Digital open source information has been heralded for its democratizing potential, insofar as it allows access to a much broader range of sources and voices than would normally be consulted through traditional methods of information gathering for international criminal investigations. It also helps to overcome some of the physical access barriers that are commonplace in international criminal investigations. At a time when the use of digital open source information is becoming more widespread, this article warns of the cognitive and technical biases that can impact upon two key stages of an investigation: finding relevant information and analysing that information. At the information-gathering stage, there are particular crimes, regions and groups of people whose experiences are more likely to be overlooked or hidden in digital open source investigations. When it comes to analysing digital open source information, there is a danger that cognitive and technical biases may influence which information is deemed most relevant and useful to an international criminal investigation, and how that information is interpreted. This article proposes some steps that can be taken to mitigate these risks.

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开源信息的盲点

数字开源信息因其民主化潜力而广受赞誉，因为它允许访问比通常通过国际刑事调查的传统信息收集方法获得的更广泛的来源和声音。它还有助于克服国际刑事调查中常见的一些物理访问障碍。在数字开源信息的使用变得越来越普遍的时候，本文警告可能影响调查的两个关键阶段的认知和技术偏差：查找相关信息和分析该信息。在信息收集阶段，有特定的犯罪，在数字开源调查中，他们的经历更有可能被忽视或隐藏的地区和人群。在分析数字开源信息时，认知和技术偏见可能会影响哪些信息被认为对国际刑事调查最相关和最有用，以及如何解释这些信息。本文提出了一些可以用来减轻这些风险的步骤。