Press

2021

• Wall Street Journal (2021) AI Emerges as Crucial Tool for Groups Seeking Justice for Syria War Crimes
• Motherboard (2021) If Trump Can Be Banned, What About Other World Leaders Who Incite Violence?
• Open Global Rights (2021) Centering the “source” in open source investigation
• Newsweek (2021) Twitter Under Pressure Over ‘Double Standards’ After Donald Trump, MAGA Crackdown
• Thomson Reuters Foundation News (2021) Twitter, Facebook Trump bans: what are the rules?

2020

• Deutsche Welle (2020) How Germany could indict Syria’s Assad for war crimes
• Reuters (2020) ‘Lost memories’: War crimes evidence threatened by AI moderation
• NBC News (2020) ‘Facebook doesn’t care’: Activists say accounts removed despite Zuckerberg’s free-speech stance
• MIT Technology Review (2020) Human rights activists want to use AI to help prove war crimes in court
• Sir Agenzia d’informazione (2020) Servizio Informazione Religiosa: Coronavirus Covid-19: Jaloud (Yemeni Archive), “se si diffonde in Yemen catastrofe del secolo”
• Globalist (2020) Guerra, carestia, colera e ora anche l’incubo Covid-19: l’apocalisse yemenita
• The Dispatch (2020) ‘Lost memories’: War crimes evidence threatened by AI moderation
• ARS Electronica (2020) Digital Communities 2020 GEMEINSCHAFT IN EINER ZEIT DER KRISE
• Reclaim The Net (2020) Social media censorship is hindering investigations, researchers say
• The Guardian (2020) Syrian regime blamed for sarin gas attacks in landmark report
• Time (2020) These Tech Companies Managed to Eradicate ISIS Content. But They’re Also Erasing Crucial Evidence of War Crimes
• FP (2020) Will Syria Be Held to Account for Chemical Attacks?
• The Guardian (2020) Syrian regime blamed for sarin gas attacks in landmark report
• AlJazeera (2020) The science and the art of open-source journalism
• Al-Monitor (2020) Building the revolution’s memory: Coders archive Lebanon’s protests
• Amnesty (2020) Groundbreaking book on open-source investigation to be launched at expert panel event
• UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix (2020) The Berkeley Protocol on Open Source Investigations
• Witness (2020) Human rights defenders are not terrorists, and their content is not propaganda

2019

• Al Monitor (2019) Riyadh agreement neglects Yemen’s ‘manmade’ humanitarian crisis

• Associated Press (2019) Report: Over 130 attacks on medical facilities in Yemen war

• The New York Times (2019) YouTube Is Erasing History

• Middle East Eye (2019) Like killing them again’: Syrians fear history lost as Twitter plans account purge

• Mangal Media (2019) Digital Archives: Memory Banks of Revolution

• Arms Control Association (2019) What You Need to Know About Chemical Weapons Use in Syria

• Scientific American (2019) The Need for a Nuremberg Code for the 21st Century

• The New York Times (2019) YouTube Is Erasing History

• Columbia Journalism Review (2019) YouTube takedowns are making it hard to document war crimes

• CNET (2019) These watchdogs track secret online censorship across the globe

• Newsy (2019) YouTube Videos Show Evidence Of War Atrocities — Until They’re Deleted

• WJCT (2019) The Importance Of Preserving Videos Of War Crimes

• MIT Technology Review (2019)Technology exposed Syrian war crimes over and over. Was it for nothing?

• DW (2019) German firms sent weapons-grade chemicals to Syria despite sanctions — report

• Asharq AL-Awsat (2019) Germany Investigates Chemical Material Exports to Syria

• BBC (2019) German chemical firm Brenntag defends its Syria deliveries

• Tagesschau.de (2019) Deutsche Chemikalien für Assads Giftgas?

• The Canadian Progressive (2019) Taking a stand against white supremacy, popular knitting site Ravelry bans content supporting Trump

• Süddeutsche Zeitung (2019) Deutsche Konzerne sollen waffenfähige Chemikalien nach Syrien geliefert haben

• SyriaUK (2019) Sanction Putin’s officers. Ground Assad. It CAN be done.

• The Conversation (2019) Archiver les traces numériques en Méditerranée, un défi aux multiples enjeux

• The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2019) German chemical firm Brenntag defends its Syria deliveries

• Gizmodo (2019) How American Corporations Are Policing Online Speech Worldwide

• Amnesty (2019) OP-ED: How Facebook’s sudden change hinders human rights investigations

• Los Angeles Times (2019) Keep politicians away from social media regulation, and let God tweet

• Huffpost (2019) YouTube Says It’s Removing Thousands Of Extremist Videos. What Happens To Them?

• The Brussels Times (2019). Belgian company targetted in Syrian chemical weapons probe

• Justice Initiative (2019) German and Belgian Prosecutors Urged to Investigate Chemical Shipments to Syria

• Le Soir (2019) Gaz toxiques en Syrie: trois ONG portent plainte contre BASF Antwerpen

• The Atlantic (2019) When Algorithms Make the Evidence Vanish

• Advox - Global Voices (May 2019) ‘Envision a new war’: the Syrian Archive, corporate censorship and the struggle to preserve public history online

• Enorm magazin (2019) Wie KI Menschenrechte schützt

• Zaman Al Wasl (May 2019) The Syrian Archive recovers 150,000 videos after YouTube deletion

• Paris Globalist (April 2019) Justice for Syria?

• Trial International (2019) German and Belgian authorities react to new findings on chemicals’ exports to Syria

• The Verge (2019) Upload filters and one-hour takedowns: the EU’s latest fight against terrorism online, explained

• Monument Lab (2019) THE NEW GATEKEEPERS: WILL GOOGLE DECIDE HOW WE REMEMBER SYRIA’S CIVIL WAR?

• Just Security (2019) Scramble to Erase New Zealand Attack Videos Exposes Pitfalls Too

2018

• Buzzfeed (2018). The Histories Of Today’s Wars Are Being Written On Facebook And YouTube. But What Happens When They Get Taken Down?
• Independent (2018). Syrian group documents ‘Russian attacks on civilians’
• AP NEWS (2018) Syrian group documents Russian attacks on civilians
• geographical imaginations (2018) 1418 strikes and you’re still in…
• Ukrinform (2018) Syrian Archive:1400 Angriffe russischer Truppen auf Zivilisten in Syrien
• 20 Minutos (2018) Grupo sirio documenta ataques rusos contra civiles
• Tyden.cz (2018) Ruské útoky v Sýrii: neziskovka zmapovala 1400 případů
• РБК-Украина (2018) Сирийский архив задокументировал свыше 1,4 тыс. российских атак на гражданских
• The Guardian (2018). Belgian firms prosecuted over Syria chemical exports
• The Brussels Times (2018). Belgian companies exported component of sarin to Syria
• Knack (2018). Douane vervolgt Vlaamse bedrijven voor illegale export naar Syrië
• Buzzfeed (2018). These 3 Companies Are Under Investigation For Selling A Chemical Weapons Ingredient To Syria
• BBC (2018). Belgium firms prosecuted over exporting Sarin precursor to Syria
• The Daily Beast (2018). Belgian Firms Sent 96 Tons of Sarin ‘Precursor’ to Syria: Prosecutor
• Vlaams Parlement (2018). Plenaire vergadering
• Buzzfeed (2018). Silicon Valley Can’t Be Trusted With Our History
• Global Investigative Journalism Network (2018). Dig into the Open Source Database of Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria
• SWR2 (2018). Bildmaterial aus dem Syrien-Krieg dokumentiert Kriegsverbrechen
• Qantara (2018). Netting the war criminals
• re:publica (2018). Accelerating Human Rights Investigations with Computer Vision
• The National (2018). Belgian trial could shed light on Syrian chemical weapons supply lines
• Fastcompany (2018). Erasing History: YouTube’s Deletion Of Syria War Videos Concerns Human Rights Groups
• Sueddeutsche (2018). Das digitale Gedächtnis des Krieges
• Deutschlandfunk (2018). Internationales Team sichert Kriegsvideos,
• WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice (2018). Panel Convened on Technology, Syria, and Human Rights
• Video from Tous les internets, ARTE (2018). The Syrian Archive.
• correctiv (2018). Beweise sichern für einen Prozess, den es vielleicht nie gibt
• The New York Review of Books, (16 October 2018). Why Assad and Russia Target the White Helmets
• HURIDOCS, (22 June 2018). HRC side event panel on the role of technology in human rights investigations
• El Grito STORYTELLING with VIDEO COLLECTIONS
• Jstor, 2018 The Syrian Archive: A Methodological Case Study of Open-Source Investigation of State Crime Using Video Evidence from Social Media Platforms
• ICIJ, (11 July 2018) How spies and investigative reporters think alike
• NTV ( 22 September 2018). Künstliche Intelligenz scannt Bomben in Syrien
• Medium (2018). How Syrian Archive use open source investigation to support accountability in Syria

2017

• Kayyali, D and Althaibani, R. (2017). Vital Human Rights Evidence in Syria is Disappearing from YouTube. Voxpol.
• El Deeb, S. History of Syria’s war at risk as YouTube reins in content. AP News.
• Syrian observer staff. The Syrian Archive: Preserving Evidence of War Crimes in the Digital Era. The Syrian Observer.
• Seibt, S. YouTube met en danger les preuves des atrocités commises en Syrie. France24.
• Asher-Schapiro, A. (2017). YouTube and Facebook are Removing Evidence of Atrocities, Jeopardizing Cases Against War Criminals. The Intercept.
• Kayyali, D and Althaibani, R. (2017). Vital Human Rights Evidence in Syria is Disappearing from YouTube.. Witness.
• Godin, J. (2017). YouTube Videos Show Evidence Of War Atrocities — Until They’re Deleted. Newsy.
• Peteranderl, S. (28 July 2017). The Syrian Archive rekonstruiert Luftangriffe auf Krankenhäuser.. Wired Germany.
• Knight, B. (2017). Syrian Archive finds ‘overwhelming’ Russian atrocities in Aleppo.. Deutsche Welle. 28 March.
• Al Jazeera. (29 July 2017). Medical facilities under fire report. Al Jazeera.
• Editor. (4 September 2017). 120.000 videos removed by YouTube while the Syrian Archive is preserving them.. Radio Souriali.
• MEE Staff. (28 July 2017). Syrian and Russian forces ‘targeted medical facilities after gas attack’.. Middle East Eye.
• Martin, A. (15 August 2017). “YouTube ‘deleted Syrian war crime evidence’. Sky News.
• Exposing the Invisible. (2016). “The Syrian Archive.” Tactical Technology Collective.

2016

• Tagesschau. (28 December 2016). Datenbank dokumentiert Gräueltaten in Syrien. Tagesschau.
• Schellevis, J. (28 December 2016). Activisten brengen mensenrechtenschendingen Syrië in kaart.. NOS.
• Knight, B. (2016). Syrian Archive catalogues war atrocities online. Deutsche Welle.