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TED: Oren Yakobovich: Hidden cameras that film injustice in the world’s most dangerous places - Oren Yakobovich (2014)

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To see is to believe, says Oren Yakobovich — which is why he helps everyday people use hidden cameras to film dangerous situations of violence, political fraud and abuse. His organization, Videre, uncovers, verifies and publicizes human-rights abuses that the world needs to witness.

TED: Pico Iyer: The art of stillness - Pico Iyer (2014)

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The place that travel writer Pico Iyer would most like to go? Nowhere. In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking time for stillness. In our world of constant movement and distraction, he teases out strategies we all can use to take back a few minutes out of every day, or a few days out of every season. It’s the talk for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the demands for our world.

UN committee calls on countries to protect right to privacy

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A United Nations panel has approved a resolution that would have its General Assembly call on states to respect and protect the right to privacy in the digital age.The draft resolution, titled “Right to privacy in the digital age,” has Brazil and Germany as the main sponsors, and is an important if primarily symbolic move by the countries involved.A resolution calling for the protection of human rights online as well as offline, also proposed by Brazil and Germany, was adopted last year in the U.N. General Assembly in the wake of revelations by former U.S.

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