An independent researcher, Jennefer formed part of the massive, grassroots response to the invasion that saw individuals from all walks of life — from seasoned digital investigators to newcomers to the field — begin the work of documenting every aspect of the war through digital open sources.During those early months of the war, Jennefer worked on a project to build a database with the personal details of the Russian soldiers taking part in the invasion.
The collection, analysis, and preservation of digital evidence of violations during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been a focus of a range of open source researchers like Jennefer.
As Bellingcat’s Hannah Bagdasar has written, investigating material about sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) brings an entire range of ethical quandaries with it.
These efforts are exemplified by initiatives like the University of California’s Berkeley Protocol on Human Rights Investigation and by the US-based Stanley Centre for Peace and Security’s “The Gray Spectrum: Ethical Decision Making with Geospatial and Open Source Analysis.”
As Scientific American magazine recently wrote, simply reporting every finding of an investigation comes with significant risks; the fact that content has circulated on social media does not absolve open source researchers of the need to think critically of the costs of amplifying it or of promoting an incorrect interpretation of what it shows.This is why values like transparency and humility are a starting point for any ethical consideration.
Rather, we want to share the work of other organisations whose insights have helped us develop our own best practice and to invite the wider open source community to consider ethical decision-making in their research and continue the conversation.
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An independent researcher, Jennefer formed part of the massive, grassroots response to the invasion that saw individuals from all walks of life — from seasoned digital investigators to newcomers to the field — begin the work of documenting every aspect of the war through digital open sources.During those early months of the war, Jennefer worked on a project to build a database with the personal details of the Russian soldiers taking part in the invasion.
The collection, analysis, and preservation of digital evidence of violations during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been a focus of a range of open source researchers like Jennefer.
As Bellingcat’s Hannah Bagdasar has written, investigating material about sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) brings an entire range of ethical quandaries with it.
These efforts are exemplified by initiatives like the University of California’s Berkeley Protocol on Human Rights Investigation and by the US-based Stanley Centre for Peace and Security’s “The Gray Spectrum: Ethical Decision Making with Geospatial and Open Source Analysis.”
As Scientific American magazine recently wrote, simply reporting every finding of an investigation comes with significant risks; the fact that content has circulated on social media does not absolve open source researchers of the need to think critically of the costs of amplifying it or of promoting an incorrect interpretation of what it shows.This is why values like transparency and humility are a starting point for any ethical consideration.
Rather, we want to share the work of other organisations whose insights have helped us develop our own best practice and to invite the wider open source community to consider ethical decision-making in their research and continue the conversation.
The original article contains 1,572 words, the summary contains 273 words. Saved 83%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!