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Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

With body cameras making headlines again - and the terrific @lastweektonight.com episode about it - I suggest that “if we want body cameras to make law enforcement more accountable, we must first ensure that the law is even-handed when it comes to cameras.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/o...

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Police body cameras may be good to have. But they can be misleading in court. - The Boston Globe

The legal system wrongly assumes that video always reveals objective truth.

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Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Video makes us believe we are witnessing events firsthand, but we are not. Aaron Glantz and I co-wrote a piece for the Poynter Institute, sharing six tips to parsing the value of the videos we’re watching: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...

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In the age of AI and body cameras, no video speaks for itself - Poynter

Video now drives public accountability and viral outrage alike. But bias, editing, delays and AI mean even powerful evidence needs scrutiny.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A flood of fakery & dubious content “We have a very long history of weaponizing and manipulating images. Social media today, coupled with the generative A.I. tools we’re seeing, have taken the problem to an unprecedented level.” -CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...

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Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth

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Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We're pleased to announce the second talk in our Seeking Justice with Video and AI speaker series: Kelly Gates on Feb 20 (11 am - 12 pm MT) via Zoom. This event is open and free, but advanced registration is required: cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Co-sponsored by @cumediastudies.bsky.social

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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Over the past 6 years, whenever Americans have faced a crisis – from the pandemic to weather emergencies to state violence – they have turned to grassroots solidarity to help each other. From the streets of Minneapolis to each and every neighborhood, mutual aid is here to stay. #mutualaid

Infographic in purple and beige colors. The title at the top is “mutual aid”, in bold, with two arrows pointing upwards. Under the title, a text reads “Google searches for ‘mutual aid’, January 2018 to January 2026”. The first line graph depicts the volume of searches for mutual aid in the US. The line trends upwards in general. 4 peaks are marked and labelled: 1) March 2020, when Covid-19 is declared a pandemic 2) May 2020, when George Floyd is killed 3) February 2021, when Texas faces heavy winter storms and 4) January 2025, when the Second Trump Presidency began. The graph ends in January 2026, when the line has the highest peak of all. In large text, a sentence declares: “During crises, people search for mutual aid: what it is, where to find it, how to do it”. The second line graph depicts the volume of searches for mutual aid in the state of Minnesota. There are two peaks, labelled as 1) May 2020, when George Floyd is killed and 2) January 2026, when the ICE operation began. The January 2026 peak is the highest and shows a vertical growth, indicating the highest volume of searches. At the bottom, there is an indication of the author of the infographic (Elisabetta Ferrari @mutualaidresearch) and of the origin of the data: Google Trends (https://www.google.com/trends).

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

My colleague @sristovska.bsky.social provides significant analysis regarding the laws and interpretation of video evidence, in the context of recent state violence, at Scientific American.

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Video evidence and eyewitness accounts: The science behind why people see different things

Why can people watch the same video footage and see different things? Neuroscience can help explain

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

What determines how a person interprets what they see on video? How do you assess the truth or trustworthiness of what you see? CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social appeared on the CBC News program Blue Sky to discuss these vital, topical, and thorny questions www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEN0...

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In the age of generative AI how can we trust what our eyes see?

YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan

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Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Our debut episode of Seeking Justice with Video and AI is now live. It aired earlier today on KVCU Radio 1190 and is available on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0LhB... w/terrific insights form Judge Paul Grimm, Professor Rebecca Delfino, and @riana.bsky.social

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Deepfakes and the Future of Evidence

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Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We are excited to announce the launch of our Seeking Justice with Video and AI speaker series, featuring Yael Granot on January 23 from 11 am to 12 pm MT via Zoom. Please scan the QR code to register and receive the Zoom link or use this link: cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

A Year in Review: Reflecting on Key Highlights from 2025 **April 25** We celebrated our soft launch with the Justice by Video workshop at the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at the University of Colorado Boulder. 1/5

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Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The last Friday introduction of 2025: the fabulous Alexa Koenig who serves on our advisory board. Alexa is a research professor and co-faculty director of the MacArthur Foundation award-winning Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law, where she also leads the center’s Investigations Program.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

"We're risking unfair renderings of justice." ABC's affiliate in Denver covered the inaugural report issued by the @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social Full news coverage & access to the report: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...

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Media@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 05/12/2025

The first panel on witnessing is happening now 🚨! This morning's panelists include J. Siguru Wahutu, Richard Stupart, and Sandra Ristovska. #BeyondEndurance. @asc.upenn.edu

Panelists Sandra Ristovska, j. Siguru Wahutu, Richard Stupart
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Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

How are video and AI shaping the pursuit of justice? Check out Seeking Justice with Video and AI, our new speaker series. Featuring leading voices from academia, law, journalism, media forensics, and human rights practice, it will explore the promises and challenges of these technologies. 1/6

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Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

So excited that Judge Grimm has joined the advisory board of the @visualevidencelab.bsky.social. Welcome to the team!

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Media@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 13/11/2025

There is hope, and we must use it! Join us at our annual symposium next month to envision new possibilities for media research and practice at this time of profound upheaval. Register here: bit.ly/beyondendurance @asc.upenn.edu

Promotional poster for the "Beyond Endurance: Reimagining Media Praxis" annual symposium, hosted by the Center for Media at Risk at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, scheduled for December 4–5. The design features a stylized vintage computer monitor with red tiles dispersing from the screen, symbolizing digital media. The poster highlights keynote speaker André de Quadros on December 4 and interactive panels with artists, journalists, and scholars on December 5. Names of participants and a registration link are included.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

At a convening of our board of directors, CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social presented on public & legal concerns about AI & deepfakes' effects on the integrity & reliability of video evidence A new report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social explores some of the thorny issues Sandra discussed (🧵)

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Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Informed by dialogues taking place at the intersection of media, technology, and law, our work is inherently interdisciplinary, multi-methodological, and multi-modal. But what do we mean by multi-modal work? 1/5

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Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Extremely happy that Judge Bailin is a member of the advisory board of the @visualevidencelab.bsky.social. Her insights and contributions make a difference to the work we do to advance equitable and responsible use of video and AI technologies in the pursuit of justice.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

📣 Inaugural report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social With insights from 20 experts, it identifies key challenges w/video access, interpretation & AI, and proposes ways of improving legal processes regarding the use of video & AI tools as evidence

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Media@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 06/11/2025

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Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy." Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...

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Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing

Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever

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Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Video’s Day in Court, the inaugural report by @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, maps the challenges with video evidence (access and retrieval, interpretation, and AI) and proposed ways forward because civil rights and human rights are at stake. Read and/or download via link below.

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Biases & context shape how we view videos, but courts lack guidelines about videos as evidence. Now w/AI & deepfakes, "we’re adding another layer of complexity to a system that hasn’t even fully addressed the challenges of authentic video,” says CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social in @thenation.com

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Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here

A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.

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Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Founding director, @sristovska.bsky.social, and advisory board member, @riana.bsky.social, discussed the legal issues that AI and deepfakes pose in The Nation. Read more about the implications of this technology for justice, civil rights, and human rights here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here

A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.

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Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Subscribe to the monthly email newsletter of the @visualevidencelab.bsky.social to learn more about the use of video and AI technologies in court. The newsletter will feature updates about the lab's work, publications, events, fellowship and internship opportunities. @cumediastudies.bsky.social

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Congrats to CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social, director of the new Visual Evidence Lab @colorado.edu The lab releases its inaugural report next week 📰

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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The 2025-26 CASBS class. Resent them, if you must, for their unbridled beauty. But love them, you must, for their spectacular talent. Fellows: casbs.stanford.edu/people/curre... Visiting scholars: casbs.stanford.edu/people/curre...

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Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Thrilled about the 2025-26 Leonore Annenberg and Wallis Annenberg Fellowship in Communication at @casbsstanford.bsky.social So excited to learn from and with the other fellows this year.

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Media Studies at CU Boulder @cumediastudies.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The CU Boulder Media Studies Department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor! We’re seeking candidates with expertise in global media, screen cultures, and digital production cultures. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

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Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies

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Media Studies at CU Boulder @cumediastudies.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The Department of Media Studies at CU Boulder is hiring! We’re seeking an open-rank scholar with a critical, interdisciplinary approach to media, culture, and the environment. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

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Professor in Environmental Media Studies

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Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

So wonderful to see this interdisciplinary issue on video evidence published! Grateful to the wonderful group of contributors like @alexakoenig.bsky.social and the ABA’s Science & Tech Law Section. Non ABA members, please DM if you want a copy. ow.ly/9evS50QFI79

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Video Evidence

The Winter 2024 issue (Vol. 20, Issue 2) of The SciTech Lawyer includes articles on the veracity, interpretation, and presentation of video evidence and the lack of current guidance for video evidence...

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Sandra Ristovska @sristovska.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

I’m excited to share a new ACLS report I co-authored, “Preparing Publicly Engaged Scholars: A Guide for Innovation in Doctoral Education.” The report offers recommendations and examples of how to best support public engagement in the humanities & social sciences: www.acls.org/resources/pr...

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Preparing Publicly Engaged Scholars

Preparing Publicly Engaged Scholars: A Guide to Innovation in Doctoral Education draws on the experiences of Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society faculty fellows and graduate students to offer insights an...

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