My latest byline with @iainoverton.bsky.social for Action on Armed Violence (Co-published by @declassifieduk.org UK)...!!

UK imports of Israeli military goods jumped more than 10,000% during Gaza war - AOAV

UK imports of Israeli arms and military equipment increased by 10,589% between 2023 and 2025, according to UN trade data, prompting renewed scrutiny of Britain's defence ties with Israel and the growi...

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Happy to share a byline with the inspiring @iainoverton.bsky.social

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👉 NEW — Revealed: Israeli arms imports to UK surged during Gaza war By @akhilr23.bsky.social & @iainoverton.bsky.social UN trade data shows value of military goods from Israel to UK increased by a factor of more than 100 between 2023 and 2025 www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-isr...

Happy to share a byline with the inspiring Iain Overton...!! Figures from the UN Comtrade database show that UK imports from Israel of arms, ammunition and related parts increased from just £55,000 in 2023 to almost £5.9 million in 2025.

Revealed: Israeli arms imports to UK surged during Gaza war

UN trade data shows value of military goods from Israel to UK increased by a factor of more than 100 between 2023 and 2025

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Excellent learning opportunity for journalists covering climate and environment related issues in South Asia...!! How to apply: 🔗 lnkd.in/g2ncKE2P #ClimateChange #ExtremeHeat #ExtremeWeather

#GIJC25 formally opens with keynote address by co-founder and CEO of Rappler, Nobel laureate #MariaResaa. Please say hello if you too are attending the conference. Thank you!

Just arrived at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre to attend #GIJC25. Looking forward to four days of learning, sharing, connecting, and catching up with fellow journalists from around the world. Please do say hello if you are around - would love to connect and catch up!

🔴 NEW 🔴 In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds 📝 @tjjordan.bsky.social @akhilr23.bsky.social @rachelsherrington.bsky.social @clarecarlile.bsky.social Published in partnership with @apublica.org www.desmog.com/2025/11/16/i...

In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds

Doctors and models extol the virtues of meat as climate impacts of industrial farming face scrutiny at COP30 — the global climate summit.

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Google reduces Political Ads Transparency tool to only 12 countries – none from the EU!

Amateur use of generative AI tools en masse and a lack of media literacy are creating unique problems and setting dangerous examples in India. www.boomlive.in/decode/a-stu...

A Student's ChatGPT Prank Sent an Entire City Hunting for Phantom Leopards | BOOM

AI tools that allow hyper-realistic edits showed leopards wandering in Lucknow's residential areas sending local police and forest department officials on a wild goose chase.

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A delayed announcement, but happy to share that I've completed a Master’s in Investigative Journalism at City, University of London. As I step into the job market afresh, I'd be grateful for any heads up about work opportunities where you think I’d be a good fit or leads on stories I can pursue 🙏

Alas… what a deplorable sight! I worked with Twitter’s global disinformation team, and helped combat falsehood and hate-speech on the platform.

#Serving Another powerful performance by #MirianaConte of #Malta 🇲🇹 #Eurovision #Eurovision2025 #ESC2025

#RememberMonday Sounds like a warning on a Saturday night...!! #WhatTheHellJustHappened #UnitedKingdom #Eurovision #Eurovision2025 #ESC2025

#ExpressoMacchiato What an addictive song, my favourite so far and I'm going to be hooked for a long time...!! #Eurovision #Eurovision2025 #ESC2025 #TommyCash

🚨 #Misinformation on #OperationSindoor 5/n At least two-month-old video of a massive explosion is being shared with false claim that it shows India's recent strike in Sialkot, #Pakistan.

🚨 #Misinformation on #OperationSindoor 4/n "Fuelled by emotion, bias, prejudice, and hyper-patriotism, ordinary individuals have become unaware and misinformed foot soldiers in a digital war over social media platforms. www.ptinews.com/fact-detail/...

🚨 #Misinformation on #OperationSindoor 3/n A prominent Indian YouTuber shared a military simulation video, falsely claiming it to be actual footage of India’s #OperationSindoor in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

🚨 #Misinformation on #OperationSindoor 2/n Indian politician Dr. Nishikant Dubey also fell for misinformation circulated by a Pakistani Twitter handle impersonating an Indian account.

#Misinformation is rife on social media as tensions escalate between India and Pakistan following Indian military's #OperationSindoor targeting "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan & Pakistan-administered Kashmir in retaliation of #PahalgamAttack on 22 April that killed 26 people, mostly tourists.

An interesting read...!! #Cambodia #TikTok #MonkTok

TikTok’s viral monks are clashing with Buddhist authorities

Superstar monks have built massive followings — but dancing, singing, and fame-seeking are all violations of the monastic code.

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We uncovered more than 100k deceptive US election/social issues ads across +200 FB pages. The ads used deepfakes of Trump, Biden & others to make false claims about gov subsidies and to hawk Trump merch. Meta earned more than **$25 million** from the ads. Story: www.propublica.org/article/face...

Exploiting Meta’s Weaknesses, Deceptive Political Ads Thrived on Facebook and Instagram in Run-Up to Election

Despite Meta's stated commitment to crack down on harmful content, it failed to catch tens of thousands of ads that used false claims and deepfakes of political figures to collect users’ sensitive per...

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Meta released a review of activity on its platforms during an unprecedented year of elections. It covers a lot of ground but fails to address how Meta’s political ad system has been abused to scam and deceive people on a global scale during such a critical year for democracy. Here’s a rundown 🧵:

A group of right-wing media in India have been sharing old and unrelated visuals alongside claim they show atrocities against the Hindu community in wake of the current political unrest in Bangladesh. Here is a latest one joined by RT India, the Indian unit of Russian state controlled news media.

RT India Peddles Video Of Kali Idol Dismantling Tradition In WB As Vandalism | BOOM

BOOM found that the video is from East Bardhaman district in West Bengal and there is no communal angle to the incident.

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This #AI detection tool created by #TrueMedia intends to help by identifying signs of manipulated pictures and videos posted on social media.

TrueMedia.org

TrueMedia.org detects political deepfakes in social media. Non-profit, non-partisan, and free.

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"It’s a web of digital fraud that has been systematically unraveling the dreams of hundreds of Indian parents."

Inside India's Child Modeling Scam Machine: It Starts With A Click | BOOM

Starry-eyed parents wanting their kids to be the face of big brands are being scammed through a maze of Facebook ads, Telegram groups, scamsters sitting abroad and their money mules in India.

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What an irony...!! "The Election Commission is not the only Indian government-adjacent entity still using this banned scanning app. Rest of World found 30 other instances of documents uploaded by government departments and ministries that were scanned with CamScanner since the app was banned..."

India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it

CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.

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A byline worth mention after a long time...!! Dramatised videos, apparently created for entertainment & awareness, are widely being shared on social media as true events with false claims to stoke religious bigotry & misogyny in India. #FakeNews https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66432198

Staged videos fuel religious hate and misogyny in India

Scripted videos, apparently created for entertainment, are being shared to make them seem like real events.

bbc.co.uk

Counting Russia's dead in Ukraine... #UkraineWar Wonderful example of investigative journalism & visual storytelling through online data collection & verification…!!

Counting Russia's dead in Ukraine - and what it says about the changing face of the war - BBC News

What we learned from counting the Russian dead

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#Soho in London is brimming with #PrideEdition #EmojiShower… 💕