Margot Gibbs
@margotgibbs.bsky.social
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Investigative Reporter @LHReports, former @ICIJorg @Finuncovered £$€ Food + Money €$£
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Margot Gibbs
Lighthouse Reports
3 months ago
Three cheers for a huge collaborative effort
@lighthousereports.com
, Africa Uncensored,
@lemonde.fr
,
@theguardian.com
,
@thenewlede.bsky.social
@newhumanitarian.bsky.social
@thecontinent.org
ABC News,
@thewire.in
@premiumtimesng.bsky.social
@amywestervelt.bsky.social
@vjharmsen.bsky.social
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Margot Gibbs
Lighthouse Reports
3 months ago
Honoured that our investigation Poison PR won the Environmental Reporting prize at
@oneworldmedia.bsky.social
last week, and to see key collaborator Cynthia Gichiri shortlisted as Journalist of the Year for her amazing work with Africa Uncensored.
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In which
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@tpang.bsky.social
consider the single most important question for today's journalism.
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GREAT lineup led by my fantastic colleague
@thinink.bsky.social
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Margot Gibbs
Land and Climate Review
7 months ago
In the latest Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @lhreports.bsky.social’s @margotgibbs.bsky.social about her report “Poison PR,” an investigation into the PR firm v-Fluence.
www.landclimate.org/...
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Margot Gibbs
Lighthouse Reports
8 months ago
Read the coverage in Le Monde
www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
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Mise en cause pour le fichage d’opposants aux OGM et aux pesticides, la société v-Fluence cesse ses activités de « profilage »
Cette société de conseil américaine avait mis en place une plateforme pour partager avec ses clients de l’agro-industrie des informations personnelles sur des scientifiques et des militants critiques ...
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2025/02/12/mise-en-cause-pour-le-fichage-d-opposants-aux-ogm-et-aux-pesticides-la-societe-v-fluence-cesse-ses-activites-de-profilage_6543398_3244.html
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Margot Gibbs
Lighthouse Reports
8 months ago
And
@thenewlede.bsky.social
www.thenewlede.org/2025/02/prof...
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Profiling of pesticide industry opponents halted after company practices exposed
By Carey Gillam, Margot Gibbs and Elena Debre A US company that was secretly profiling hundreds of food and environmental health advocates in a private web portal has halted the operations in the fac...
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/02/profiling-of-pesticide-industry-opponents-halted-after-company-practices-exposed/
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Margot Gibbs
Lighthouse Reports
8 months ago
Read the stories about the fallout in
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation
v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocates
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/v-fluence-pesticide-critics
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Margot Gibbs
Lighthouse Reports
8 months ago
Impact! The Missouri PR firm that secretly profiled hundreds of food, health and environment advocates has removed the profiles from its members-only website after
@lhreports.bsky.social
and partners exposed their activities and potential breach of privacy laws.
#PoisonPR
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Margot Gibbs
Lighthouse Reports
9 months ago
The Premium Times reveals how the US government program on GMOs in Nigeria steamrolled resistance from health+environmental advocates. We discovered derogatory profiles of Nigerians who raised concerns about GMOs, the activist Nnimmo Bassey + Labour Party candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour among them.
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INVESTIGATION: Toxic Tactics: US govt funds pesticide/GM propaganda in Nigeria
Celebrated activist Nnimmo Bassey and political candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour were profiled as part of a US government-funded campaign to undermine global critics of pesticides and GMOs.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/agriculture/agric-special-reports-and-investigations/761347-investigation-toxic-tactics-us-govt-funds-pesticide-gm-propaganda-in-nigeria.html
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