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I’ve spent a lot of time investigating shitty AI cynically used to pursue vulnerable people in welfare systems. When I talk about this work, I invariably get asked: is it possible to make these systems fair?

Our investigation epitomizes the storytelling possibilities when passionate journalists from resource-strapped newsrooms and regional data geeks join forces. We hope the story leads an overhaul of NGP but also sparks wider scrutiny of sustainable forestry programs across the region and the world.

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Satellite imagery analysis corroborates whistleblowers' testimony exposing widespread greenwashing across the Philippines’ national reforestation program. Davao Today, @thibico.bsky.social and Lighthouse prove instead of restoring forests, it’s often fueling deforestation. 🧵

Part 3 of the @lhreports.bsky.social investigation in collaboration with @elpais.com @unbiasthenews.bsky.social and @financialtimes.com , now with partners from @france3fr.bsky.social and @publico.es is out!

Lighthouse Reports@lighthousereports.com · 2y ago

Across Europe college-educated migrants are locked out of the skilled workforce due to policy failures. @publico.pt & @lhreports.bsky.social reveal how Portugal mitigated brain waste, as well as the limits of this success

Amazing work by @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social on the latest @lhreports.bsky.social suspicion machines investigation. This is a crazy tale of AI ethics washing: The welfare agency had been told that it's tool was crappy. It responded by making up a ludicrous fairness definition.

Gabriel Geiger@gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2y ago

I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency Försäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.”

Hello Bluesky friends! We'll be posting here more often going forward In the meantime, sharing a starter pack of current/former staff and contributors to Lighthouse Reports investigations. Will update as we go! go.bsky.app/J6a68Yg