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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/

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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

Yang Mun: The Google AI-generated persona reaching millions in the wellness market spotlight.ebu.ch/p/yang-mun-a...

20.01.2026 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

๐Ÿšจ 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.

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17.01.2026 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

Piercing the Iran blackout ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท

Our latest Dispatch: How we verified Kahrizak morgue footage during a near-total internet shutdown.

Plus: ๐Ÿ“ Minneapolis ICE shooting analysis โš™๏ธ Snowflake, Sherlock & OSINT tools ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ The Greenland crisis
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17.01.2026 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

How do you find the signal in 50k Telegram messages? ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’ป

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.

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13.01.2026 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

How we verified the Kahrizak footage during a near-total internet blackout:

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Architecture: Matches known renderings of the Forensic Diagnostic & Laboratory Centre. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Metadata: On-screen monitors show "Photo X out of 250" with Jan 9 timestamps.

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13.01.2026 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท With #Iran facing a nationwide internet blackout, verifying info is harder than ever. Weโ€™ve mapped the state organs, parallel intelligence agencies, and forensic tools needed to verify the ground truth. ๐Ÿงต #OSINT

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13.01.2026 00:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

Das Verifikationsnetzwerk @spotlight.ebu.ch, zu dem auch der ORF gehรถrt, hat Accounts gesammelt, mit denen man starten kann, sich einen รœberblick รผber die Lage im Iran zu verschaffen.
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12.01.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Photos of Nicolรกs 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

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.

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03.01.2026 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The investigatorโ€™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

Websites are more than digital storefrontsโ€”they are maps of hidden connections. ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ป

We've just released "The investigatorโ€™s guide to website infrastructure," a blueprint for using WHOIS, SSL, and server fingerprinting to uncover hidden networks.

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30.12.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 Spotlightโ€™s inaugural year

2025 was a wild year for facts. ๐Ÿ”

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:

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29.12.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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27.12.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Eurovision News Spotlight | Fact-Checking & OSINT Network | EBU News | Substack Eurovision News Spotlight is a network of public service broadcasters working collaboratively in fact-checking and OSINT. Click to read Eurovision News Spotlight | Fact-Checking & OSINT Network, a Sub...

What you get at spotlight.ebu.ch:
๐Ÿ”Ž High-level cross-border fact-checks
๐Ÿง  Deep dives into synthetic media & CIB
๐Ÿ”ฆ Targeted election investigations
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ OSINT monthly masterclasses & workflows
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Technical tutorials (geolocation, etc.)
๐Ÿ“ก Rapid-response briefings

27.12.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

Social media hints aren't enoughโ€”investigative journalism needs the "gold standard" of evidence: court records.

New tutorial on navigating global legal databases: ๐Ÿ”น ECLI (EU) & PACER (US) ๐Ÿ”น Using SHA-256 to hash evidence ๐Ÿ”น Private AI for legal translation

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23.12.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In todayโ€™s Fact-Check & OSINT Review, Belรฉn Lรณpez Garrido explores the intersection of undercover reporting and open-source intelligence. Representing the EBU Investigative Journalism Network, she details the essential role of covert work in their recent hybrid warfare exposรฉ.

18.12.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

France 24 and the EBU Investigative Journalism Network reveal how forensic OSINT and cross-border collaboration exposed global health and weapon crises
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18.12.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

๐Ÿ“ฐ New Fact-Check Dispatch - The Bondi Beach terror attack: Unpacking the viral lies and fact-checking the hero's misidentification
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#OSINT #factchecking #EBUSpotlight

16.12.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

๐Ÿšจ NEW Tutorial: Financial OSINT. ๐Ÿšจ

Learn the step-by-step methodology for legally tracing corporate assets, beneficial ownership, and sanctioned networks.
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#OSINT #EBUSpotlight #journalism

16.12.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Eurovision 2026: Fake boycotts, the fired cartoonist, and the 'cancelled' contest Debunking viral claims about the Eurovision 2026 boycott, Martin Rowson, Poland, and more

Debunking viral claims about the #Eurovision 2026 boycott, Martin Rowson, Poland, and more #factchecking #OSINT
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15.12.2025 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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