Protecting Sources
From Responsible Data Wiki
Assets for Protecting Sources
- Access to an anonymous and safe workplace in the field for interviewing subjects
- Tools involving safe communication (phone/email, etc.)
- Funding model for long-term execution of projects, and continued communication with subjects
- Resources to teach subjects about the risk they are taking by participating a framework for journalists to empower subjects to make their own decisions about what to divulge.
Wishlist
- Tools to manage ongoing transparency/consent/accountability
- Policy change – legal protections for journalists/photographers
- Data Protection
- Technology to encrypt or scrub metadata
- Secure transmission of Data
- Best practices for obtaining consent
