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Head of Research at Bellingcat Visual Investigations Former Open Source Analyst with BBCAfricaEye.
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Carlos Gonzales
Bellingcat
22 days ago
Latest: Bellingcat has found close to 800 Hungarian government emails and associated passwords online, which in some cases have exposed confidential data of military personnel and civil servants.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...
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âSnoopyâ, âAdolfâ and âPasswordâ: The Hungarian Government Passwords Exposed Online - bellingcat
Hundreds of Hungarian government email addresses and passwords are circulating online, revealing vulnerabilities in the security protocols of ministries involved in sensitive work.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04/09/the-hungarian-government-passwords-exposed-online/?utm_source=bluesky
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Bellingcat
23 days ago
Bellingcat is pleased to announce our work has received six Emmy award nominations. The winners will be announced in May. Here's a short thread on the work that we're proud to say has been highlighted đ§”
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Bellingcat
24 days ago
With widespread internet blackouts in Iran and new restrictions on certain satellite imagery of the region at the request of the US government, Bellingcat is launching a tool to help estimate the damage in Iran and the wider Gulf region.
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf - bellingcat
Bellingcat is introducing an updated damage assessment tool â called the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map â focused on destruction in Iran and the Gulf .
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2026/04/07/tool-damage-assessment-destruction-sentinel-satellite-imagery-iran-us-gulf/?utm_source=bluesky
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FRONTLINE
about 1 month ago
One month into the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, what's the status of Iran's nuclear program? Watch an updated presentation of "Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question" starting tonight at 10/9c on PBS and online:
https://to.pbs.org/45aC3xf
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Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch FRONTLINE's documentary in collaboration with The Washington Post, Evident Media & Bellingcat investigating Iranâs nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.
https://to.pbs.org/45aC3xf
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Bellingcat
about 1 month ago
Videos of explosions have fueled misunderstanding and misinformation in the conflict with Iran, with munition types incorrectly identified amongst claims of âmysteryâ weapons. What can types of explosions really tell us? Read
@easybakeovensz.bsky.social
âs latest:
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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Explosive Misinformation: A Guide to Mushroom Clouds, âSonic Weaponsâ, and Disintegration - bellingcat
Explosives test in Canada. Source: Defence Research and Development Canada.
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2026/03/30/explosive-misinformation-a-guide-to-mushroom-clouds-sonic-weapons-and-disintegration/?utm_source=bluesky
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Bellingcat
about 1 month ago
Bellingcat found 31 posts with AI-generated imagery shared on social media by Indiaâs ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam and West Bengal in December that appeared to meet the United Nationsâ definition of hate speech.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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How Indiaâs Ruling Party is Using AI to Boost Hate Speech
Bellingcat found 31 posts by the BJP that appeared to feature AI-generated images, along with either anti-immigrant or anti-Muslim hate speech, in Assam and West Bengal within a month.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/31/india-bjp-hate-speech-ai/?utm_source=bluesky
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We analyzed more details about the events of the February 28 strike on an IRGC facility and a nearby primary school in Minab, Iran. The evidence suggests the area was struck in at least two distinct waves of attacks.
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Bellingcat
about 1 month ago
Two new videos have emerged showing the deadly strikes that hit an IRGC compound, as well as an adjacent girlsâ school, in Minab, Iran. By geolocating and verifying the footage, Bellingcat found two waves of attacks, occurring hours apart.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal More Details About Iran Girls' School Strike - bellingcat
Analysis suggests there were at least two waves of strikes carried out in the area around the IRGC complex and adjacent girls' school.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/27/new-videos-reveal-more-details-about-iran-girls-school-strike/?utm_source=bluesky
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Eliot Higgins
about 1 month ago
1/8 NEW:
@bellingcat.com
has geolocated and verified two new videos showing the deadly strikes that hit an IRGC compound â and an adjacent elementary school â in Minab, Iran on Feb. 28. Here's what we found. đ§”
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal More Details About Iran Girls' School Strike - bellingcat
Analysis suggests there were at least two waves of strikes carried out in the area around the IRGC complex and adjacent girls' school.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/27/new-videos-reveal-more-details-about-iran-girls-school-strike/
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Eliot Higgins
about 1 month ago
When Intelligence Fails: A Legal Targeting Analysis of the Minab School Strike at
www.justsecurity.org/134350/legal...
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When Intelligence Fails: A Legal Targeting Analysis of the Minab School Strike
The law of armed conflict demands that we take the Minab school strike seriously to learn, to reform, and to prevent the next failure.
https://www.justsecurity.org/134350/legal-analysis-minab-school-strike/
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ktb
about 1 month ago
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AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying
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about 1 month ago
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Never forget to check the watches worn by people in videos/images you analyze. It is always of tremendous help for verifying footage and be able to geolocate by understanding shadows , timelines and more.
@bellingcat.com
about 1 month ago
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Trump blamed Iran for a school strike. News investigations suggest the U.S. was responsible - Poynter
Open-source analyses by Bellingcat and major newsrooms challenge the presidentâs claim as the military investigates what happened
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/tomahawk-missile-iran-girls-school-strike/
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Carlos Gonzales
Bellingcat
about 2 months ago
De Telegraaf, the Netherlandsâ largest newspaper, recently published an interview with a woman promoting âŹ1,600 seats on private evacuation flights from Dubai. Bellingcat found that her image was likely AI-generated, and flight data suggests no such plane took off.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East - bellingcat
A Dutch newspaper published a story about private evacuation flights from Dubai, but the photo shows signs of AI generation and the flights appear never to have existed.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/12/ai-used-to-promote-non-existent-evacuation-flights-from-the-middle-east/?utm_source=bluesky
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
about 2 months ago
Bellingcat analysis makes a strong case that a US tomahawk hit that girl's school in Iran, contrary to U.S. government claims
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girlsâ School in Iran - bellingcat
New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footag...
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/08/video-shows-us-tomahawk-missile-strike-next-to-girls-school-in-iran/
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Bellingcat has geolocated eight videos showing US Tomahawks cruise missiles in Iraq heading towards Iran. On Tuesday Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and stressed that Iraqi airspace and territory should not be used.
about 2 months ago
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Bellingcat
about 2 months ago
Bellingcat has geolocated eight videos showing US Tomahawks cruise missiles in Iraq heading towards Iran. The missiles appear to be flying low across valleys and were most likely fired from the Mediterranean sea, an expert told us.
www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...
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Tracing Tomahawks: US Missiles Bound for Iran Spotted Over Iraq - bellingcat
Geolocated videos show Tomahawk missiles heading for targets in Iran.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-east/2026/03/11/iran-war-iraq-tomahawks-munitions-syria-located-kurdistan-missiles-fired/?utm_source=bluesky
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Sudanese Child Soldiers Going Viral on TikTok via
@bellingcat.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8wf...
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Sudanese Child Soldiers Going Viral on TikTok
YouTube video by Bellingcat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8wf-hJAjR4
about 2 months ago
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Carlos Gonzales
Bellingcat
about 2 months ago
The red cone superimposed over this image shows the estimated area of impact of the missile visible in the footage. The graphic also shows the position of a clinic, the school and other damaged buildings.
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Carlos Gonzales
Bellingcat
3 months ago
American-made munitions have played a significant role in Israelâs operations in Gaza. Bellingcat has collated scores of incidents where the remnants of US-made munitions have been found in the aftermath of Israeli strikes. Read here:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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Made in the USA: How American-Built Weapons Have Wrought Destruction in Gaza - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified scores of incidents where remnants from munitions made in the US have been found after Israeli strikes in Gaza.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/30/made-in-the-usa-how-american-built-weapons-have-wrought-destruction-in-gaza/?utm_source=bluesky
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ivy
3 months ago
A painting by the French artist Jean-Pierre Cassigneul.
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Shabana Mir
3 months ago
Oswaldo GuayasamĂn (Ecuadorian, 1919-1999). Mother and child with background (1989, oil on canvas).
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Kolina Koltai
3 months ago
Love this work by
@easybakeovensz.bsky.social
focusing on how much chaos one agent can do. EZ-17 shot a 40 mm less-lethal 5 times in minutes, 4 of which at the faces of protestors, including at close range.
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Bellingcat
3 months ago
Just hours after Renee Good was shot, one member of Customs and Border Patrolâs elite tactical team on an adjacent street fired a less-lethal weapon five times in less than five minutes, with four shots aimed at the faces of protestors.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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Analysing One Federal Agentâs Use of Less-Lethal Launcher in Minneapolis
After the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Border Patrol agent "EZ-17" was filmed shooting less-lethal munitions at protesters five times in five minutes.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/16/border-patrol-minneapolis/?utm_source=bluesky
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IsThatDonHeath?
4 months ago
"Approaching Shadow" Photo by Fan Ho
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NEW: Bellingcat has identified the US munition that struck a residence in Catia La Mar on January 3, killing a 79-year-old woman named Rosa Gonzalez. It was an AGM-88 series missile, which is used to strike radar-emitting targets like air defense systems.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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Inside the Strike: The US Munition That Hit a Residential Building in Venezuela - bellingcat
A Bellingcat investigation has identified remnants of an AGM-88 series missile inside a three-storey apartment complex that was hit in Catia La Mar during the US military raid on Venezuela on Jan. 3, ...
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/07/inside-the-strike-the-us-munition-that-hit-a-residential-building-in-venezuela/?utm_source=bluesky
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Synced videos filmed in opposites sides across Caracas, show two perspectives of the attacks last night and the direction of travel of the US helicopters during part of the operation
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Carlos Gonzales
Bellingcat
5 months ago
Weâre proud to have contributed to this important investigative series on the dangerous journeys that migrants face across the Americas. Read our investigation into one suspicious TikTok account openly promoting people-smuggling services:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...
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Christiaan Triebert
5 months ago
Analyses by Maher and by Steven Beck have supported open-source/visual/audio investigations by Bellingcat, CNN, WaPo, and NYT â helping attribute the killing of Abu Akleh to Israeli soldiers, Israeli military killing 15 rescue workers in Gaza, and Peruvian security forces killing unarmed protesters.
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Bellingcat
6 months ago
Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the cityâs outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
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Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir - bellingcat
Warning: Contains written descriptions of extreme violence including murder. All graphic footage has been omitted. A Bellingcat investigation has identified and verified the exact location of a mass k...
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11/05/geolocating-darfur-killings-of-those-escaping-al-fashir/?utm_source=bluesky
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Michael Colborne
7 months ago
The Metropolitan police are braced for an undercover documentary showing officers and staff allegedly being supportive of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, making anti-Muslim comments and using excessive force against suspects in custody
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Met officers suspended over alleged abuse of suspects and support for Tommy Robinson
BBCâs Panorama to broadcast allegations about Charing Cross station after sending evidence to police chiefs
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/30/met-officers-suspended-over-alleged-abuse-of-suspects-and-support-for-tommy-robinson?CMP=share_btn_url
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Bellingcat
8 months ago
The largest aid flotilla in history has been attacked twice in two days whilst in port in Tunisia. Open source analysis suggests an incendiary munition is to blame, contradicting official statements.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...
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Incendiary Munitions Strike Gaza-bound Flotilla Two Nights in a Row - bellingcat
On September 8 and 9, two vessels of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) were attacked outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. Bellingcat analysed footage and images from both incidents. ...
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09/10/incendiary-munitions-strike-gaza-bound-flotilla-two-nights-in-a-row/?utm_source=bluesky
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Bellingcat
11 months ago
Amid Sudanâs ongoing civil war, Bellingcat in partnership with Kenyaâs Daily Nation was able to identify Kenyan-labelled ammunition crates in a suspected Rapid Support Forces (RSF) depot near the capital Khartoum.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/06...
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Kenyan Weapons Linked to Sudanâs Civil War - bellingcat
Bellingcat and our partners at Kenyaâs Daily Nation have identified Kenyan-labelled crates of ammunition inside an alleged RSF depot close to the recently recaptured Sudanese capital Khartoum. Althoug...
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/06/15/kenya-weapons-sudan-civil-war-conflict-khartoum-omdurman-munitions-ammunition/?utm_source=bluesky
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Congratulations to all the partners involved in the
#CargoTrucksATrapForMigrants
investigation! It was an honor to be part of this collaboration. Thank you so much to
@elclip.bsky.social
for their incredible leadership and invite
@bellingcat.com
to be part of this great project.
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about 1 year ago
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Bellingcat
about 1 year ago
On March 23, a convoy of aid workers, traveling in vehicles marked with emergency flashing lights, was struck by gunfire in Gaza. Bellingcat used video footage of the incident to perform an audio analysis of the shooting.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...
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What Audio Analysis Reveals About Aid Workers Killed in Gaza - bellingcat
Hundreds of shots fired at aid convoy that resulted in deaths of multiple aid workers, audio analysis shows.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04/09/gaza-palestine-israel-killed-death-aid-workers-international-red-cross-crescent-audio-analysis/?utm_source=bluesky
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Evident Media
about 1 year ago
A border patrol unit traveled 300+ miles to carry out sweeping arrests and deportations in Bakersfield, California. A new investigation from Evident,
@calmatters.org
&
@bellingcat.com
shows how warrantless raids could impact wide swaths of the nation. Premiering April 8:
evidentmedia.live/youtube
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Bellingcat
about 1 year ago
A January operation in the central Californian city of Bakersfield saw dozens detained by border patrol agents operating more than 300 miles from the US southern border. Bellingcat worked with
@evidentmedia.org
and
@calmatters.org
to piece together the operation
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...
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US Border Patrol Called Raid 300 Miles From Border 'Targeted'. Open Source Evidence Suggests Otherwise - bellingcat
US Border Patrol travelled 300 Miles for a 'targeted' operation. Rights groups say it was anything but targeted.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04/08/us-border-patrol-called-raid-300-miles-from-border-targeted-open-source-evidence-suggests-otherwise/?utm_source=bluesky
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Bellingcat
over 1 year ago
A Colombian national goes missing. Then his identity documents appear in a video posted by the Sudanese Armed Forces. Bellingcatâs
@mabl2k.bsky.social
investigatesâŠ
www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/12...
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Colombian Mercenaries in Transit to Sudan via Libya - What do we Know? - bellingcat
Final TikTok post of Colombian reportedly missing in Sudan sheds light on possible journey from Colombia through Libya to the conflict zone.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/12/13/colombian-mercenaries-in-transit-to-sudan-via-libya-what-do-we-know/?utm_source=bluesky
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