Witness Inc.

“Senior management reviews and evaluates the information being compiled for the 990 in advance of preparing a draft, and reviews the final 990 prior to irs filing. The finance committee of the board of directors reviews a final draft of the 990, and then the final 990 is circulated to the full board prior to irs filing.”

“All applicable personnel, including board of directors, officers and key employees, sign a conflict of interest statement, in conjunction with witness's published conflict of interest policy, on an ongoing basis. Any potential conflicts are discussed as they may arise, and resolved at the semiannual board of directors meetings.”

“Base salary and salary increases for the executive director are reviewed and approved by the executive committee of the board of directors, taking into consideration, and staying within the parameters of the organization's salary structure, which is updated every two years after originally being created by an external compensation consulting firm in 2005. This salary structure includes salaries for all staff, including the executive director and other key staff.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy is available upon request. The organization's financial statements are made available to the public on its website, www.witness.org, and by request.”

“We live in a world where millions of people have access to digital tools that make it possible to participate in the fight for justice. Unfortunately, bad actors are utilizing the same tools to weaponize and manipulate media, spread mal-information, silence dissenting voices, perpetuate hate speech, and put activists at risk. The rise of populism and authoritarianism and general crackdown on civil society raises new and pronounced challenges for human rights. Marginalized communities are most at risk, as disinformation is already rife, a crisis of trust prevails, and private interests wield dangerous power over regulation of the platforms they use for to communicate and advocate. Witness' strategy is designed to address today's challenges head-on. We make it possible for anyone, anywhere to use video and technology to protect and defend human rights. Our global team designs solutions, provides guidance, and develops strategies that enable human rights defenders and ordinary people to hold the powerful to account and stand up for justice. Witness aims to ensure that videos can be trusted and impactful, that human rights defenders can be safer, and that many more people can participate in the fight for human rights. Co-founded in 1992 by advocate and musician peter gabriel, to date, witness has partnered with more than 600 human rights groups representing 130+ countries, trained 11,000+ human rights defenders and civic activists, and reached over 1 million people with witness resources in the last year alone. As a result of witness' guidance, activists around the world are better equipped to use video and technology more safely, ethically, and effectively to defend their rights and realize opportunities, protect rule of law, fight oppression and inequality, hold governments accountable, and fully participate in society. Highlight activities from the last year include: 1) in response to the proliferation of hateful narratives and the weaponization of media against immigrants, we provide tailored guidance (available in english, spanish, arabic, haitian creole, and french) on timely subjects such as filming and sharing videos of encounters with immigration enforcement, using facebook in an era of mass deportation, and the right to record ice officials at or near courthouses in ny. Together with the equal voice network, we trained 150+ activists and community members in the rio grande valley to use video to expose abuses by border patrol and advocate for immigrant rights. 2) activists in rio's favelas are deploying witness' localized video as evidence resources, accessing our tip sheets on how to film police with a cell phone, how to use video as legal proof, and the right to film. We are also supporting marginalized communities to use video to counter harmful narratives amid rising populism, and to make their voices heard as powerful actors are committed to silencing them. In response to jair bolsonaro's election, and as threats against marginalized communities increase, our guidance is more critical than ever. As part of this work, witness collaborates closely with coletivo papo reto, a favela-based media collective in rio, to improve their filming techniques and strategies to hold officers accountable for their crimes. Media gathered by cpr were used by the public defender's office to charge two high-ranking military police commanders for their crimes - an unprecedented victory in brazil where impunity is the norm. 3) we helped preserve human rights content coming out of syria being removed due to machine learning, and are influencing global norm-setting around how to handle the inadequacy of content moderation responses. In june 2017, google announced an initiative to use machine learning to detect so-called "extremist" content. Our partners at syrian archive contacted us when they noticed massive takedowns of videos depicting rights abuses - due to the flawed implementation of google's machine learning strategy. We helped resto”

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