Violent riots by groups associated with far-right networks have erupted in the UK. Social media videos of groups setting fire to hotels, police vans and breaking into shops are everywhere. It’s important to archive this material so it doesn’t disappear. Here's how to do that… 🧵
The rise in conflict imagery on social media has both helped and hindered open source research efforts. There is now more footage of EOs than ever before, but within recent conflicts we’ve seen an uptake in false weapon claims contributing to mis and disinformation.
Today marks 10 years since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down. All 298 civilians on board lost their lives. Using open sources, we helped to uncover who was accountable, amongst a wave of disinformation. You can listen to our investigation here: https://www.novel.audio/shows/the-bellingcat-podcast
The July 8th attack on the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital has left three children dead and 16 injured according to the Security Services of Ukraine (SBU). More are thought to still be under the rubble.
Shortly after the bombing, claims began to surface on social media that Russia was being wrongly blamed for the attack and that the missile was American in origin, fired by Ukraine. Jackson Hinkle, a political activist who has appeared on Russian state media, was one such voice.
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As we release our 2023 annual report, we want to take a look back at an eventful year. Explore an overview of our work, the impact we’ve made and our goals for the coming years in our 2023 recap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_KJ9EaMvk&t=14s
We are pleased to announce that former CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has committed a generous grant to Bellingcat through his Start Small Foundation. The details of the grant will be publicly reflected in our annual report. You can read about the donation here: https://www.bellingcat.com/jack-dorseys-startsmall-becomes-newest-bellingcat-funder/
Seven aid workers were killed when their vehicles were hit by Israeli airstrikes as they left their Deir al-Balah warehouse to deliver aid supplies inside Gaza.
The destroyed vehicles bear the hallmarks of a precision strike. Images from the aftermath of the strike show that the WCK vehicles were white and at least one had the WCK logo and name clearly marked on the roof.
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