How AI Could Help the Fight for Accountability and Justice

This time last year, I was in Hong Kong, meeting with human rights activists and documenting the large pro-democracy demonstrations. The police were cracking down on protestors, using excessive force in the streets, and perpetrating abuse behind closed doors. An independent inquiry into police abuses was, and is, crucial - and I proposed just that. On a typical Saturday evening on Nathan Road, thousands of young people would be marching and singing, and many, if not most, would be using their phones to film police using tear gas, batons, and other weapons throughout the night. At the same time, camerapersons both amateur and professional captured footage that circulated around the world via news broadcasts and social media.