (accessed 18/10/20; edited for purposes of game)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The Bellingcat team begins to scour the internet for clues as to what might have caused the explosion. They note tweets which point towards a 2,750 ton shipment of ammonium nitrate that had been sitting at the Port since at least late 2013.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sep 13: a vessel with 2,750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate entered the Beirut port.<br><br>Oct 15: "the port authorities discharged the cargo onto the port’s warehouses. The vessel and cargo remain to date in port awaiting auctioning and/or proper disposal." <a href="https://t.co/TNLeRvMkXP">pic.twitter.com/TNLeRvMkXP</a></p>— Hachem Yassine (@HachemYassin) <a href="https://twitter.com/HachemYassin/status/1290702640930791424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
*Al Jazeera* has picked up the same story, writing that the (link-reveal: "chemicals had been seized by authorities and then left due to administrative failures")[(open-url: 'https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/05/beirut-blast-tracing-the-explosives-that-tore-the-capital-apart/')]. In fact, the (link-reveal: "Lebanese President Michel Aoun has confirmed that the explosion was caused by 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate")[(open-url: 'https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/massive-explosion-shakes-lebanese-capital-buildings-near-beirut-port-damaged-1.9046138')] stored in a Beirut port warehouse without proper safety measures for six years.
It seems that others have come to the same conclusions as the investigators already. What does the team do now with you, their database on the case?
|pathlink>[[[They carry on looking for more detailed evidence to add to the story->Image: Beirut explosion cause analysis]]
[[They decide to finish their investigation, as others have beat them to the story->Image: Beirut final]]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The team selects one of your videos for analysis. They input it into (link-reveal: "InVID")[(open-url: 'https://www.invid-project.eu/')]'s keyframe extraction tool.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING - First fireworks, then the mega blast in Beirut. <a href="https://t.co/EfO6NxZD78">pic.twitter.com/EfO6NxZD78</a></p>— Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) <a href="https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1290676318871445505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
InVID outputs a series of images, including:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-2-invid-keyframe-3.jpg?w=605" alt="Beirut explosion 2 InVID keyframe 3">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion-2-invid-keyframe-4.jpg?w=604" alt="Beirut explosion 2 InVID keyframe 4">
What should the team infer from your video?
|pathlink>[[[That the explosion came from the large silo building next to the warehouse->Image: Beirut fire source conclusions]]
[[That the explosion originated in the warehouse, not from the other buildings around it->Image: Beirut fire source conclusions]]]
(set: $InVID to 1)(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))The Bellingcat team compares you with a variety of claims made about the event. These include that:
*It was a foreign attack on Lebanon.*
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump was asked why he called it an attack and not an accident...<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeirutBlast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeirutBlast</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/World?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#World</a><a href="https://t.co/CPtav7dIhC">https://t.co/CPtav7dIhC</a></p>— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1290895072343420929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
*It was a nuclear bomb detonation.*
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Powerful explosion in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a>. Looks like very small nuclear bomb <a href="https://t.co/77nFKVRBzd">pic.twitter.com/77nFKVRBzd</a></p>— Last Defender (@LastDef) <a href="https://twitter.com/LastDef/status/1290704334330761217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
*It was caused by a fire in the port's 'Warehouse 12'.*
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a><br>Massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon<br>Reportedly in the port area. Sound heard from miles away.<br>Report: "Explosion in warehouse 12 in Beirut port, burned down during explosion of fireworks inside."<a href="https://t.co/Z76IiAQLrT">pic.twitter.com/Z76IiAQLrT</a></p>— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1290671166429057028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
*It was part of an Israeli conspiracy.*
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Israeli Official Celebrates <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeirutExplosion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeirutExplosion</a><br><br>“...huge thank you to God who organised for us this wonderful celebration in honour of the day of love. Marking Tu B'Av holiday, we've got a fantastic fireworks show from Beirut's port"<br><br>- Moshe Feiglin <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lebanon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lebanon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeirutBlast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeirutBlast</a> <a href="https://t.co/c63q1VPFgC">pic.twitter.com/c63q1VPFgC</a></p>— DOAM (@doamuslims) <a href="https://twitter.com/doamuslims/status/1291317076347498496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Which claim should the team decide to investigate seriously?
|pathlink>[[[The explosion was a foreign attack on Lebanon->Image: Beirut Twitter claims next]]
[[The explosion was caused by a nuclear detonation->Image: Beirut Twitter claims next]]
[[The explosion was the result of a warehouse fire->Image: Beirut Twitter claims next]]
[[The explosion was the result of an Israeli conspiracy->Image: Beirut Twitter claims next]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))To confirm the location of 'Warehouse 12', the investigators turn to Google Maps for a close comparison of your images. Someone creates the following composites, based on a location at 33.901750, 35.518238.
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-google-maps-comparison-1.jpg?w=1024" alt="Bellingcat Google Maps Comparison 1">
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-google-maps-comparison-2.jpg?w=1016" alt="Bellingcat Google Maps Comparison 2">
They suggest that the similarities indicate the person filming was around 40 meters from the warehouse. If so, this would pinpoint the warehouse fire at 33.901353, 35.519006.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut second loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Original warehouse fire at 33.901353, 35.519006.")
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^^Image credit: Bellingcat (2020d), ‘Warehouses-close-1.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Warehouses-close-1.jpg (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Based on the type and scale of the explosion, the team quickly dismisses the possibility of it being caused by a nuclear bomb or airstrike. They also ignore the claims that this was a conspiracy. Instead, (if: $BeirutFireComp is "yes")[based on their video analyses, ]they decide that the claims it was due to a fire in 'Warehouse 12' are the most credible.
|pathlink>[(if: $BeirutFireComp is "yes")[[[Continue->Image: Beirut second loop]]](else:)[(link-reveal-goto: "To test the theory, they analyse the media they have gathered for more details", "Image: Beirut fire source comparison")[(set: $BeirutFireComp to "yes")]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Credible sources are calling the source of explosion 'Warehouse 12'. ")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the team members produces this composite from your screenshots:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-satellite-comparison-3.jpg?w=1024" alt="Bellingcat satellite comparison 3">
They use it to argue that this shows the warehouse as the source of the blast. Their claim, they suggest, is supported by other videos which show the warehouse up close.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Beirut, Lebanon<br><br>Very close footage of the explosion.<br>Also showing smaller bursts prior to the main blast.<a href="https://t.co/eZWjEynD8F">pic.twitter.com/eZWjEynD8F</a></p>— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1290683991369097216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut fire source next]]]
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^^ Image credit: Bellingcat (2020c), ‘Epicenter-2.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Epicenter-2.jpg (accessed 18/10/20) ^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Together, the team agree that the blast does appear to have emerged from a warehouse next to the port's silo.
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut second loop]]]
(set: $pastinfo = $totalinfo)(set: $latestinfo = "Initial blast appears to have come from a warehouse next to port's silo. ")(set: $Warehouse12 to "yes")(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))One of the team members spots a tweet which claims to have a photo of workers handling the ammonium nitrate in the warehouse.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First photos emerging from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beirut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beirut</a> Port's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hangar12?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hangar12</a> with workers stacking what seems to be the salvaged Nitroprill Ammonium Nitrate which caused the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeirutBlast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BeirutBlast</a> <a href="https://t.co/8176TH3CFY">pic.twitter.com/8176TH3CFY</a></p>— Riam Dalati (@Dalatrm) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dalatrm/status/1290780414114779137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What do they do now?
|pathlink>[[[They try to verify the claims in the tweet->Image: Beirut explosion cause img comparison]]
[[They take the tweet for its word, accepting that this was the ammonium nitrate which exploded, and end their investigation->Image: Beirut final]]](set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))Using your (link-reveal: "video of the fire in Warehouse 12")[(open-url: 'https://twitter.com/joeyayoub/status/1290680306513645571')], they analyse whether the warehouse in the picture is the same as the one where the explosion originated.
They suggest that the roof of the warehouse does indeed look similar:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-explosion-comparison-1.jpg?w=842" alt="Bellingcat explosion comparison 1">
Moreover, they also think the doors in the picture match those in the video:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/bellingcat-explosion-comparison-2.jpg?w=981" alt="Bellingcat explosion comparison 2">
As a result, they are confident that this really is a picture of the ammonium nitrate as it was stored in Warehouse 12.
Are they right?
|pathlink>[[[Yes->Image: Beirut final report]]
[[No->Image: Beirut final report]]
[[It's not clear->Image: Beirut final report]]]
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^^Image credits:
Bellingcat (2020e), ‘Windows.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Windows.jpg (accessed 18/10/20)
Bellingcat (2020f), ‘Doors.jpg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/Doors.jpg (accessed 18/10/20)^^
(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))*Bellingcat* publishes their (link-reveal: "report on Beirut's explosion")[(open-url: 'https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2020/08/04/what-just-blew-up-in-beirut/')] later on August 4th. Their conclusion states that:
“from the available information it is (text-style: "mark")[clear that shortly before 6 PM in Beirut a fire and series of explosions at the docks in Beirut set off a gigantic explosion], the effects of which were felt as far away as Cyprus. Damage is widespread around the city and (text-style: "mark")[thousands are reported to have been wounded]. The (text-style: "mark")[epicenter of the blast appears to have been the warehouse at 33.901353, 35.518835], and while the official explanation has yet to be confirmed, (text-style: "mark")[multiple sources on information point towards a shipment of 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been sitting in the port since 2013].
This explosion is (text-style: "mark")[one more layer of misery on a country suffering under severe economic conditions, inflation and frequent power-cuts]. No doubt there will now be a large amount of interest about exactly what was stored in that warehouse, and why something so dangerous was being stored so close to the center of such a bustling city.”
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-aftermath.jpeg?w=1024" alt="Beirut aftermath">
|pathlink>[[[Continue->Image: Beirut final]]]
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^^Image credit: Bellingcat (2020g), ‘EemDJuEXkAA15_v.jpeg’. Available at https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2020/08/EemDJuEXkAA15_v.jpeg (accessed 18/10/20)^^(set: $PageCode to "")(set: $PathCode to ($LastPathCode+"~"+$PageCode))(set: $LastPathCode to ($PathCode))
You are this image:
<img src="https://sociallifeofdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/beirut-explosion.jpg?w=1024" alt="Beirut explosion">
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(set: $Name = "Eelam0qXkAg3rm6.jpg")(set: $Date_time = "2020-08-04 14:52:28 GMT")(set: $timesince = "2mins")(set: $Last_modified = "N/A") (set: $Location = "N/A")(set: $Datatype = "Image")(set: $Filetype = ".jpg")(set: $Size = "285Kb")(set: $Authors = "N/A")(set: $Owner = "N/A")(set: $Additional = "N/A")(set: $NameEnd = "Eelam0qXkAg3rm6.jpg")(set: $Date_timeEnd = "2020-08-04 14:52:28 GMT")(set: $timesinceEnd = "2mins")(set: $Last_modifiedEnd = "N/A") (set: $LocationEnd = "N/A")(set: $DatatypeEnd = "Image")(set: $FiletypeEnd = ".jpg")(set: $SizeEnd = "285Kb")(set: $AuthorsEnd = "N/A")(set: $OwnerEnd = "N/A")(set: $AdditionalEnd = "N/A")Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.Sorry, this part of the experience isn't ready yet.What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You become #HongKongPolice->hashtag HongKongPolice]]
[[You are found by a journalist searching Twitter for videos->Video: HK journalist]]
[[You are shared on a messaging media platform->Video: HK WeChat censorship]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
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<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $HK_Orig_Tweet is "yes")[[[Because you clearly show an act of police brutality->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]
[[Because you trust @hkciviljustice as a source->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]
[[Because you are linked with other videos which demonstrate a pattern of repressive violence->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]
[[All of the above->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]
[[None of the above->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]](if: $HK_Orig_Tweet is "no")[[[Because your footage lacks context->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]
[[Because, whilst the acts you show are violent, they are appropriate given the circumstances->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]
[[Because you don't trust @hkciviljustice as a source->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]
[[All of the above->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]
[[None of the above->Video: HK tweet orig tweet next]]]]What happens now?
|pathlink>[[[You are picked up by media from the Chinese mainland->hashtag HongKong @ChinaDaily fake news]]
(link: "You finish your journey here")[(goto: 'Hong Kong: final')]]
---
<u>**Your Metadata**</u>
**Name**: (print: $Name)
**Date and time created**: (print: $Date_time)
**Time since created**: (print: $timesince)
**Last modified**: (print: $Last_modified)
**Location**: (print: $Location)
**Data type**: (print: $Datatype)
**File type**: (print: $Filetype)
**Size**: (print: $Size)
**Authors**: (print: $Authors)
**Owner**: (print: $Owner)
**Additional**: (print: $Additional)
---
Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $Video_CNN_truth is "yes")[[[Because your sources speak for themselves->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[Because you fit with all the other information available->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[Because CNN is a trustworthy source->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[All of the above->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[None of the above->HK: CNN report why 2]]](if: $Video_CNN_truth is "no")[[[Because your sources do not support your strong claims->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[Because you fail to account for the perspectives of those on the other side, such as the police->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[Because CNN is biased towards perspectives and institutions dominated by the West->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[All of the above->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[None of the above->HK: CNN report why 2]]](if: $Video_CNN_truth is "unsure")[[[Because your sources aren't clear enough to make strong conclusions->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[Because CNN is not necessarily a trustworthy source->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[Because there are many competing perspetives on this issue, where you only presents one->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[All of the above->HK: CNN report why 2]]
[[None of the above->HK: CNN report why 2]]]]Was it necessary for you to written and publicised by a mainstream Western news outlet?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Yes", "HK: CNN report why 3")[(set: $Video_CNN_West to "yes")]
(link-reveal-goto: "No", "HK: CNN report why 3")[(set: $Video_CNN_West to "no")]
[[You're not sure->HK: CNN report next]]]Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $Video_CNN_West is "yes")[[[Becuase the world needed to hear what you are saying -- and CNN is a powerful platform for that->HK: CNN report next]]
[[Because CNN in a well-respected news source across the world->HK: CNN report next]]
[[Because Western reporting on human rights issues is generally better->HK: CNN report next]]
[[All of the above->HK: CNN report next]]
[[None of the above->HK: CNN report next]]](if: $Video_CNN_West is "no")[[[Because you are repeating information which is already online->HK: CNN report next]]
[[Because you won't have an impact where it is most needed->HK: CNN report next]]
[[Because you didn't need to be presented to English-speaking audiences to have an impact->HK: CNN report next]]
[[Because Western reporting on human rights issues outside the West is often biased->HK: CNN report next]]
[[Because Western reporting on issues in China is often bad or biased->HK: CNN report next]]
[[All of the above->HK: CNN report next]]
[[None of the above->HK: CNN report next]]]]What happens next?
|pathlink>[[[Kerris discusses you with another volunteer-> Conversations from Calais intro]]
[[Kerris passes you on to a journalist->Calais: article]]
[[Kerris provides you to a charity as evidence of a human rights violation->Calais: InfoBus]]]Was it important for you to be heard by a volunteer from Britain?
|pathlink>[(link-reveal-goto: "Yes", "Calais: successful translation why2")[(set: $Calais_translation_why1 to "yes")]
(link-reveal-goto: "No", "Calais: successful translation why2")[(set: $Calais_translation_why1 to "no")]
[[You're not sure->Calais: successful translation next]]]Why do you think this?
|pathlink>[(if: $Calais_translation_why1 is "yes")[[[Because someone needs to->Calais: successful translation next]]
[[Because Kerris can get your story heard by those who need to hear it->Calais: successful translation next]]
[[Because Kerris can be trusted with you->Calais: successful translation next]]
[[All of the above->Calais: successful translation next]]
[[None of the above->Calais: successful translation next]]](if: $Calais_translation_why1 is "no")[[[Because you don't have t be heard->Calais: successful translation next]]
[[Because sharing you with a volunteer won't necessarily help->Calais: successful translation next]]
[[Because Kerris can't necessarily be trusted with you->Calais: successful translation next]]
[[Beause the motivations of some volunteers is questionable->Calais: successful translation next]]
[[Because it a volunteer from a privileged country shouldn't be a gatekeeper for you to be heard->Calais: successful translation next]]]]
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