Originally, Tella was designed to document human rights violations and political violence. However, over time, civil society actors have used Tella for a wider range of deployments:
By activists, organizers and human rights defenders to safely document events in their communities, produce reliable and verifiable evidence, and store data encrypted on their mobile devices
By media, professional reporters and citizen journalists to store sensitive media files encrypted as they travel, particularly as they cross borders and checkpoints
By civil society professionals and humanitarian workers to conduct interviews and collect data in poorly connected environments or in conflict areas
By electoral observation and monitoring organizations to monitor elections from inside and outside polling stations in real time and document electoral fraud or violence
By research institutions and international organizations to conduct research, interviews or surveys in challenging environments, particularly in conflict areas