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‘Exploiting Cadavers ’and ‘Faked IEDs’: Experts Debunk Staged Pre-War ‘Provocation’ in the Donbas

‘Exploiting Cadavers ’and ‘Faked IEDs’: Experts Debunk Staged Pre-War ‘Provocation’ in the Donbas
Invasion of Ukraine: Tracking use of Cluster Munitions in Civilian Areas
  • Cluster Munitions
  • Russia

Invasion of Ukraine: Tracking use of Cluster Munitions in Civilian Areas

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  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Follow the Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map

Attack on Ukrainian Government Websites Linked to GRU Hackers
  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Attack on Ukrainian Government Websites Linked to GRU Hackers

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Is Climate Change Heating up Central Asia’s Border Disputes? Clues from Satellite Imagery

Is Climate Change Heating up Central Asia’s Border Disputes? Clues from Satellite Imagery

  • Environment
  • Kyrgyzstan

In late April, dozens were killed, hundreds were injured and thousands of civilians fled their homes during border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It was not the first land dispute between the two Central Asian neighbours over their often poorly…

What Oil, Satellite Technology and Iraq can Tell us About Pollution
  • Environment
  • Iraq

What Oil, Satellite Technology and Iraq can Tell us About Pollution

How Instagram Celebrities Promote Dubai’s Underground Animal Trade
  • Environment

How Instagram Celebrities Promote Dubai’s Underground Animal Trade

Troubled Waters: Documenting Pollution of Iraq’s Shatt Al-Arab River
  • Environment
  • Iraq

Troubled Waters: Documenting Pollution of Iraq’s Shatt Al-Arab River

COVID19

Geofenced Searches on Twitter: A Case Study Detailing South Asia’s Covid Crisis

Geofenced Searches on Twitter: A Case Study Detailing South Asia’s Covid Crisis

  • COVID19
  • Tech Team

Twitter can be a valuable source of information for open source research, both at the level of individual users, but also for understanding broader trends. In a recent Bellingcat story, the Investigative Tech…

India’s Latest Covid Wave Spills on to Social Media Amidst Critical Shortages
  • COVID19
  • India

India’s Latest Covid Wave Spills on to Social Media Amidst Critica...

What Restaurants and Maps Can Tell us About Billions of Dollars of Covid-19 Relief Funds
  • COVID19
  • Tech Team

What Restaurants and Maps Can Tell us About Billions of Dollars of Covid...

WHO Director-General Attacked on Twitter with CCP-Related Memes
  • COVID19
  • Twitter

WHO Director-General Attacked on Twitter with CCP-Related Memes

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Documenting and Debunking Dubious Footage from Ukraine’s Frontlines
  • Disinformation
  • Russia

Documenting and Debunking Dubious Footage from Ukraine’s Frontlines

Myanmar’s Rebels Get Resourceful With Improvised Drones
  • Drones
  • Myanmar

Myanmar’s Rebels Get Resourceful With Improvised Drones

How the Denver Shooter’s Digital Trail Exposes the Violent Fantasies of the ‘Manosphere’
  • Far-Right
  • United States

How the Denver Shooter’s Digital Trail Exposes the Violent Fantasies of the ‘Manosphere’

Unravelling the Killing of Colombian Protester Lucas Villa
  • Colombia

Unravelling the Killing of Colombian Protester Lucas Villa

‘On the Run Again’: Has US White Supremacist Rob Rundo Returned to Serbia?
  • Far-Right
  • Serbia

‘On the Run Again’: Has US White Supremacist Rob Rundo Returned to Serbia?

Toy Rabbits, Chemtrails and German QAnon Fanatics: How Not to Conduct Open Source Investigations
  • QAnon
  • Tech Team

Toy Rabbits, Chemtrails and German QAnon Fanatics: How Not to Conduct Open Source Investigations

Inside Wagnergate: Ukraine’s Brazen Sting Operation to Snare Russian Mercenaries
  • Belarus
  • Ukraine

Inside Wagnergate: Ukraine’s Brazen Sting Operation to Snare Russian Mercenaries

Russian Diplomat Who Died at Berlin Embassy is Senior Intelligence Figure’s Son
  • Berlin
  • Russia

Russian Diplomat Who Died at Berlin Embassy is Senior Intelligence Figure’s Son

Meet the Male State: Russia’s Nastiest Online Hate Group
  • Far-Right
  • Russia

Meet the Male State: Russia’s Nastiest Online Hate Group

Meet The Far-Right ‘Fanatics’ Getting Hungary’s Football Team in Trouble
  • Far-Right

Meet The Far-Right ‘Fanatics’ Getting Hungary’s Football Team in Trouble

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