Press
Some of the impactful media mentions on my work and that of the teams I have been supporting.
BBC News – Sudan Conflict: Ethnic Cleansing Committed in Darfur, UK Says
VoA – Open Source Investigators Use Satellites to Identify Burned Darfur Villages
Politico – The End of Photographic Truth
GIJN – 10 Tips for Using Geolocation and Open Source Data to Fuel Investigations
Channel 4 – Ukraine from Above: Secrets from the Frontline
Vice – I Debunk Putin’s Lies
France 24 – Ukraine: A collaborative map to compile verified videos of the war
The Washington Post – This is how journalists figure out if all those Ukraine videos are real
New York Magazine – The Hunt for the Butcher of Bucha
Washington Post – The Rise of the Twitter Spies
The Telegraph – Mass graves in Russian held territory increasing rapidly, satellite photos show
BBC News – The Media Show – How Digital Sleuths Changed Journalism
Wired – If Russia Invades Ukraine, TikTok Will See It Up Close
BBC News – Farm Laws: Sikhs Being Targeted by Fake Social Media Profiles
Financial Times – The Open-Source Investigators Trying to Bring Justice to Myanmar
France24 – Myanmar Witness verifies citizens’ photos and videos to document human rights concerns
NHK News – Killings in Myanmar’s Bago behind Information Blackout
Washington Post – Anatomy of a crackdown
BBC News – How a fake network pushes pro-China propaganda
Taylor & Francis Online – From Gatekeeper to Gate-opener: Open-Source Spaces in Investigative Journalism
NiemanLab – Network analysis enters the journalism toolbox
NPR – How India is Confronting Disinformation On Social Media Ahead of Elections
ABC Pacific Beat – Investigation claims fake European social media accounts are attempting to influence the West Papua independence movement
BBC World – Sudan’s Livestream Massacre
NOS Netherlands – Digital Researchers Investigate Execution of Women and Children in Cameroon
Bloomberg Cybersecurity – China’s Disinformation Effort Targets Virus, Researcher Says
Layer8 Podcast – OSINT takedown of West Papua disinformation network
The Intercept – White House Forced to Retract Claim Viral Videos Prove Antifa Is Plotting Violence
BBC News – Asia – Papua unrest: Social media bots ‘skewing the narrative’
SBS World – Australia – West Papuan Disinformation Network Revealed
Tech Against Terrorism Podcast – The power and responsibility of Open Source Intelligence
ABC News – Pacific Beat – Facebook removes pages from Indonesia amid violence in Papua and West Papua provinces
IHS Janes’ World of Intelligence – Open Source Investigations with Ben Strick
Reuters World News – Analysis – Three Americans killed in al Shabaab militant attack on base in Kenya
WIRED – Why can’t Twitter stop Elon Musk Scams?
The Hill – Technology – The frontline of information warfare is literally in your hand
BBC News – Sudan crisis: Security forces ‘move against protesters’
France 24 – Les Observateurs – Au Soudan, des lycéens tués lors d’une manifestation à al-Obeid : “Ils ont été instrumentalisés”
NHK World – Japan – A pioneering quest for the truth
FACTCHECK.KZ – Видео из села Масанчи: проверка достоверности