Thread by @IA2046

Land defenders in the Amazon designed communications tactics that could subvert the damaging narratives of capitalism and colonialism.

They created tight-knit movements that kept learning from each other, evolving and growing as time went on.

wit.to/DefensaDeLaTie…

Activists built community-based archives to preserve evidence of violations and atrocities, and to tell their own diverse stories, like:

- yemeniarchive.org (@YemeniArchive)

-wit.to/BerkeleyCopwatchDatabase (@Copwatch411)

wit.to/Archive-Guide

Even Individuals and small organizations that weren’t necessarily archives adopted ways to safeguard their own work, show solidarity with documenters, and contribute to preserving our histories.

blog.witness.org/2021/03/downlo…

blog.witness.org/2020/11/tweet-…

People worked across sectors to build tools and technologies for capturing and sharing media that reflected the needs of the most marginalized and were grounded in human rights ethics.
lab.witness.org/ticks-or-it-di…

People advocated to social media platforms to hold leaders who incite violence accountable, to preserve evidence of abuses, and to ground content moderation policies in human rights.
wit.to/TruthLiesAccou…

Activists organized convenings in their communities to identify practical solutions to combat mis/disinformation.

https://twitter.com/witness_africa/status/1441309581599072256

And they created resources and trainings to raise media literacy and build verification and fact-checking skills in their communities.