Some of the impactful media mentions on my work and that of the teams I have been supporting.

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