Latest: We used digital clues to create composite of the alleged shooter involved in the deadly Montreal attack this week. We learned, using metadata, that 25 year old Seth Hatfield had created a manifesto two weeks prior to the shooting on June 8th. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alleged Montreal shooter followed conspiracy theorists, wrote manifesto weeks before attack | CBC News

The alleged gunman in a shooting in Montreal Monday that left two people dead prepared his manifesto weeks in advance, according to a CBC News visual investigation.

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Big kudos to the team for our investigation into MrDeepFakes: TjekDet, Politiken, Dutch Bellingcat and CBC's visual investigation team were honored with the international “Global Fact-Checking Award 2026”

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TjekDet, Politiken, hollandske Bellingcat og canadiske CBC blev fredag aften hædret med den internationale pris “Global Fact-Checking Award 2026” i Vilnius. Prisen blev givet for afsløringen af manden bag verdens største hjemmeside for deepfake-porno, MrDeepFakes www.tjekdet.dk/indsigt/tjek...

We ID'd Canadian sniper rifles in the hands of paramilitary fighters in Sudan, a Libyan militia and arms dealers in Yemen. These are some of the most war-ravaged part of the world — where there are accusations of torture, ethnic targeting and genocide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZBX...

We talked to arms dealers illegally selling Canadian guns in a war zone | Visual investigations

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Facebook is paying overseas 'grifters' promoting Alberta separatism. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism | CBC Music

A CBC News investigation found a number of Facebook accounts run by people overseas impersonating real Albertan separatists.

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Our investigation unmasks the Dutch Youtube creators hiring actors to front videos promoting Alberta separatism. The videos, which have gotten tens of millions of views, exploit genuinely-held grievances, use exaggeration and lies to drive engagement./

Dutch YouTube creators behind Alberta separatist videos getting millions of views | CBC News

A number of accounts creating misleading YouTube videos about Alberta separatism with millions of views appear to have their origins in a Dutch digital marketing course, a CBC/Radio-Canada investigati...

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Incredible investigative journalism here via @ericszeto.bsky.social and CBC's visual investigative unit. They trace the Slopaganda fomenting separatism in Alberta to some greedy operators in The Netherlands. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dutch YouTube creators behind Alberta separatist videos getting millions of views | CBC News

A number of accounts creating misleading YouTube videos about Alberta separatism with millions of views appear to have their origins in a Dutch digital marketing course, a CBC/Radio-Canada investigati...

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Press Release 📣 Canada urged to enforce Myanmar sanctions against four Canadians in pearl business with junta following police submission ✅ Read the press release online here 👉🏽 buff.ly/NKHnrJK ✅ See CBC reporting on Belpearl here 👉🏽 buff.ly/af8acMi

"Blood pearls" are fueling a civil war in Myanmar. The military junta, which conducted a coup in 2021, has been using revenue generated from the pearl trade, among others, to commit 'war crimes' against it's own people — aerial bombardments, torture, village razings www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHqq...

How a Canadian family fuelled a civil war with ‘blood pearls’

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Who bombed a girls' school in Iran? Almost immediately after the incident which killed at least 165 people, mostly children, several competing narratives about who struck the school emerged. Some accused Iran, others say it was the US or Israel. www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...

In the days following the deadly strike at a girls school in Iran, no country has claimed responsibility. But there are already many competing narratives about who struck the school, and whether it wa...

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Read the full @bellingcat.com investigation here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05... Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site

Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat

Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.

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With Ross Higgins, @conplnk.bsky.social, @georgekatz.bsky.social, @koltai.bsky.social, @galen.reich.me.uk, Daniel Greneaa Hansen, Zakaria Hameed, @idaherskind.bsky.social, @ericszeto.bsky.social, Jordan Pearson & Ivan Angelovski

Thrilled that our @bellingcat.com investigation "Unmasking MrDeepFakes" has been shortlisted in the 2025 Fetisov Journalism Awards (Contribution to Civil Rights category). In collaboration with @tjekdet.dk, @politiken.dk & the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. fjawards.com/events/%2Fsh...

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Journalism’s richest prize, celebrating world class reporting in a global campaign for public interest news and information

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We got exclusive Stats Can data, reviewed / analyzed thousands of incidents via FOI to reveal rates of violent crime on transit has more than doubled across much of the country — in some cities by nearly 300% the past decade. Co-pro with @theijf.org / @bethanylindsay.bsky.social shorturl.at/is4Fs

Transit violence rising across Canada — by nearly 300% in some cities

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Assaults on public transit have doubled in 8 major Canadian cities. Find out more in our joint investigation with CBC. zurl.co/AgeXY

This collaboration with @ericszeto.bsky.social and the folks at CBC's Visual Investigations Unit has been in the works for a long time, and I'm so pleased it's finally out there. We used exclusive Stat Can data and police FOIs to track a troubling trend in violence on transit.

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Assaults on public transit have doubled in 8 major Canadian cities. Find out more in our joint investigation with CBC. zurl.co/AgeXY

A secretive conference in Vancouver brought together more than 50 people tied to the neo-nazi movement, white supremacists groups like Second Sons, Active Clubs — and members of the MMA community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTfm...

Exposing MMA coaches at a secretive neo-Nazi gathering | Visual investigations

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CBC’s visual investigations unit uncovers the location of an MMA tournament held by the white nationalist men’s group Second Sons over Labour Day weekend in the small town of Caledonia, Ont. vt.tiktok.com/ZSyJ4Msxc/

Was Canadian surveillance tech used in US military strikes against suspected cartel members in the Caribbean sea? Our latest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRvN... 1/5

Did Trump strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats with Canadian tech?

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Pressure mounting on deepfake pornographer David Do www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @ericszeto.bsky.social

Dutch politicians join calls to extradite Canadian behind notorious AI porn site | CBC News

Politicians from a second European country are calling for the extradition of the Canadian man behind a notorious, pornographic website which featured deepfake images and videos of celebrities, politi...

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Fascist fight clubs, known as 'active clubs' have deep connections to terrorist entities and violent white supremacists, taking great care to conceal their identities and locations as they train and prepare for an eventual 'race-war.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66x...

Exposing fascist fight clubs training for 'race war' in Canada

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Incredible investigation by colleagues @ericszeto.bsky.social Ivan Angelovski, Christian Paas-Lang, @grantrants.bsky.social and @jordanpearson.lol www.cbc.ca/newsinteract... Tracking Canada’s fascist fight clubs

Tracking Canada’s fascist fight clubs

CBC’s visual investigations team reveals where some of Canada’s white nationalist 'active clubs' gather to prepare for violence.

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We tracked how a synthetic opioid 40x more powerful than fentanyl is smuggled into Canada. With open-source support from investigators at @bellingcat.com we found hundreds of ads for nitazenes posted online. Within minutes of responding to the ads, we were talking to criminals. tiny.cc/n6rn001

Worse than fentanyl: How smugglers get a new, deadly drug into Canada

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Danish MP calls for extradition of Canadian man linked to notorious AI porn site after joint investigation by @bellingcat.com @tjekdet.dk @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation into MrDeepFakes www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Danish MP calls for extradition of Canadian behind notorious AI porn site | CBC News

A Danish MP is calling for the extradition of the Canadian pharmacist behind a notorious porn site that hosted deepfake images of celebrities, politicians, social media influencers and others, includi...

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Latest: Exposing the AI porn kingpin with a double life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOf5...

Exposing the AI porn kingpin with a double life: Mr. DeepFakes

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Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat

Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.

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INVESTIGATION: With Bellingcat, Politiken, and Tjekdet, our team identified the person behind MrDeepFakes—the largest non-consensual deepfake porn site that shut down after our reporting. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

He's the key person behind the most notorious deepfake porn site in the world. And he's Canadian | CBC News

A joint international investigation by CBC News, Bellingcat and Danish outlets Politiken and Tjekdet has linked a Canadian pharmacist to one of the biggest website in the world for non-consensual, AI-...

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The story of how we exposed the real identity of Mr DeepFakes youtu.be/rOf5jF_H6yQ?...

The notorious AI porn kingpin with a double life

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Latest: Liberals and Conservatives said their rallies drew thousands. We decided to count youtu.be/_ZaMEh7YAHY?...

Congratulations to Avery Haines, ​​@ericszeto.bsky.social, Maria Teresa Scotti, Jerry Vienneau and Angelo Altomare of CTV-W5 on winning the 2025 Canadian Hillman Prize for their harrowing portrait of migration through the Darién Gap

Avery Haines, Eric Szeto, Maria Teresa Scotti, Jerry Vienneau, Angelo Altomare

In 2024, more than half a million people risked their lives to cross the Darién Gap, a treacherous 100-kilometre stretch of jungle between Colombia and Panama. It is the only route that connects South...

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We spent six weeks tracking the RCMP Black Hawks, the most-hyped part of Canada’s $1.3 billion border security upgrade, following U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs if more wasn’t done to stem the flow of migrants and fentanyl. Here's what we found. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We logged every RCMP Black Hawk flight for 6 weeks. Here's what we found | CBC News

CBC's visual investigative team tracked 68 flights by the RCMP's Black Hawk helicopters that were aimed at cracking down on illegal migration.

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