Development of a Real-Time Community Video Reporting Platform

The client faces difficulties in providing unbiased, immediate updates about local events due to reliance on traditional media outlets that may contain bias or manipulated information. There is a need for a decentralized platform enabling residents to share and verify real-time news, fostering accurate community reporting and engagement.

A startup organization aiming to revolutionize local news dissemination by empowering citizens to report real-time events through multimedia content, fostering trustworthiness and community engagement.

• Develop a mobile application that allows users to post and share real-time photos and videos with geolocation tagging.
• Implement a map-based interface displaying verified event locations with interactive content pins.
• Enable users to flag, trending hashtag categorization, and view content by location or topic to enhance information discovery.
• Create social sharing functionalities for broader dissemination of verified community news.
• Support verified content contribution from local media outlets to ensure reliable information flow.

• User Content Posting: Allow users to upload pictures or videos, geotag media, and create hashtags for event categorization.
• Real-Time Data Visualization: Map-based interface displaying geo-located event pins that link to user content, with content flagging capabilities.
• Trending News & Hashtags: View trending topics with access to all related content, including user details and content statistics.
• Community Connections: View content submitted by friends and other users, with options to share on social platforms.
• Content Verification & Moderation: Tools for flagging content, and potential integration of verification workflows to ensure authenticity.
• Media Sharing & Social Integration: Share verified content on external social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter.

• Mapping and Geolocation services
• Social media sharing APIs
• Content moderation and verification tools

• High scalability to support real-time data volume increases
• Low latency for map and content loading to ensure real-time responsiveness
• Secure user authentication and content moderation workflows
• Reliable geo and time verification for posted media
• Mobile platform compatibility across iOS and Android devices

The platform aims to enable citizens to share real-time, verified local news, reducing misinformation and increasing community engagement. Expected outcomes include a significant increase in user-posted content, improved trust in community reporting, and enhanced local media outreach, with measurable growth in active users and content accuracy over time.