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- Bringing Command Line Tools to the Browser and Investigating Russian Courts, Social Media Narratives, and Gaza’s Landfills: Here are the Results of Bellingcat’s First In-person Hackathonby Miguel Ramalho on November 29, 2023 at 1:59 pm
Earlier this month, Bellingcat hosted its fourth hackathon, our first to take place in-person. We’re excited to share the projects our participants brought to life over three days of intense hacking at the University of Amsterdam. The post Bringing Command Line Tools to the Browser and Investigating Russian Courts, Social Media Narratives, and Gaza’s Landfills: Here are the Results of Bellingcat’s First In-person Hackathon appeared first on bellingcat.
- AnyDream: Secretive AI Platform Broke Stripe Rules to Rake in Money from Nonconsensual Pornographic Deepfakesby Kolina Koltai on November 27, 2023 at 4:04 pm
A US artificial intelligence company surreptitiously collected money for a service that can create nonconsensual pornographic deepfakes using financial services company Stripe, which bans processing payments for adult material, an investigation by Bellingcat can reveal. The post AnyDream: Secretive AI Platform Broke Stripe Rules to Rake in Money from Nonconsensual Pornographic Deepfakes appeared first on bellingcat.
- Escalation in North-West Syria: Civilian Areas Hit in Renewed Attacksby Olga Lubiv on November 24, 2023 at 5:46 pm
With all eyes turned towards events in Israel and Gaza over the past two months, a significant escalation in the long running conflict in Syria has failed to gain front-page attention. More than 15 cities, towns and villages across North-West Syria — including in Idlib province, known as the last rebel stronghold — have been The post Escalation in North-West Syria: Civilian Areas Hit in Renewed Attacks appeared first on bellingcat.
- From Pixels to Punches: Geolocating a neo-Nazi and White Nationalist Combat Event in Los Angelesby Michael Colborne on November 16, 2023 at 6:05 pm
Chapters of an emerging white nationalist network from across the United States participated in a joint combat sports event in the Los Angeles area this August, according to open source evidence geolocated by Bellingcat. The post From Pixels to Punches: Geolocating a neo-Nazi and White Nationalist Combat Event in Los Angeles appeared first on bellingcat.
- A New Tool Allows Researchers to Track Damage in Gaza by Lucy Swinnen on November 15, 2023 at 5:24 pm
As the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to bomb the Gaza Strip, many researchers are attempting to track and quantify the damage to the territory’s buildings, infrastructure and the displacement of the local population. A new tool, originally developed to estimate damage in Ukraine, has now been adapted and applied to Gaza. The tool can The post A New Tool Allows Researchers to Track Damage in Gaza appeared first on bellingcat.