French police are forcibly separating asylum seeking families as they try to board small boats. On Saturday, this resulted in a 3-year-old crossing the Channel alone, his mother left behind. Full thread and story below: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

French police separate migrant children from their mothers on Dunkirk beach

Chaos on Malo-les-Bain as officers split families trying to climb into dinghies bound for England

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Emma Yeomans@yeomans.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In Dunkirk we witnessed French police grab and hold an Eritrean woman's children to stop her boarding a small boat. She already had two children and a husband on board. Another woman was held by police while her 3-year-old was on board alone - the boat left with an unaccompanied toddler. Footage:

Citizen Lab: "high confidence that they were carried out at the request of the Chinese government. These digital attacks highlight the systemic nature of the CCP’s targeting of exile … communities and demonstrate the lengths to which it will go to control information" citizenlab.ca/research/how...

Tall Tales: How Chinese Actors Use Impersonation and Stolen Narratives to Perpetuate Digital Transnational Repression - The Citizen Lab

In collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), we identified what we conclude to be two distinct actors aligned with the People’s Republic of China. Our findin...

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One of my colleagues has recently received a warning by Google: Hackers were trying to infiltrate their inbox. Comes after an investigation into Beijing’s tactics to threaten, coerce and intimidate regime critics overseas. Here's the link to the German story www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Nach China-Recherche: Cyberangriff auf STANDARD-Autor

Experten finden Hinweise auf eine "weitreichende Kampagne" aus China. Im Visier: Dissidenten, Tibeter, Uiguren – und Journalisten

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Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed. We must get rid of Palantir altogether. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...

Orbán hat seine Wahlniederlage in Ungarn eingestanden. Damit verliert 1. Putin seinen treuesten Vasallen in der EU. 2. Trump seinen wichtigsten ideologischen Verbündeten in Europa. 3. Europas extreme Rechte ihre wirkmächtigste Galionsfigur. In einem Satz: Ein Sieg für die Demokratie.

Over 100 journalists from 30+ countries have come together to investigate the staggering price tag and business practices behind a lifesaving cancer drug around the world. Stay tuned for more on Monday! Sign up now to get The #CancerCalculus stories straight to your inbox:

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Be the first to know about investigations, get all the latest news from the network and behind-the-scenes stories.

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Reading through Szijjarto’s leaked conversations with Lavrov is vomit-inducing on its own, but when Lavrov reveals how the American side wants to get ‘Ukraine out of the way’ to resume business with Russia… I can’t. I feel despair. They are killing us, and you say this?

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Kremlin Hotline: How Hungary Coordinates With Russia Blocking Ukraine From the EU - VSquare.org

Péter Szijjártó offered Sergey Lavrov to send EU documents through the Hungarian Embassy in Moscow. Leaked audio reveals a strikingly deferential, submissive attitude from Szijjártó toward Lavrov.

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FT Exclusive: The idea for a pause in fighting, under which Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, originated from Donald Trump's team, even as the US president escalated threats against the Islamic republic. ft.trib.al/WzzTmSO

Good on the Times for avoiding euphemism and naming this plainly.

Satellite imagery reveals mass graves in the outskirts of Mariupol.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined

An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

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Planet Labs satellite imagery shows only two structures within this red cone were damaged, including a clinic. The other structure appears to be an earth covered magazine or bunker.

New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an IRGC facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, where 175 people were reportedly killed, including children.

This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people? Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran. Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth? Hegseth: We’re investigating. Trump: They are very inaccurate with their munitions. It was done by Iran.

so privacy focused it shared shit with the swiss government that shared shit with the fbi

404 Media@404media.co · 5mo ago

This shows the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on end-to-end encryption and that it's only governed by Swiss privacy law, can provide to third parties. In this case, the FBI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

Irans Regime wankt, ob es fällt, ist unklar. Die Islamische Republik hat einen gigantischen Überwachungsapparat aufgebaut. Unsere #EyesOfIran-Recherchen mit @spiegel.de, @zdfde.bsky.social , @forbidden-stories.bsky.social gewähren Einblicke in das Spähsystem der Mullahs. www.zdf.de/play/magazin...

Proteste im Iran: Wie das Iran-Regime seine Bürger überwacht

Für die Verfolgung seiner Bürger bedient sich Irans Regierung leistungsfähiger Software zur Gesichtserkennung aus Russland. Das zeigt ein Datenleak.

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Iran: Überwacht und unterdrückt. Eine russische Gesichtserkennungs-Software hilft Iran, Regimegegner aufzuspüren. Das offenbart ein Datenleak. Recherche von ZDF frontal, Le Monde, Der Standard, Tages-Anzeiger und @papertrailmedia.de , geleitet von @forbidden-stories.bsky.social t1p.de/x8682

Insider aus dem Iran enthüllt: Gesichtserkennung wird zur Jagd von Protestierenden eingesetzt

Tausende Tote, totale Kontrolle: Ein Insider enthüllt, wie Irans Mullah-Regime Protestierende per Gesichtserkennung jagt.

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Israel used 2,000+ bombs in the first 30 hours of the Iran war; the US struck 1,000+ targets in the first 24 hours. Iran responded with at least 390 missiles and 830 drones in the first two days. Bellingcat has tracked the munitions used by all sides so far: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

“Bombs will fall Everywhere”: The American, Israeli and Iranian Weapons Being Deployed in Middle East - bellingcat

Bellingcat has been monitoring strikes across the Middle East and has identified a wide variety of weapons that have been used in the conflict so far, including missiles and drones.

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🇮🇷👁️[New investigation] #EyesOfIran : breaking the code of Iran’s surveillance system. War, unrest… and a sophisticated mass-surveillance weapon. youtube.com/shorts/_cxri... @forbidden-stories.bsky.social @lemonde.fr @papertrailmedia.de @spiegel.de @derstandard.at @heuteshow.de Tamedia

#EyesOfIran : breaking the code of Iran’s surveillance system.

🇮🇷👁️ [New investigation] #EyesOfIran : breaking the code of Iran’s surveillance system. War, unrest… and a sophisticated mass-surveillance weapon. ➡️ Today, we’re able to reveal that the…

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If you're following the situation in Iran, this one is of interest to you. We can prove how the regime in Iran is using facial recognition software to surveil its citizens. (Gift link) www.spiegel.de/ausland/iran...

(S+) Iran: So gnadenlos späht Regime die eigene Bevölkerung aus – Ein Insider packt aus

US-Präsident Trump fordert die Iraner auf, das Regime zu stürzen. Doch die Führung in Teheran hat einen gigantischen Überwachungsapparat erschaffen. SPIEGEL-Recherchen gewähren Einblick in das Spähsys...

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Evolution of Viktor Orbán's government propaganda: 2017: “Let’s not let Soros have the last laugh!” 2026: “Let’s not let Zelensky have the last laugh!” By the way, can anyone guess the common feature that makes both such convenient scapegoats for a far-right government?

ICYMI over the weekend: My colleagues and I reviewed 15,000 documents to put together a detailed account of how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged medical care to manipulate and control victims, and how some doctors enabled that. Gift link:

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

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60 Minutes Staff: We do the news, you want the spin. Bari Weiss: No. You do the spin, and we need the news. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Something to watch for in the months ahead.

In Berlin soll ein U-Ausschuss klären, ob Projekte gegen Antisemitismus korrekt gefördert wurden. Doch als Zeuge soll auf Wunsch der CDU ausgerechnet ein Mann auftreten, der unseren Infos zufolge früher in härtesten Neonazikreisen (#HDJ) verkehrt haben soll Mit @astridgeisler.bsky.social & A. Röpke

DIE ZEIT@zeit.de · 5mo ago

Wurden Projekte gegen Antisemitismus korrekt gefördert? Um das zu klären, wollen CDU und SPD ausgerechnet einen Zeugen anhören, der in Neonazikreisen verkehrt haben soll.

„Der König ist zurück“ jubelte der Heidelberger Wohltäter Henry Jarecki Jeffrey Epstein zu, als der 2009 aus der Haft kam. Jarecki hoffe, dass Epstein nun „nicht zur Besinnung“ komme, „wann ist die Party?“ Unfassbare Geschichte von Jonas Halbe @papertrailmedia.de www.spiegel.de/panorama/eps...

(S+) Epstein-Akten: Der Heidelberg-Mäzen und sein »König« Jeffrey

US-Multimillionär Henry Jarecki ist ein Gönner Heidelbergs, er brachte eine Viertelmilliarde in die Stadt, bekam das Bundesverdienstkreuz. Doch er war auch mit Jeffrey Epstein befreundet. Und jubelte,...

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"Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee from Burma who Border Patrol agents dropped off at a doughnut shop Thursday and left to find his way home, 5 miles away, has been found dead." www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.

A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

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Financial Times exclusive: Tens of thousands of internal emails and documents released by the US Department of Justice as part of the Epstein files paint for the first time a vivid picture of how Deutsche Bank rolled out the red carpet for the serial sexual abuser. ft.trib.al/6lAW6ay

The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social. 50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...

Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows

"We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."

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