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Get wrecked. Thrilled the judge in this case saw through the BS of xAI's lawsuit, pointing out a lack of due diligence and waiting until a few days before the law went into effect even though it passed 3 months ago. Awesome job, Minnesota! minnesotareformer.com/briefs/nudif...
Nudification law to go into effect Saturday after judge denies delay request from Musk’s AI company • Minnesota Reformer
A new Minnesota law banning the use of technology that creates sexually explicit images or videos of a person without their consent will go into effect Saturday after a federal judge rejected the requ...
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This is cool: See environmental ngo's and their efforts on a map, as well as evidence they can upload of their effect. Integrated with atproto atstore.fyi/products/gai...
I'm building out new OSINT training for environment & wildlife issues. Just gave the 1st workshop on this two weeks ago at Puma Fest, Bogotá 🇨🇴. (ty @mongabaylatam.bsky.social ). Stay tuned for opportunity to attend new ones, and tips for good study cases welcome! 🙏
Open source tools can help track every stage of a wildfire, from the first reports through to assessing the damage once the flames are out. Throughout July, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service helped researchers monitor how wildfire smoke spread across Canada and the US.
LeakedBB, an adult forum averaging two million monthly visits, rewarded members for posting intimate imagery they claimed was leaked, hacked or obtained through blackmail. Payment records, company filings and domain data appear to link the site to one man. youtube.com/shorts/rejPc...
The Crypto Entrepreneur Linked to a Forum Trading ‘Leaked’ Intimate Images
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We're hiring at The New York Times Visual Investigations team! Role is for a Video Journalist -- someone with strong video production skills first & foremost, plus digital investigation + reporting experience. Pay: $113-145k Job is in NYC, in-person. job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...
Video Journalist, Visual Investigations
New York, NY
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Firefighters announced on Tuesday that over 1900 hectares of forest had gone up in flames during the wildfires near Fontainebleau forest, South-East of Paris. This Sentinel-2 satellite image captured the extent of the fires on July 13.
This Youtuber does some impressive geolocation work trying to track down animal abuse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzyt...
I tracked down an animal abuser using OSINT
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The seller frequently posted claims about the authenticity of the animal body parts as well as footage and images of animals before, during and after they were killed. Many of the animals featured in the advertisements are protected or endangered.
A Bellingcat investigation uncovered the work of a wildlife trafficker in Myanmar, advertising everything from tiger bones, rhino horns, to leopard gallbladders, openly on social media platforms. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
Rhino Horn, Leopard Skin and Tiger Claws Sold Openly on Facebook - bellingcat
Bellingcat uncovers a Myanmar wildlife trafficker linked to endangered species sales, prompting account removals by Meta, WeChat, TikTok and YouTube.
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The interception of a russian Shahed drone with small arms by the crew-member of a Ukrainian #Yak-52 trainer plane. Snoopy type fighting is effective if done right
A new investigation by Bellingcat has identified 115 villages in Rakhine State as partially or completely destroyed since the February 2021 military coup that overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected government. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05...
The 'Lost' Villages of Myanmar's Rakhine - bellingcat
A “river of blood” was how one survivor described the scene in western Myanmar. “I saw shooting. I saw mass killing.” Another told the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) how 20 relatives, i...
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Aircraft tracking has become a powerful tool for journalism. In our Stage Talks podcast, @gillianbrockell.com demonstrates how flight data and open tools can be used to trace government flights, identify ICE aircraft, and verify aviation activity. Listen: rss.com/podcasts/bellingcatstagetalk/2829188
"Tracing Deportation Flights" with Gillian Brockell | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
This week we dove head first into the world of flight tracking. How can you identify an ICE flight? What can tracking tools actually tell us? And what kinds of conditions are those being deported faci...
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Deep in the Amazon, along Peru-Brazil border, lies proposed Yavarí-Tapiche Corridor: 16 million hectares of intact forest sheltering world's highest concentration of Indigenous peoples living in isolation. But threats (oil/gas, mining/logging, highways, narcos) are closing in, new report shows.
On Earth Day: environmental investigations can be tough and take time, skills and persistence —but they are possible, and they matter. Here are some tools and resources our team has used in investigations to track wildlife trade, wildfires, and oil spills… 🧵
Breaking: Kinahan cartel leader Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in Dubai. It follows a Bellingcat investigation last month that traced him to an MMA event in Dubai - providing the first proof that the cartel's leadership was still in hiding in the UAE. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
New Footage Shows Wanted Kinahan Cartel Kingpins Post-Sanctions - bellingcat
Daniel and Christy Kinahan have been photographed in Dubai, marking the most recent sighting of the wanted crime bosses since the US levied sanctions against the cartel.
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a significant amount of destruction in Meiss el Jabal in South Lebanon between Feb 28 and Apr 14
it is not inevitable or even likely that social media, as we know it, will exist for the rest of our lives. future generations will look much more harshly on this stuff than we do smoking.
Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · 4mo agoThe human condition
How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law
Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable
If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.
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Looking to develop your investigative skills? Our latest challenges focus exclusively on audio analysis, without visual cues—an increasingly relevant skill in the context of AI-generated audio. Explore the exercises here: challenge.bellingcat.com
Bellingcat Open Source Challenge
Test your open source research skills.
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With widespread internet blackouts in Iran and new restrictions on certain satellite imagery of the region at the request of the US government, Bellingcat is launching a tool to help estimate the damage in Iran and the wider Gulf region. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf - bellingcat
Bellingcat is introducing an updated damage assessment tool — called the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map — focused on destruction in Iran and the Gulf .
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These are the Twitter/X accounts with the most engagement so far in 2026. I suppose I had some intuition for how bad it was, but jeez, this is what you get when the ecosystem is broken. Original post
Not great the amount of news organizations that appear to do basically no confirmation on their own before sharing out a story based on a tweet from the Nazi site!
What work goes into tracking the traffickers? Join us live on Thursday at 11am EDT/5pm CEST as we speak to @foeke.bsky.social , the Bellingcat researcher behind this investigation into the illegal wildlife trade on Facebook. Ask your questions by joining the event here: discord.gg/VjQq4VhH?eve...
Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 4mo agoA Bellingcat and @mongabay.com investigation has identified nine Facebook groups, in which coded language has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade bans on the platform for years. Facebook says it prohibits any form of animal trading on its platform. youtube.com/shorts/uwQNZ...
The US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, in southern Iran overnight. At least two people were killed according to local reports. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
Evidence Points to US Scattering Mines over Iranian Village - bellingcat
US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, Iran.
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Munition remnants from a strike that killed 17 people in Tiné, Chad, on Wednesday, appear to match a model previously used by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the war with Sudanese government forces – despite RSF denials of involvement in the incident.
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Antoine Schirer@antoineschirer.fr · 5mo ago#Stravaleaks Nous avons pu localiser en temps réel le porte-avions « Charles-de-Gaulle » en mer Méditerranée grâce à l’application de sport. ➡ tinyurl.com/3w39dfc4 Avec @asiaballuffier.bsky.social @sebastienbourdon.bsky.social @liselottemas.bsky.social.
Eerste en belangrijke take away van de verkiezingsuitslagen, door oa @sldelange.bsky.social en @mrooduijn.bsky.social stukroodvlees.nl/de-groei-van...
De groei van FVD en de normalisering van extreemrechts - StukRoodVlees
De landelijke partij die bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van gisteren de grootste zetelwinst heeft geboekt is Forum voor Democratie (FVD). Het aantal kiezers voor de partij is ten opzichte van 2022 o...
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Wildlife traffickers selling protected animals on Facebook use coded language to evade moderation. Research by Bellingcat and @mongabay.com has identified nine groups, with more than 70,000 members combined, leading back to six profiles and one broker in Indonesia. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
How Wildlife Traffickers Are Using Coded Language to Sell Protected Animals On Facebook - bellingcat
Coded language used in thousands of Facebook ads has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade the platform’s bans for years
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