Lemming Cliff

Juba — Interrupted

On 8 July 2016, the fragile new peace deal forming the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) shattered to pieces in the capital of the youngest country in the world — Juba, South Sudan. Over four days, forces loyal President Salva Kiir and then-Vice President Riek Machar battled…

In the Firing Line: How Amnesty’s Digital Verification Corps changed official narratives through open source…

In Remembrance of Will Moore, Friend of Amnesty International

By way of minor prologue: I knew Will Moore for just shy of 20 years. I knew him as a professor and mentor. I knew him as a Ph.D. dissertation adviser and a collaborator. And I knew him as a close friend. For much of the…

Digital Verification and the Battle for Aleppo

Why reverse image search is a crucial skill for today’s…

Mosul —the making of a humanitarian disaster

Satellite imagery of the Mosul area over the last few months looks like what you…

Using object-based image analysis for automated displacement shelter identification and count

Worldwide displacement is on the rise, due to both natural disasters and complex emergencies, leading to a global displacement crisis with 65.3 million displaced people…

Death By Migration

Since 2001, almost 3,000 migrants have died in Arizona on their way to the United States. While visualizing such a number…