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Peter Barth @oldpete45.bsky.social · 11d

Our latest on the Kinahan Cartel @conplnk.bsky.social @beaudonelly.bsky.social @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social

Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 11d

A small plane crashed in Brazil recently; amongst the wreckage was the body of a former Melbourne stockbroker and 200kg of cocaine. Bellingcat and @thetimes.com reveal how the deceased Australian pilot was linked to an associate of the notorious Kinahan cartel: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...

Australian Cocaine Pilot Killed in Brazil Plane Crash Linked to Kinahan Drug Cartel - bellingcat

An Australian pilot who died when his plane crashed in Brazil during a failed drug run has links to an alleged Kinahan cartel associate who is facing drugs charges in Western Australia.

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 11d

A small plane crashed in Brazil recently; amongst the wreckage was the body of a former Melbourne stockbroker and 200kg of cocaine. Bellingcat and @thetimes.com reveal how the deceased Australian pilot was linked to an associate of the notorious Kinahan cartel: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...

Australian Cocaine Pilot Killed in Brazil Plane Crash Linked to Kinahan Drug Cartel - bellingcat

An Australian pilot who died when his plane crashed in Brazil during a failed drug run has links to an alleged Kinahan cartel associate who is facing drugs charges in Western Australia.

www.bellingcat.com

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Joe Galvin @joegalvin.bsky.social · 15d

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...

How forced Uyghur labour could be woven into your wardrobe

Behind the 'sustainable' labels on Ireland's high streets, cotton from China's Uyghur region is still slipping through. RTÉ Investigates uncovers the routes of forced labour and the systems that fail ...

www.rte.ie

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 15d

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...

Watch: What your clothing labels really tell you

That tag in your T-shirt? It may not be telling you the full story.

www.rte.ie

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Beau Donelly @beaudonelly.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · Aug 22

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

2025 Online Journalism Awards

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · Aug 13

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...

The Open Source Tool That Has Preserved 150,000 Pieces of Online Evidence - bellingcat

Bellingcat’s Auto Archiver is a tool aimed at preserving online digital content before it can be modified, deleted or taken down

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Beau Donelly @beaudonelly.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

Dutch politicians join calls to extradite Canadian behind notorious AI porn site | CBC News

Politicians from a second European country are calling for the extradition of the Canadian man behind a notorious, pornographic website which featured deepfake images and videos of celebrities, politi...

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Eric Szeto @ericszeto.bsky.social · May 9

Latest: Exposing the AI porn kingpin with a double life.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOf5...

Exposing the AI porn kingpin with a double life: Mr. DeepFakes

YouTube video by CBC News

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George Katz @georgekatz.bsky.social · Aug 7

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 @bellingcat.com · Aug 7

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...

A Chinese Fentanyl Smuggling Network’s Footprints in Japan - bellingcat

Bellingcat, in collaboration with the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, uncovered a Chinese fentanyl smuggling network's operations in Japan.

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · Aug 7

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...

A Chinese Fentanyl Smuggling Network’s Footprints in Japan - bellingcat

Bellingcat, in collaboration with the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, uncovered a Chinese fentanyl smuggling network's operations in Japan.

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Peter Barth @oldpete45.bsky.social · Jul 25

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-...

Episode 307: Five Stars (3.7.2025)

“Christopher Kinahan is probably the most successful and entrepreneurial criminal that Ireland has ever produced.”

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JosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · Jun 3

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...

A letter from Philippe Auclair - josimarfootball.com

The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise € 50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.

josimarfootball.com

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · May 31

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

More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds

Guardian investigation reveals promotion of dubious advice, questionable supplements and quick-fix healing methods

www.theguardian.com

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Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · May 29

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

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Peter Barth @oldpete45.bsky.social · May 27

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

New Leads in an Infamous Corpus Christi Cold Case

An open-source review unearths fresh details about a Texas oilman’s murder.

www.texasobserver.org

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Peter Barth @oldpete45.bsky.social · May 27

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

Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · May 27

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...

Pigeon Shoots and Hitmen: New Leads in a Texas Oilman's Cold Case - bellingcat

Illustration by Ann Kiernan.

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · May 27

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...

Pigeon Shoots and Hitmen: New Leads in a Texas Oilman's Cold Case - bellingcat

Illustration by Ann Kiernan.

www.bellingcat.com

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Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · May 16

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.

Hello,

Thanks for reporting UndressAppEn and for using your voice to make X better for everyone. After review, we want to let you know UndressAppEn hasn't broken our sensitive media rule.

We allow sensitive content — like consensually produced adult content, graphic imagery and violence — in posts as long as it doesn't break our sensitive media policy.

What can you do?

If you don’t want to see sensitive media on X, you can update your sensitive media settings.

Please report child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity separately. And if there’s sexual violence in this post, please report it as violent. We have zero tolerance for those kinds of behaviors.

Thanks,

X

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Beau Donelly @beaudonelly.bsky.social · May 22

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/...

Danish MP calls for extradition of Canadian behind notorious AI porn site | CBC News

A Danish MP is calling for the extradition of the Canadian pharmacist behind a notorious porn site that hosted deepfake images of celebrities, politicians, social media influencers and others, includi...

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · May 7

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...

Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat

Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.

www.bellingcat.com

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · May 9

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

India-Pakistan Conflict: How a Deepfake Video Made it Mainstream - bellingcat

A manipulated video falsely claiming to show a General in the Pakistani army stating two of its fighter jets had been shot down was picked up and spread by Indian media outlets.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · May 9

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

The notorious AI porn kingpin with a double life

YouTube video by CBC News

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Karen Pauls @karenpaulscbc.bsky.social · May 7

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/...

He's the key person behind the most notorious deepfake porn site in the world. And he's Canadian | CBC News

A joint international investigation by CBC News, Bellingcat and Danish outlets Politiken and Tjekdet has linked a Canadian pharmacist to one of the biggest website in the world for non-consensual, AI-...

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · May 7

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...

Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat

Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.

www.bellingcat.com

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