Anisa Shabir

Daniel Heinen claimed his GeoSpy AI could locate it this video in the West Bank in 30 seconds only to get the wrong location.

GeoSpy AI attempted to do a geolocation in the occupied West Bank in Palestine. However, nothing beats the human eye, as @annonemo.bsky.social showed that the correct location was actually 19.6 km from what the AI and it’s founder claimed it was: 32.113212, 35.133272.

tfw you're forced to listen to Trump

oh my goodness world leaders are rubbing sores in Egypt about Trump and the Nobel

Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign is now creating new content formats for Bellingcat. This is both the worst and best thing they've done, imo.

"Revealing the Bellingcat Toolkit" with the Bellingcat Team | Podcast Episode on RSS.com This week's stage talk is focused on our new and updated toolkit! We've packed every useful open source research tool into one place to help assist new and old researchers, journalists and NGOs. Johan...

Last year @johannawild.bsky.social came into our Discord Server to discuss the process of updating the toolkit and why the relaunch was needed. You can listen back to that conversation here: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

Home | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit A toolkit for open source researchers

Our new and improved Bellingcat Toolkit is one-year-old today! If you haven't used it yet its a one-stop shop for discovering useful open source tools, maintained by an amazing group of volunteers. You can find use cases, guidance and honest reviews for each tool. bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit

Our revamped toolkit page is one year old today!

The toolkit helps researchers and journalists across the world do impactful work.

Maintaining it with up-to-date entries and guides is a huge effort from our staff and volunteers.

You can help us keep it up by donating: www.bellingcat.com/donate/

Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ. A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven gang-...

In April, authorities raided what they say was a Tren de Aragua gathering. Attendees say it was a birthday party.

Among those detained included a homeless barber/DoorDash driver, and three people who fled Venezuela years ago *because of* that gang

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www.texasobserver.org/officials-tr...

YouTube video by CNN CNN analysis explores cause of deadly Dominican nightclub roof collapse

235 people were killed in April when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub came crashing down during a packed concert. We found that for years before the collapse, structural issues and warning signs went unaddressed. w/ @stepozzebon.bsky.social and @averyschmitz.bsky.social for CNN youtu.be/H5UpgvxSc1A

My latest. I heard about this growing up and spent the last few years seeing what FOIAs, interviews, and archives can tell us. It’s a glimpse into the murky, ruthless underworld of 1970s Texas. Grateful for my brilliant editors @gycsak.bsky.social @liseolsen.bsky.social @beaudonelly.bsky.social

From researching on Telegram to analyzing satellite imagery, the @journalismfestival.com offers free online recordings from past events. I have compiled a list of sessions that focus on, or are related to, open source research methods: t1p.de/mod4u. #OpenSourceResearch

Am I bad at posting? Yes. Will I get better at it? tbd.

Anyways, I've written over 100 pieces at CityView. Here are a few I'm proud of, a thread 🧵:

PimEyes allows users to upload photos of faces in order to search the internet for pictures of people who look similar. Learn more about the tool in Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... by @anisashabir.bsky.social #OpenSourceResearch

New to flight tracking? Our Flightradar24 toolkit guide by teaches you everything you need to know about the site, including when (not) to use it: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more.... Written by @afko.bsky.social for @bellingcat.com's Online Investigation Toolkit.

Trump Is Trying to Deport Students Who Show Up in a ‘Criminal Records Check.’ But Many Have Never Been Convicted What began with Mahmoud Khalil has now expanded into widespread immigration status revocations with no explanation and little apparent recourse.

NEWS: It began with Mahmoud Khalil. Now the Trump admin is trying to deport *hundreds* of students by vaguely saying they have criminal records—making them guess why.
Some have traffic violations. Some didn't even commit a crime.

One's "criminal record"? Apparently being a domestic violence victim.

"Hi Francesca, we are going to respectfully decline an interview"

I am going to respectfully file a torrent of FOIA requests ... and you cannot stop me <3

As part of a large collaboration of a dozen newsrooms, led by @forbidden-stories.bsky.social, Bellingcat investigated two cases where journalists were targeted by the IDF shortly after they used drones to document Gaza from above.

This was a challenging but important piece to work on. Telling the stories of those attacked for showing the scale of destruction and helping illustrate that scale ourselves using a 3D model.

BLA train hijacking location misrepresented in reports - Soch Fact Check Claim: Some media reports state the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked the Jaffar Express between the Pehro Kunri Station and Mashkaf Station, in the Kachhi District in Balochistan; other repo...

New: I wrote about the recent train hijacking by the militant group BLA in Balochistan, Pakistan’s southwestern province. We geolocated the footage the group released, identifying the attack's actual location. @thomasbordeaux.bsky.social provided crucial geolocation insights: shorturl.at/OqSBO

"This is the first arrest of many to come"

Folks: Believe the man. Take him seriously. He is telling you what he's going to do.

If you think that you or anyone you know will not be impacted by this kind of gross violation of due process, I'll catch you at the bottom of the slipper slope.

Local and State Police Are Joining Trump's 'Deportation Force' Texas law enforcement agencies and others around the nation are reviving a long-dead "task force" program that led to racial profiling in the past.

A controversial federal program that permits local cops to act as roving ICE agents in their communities has been dead since 2012, as it led to racial profiling.

Texas police agencies and others around the nation are bringing it back. 🧵
www.texasobserver.org/local-state-...

Incredible referencing guide for Google StreetView, and therefore for geolocation in general: license plates, sign posts, types of bollards, roof tiles, etc. Thanks @aric.bsky.social for sharing. plonkit.net/guide

Microsoft’s Azure AI Video Indexer is able to detect people and objects in videos. It can also be used to extract key topics and to generate transcripts. Learn more about the tool (including ethical concerns) in our new toolkit text by @anisashabir.bsky.social: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more...

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his first week back in office President Donald Trump, who returned to office Jan. 20, has wasted no time setting a new agenda, relying on false and misleading information to support several of his initiatives.

During his first week back in office, Trump relied on false and misleading information through a flurry of executive actions, press conferences and interviews. Read more: apnews.com/article/dona...

Most open source researchers rely on search engines to do reverse image searches. However, there are also niche tools like RootAbout: It lets you upload a picture and checks it against Internet Archive collections. @anisashabir.bsky.social tested it: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more...

Meta ends fact checks as it prepares for Trump era Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of community notes, calling the recent election “a cultural tipping point.”

Breaking: Meta ends fact-checking, presumably because reality is now optional. Coming soon: gravity is just a theory, and the moon is actually a giant space cookie. Critical truth update failed: installing flat earth patch. #MetaVerse​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...