Social media and war crimes – The chances and risk of social media for the prosecution of war crimes in the Ukraine War

Series 5 | Episode 10

Everyone can create footage with the help of smartphones and share it with the world in real time by uploading it to social media. While sharing footage can help to shed light on potential war crimes being committed, it also creates a challenge as manipulated footage can be used for propagandistic purposes.

In this episode, Rüdiger and Sebastian talk about how social media can be and has been used during the war. They discuss how to differentiate between truthful posts and fake news and show the risks of manipulated content. They also also demonstrate how social media can be used to prosecute war criminals and explain how perpetrators can be tried in Germany using the principle of universal jurisdiction.

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