Eurovision News Spotlight
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Eurovision News Spotlight is a network of public service broadcasters working collaboratively in fact-checking and OSINT. https://spotlight.ebu.ch/
Spotlight fact-checkers unpacked the doctored images, fake player stories, and AI influencer accounts spreading across social media as the 2026 FIFA World Cup got underway
World Cup: AI fans, Hitler hoax & the truth about Cape Verde
Spotlight fact-checkers unpack the doctored images, false player stories, and AI influencer accounts spreading on social media as the tournament gets underway
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Iran is capitalising on Trump’s feud with Pope Leo XIV and disquiet over the Epstein files with viral content distributed through its embassies and influencers
'Slopaganda': How Iran is using memes to troll Trump
Iran is capitalising on Trump’s feud with Pope Leo XIV and disquiet over the Epstein files with viral content distributed through its embassies and influencers
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Missions to the moon have always been associated with long-debunked conspiracy theories. Now, new AI technology is being weaponised to create misleading content. Read the latest on Spotlight from @maria.ebu.ch 🔍
AI 'slop' used for new generation of moon misinformation
Missions to the moon have always been associated with long-debunked conspiracy theories — now new AI technology is being weaponised to create misleading content
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The Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran on Saturday, February 28 and the resulting retaliatory strikes from Tehran saw the outbreak of the world’s newest war last weekend. See how journalists are verifying the facts of the Iran war amid a sea of false claims and AI-generated material:
AI on the frontlines: How fakes go viral in Middle East war
Verifying the facts of the Iran war amid a sea of false claims and AI-generated material
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Yang Mun: The Google AI-generated persona reaching millions in the wellness market spotlight.ebu.ch/p/yang-mun-a...
Yang Mun: The Google AI-generated persona reaching millions
An Eastern-style healer offering life advice based on 'ancient Chinese philosophy' to his millions of followers was created with Google AI
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🚨 Inside Kahrizak morgue New verified footage confirms the scale of the lethal crackdown in Tehran. Frame-by-frame analysis of body bags and transport trucks matches known sites, contradicting state narratives. Read the full field guide: open.substack.com/pub/ebuspotl...
Iran Crackdown: Tehran Death Toll & Kahrizak Morgue Updates
Latest reports on the Iran protest death toll as new videos bypass the internet blackout. Verified footage shows the processing of bodies at Kahrizak morgue.
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Piercing the Iran blackout 🇮🇷 Our latest Dispatch: How we verified Kahrizak morgue footage during a near-total internet shutdown. Plus: 📍 Minneapolis ICE shooting analysis ⚙️ Snowflake, Sherlock & OSINT tools 🇬🇱 The Greenland crisis open.substack.com/pub/ebuspotl...
Dispatch: The data stays on - piercing the Iranian blackout
Mapping the Iran blackout, the Greenland "Donroe" crisis, and a frame-by-frame analysis of the Minneapolis ICE shooting
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How do you find the signal in 50k Telegram messages? 🔍💻 My latest OSINT tutorial explores using Python & sentiment analysis to map emotional "divergence" in public discourse. A step-by-step guide for investigators to move from observation to evidence. spotlight.ebu.ch/p/journalist...
Sentiment Analysis Guide for Investigative Journalists
Learn how to use Python and NLP to track narrative shifts, detect bot-driven vitriol, and quantify public emotion in investigative reporting.
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How we verified the Kahrizak footage during a near-total internet blackout: 🏛️ Architecture: Matches known renderings of the Forensic Diagnostic & Laboratory Centre. 🗓️ Metadata: On-screen monitors show "Photo X out of 250" with Jan 9 timestamps. spotlight.ebu.ch/p/iran-prote...
Verified morgue footage hints at scale of Iran's crackdown
Graphic videos filmed in Tehran province were confirmed to be recent and showed Iranians searching for relatives among the dead
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🇮🇷 With #Iran facing a nationwide internet blackout, verifying info is harder than ever. We’ve mapped the state organs, parallel intelligence agencies, and forensic tools needed to verify the ground truth. 🧵 #OSINT spotlight.ebu.ch/p/iran-inter...
Iran internet blackout: Digital forensics & verification
Navigate the 2026 Iran blackout with digital forensic tools. Learn to track IRGC narratives and verify UGC with help from NetBlocks and Filterwatch.
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Das Verifikationsnetzwerk @spotlight.ebu.ch, zu dem auch der ORF gehört, hat Accounts gesammelt, mit denen man starten kann, sich einen Überblick über die Lage im Iran zu verschaffen. spotlight.ebu.ch/p/iran-inter...
Iran internet blackout: Digital forensics & verification
Navigate the 2026 Iran blackout with digital forensic tools. Learn to track IRGC narratives and verify UGC with help from NetBlocks and Filterwatch.
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A slew of other similar images were also circulating, purporting to show Maduro being paraded around the airfield after his arrest by U.S. forces. spotlight.ebu.ch/p/maduro-cap...
Photos of Nicolás Maduro's capture by U.S. forces are AI
While the White House confirmed a Delta Force operation in Venezuela, many images circulating on social media were digital forgeries
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Websites are more than digital storefronts—they are maps of hidden connections. 🕵️♂️💻 We've just released "The investigator’s guide to website infrastructure," a blueprint for using WHOIS, SSL, and server fingerprinting to uncover hidden networks. spotlight.ebu.ch/p/website-in...
The investigator’s guide to website infrastructure: WHOIS, SSL, and server fingerprinting
A blueprint for passive OSINT: Learn how to uncover hidden ownership and link digital networks using technical signatures
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2025 was a wild year for facts. 🔍 From AI-generated Popes to $100k World Cup tickets and the digital frontlines of the Iran-Israel war, Eurovision News Spotlight spent the year deconstructing the noise. Check out our top investigations from a year of global crisis: spotlight.ebu.ch/p/2025-news-...
2025 in review: How we fact-checked a year of global crisis
From Israel's wars to a pope's death and anti-migrant riots in Europe, explore the top investigations from Eurovision News Spotlight’s inaugural year
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What you get at spotlight.ebu.ch: 🔎 High-level cross-border fact-checks 🧠 Deep dives into synthetic media & CIB 🔦 Targeted election investigations 🗓️ OSINT monthly masterclasses & workflows 🛠️ Technical tutorials (geolocation, etc.) 📡 Rapid-response briefings
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Social media hints aren't enough—investigative journalism needs the "gold standard" of evidence: court records. New tutorial on navigating global legal databases: 🔹 ECLI (EU) & PACER (US) 🔹 Using SHA-256 to hash evidence 🔹 Private AI for legal translation spotlight.ebu.ch/p/searching-...
Navigating ECLI and PACER: A technical guide to accessing international legal records
A scalable methodology for OSINT researchers to bridge the gap between the European e-Justice Portal and US federal litigation databases
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France 24 and the EBU Investigative Journalism Network reveal how forensic OSINT and cross-border collaboration exposed global health and weapon crises spotlight.ebu.ch/p/fact-check...
OSINT Review #14: Sudan Weapons & Donor 7069 Investigation
See how France 24 and the EBU Investigative Journalism Network tracked chemical weapons in Sudan and exposed the "Donor 7069" crisis in OSINT Review #14.
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📰 New Fact-Check Dispatch - The Bondi Beach terror attack: Unpacking the viral lies and fact-checking the hero's misidentification spotlight.ebu.ch/p/bondi-beac... 📝 @maria.ebu.ch #OSINT #factchecking #EBUSpotlight
The Bondi Beach terror attack: Unpacking the viral lies and fact-checking the hero's misidentification
See the most viral lies after the Sydney terror attack, how the hero was misidentified as Edward Crabtree, and Grok's AI failure
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🚨 NEW Tutorial: Financial OSINT. 🚨 Learn the step-by-step methodology for legally tracing corporate assets, beneficial ownership, and sanctioned networks. spotlight.ebu.ch/p/guide-trac... #OSINT #EBUSpotlight #journalism
Financial OSINT: Guide to tracing corporate assets & networks
Learn the step-by-step methodology for financial OSINT, including accessing global corporate registries and tracing assets to sanctioned individuals
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Debunking viral claims about the #Eurovision 2026 boycott, Martin Rowson, Poland, and more #factchecking #OSINT spotlight.ebu.ch/p/eurovision...
Eurovision 2026: Fake boycotts, the fired cartoonist, and the 'cancelled' contest
Debunking viral claims about the Eurovision 2026 boycott, Martin Rowson, Poland, and more
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