Read the full @bellingcat.com investigation here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05... Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site

With Ross Higgins, @conplnk.bsky.social, @georgekatz.bsky.social, @koltai.bsky.social, @galen.reich.me.uk, Daniel Greneaa Hansen, Zakaria Hameed, @idaherskind.bsky.social, @ericszeto.bsky.social, Jordan Pearson & Ivan Angelovski

Thrilled that our @bellingcat.com investigation "Unmasking MrDeepFakes" has been shortlisted in the 2025 Fetisov Journalism Awards (Contribution to Civil Rights category). In collaboration with @tjekdet.dk, @politiken.dk & the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. fjawards.com/events/%2Fsh...

We got exclusive Stats Can data, reviewed / analyzed thousands of incidents via FOI to reveal rates of violent crime on transit has more than doubled across much of the country — in some cities by nearly 300% the past decade. Co-pro with @theijf.org / @bethanylindsay.bsky.social shorturl.at/is4Fs

Assaults on public transit have doubled in 8 major Canadian cities. Find out more in our joint investigation with CBC. zurl.co/AgeXY

This collaboration with @ericszeto.bsky.social and the folks at CBC's Visual Investigations Unit has been in the works for a long time, and I'm so pleased it's finally out there. We used exclusive Stat Can data and police FOIs to track a troubling trend in violence on transit.

A secretive conference in Vancouver brought together more than 50 people tied to the neo-nazi movement, white supremacists groups like Second Sons, Active Clubs — and members of the MMA community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTfm...

CBC’s visual investigations unit uncovers the location of an MMA tournament held by the white nationalist men’s group Second Sons over Labour Day weekend in the small town of Caledonia, Ont. vt.tiktok.com/ZSyJ4Msxc/

Was Canadian surveillance tech used in US military strikes against suspected cartel members in the Caribbean sea? Our latest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRvN... 1/5

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

Fascist fight clubs, known as 'active clubs' have deep connections to terrorist entities and violent white supremacists, taking great care to conceal their identities and locations as they train and prepare for an eventual 'race-war.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66x...

Incredible investigation by colleagues @ericszeto.bsky.social Ivan Angelovski, Christian Paas-Lang, @grantrants.bsky.social and @jordanpearson.lol www.cbc.ca/newsinteract... Tracking Canada’s fascist fight clubs

We tracked how a synthetic opioid 40x more powerful than fentanyl is smuggled into Canada. With open-source support from investigators at @bellingcat.com we found hundreds of ads for nitazenes posted online. Within minutes of responding to the ads, we were talking to criminals. tiny.cc/n6rn001

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/...

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

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...

INVESTIGATION: With Bellingcat, Politiken, and Tjekdet, our team identified the person behind MrDeepFakes—the largest non-consensual deepfake porn site that shut down after our reporting. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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

Latest: Liberals and Conservatives said their rallies drew thousands. We decided to count youtu.be/_ZaMEh7YAHY?...

Congratulations to Avery Haines, ​​@ericszeto.bsky.social, Maria Teresa Scotti, Jerry Vienneau and Angelo Altomare of CTV-W5 on winning the 2025 Canadian Hillman Prize for their harrowing portrait of migration through the Darién Gap

We spent six weeks tracking the RCMP Black Hawks, the most-hyped part of Canada’s $1.3 billion border security upgrade, following U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs if more wasn’t done to stem the flow of migrants and fentanyl. Here's what we found. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We tracked how Russian oil is entering Canada, despite federal sanctions against the world’s third-largest oil producer. youtu.be/X3wMEmm6Tko?...

We mapped out nearly 100 of Bashar al-Assad's prisons in Syria, revealing how they were embedded in communities near schools, mosques, and residential buildings. Using satellite imagery, we also can show where one of the mass graves was located. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P61C...

Great piece here on how Hezbollah procured these pagers, and how the explosives were invisible to x-rays www.reuters.com/graphics/ISR...

Having covered plastics waste and failure of recycling extensively, it’s no surprise to see this highly-touted industry breakthrough just more creative accounting. Chemical recycling uses more oil and recycles less than traditional methods. Worth the read. www.propublica.org/article/delu...

This is a wild story, highly recommend the read. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Late to this one but it’s a good read: “A republic requires citizens; entertainment requires only an audience.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

World's biggest chipmaker, the issues with merging vastly different work-cultures, and the geopolitical implications restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-ar...

Latest: Canadian pilot who exposed Dominican Republic drug trafficking operation suing federal government, RCMP, Pivot Airlines for $16 million He's being repped by lawyer Marie Henein www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canad...

Another incredibly difficult story to report, hidden supply chains and how US prison labour fuels major multinationals. apnews.com/article/pris...

We did the Darien Gap — a treacherous stretch of jungle between Colombia and Panama — known for being a narco trafficking pipeline and, more recently, the go-to route for migrants trying to get to the US and Canada. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_bK...

Super interesting story www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/m...

Top level reporting here, on an extremely difficult topic www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Latest: We were tear gassed, had a drone shot down and our fishing boat almost capsized in the Caribbean Sea — all while in Panama investigating a Canadian mining company at the centre of nation-wide civil unrest late last year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbKx...

Workers accuse Middle East operations of McDonald’s, Chuck E. Cheese and other Western brands of labor abuses www.icij.org/investigatio...?

Ferraris worth nearly $1M seized from Edmonton men linked to Pivot Airlines drug-smuggling scandal www.ctvnews.ca/w5/ferraris-...

How Evergrande’s downfall signaled China’s property crisis www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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