How digital gaps can hide massive human rights abuses
In short: When governments restrict physical access to certain regions, they leave behind digital footprints. This video explores how journalists use satellite imagery and social media to uncover hidden patterns of injustice.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alison Killing examines how data-driven journalism exposes what is being intentionally obscured. By analyzing open-source data, such as satellite and social media imagery, reporters can identify massive alleged detention camps in Xinjiang, China, even when governments actively limit on-the-ground access to journalists.
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