Benedict Garman
@benedictgarman.com
Investigative journalist, currently with BBC Verify.
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A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
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Dozens of high-engagement accounts on X, including some pro and anti-Trump users, have been accused of misleading users following the roll-out of a new transparency feature that shows user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Dozens of high-engagement accounts on X, including some pro and anti-Trump users, have been accused of misleading users following the roll-out of a new transparency feature that shows user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Times identified 120+ instances in which guards were described as having punched, kicked or stomped on inmates, smashed their fingers in cell doors, held their legs apart and struck their genitals with batons, and even waterboarded them — all while they were handcuffed or otherwise restrained.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Times identified 120+ instances in which guards were described as having punched, kicked or stomped on inmates, smashed their fingers in cell doors, held their legs apart and struck their genitals with batons, and even waterboarded them — all while they were handcuffed or otherwise restrained.
The controversial US-Israeli aid group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which intermittently distributed aid at four sites in Gaza until the ceasefire, says it's done: ghf.org/ghf-statemen...
Two recently built GHF sites in south-west Gaza spanning about 12 acres were never opened for aid.
Two recently built GHF sites in south-west Gaza spanning about 12 acres were never opened for aid.
GHF Statement on Conclusion of Mission in Gaza
November 24, 2025 – Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Completes Historic Aid Mission in Gaza After Delivering 187 Million Free Meals: At A Critical Juncture, American-Led Emergency Aid Mission Helped Lay…
ghf.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The controversial US-Israeli aid group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which intermittently distributed aid at four sites in Gaza until the ceasefire, says it's done: ghf.org/ghf-statemen...
Two recently built GHF sites in south-west Gaza spanning about 12 acres were never opened for aid.
Two recently built GHF sites in south-west Gaza spanning about 12 acres were never opened for aid.
Instagram former head of safety Vaishnavi Jayakumar said when she joined Meta it had a “17x” strike policy for accounts reportedly engaged in sex trafficking. “You could incur 16 violations...and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended" time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Instagram former head of safety Vaishnavi Jayakumar said when she joined Meta it had a “17x” strike policy for accounts reportedly engaged in sex trafficking. “You could incur 16 violations...and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended" time.com/7336204/meta...
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This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
A building on fire in Haret Hreik, Beirut, Lebanon, after an IDF strike today - despite a supposed ceasefire. The IDF says it "carried out a targeted attack on a key terrorist operative of the Hezbollah organization". Location: 33.851987, 35.510025
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A building on fire in Haret Hreik, Beirut, Lebanon, after an IDF strike today - despite a supposed ceasefire. The IDF says it "carried out a targeted attack on a key terrorist operative of the Hezbollah organization". Location: 33.851987, 35.510025
"At present, there's no robust evidence that lion's mane in typical coffee doses can meaningfully improve memory, focus, or brain health." - feel like this line should probably have been somewhere v near top of this article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Do mushroom and protein 'functional' coffees have health benefits?
Coffees made with extra ingredients like mushrooms, protein and collagen are known as
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"At present, there's no robust evidence that lion's mane in typical coffee doses can meaningfully improve memory, focus, or brain health." - feel like this line should probably have been somewhere v near top of this article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Finally left Twitter
Sorry to the 220k followers
Sorry to the 220k followers
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Finally left Twitter
Sorry to the 220k followers
Sorry to the 220k followers
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Spoke to BBC on how climate politics is now about who captures + controls the economic benefits of new energy industries.
The future of international cooperation is away from COP.
It will be economic & security deals between individual countries.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The future of international cooperation is away from COP.
It will be economic & security deals between individual countries.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Do UN climate talks have a point any more?
The US president is notably absent from these UN climate talks, as are other world leaders, all of which prompts questions about the purpose of COP today.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Spoke to BBC on how climate politics is now about who captures + controls the economic benefits of new energy industries.
The future of international cooperation is away from COP.
It will be economic & security deals between individual countries.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The future of international cooperation is away from COP.
It will be economic & security deals between individual countries.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'The war is over' said Trump, about Oct 10 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Since then, at least 1500 more buildings have been destroyed by the IDF in Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
'The war is over' said Trump, about Oct 10 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Since then, at least 1500 more buildings have been destroyed by the IDF in Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'The war is over' said Trump, about Oct 10 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Since then, at least 1500 more buildings have been destroyed by the IDF in Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
'The war is over' said Trump, about Oct 10 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Since then, at least 1500 more buildings have been destroyed by the IDF in Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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In Opinion
When Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on Tuesday, the island "experienced something near to the worst tropical cyclone impacts our planet can produce," writes meteorologist Alan Gerard. "I have little doubt that climate change is contributing to more significant meteorological events."
When Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on Tuesday, the island "experienced something near to the worst tropical cyclone impacts our planet can produce," writes meteorologist Alan Gerard. "I have little doubt that climate change is contributing to more significant meteorological events."
Opinion | In 40 Years of Forecasting, I’ve Never Seen a Hurricane Like Melissa
Western Jamaica experienced something near to the worst tropical cyclone impacts our planet can produce.
nyti.ms
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In Opinion
When Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on Tuesday, the island "experienced something near to the worst tropical cyclone impacts our planet can produce," writes meteorologist Alan Gerard. "I have little doubt that climate change is contributing to more significant meteorological events."
When Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on Tuesday, the island "experienced something near to the worst tropical cyclone impacts our planet can produce," writes meteorologist Alan Gerard. "I have little doubt that climate change is contributing to more significant meteorological events."
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section." 👏 @samfr.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section." 👏 @samfr.bsky.social
This is great work from @samdoak.bsky.social and @bvdm.bsky.social on Gaza's four Israeli-backed militias
news.sky.com/story/reveal...
news.sky.com/story/reveal...
Revealed: The plan for a 'New Gaza' - and the four militias Israel is backing to defeat Hamas
Militia leader Hossam al Astal tells Sky News that the groups are part of a joint project to remove Hamas from power, and that they have the backing of several Arab and Western states.
news.sky.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is great work from @samdoak.bsky.social and @bvdm.bsky.social on Gaza's four Israeli-backed militias
news.sky.com/story/reveal...
news.sky.com/story/reveal...
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A new startup backed by one of the biggest venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is building a service that allows clients to “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A new startup backed by one of the biggest venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is building a service that allows clients to “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
"Not convinced" = the author thinks it's absolute balls. Why is there so much generosity of spirit in commentary about this grotesquely unnecessary tech? www.wired.com/story/web-br...
OpenAI's Atlas Wants to Be the Web’s Tour Guide. I’m Not Convinced It Needs One
In OpenAI’s new Atlas browser, the Ask ChatGPT sidebar is moderately helpful at best. Sometimes, it’s confusingly wrong.
www.wired.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Not convinced" = the author thinks it's absolute balls. Why is there so much generosity of spirit in commentary about this grotesquely unnecessary tech? www.wired.com/story/web-br...
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NEW: Trump has pardoned Binance founder CZ, wiping away one of the US’s most significant crackdowns on crypto crime.
The pardon is emblematic of Trump’s approach to clemency:
CZ hired lawyers & lobbyists with Trump ties, while Binance struck a business deal with the Trump family’s crypto company.
The pardon is emblematic of Trump’s approach to clemency:
CZ hired lawyers & lobbyists with Trump ties, while Binance struck a business deal with the Trump family’s crypto company.
Trump Pardons Founder of the Crypto Exchange Binance
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: Trump has pardoned Binance founder CZ, wiping away one of the US’s most significant crackdowns on crypto crime.
The pardon is emblematic of Trump’s approach to clemency:
CZ hired lawyers & lobbyists with Trump ties, while Binance struck a business deal with the Trump family’s crypto company.
The pardon is emblematic of Trump’s approach to clemency:
CZ hired lawyers & lobbyists with Trump ties, while Binance struck a business deal with the Trump family’s crypto company.
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The Israeli military is exerting control over more of Gaza than expected from the ceasefire deal with Hamas, w/ @emmapengelly.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel maintaining control deeper inside Gaza than expected, new boundary markers suggest
Israel has placed boundary markers up to 520m deeper inside Gaza than expected under the ceasefire deal with Hamas.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Israeli military is exerting control over more of Gaza than expected from the ceasefire deal with Hamas, w/ @emmapengelly.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For Palestinians, a line on a map can be the difference between life and death.
BBC Verify found Israel is controlling more of Gaza than agreed in the ceasefire deal.
Israel said anyone who crossed its "yellow line" would be “met with fire”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC Verify found Israel is controlling more of Gaza than agreed in the ceasefire deal.
Israel said anyone who crossed its "yellow line" would be “met with fire”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel maintaining control deeper inside Gaza than expected, new boundary markers suggest
Israel has placed boundary markers up to 520m deeper inside Gaza than expected under the ceasefire deal with Hamas.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
For Palestinians, a line on a map can be the difference between life and death.
BBC Verify found Israel is controlling more of Gaza than agreed in the ceasefire deal.
Israel said anyone who crossed its "yellow line" would be “met with fire”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC Verify found Israel is controlling more of Gaza than agreed in the ceasefire deal.
Israel said anyone who crossed its "yellow line" would be “met with fire”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Full list of donors for Trumps ballroom is about as surprising as an Oscars best picture shortlist... meidasnews.com/news/read-fu...
meidasnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Full list of donors for Trumps ballroom is about as surprising as an Oscars best picture shortlist... meidasnews.com/news/read-fu...