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The digital age has profoundly transformed the way people find and share information. The Internet is enabling collaboration between activists, hackers and journalists on an unprecedented scale. This has led to previously unimaginable possibilities in investigative reporting. People are newly empowered to uncover hidden information, expose corruption and bring the truth to light.

Through a series of short films, video interviews, guides and resources, Exposing the Invisible looks at different techniques, tools and methods along with the individual practices of those working at the new frontiers of investigation.

We hope that Exposing the Invisible will inspire a new generation of people committed to transparency and accountability.

New movies, interviews, guides and resources will be uploaded to our website regularly. If you have suggestions or projects you would like to tell us about, please come andtalk to usor check out when ascreeningmight be going on near you, or how to host one yourself.

This project would not have been made possible without our sponsors and all the people who have contributed.

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Behind Metadata
Below are a series of case studies, interviews and tools that explore the far reaches of metadata in its capacity to protect, investigate and expose abuses of power.
Smári McCarthy
Making data speak
In this short sketch Smári talks to us about the importance of metadata. What is it, what forms it comes in, and how it can be both our best friend and our worst enemy.
Harlo Holmes
Metadata or it didn't happen
During this interview we talk about CameraV, e-evidence used in courts, her experience being part of Deep Lab and why she became interested in metadata.
Investigating Instagr.am
More than meets the eye
Instagram is a mine of user-given information that, with the right kind of knots tied, can tell a lot about a specific user or a certain topic.
CameraV
Is this for real?
Here we review the tool CameraV, a mobile app that captures and verifies photos and videos.
Michael Kreil
An honest picture of metadata
Michael Kreil is an open data activist, data scientist and data journalist who works at OpenDataCity. We discuss the de-anonymisation of data, creating tools for metadata analysis and why metadata might be the wrong word to use.
Digging into digital images
Extracting location data automatically
Command line investigation on image geo-location metadata.

Latest sketches

James Bridle, Plane Talking
M.C. McGrath, Hiding in the Open
Mari Bastashevski, Facing Secrecy
Ingrid Burrington, Tactical Cartography

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