Filterable conflict-news video aggregator
Problem
A long-time r/combatfootage user says 99% of posts are now drone footage from a single conflict, burying footage from other global conflicts. They use the subreddit as an unofficial news source and can no longer filter signal from noise.
Opportunity
A mirror/aggregator site that pulls conflict footage from multiple sources (subreddits, Telegram, YouTube) and lets users filter by region, conflict, unit type, or date — restoring the signal for people tracking multiple conflicts. Monetizable via pro filters and alerts.
Market analysis
GeoConfirmed and Liveuamap already provide filtered, verified conflict tracking for free, and an open-source OSINT dashboard (OSINT-War-Room) aggregates feeds. The unserved slice is raw-footage filtering by unit type and region, which is also the most legally and financially radioactive part of the idea.
Market · OSINT researchers, journalists and conflict watchers; vocal audience with real demand, but narrow and accustomed to free volunteer-run tools.
Pricing · Incumbents are free, donation-funded or volunteer projects; paid pro filters would also hit payment-processor restrictions on graphic-violence content.
Pros
- + Clear, vocal audience that currently aggregates manually across Telegram and Reddit.
- + Aggregation plumbing (Reddit API, Telegram, RSS/YouTube) is well-trodden for a solo builder.
- + A filter taxonomy by conflict, region and unit type is a real differentiator over raw feeds.
Cons
- − Mirroring graphic combat footage creates hosting, moderation and legal exposure.
- − Payment processors and ad networks restrict graphic-violence content, strangling monetization.
- − GeoConfirmed covers verified multi-conflict tracking at zero cost to the user.
- − Source ToS (Reddit, Telegram channels) limits redistribution rights on mirrored media.
Existing / similar tools
Source
r/SomebodyMakeThis (Reddit)
The survivable version of this product indexes metadata, not media: catalog each clip with region, conflict, unit type, date and a provenance link pointing back to the original upload instead of rehosting it. That single decision sidesteps graphic-content hosting liability, respects source ToS, and matches how OSINT professionals actually work, since provenance is the asset they trust. The realistic buyer is institutional (newsrooms, research outfits, universities paying for alerting and structured export), not the prosumer Reddit lurker, and that inversion of the original pitch is what makes the economics viable.