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Evaluating digital open source imagery: A guide for judges and fact-finders

Yvonne McDermott Rees Orcid Logo, Daragh Murray, Alexa Koenig, Sarah Zarmsky, Raquel Vazquez-Llorente, Basak Çali, Joseph Finnerty, Lindsay Freeman, Libby McAvoy, Jana Sadler-Forster

Swansea University Author: Yvonne McDermott Rees Orcid Logo

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This guide is intended to assist judges and other decision makers in their assessment of open source information, by explaining some of the most common open source investigative techniques.Digital open source information – that is, information that is publicly accessible on the internet – is increas...

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Published: Online at https://www.trueproject.co.uk/osguide 2024
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