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...

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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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...

Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth

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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

How your brain changes what you see & how bias can affect a viewer As CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social explains in @sciam.bsky.social , “Seeing is not just what our eyes physically see but also the experiences and ideas that viewers bring to images.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

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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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...

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

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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

Deepfakes and the Future of Evidence

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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...

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season! See you again in 2026.

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

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.

We're excited to announce the launch of "Seeking Justice with Video and AI," a new podcast from the Visual Evidence Lab. Tune in on KVCU Radio 1190 every second Wednesday of the month during News Team’s Audio Magazine from 11 am to 12 pm MT. The podcast will also be available on Spotify afterwards.

Lab Director @sristovska.bsky.social and steering committee member Tara Coughlin shared insights from their collaboration with the nonprofit SCALES-OKN at a grantee meeting with @acls1919.bsky.social last Friday. 1/4

"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...

Continuing our Friday tradition, we're thrilled to introduce another member of our advisory @riana.bsky.social. Riana is a policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). 1/5

We're excited to share insights from the recent symposium at the @ascmediarisk.org at the University of Pennsylvania on December 4-5. Our founding director @sristovska.bsky.social delivered a compelling talk titled "New Technologies, Old Problems: Witnessing in an Age of AI." 1/5

Our inaugural report, "Video’s Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI," was highlighted in Denver7 news segment: www.denver7.com/news/local-n... 1/3

New CU Boulder report finds criminal justice system needs solutions to address AI, video evidence

The inaugural report from the newly founded Visual Evidence Lab at the CU Boulder began with a discussion where experts analyzed the challenges and solutions related to AI within a courtroom.

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We're pleased to introduce our advisory board member, Judge Roderick Kennedy. He retired from the New Mexico Court of Appeals, of which he had been chief judge, in 2016. 1/5

Our founding director @sristovska.bsky.social will be giving a talk, "New Technologies, Old Problems: Witnessing in an Age of AI" on December 5 at @ascmediarisk.org at the University of Pennsylvania. Join us if you're in the area. More info and registration details below.

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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

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

Happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. followers!

We have an advisory board, steering committee, fellows, interns, alumni affiliates, and affiliate organizations. The advisory board includes scholars, practitioners, and retired trial judges who provide guidance on strategic planning and research priorities (see some of our prior posts). 1/4

Following our Friday tradition, today we're introducing another member of our advisory board, Judge Paul W. Grimm, who brings unparalleled insights to our team. 1/3

Our inaugural report, "Video's Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI," was just covered in CU Boulder Today: www.colorado.edu/today/2025/1... 1/4

Deepfakes and AI in the courtroom: Report calls for legal reforms to address a troubling trend

The inaugural report of CU Boulder's new Visual Evidence Lab warns that the legal system is unprepared for the flood of video, including AI-enhanced or

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The Visual Evidence Lab made waves in Detroit as our founding director, @sristovska.bsky.social, presented her latest research at the American Society for Legal History Conference (Nov 13-15). She gave a compelling presentation titled "Tracing the Legal History of AI Manipulation and Deepfakes." 1/5

Today we're thrilled to introduce another member of our advisory board: @samgregory.bsky.social, Executive Director of @witnessorg.bsky.social. Sam is an award-winning human rights advocate and technologist with 25-plus years of experience addressing emerging technologies and civic engagement. 1/5

One of our aims is to train the future generation of publicly engaged scholars and practitioners who work at the intersection of media, technology, and law. 1/4

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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📣 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

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

Today we're introducing Judge Roxanne Bailin, a member of our advisory board. She was chief judge of the 20th Judicial District (1998-2013). Before that, she was named to the county bench in 1983 and to the district court bench in 1987. She brings unparalleled insights and dedication to our team.

Publication alert! Our inaugural report is here! Video's Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev... Immensely grateful for the insights from 20 experts and the research assistance from 4 grad students at @cumediastudies.bsky.social

Inaugural Report: "Video’s Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI"

At its launch in April 2025, the Visual Evidence Lab gathered experts from across academia, law, media forensics, journalism and human rights practice to

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