Our documentary Forced Fashion airs tonight at 9.35pm on RTÉ One and on RTÉ Player, looking at the links between forced labour cotton from Xinjiang in China and high street retailers. Until then, you can read this piece on the investigation: www.rte.ie/news/investi...

The tag on your t-shirt may not be telling you the full story, as it says where your clothes were made but not necessarily where the cotton was grown Watch: What your clothing labels really tell you www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

We are excited to see Bellingcat listed as a finalist in four categories in the 2025 Online Journalism Awards awards.journalists.org/winners/2025

Nothing is permanent on social media. Users deleting their posts or webpages can lead to the erasure of a trail of evidence that may be crucial to your investigations. But how do you keep that data? We've updated our Auto Archiver tool to make archiving easier... www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

Pressure mounting on deepfake pornographer David Do www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @ericszeto.bsky.social

Latest: Exposing the AI porn kingpin with a double life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOf5...

Pleased to have our latest piece in collaboration with @nikkei.com finally out. Thanks to @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social and @merelzoet.bsky.social

Bellingcat, in collaboration with @nikkei.com, uncovered a Chinese fentanyl smuggling network’s operations in Japan. Read our full investigation here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/08...

This is probably my favorite coverage of our @conplnk.bsky.social @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social @beaudonelly.bsky.social story about Christopher Kinahan’s online habits so far. Phoebe Judge and co. are some of the best crime podcasters out there week after week: thisiscriminal.com/episode-307-...

A message from @philippeauclair.bsky.social The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise 50 000 euro by 1 July, the world’s only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist. josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a...

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

This is new!! Looks like Clothoff has set up this warning message for those in the US (at least California). I can only guess this has to do with the Take it down act! While of course, you can still use a VPN to access through other sites, this huge!! The US is a big part of the Clothoff userbase

@texasobserver.org piece and audio by @michellepitcher.bsky.social here: www.texasobserver.org/new-leads-in...

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

The USA has a problem solving homicides. In partnership with the @texasobserver.org, we take you into one cold case; a tale of gambling, oil barons and pigeons, to see what open source research can reveal: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

Even when I expect nothing, I'm still disappointed. Twitter/X is supposed to prohibit non-consensual nudity (as even indicated in this email from them), but when I flag Twitter accounts that sell/provide this very service, it does not violate their policy.

Danish MP calls for extradition of Canadian man linked to notorious AI porn site after joint investigation by @bellingcat.com @tjekdet.dk @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation into MrDeepFakes www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

Latest: How a deepfake video infiltrated Indian media coverage of the escalating India and Pakistan conflict… www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of...

The story of how we exposed the real identity of Mr DeepFakes youtu.be/rOf5jF_H6yQ?...

David Do owns a house just outside Toronto, drives a Tesla and is paid $121,000 a year as a hospital pharmacist. But he leads a double life behind the world's most notorious website for non-consensual, AI-generated porn of real people: MrDeepFakes.com. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Another phenomenal @bellingcat.com investigation, with @politiken.dk, @tjekdet.dk and CBC, who identified a key man behind one of the nastiest porn websites around, MrDeepFakes, a Canadian pharmacist called David Do. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

A series of burner emails, IP addresses, repeated usernames, and a unique password contained in publicly available leaked databases revealed a trail that allowed researchers to identify David Do, a 36-year-old pharmacist, as a key figure to have had control over MrDeepfakes bsky.app/profile/bell...

The website was taken down for good earlier this week (after comment had been sought from David Do for our report) with a note stating that "data loss had made it impossible to continue operation"

Based on open source information we found that David Do, a 36-year-old Canadian pharmacist in the suburbs of Toronto, has been living a double life. He is the most prominent figure identified to have had control over the administration of MrDeepFakes.

We can also reveal that David Do has been involved in producing and sharing non-consensual deepfake pornography, and assisting users who want to make their own.

Politiken has an in-depth article on how the months long investigations into MrDeepFake unfolded, and how it eventually led to David Do being identified politiken.dk/edition/news...

David Do suddenly becomes a big advocate of consent when confronted by CBC News: bsky.app/profile/bell...

David Do, a Canadian pharmacist, has been identified as being a major figure behind Mr Deepfakes, with Bellingcat identifying an online footprint going back years, connecting multiple online personas to David Do

🚨 The identity of the man behind MrDeepFakes, one of the largest, if not the most popular, platforms for deep fake celebrity pornography, is finally revealed. A must read!

Can you say this was a labor of love? Maybe passion? Major thank you to my colleagues at @bellingcat.com @georgekatz.bsky.social @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social @charleymaher.bsky.social @merelzoet.bsky.social @galen.reich.me.uk What a treat to work on this with you

We did it before, we’re doing it now, and we’ll do it again. Big thanks to @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social @koltai.bsky.social @charleymaher.bsky.social @merelzoet.bsky.social @galen.reich.me.uk

Big story from @bellingcat.com this morning, working with @tjekdet.dk CBC and @politiken.dk to identify a key administrator behind MrDeepfakes -- one of the largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography in the world

YouTube is now 20 years old. For every video you have watched, there are hundreds of millions you will never see. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest moments in YouTube history.

Jason Citron, a co-founder of the popular social chat app Discord, stepped down as the company’s chief executive on Wednesday, a significant management shake-up ahead of Discord’s potential public offering.

Want to learn how to uncover important information on the internet? Discover the methods that our staff use to investigate impactful stories? Well we've got some workshops for you coming up in May!

An investigation by @thetimes.com with open-source intelligence support from @bellingcat.com, has uncovered commercial ties between German marathon-running businessman Oliver Herrmann and Christy Kinahan, leader of the notorious eponymous criminal cartel. Read more:

The Bellingcat Auto Archiver is an essential tool for online investigations, helping you to secure the source material crucial for your research. We now have a brand new version of the tool, find it here: github.com/bellingcat/a...

It's your final chance to apply for this new European fundraiser role. Find the details below 👇🏻

Cory Booker breaks record for longest speech by US senator in Trump condemnation

This is an AI medical slop Instagram account that has 356K followers. There are several classic 'red flags' to AI content like this that is fooling thousands of people. All to sell some 'lemon balm' on Amazon. Let us dig into how to find these red flags. 🚩

John Mooney @JohnMooneyIRL Lots of messages about this joint investigation with @bellingcat. If you know Oliver Herrmann, or have information about the Kinahan cartel, message signal +353 (89) 975 3779 or email [email protected]

Breaking news: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from sending anyone with a final deportation order to a country where they are not a citizen without first giving them a “meaningful opportunity” to seek humanitarian protection in the U.S.

Together with our publishing partners, Bellingcat continues the work of drone journalists who had been killed while documenting the war in Gaza, visualising the unprecedented scale of destruction through detailed 3D aerial maps. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03...

A German businessman was charged with drug trafficking in Australia after 200kg of cocaine was found in a hotel room last December. Bellingcat and the Sunday Times now investigate the alleged connection between him and the Kinahan cartel. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03...

With AI, almost anyone can create almost any image and text. However, that often leads to errors and distortions with real-life consequences for those relying on AI-generated products. How AI is fueling e-commerce scams, in partnership with @bellingcat.com and hosted by @koltai.bsky.social

New from myself, @oldpete45.bsky.social and @beaudonelly.bsky.social at Bellingcat's financial investigations team in collaboration with @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social / @thetimes.com 👇

John’s piece linked here: www.thetimes.com/article/defd...