Digital Verification and its Discontents: Investigating Tear Gas Abuse in a Digital Age

Lyndon, Rebekah and Nyarko, Michael Gyan (2022) Digital Verification and its Discontents: Investigating Tear Gas Abuse in a Digital Age. Other. National Centre for Research Methods.

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Abstract

In this contribution, Lyndon and Nyarko highlight the processes involved in verifying relevant material in open source investigations. Focusing on the worldwide abuse of tear gas – used by authorities as a so-called “less-lethal” weapon – the authors also outline some of the pitfalls and ethical concerns faced by researchers. Beyond the promising approaches offered by digital verification techniques, Lyndon and Nyarko advise that we recognise and carefully negotiate the tensions involved in order to attain a higher standard of digital ethics.

Item Type: Working Paper (Other)
Subjects: 2. Data Collection > 2.11 Online Data Collection
Depositing User: NCRM users
Date Deposited: 03 Mar 2022 16:11
Last Modified: 10 Aug 2022 14:11
URI: https://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4544
DOI: 10.5258/NCRM/NCRM.00004544

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