Content Warning: a lot of this stuff is obviously NSFL
Don’t go through this footage if you’re not fully prepared to see things you may never be able to unsee.
It includes:
- 64,537 videos
- 17,905 photos
- Ability to download individual videos
- Searchable index
- Exhaustive sources list (300+ journalists)
- Geolocation data
- Livemap with minute to minute updates
- Victim list
In a news media environment that doesn’t want us to know/remember that a genocide is even happening in the first place, archives like this will preserve the record for future generations and ensure that the victims of this slaughter are not erased from history.
For people that had been following the conflict and the injustices done to the people of Palestine, it was really surprising to see the crowd supporting Israel lose control of the narrative after october 7.
It was amazing how so many bottom up content creators were able to overrun the people at the top. I’m worried they will be able to get the cat into the bag again.
For example I did my part on Reddit, but with the recent overhaul there I’m out. Of course the take over of tiktok by Ellison is legendary, but there will always be alternatives as long as the whole internet hasn’t been turned into a draconian web of surveillance.