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3.3M views for this video by @EuromaidanPress:
"American ๐บ๐ธ infantry fighting vehicles M2 Bradley are spotted in Poland ๐ต๐ฑ [...] toward the Ukrainian border ๐บ๐ฆ. "
TRUE โ or FALSE โ? Investigate! ๐งต๐ 1/...
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#Verification ๐ฅ
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"American ๐บ๐ธ infantry fighting vehicles M2 Bradley are spotted in Poland ๐ต๐ฑ [...] toward the Ukrainian border ๐บ๐ฆ. "
TRUE โ or FALSE โ? Investigate! ๐งต๐ 1/...
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#Verification ๐ฅ
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@EuromaidanPress The exact location of the video is difficult to find due to the limited visual elements in the background. ๐ข
But it's admittedly plausible that the video was shot in Poland. How do we know this? ๐2/...
But it's admittedly plausible that the video was shot in Poland. How do we know this? ๐2/...
@EuromaidanPress On the locomotive we read PKP Cargo ๐จ, which is the largest rail freight carrier in Poland ๐ต๐ฑ.
We find a picture of a PKP-locomotive with the same serial number ST44-1232 ๐ฅ.
The road sign in the video ๐ฉ corresponds to the Polish W9 sign for train signals. 3/...
We find a picture of a PKP-locomotive with the same serial number ST44-1232 ๐ฅ.
The road sign in the video ๐ฉ corresponds to the Polish W9 sign for train signals. 3/...
"Ukrainians ๐บ๐ฆ in the World Cup of Qatar ๐ถ๐ฆ arrested for spreading Nazi symbols."
This "report from Al Jazeera" gets 391K views on Telegram. ๐ฒ
Fake or real? Let's investigate!๐งต๐1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
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#WorldcupQatar2022 โฝ๏ธ
This "report from Al Jazeera" gets 391K views on Telegram. ๐ฒ
Fake or real? Let's investigate!๐งต๐1/...
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#GeoLocation ๐
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#WorldcupQatar2022 โฝ๏ธ
"Three drunken Ukrainian supporters were arrested in Qatar. The reason? They made a Nazi salute and vandalised posters at the Al Bayt stadium by drawing a Hitler moustache on the World Cup mascot La'eeb. When arrested, they showed no resistance."
Source: @AlJazeera Really? ๐ค2/
Source: @AlJazeera Really? ๐ค2/
@AlJazeera The video features Al Jazeera's official logo ๐, has high quality and looks professionally made.
Any video on aljazeera.com (right) has an almost identical layout to the video circulating on social media (left). 3/...
Any video on aljazeera.com (right) has an almost identical layout to the video circulating on social media (left). 3/...
"Happy Birthday for Vladimir Putin from Belgium ๐ง๐ช" from men in army uniform with guns. ๐ค
Let's investigate this deleted TikTok-video. ๐งต๐1/...
#OSINT๐
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#GeoLocation ๐
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Let's investigate this deleted TikTok-video. ๐งต๐1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
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This is the video. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ 2/...
Is this a real video shot in Belgiumโ
The video was previously uploaded on the social networking site TikTok on the account '@batyab.e.a.r', we can tell by the caption with the TikTok logo ๐จ. 3/...
The video was previously uploaded on the social networking site TikTok on the account '@batyab.e.a.r', we can tell by the caption with the TikTok logo ๐จ. 3/...
11.8M views for a TikTok of "a mosquito ๐ฆ with a number on its back". ๐ฒ
Is Bill Gates involved? (Spoiler: no.) Investigate! ๐งต๐1/...
#OSINT๐
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#BillGates #TikTok #FactCheck #Weird
Is Bill Gates involved? (Spoiler: no.) Investigate! ๐งต๐1/...
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#BillGates #TikTok #FactCheck #Weird
The Russian caption (albeit with typo) on this viral video reads: 'Guys who know where the numbers on mosquitoes come from (?)'.
Good question! Let's start with some basic Google... 2/...
tiktok.com/@dyunh519yip1/โฆ
Good question! Let's start with some basic Google... 2/...
tiktok.com/@dyunh519yip1/โฆ
To find out the origin of the images, we google part of the Russian inscription.
So we come to an article on the Kazakh news site Ekspress.
That article features the same video and situates it in Kazakhstan. ๐ฐ๐ฟ3/...
So we come to an article on the Kazakh news site Ekspress.
That article features the same video and situates it in Kazakhstan. ๐ฐ๐ฟ3/...
On Facebook and Twitter hundreds of thousands saw a video of "Queen Elizabeth feeding vulnerable kids...๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ"
Is this #QueenElizabeth "feeding humans as if they are animals"?
Let's find out! ๐๐งต1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
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Is this #QueenElizabeth "feeding humans as if they are animals"?
Let's find out! ๐๐งต1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
We take a screenshot of the video and load it into the Russian search engine Yandex. #ReverseImageSearch
This brings us to a site with film recommendations. ๐ฅ2/...
This brings us to a site with film recommendations. ๐ฅ2/...
The French title of that page ๐ reads 'Annamite children collect sapรจques for the pagoda of the ladies'.
Sapรจque is an ancient Chinese coinage. ๐ช
Annamite refers to a mountain range โฐ๏ธ on the border of Vietnam ๐ป๐ณ and the neighbouring countries of Laos ๐ฑ๐ฆ and Cambodia ๐ฐ๐ญ. 3/
Sapรจque is an ancient Chinese coinage. ๐ช
Annamite refers to a mountain range โฐ๏ธ on the border of Vietnam ๐ป๐ณ and the neighbouring countries of Laos ๐ฑ๐ฆ and Cambodia ๐ฐ๐ญ. 3/
77K watched a clip of "tens of thousands of cattle suddenly dying after being given a vaccine" in #India ๐ฎ๐ณ.
๐ฒ"Worldwide, they are destroying cattle." ๐๐ค
What do we see? Investigate! ๐งต๐ 1/...
#OSINT๐
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#GeoLocation ๐
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๐ฒ"Worldwide, they are destroying cattle." ๐๐ค
What do we see? Investigate! ๐งต๐ 1/...
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The tweet mentions the Indian region Gujarat, so we google with the search terms 'Gujarat dying cows'.
This leads us to an article by The Shillong Times, a local newspaper in north-east India, entitled 'More than 1200 cattle die of Lumpy Skin Disease in Gujarat'. 2/...
This leads us to an article by The Shillong Times, a local newspaper in north-east India, entitled 'More than 1200 cattle die of Lumpy Skin Disease in Gujarat'. 2/...
The article does not contain a video, but it does contain screenshots.
If we compare one of the screenshots from the article (right) with the Twitter video (0'26", left), details ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ appear to match.
โก๏ธSo the article seems to be about the same images. 3/...
If we compare one of the screenshots from the article (right) with the Twitter video (0'26", left), details ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ appear to match.
โก๏ธSo the article seems to be about the same images. 3/...
๐๏ธProbably you have seen this breathtaking video of an avalanche. ๐ฒ Everyone survived.
Where was it shot? ๐
Letโs do some #GeoLocation ๐! ๐งต๐ 1/โฆ
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#HowToOSINT ๐ง
Where was it shot? ๐
Letโs do some #GeoLocation ๐! ๐งต๐ 1/โฆ
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#Verification ๐ฅ
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
There are NO street signs, logos, number plates, trees or any other visual indications ๐ซค... except ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ.
This part of #GEOINT is new to me. ๐คซ
I used a mountain range only once for a fact check of migrants arriving in the Balearic Islands ๐: knack.be/factcheck/factโฆ 2/โฆ
This part of #GEOINT is new to me. ๐คซ
I used a mountain range only once for a fact check of migrants arriving in the Balearic Islands ๐: knack.be/factcheck/factโฆ 2/โฆ
๐ฅณLuckily a great TUTORIAL was released by Eyran Millis (@Istihbarat1800L) recently: linkedin.com/posts/eyran-miโฆ (as seen on Week in #OSINT by @Sector035)
With only this pdf-cocument ๐ I decided to give it a try. 3/โฆ
With only this pdf-cocument ๐ I decided to give it a try. 3/โฆ
216K views for a video of "Vatican Burning". ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ
Fact or fiction? Investigate! ๐๐งต 1/...
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#GeoLocation ๐
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Fact or fiction? Investigate! ๐๐งต 1/...
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#Verification ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
We can start with Reverse Image Search, but a very simple Google search for news about "Rome" and a "fire" might be a kick start too. 2/...
This brings us to an article by ๐ง๐ช newspaper @destandaard with the title "Rome burns for the fourth time in a month: coincidence or malice?".
That article also included a tweet with the same video. However, there is NO mention of the Vatican City. 3/..
standaard.be/cnt/dmf2022071โฆ
That article also included a tweet with the same video. However, there is NO mention of the Vatican City. 3/..
standaard.be/cnt/dmf2022071โฆ
Footage of violence spreads like wildfire.๐ฅ๐
Often itโs used to blame a group of people: Ukrainian refugees in this case.
How to investigate such videos? I have 4โฃ easy steps for you. ๐งต๐ 1/...
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#GeoLocation ๐
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Often itโs used to blame a group of people: Ukrainian refugees in this case.
How to investigate such videos? I have 4โฃ easy steps for you. ๐งต๐ 1/...
#OSINT ๐
#Verification ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
We see a brawl in broad daylight on a public road. There are heavy blows, and when two cars with perpetrators drive off, someone is left lying on the ground, apparently unconscious.
It would be 'Ukrainians' in 'Austria'. 2/...
It would be 'Ukrainians' in 'Austria'. 2/...
๐1โฃ Find location
In the video, we see a flag of the United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง, but the images are usually located in the Austrian capital Vienna ๐ฆ๐น.
We also see a statue of a horse on top of a building ๐ฅ. 3/...
In the video, we see a flag of the United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง, but the images are usually located in the Austrian capital Vienna ๐ฆ๐น.
We also see a statue of a horse on top of a building ๐ฅ. 3/...
250K views for a terrifying video from Nukus, #Karakalpakstan.
A street "covered in the blood of protesters" or "red paint"?
Investigation by @Lotte_Lambrecht and me. ๐งต๐1/...
#OSINT ๐
#Verification ๐ฅ
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A street "covered in the blood of protesters" or "red paint"?
Investigation by @Lotte_Lambrecht and me. ๐งต๐1/...
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@Lotte_Lambrecht Some context first.
Karakalpakstan is a semi-autonomous region in Uzbekistan, Central Asia.
Authorities in Uzbekistan have said that 18 people were killed during last weekโs unrest after plans to strip Karakalpakstan of its autonomy. 2/...
eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-at-โฆ
Karakalpakstan is a semi-autonomous region in Uzbekistan, Central Asia.
Authorities in Uzbekistan have said that 18 people were killed during last weekโs unrest after plans to strip Karakalpakstan of its autonomy. 2/...
eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-at-โฆ
@Lotte_Lambrecht Thousands took to the streets in the biggest protest in Uzbekistan in recent years. President Mirzijoev declared a state of emergency.
Blood was certainly shed in Karakalpakstans capital, Nukus.
Official figuers confirm, we've seen a lot of gruesome videos of victims. 3/...
Blood was certainly shed in Karakalpakstans capital, Nukus.
Official figuers confirm, we've seen a lot of gruesome videos of victims. 3/...
This photo collage got 22K likes on #Instagram: it shows a swimming pool ๐ in #Kharkiv ๐บ๐ฆ before and after Russian shelling ๐ท๐บ.
"Is this supposed to be the same place before and after?" ๐ค
Let's find oud! ๐งต๐ 1/...
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"Is this supposed to be the same place before and after?" ๐ค
Let's find oud! ๐งต๐ 1/...
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We upload the image in Yandex. That search engine suggests that we are indeed seeing a swimming pool in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv ๐ฅ.
Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine, close to the Russian border and has been under attack since the beginning of the war. 2/...
Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine, close to the Russian border and has been under attack since the beginning of the war. 2/...
On a Ukrainian website with info about swimming pools in Kharkiv, we found the same photo. โ
We also find an address: Alchevskyh Street 50 A. We search for that address on Google Maps and indeed we end up at the sports complex of the Polytechnic Institute. ๐บ๏ธ 3/...
We also find an address: Alchevskyh Street 50 A. We search for that address on Google Maps and indeed we end up at the sports complex of the Polytechnic Institute. ๐บ๏ธ 3/...
11.8 M people have seen this video on #TikTok. ๐ฒ
A quiet scene at a beach ๐๏ธ with a huge explosion in the background. ๐ฅ
What do we see? Investigate! ๐งต๐ 1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
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A quiet scene at a beach ๐๏ธ with a huge explosion in the background. ๐ฅ
What do we see? Investigate! ๐งต๐ 1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
๐The woman filming curses while a man seems to say "he almost choked".
The caption of the video is ะดะพะฑัะพ ะฟะพะถะฐะปะพะฒะฐัั ะฒ ะะตัะดัะฝัะบ, meaning "Welcome to Berdyansk".
Berdyansk is a port city in Ukraine. ๐บ๐ฆ
You can watch the video here: tiktok.com/@thdsml/video/โฆ
2/...
The caption of the video is ะดะพะฑัะพ ะฟะพะถะฐะปะพะฒะฐัั ะฒ ะะตัะดัะฝัะบ, meaning "Welcome to Berdyansk".
Berdyansk is a port city in Ukraine. ๐บ๐ฆ
You can watch the video here: tiktok.com/@thdsml/video/โฆ
2/...
The video raises speculation.
According to some YouTube users, the explosion is the work of Ukrainian resistance fighters. ๐ช
A Facebook post suggests that the video shows a "Russian military cargo ship being hit by Ukrainians". ๐ข
What's true? ๐ค 3/...
According to some YouTube users, the explosion is the work of Ukrainian resistance fighters. ๐ช
A Facebook post suggests that the video shows a "Russian military cargo ship being hit by Ukrainians". ๐ข
What's true? ๐ค 3/...
We all have seen Ukrainian tractors ๐บ๐ฆ dragging Russian tanks ๐ท๐บ.
Where do they go? ๐ค
We traced the โV5โ in this #TikTok. It reveals France ๐ซ๐ท breaking the arms embargo against Russia.
Investigate! ๐งต๐ 1/โฆ
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#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
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Where do they go? ๐ค
We traced the โV5โ in this #TikTok. It reveals France ๐ซ๐ท breaking the arms embargo against Russia.
Investigate! ๐งต๐ 1/โฆ
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
The TikTok video with this BMD-4, a landing combat vehicle, was shot west of Kyiv.
@sammy7000 from @GeoConfirmed found the location with Google Streetview. ๐โ
How? ๐บ๐2/โฆ
@sammy7000 from @GeoConfirmed found the location with Google Streetview. ๐โ
How? ๐บ๐2/โฆ
@sammy7000 @GeoConfirmed The tractor with the โV5โ drove away from the besieged towns of #Irpin and #Bucha in a southerly direction.
Russian vehicles with a โVโ entered Ukraine from Belarus and fought around Irpin and Bucha.
You can check on this map from @Cen4infoRes . 3/โฆ
maphub.net/Cen4infoRes/ruโฆ
Russian vehicles with a โVโ entered Ukraine from Belarus and fought around Irpin and Bucha.
You can check on this map from @Cen4infoRes . 3/โฆ
maphub.net/Cen4infoRes/ruโฆ
A Russian missile ๐ท๐บ killed at least three Ukrainian citizens ๐บ๐ฆ on April 16 in Kyiv.
This was NO ordinary attack: it was initiated by volunteers using #OSINT ๐.
Investigation on โ ๏ธ KILLER COORDINATES ๐
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#Verification ๐ธ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
This was NO ordinary attack: it was initiated by volunteers using #OSINT ๐.
Investigation on โ ๏ธ KILLER COORDINATES ๐
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#Verification ๐ธ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
This missile strike in the east of Kyiv almost completely destroyed a warehouse.
Satellite imagery from @planet shows how the surrounding buildings were not damaged, indicating a precision bombing. 2/โฆ
Satellite imagery from @planet shows how the surrounding buildings were not damaged, indicating a precision bombing. 2/โฆ
@planet ๐ท๐บ The spokesman of the Russian army, Igor Konashenkov, stated that โa high-precision long-range aerial weapon had destroyed the production building of a tank factory in Kyiv (...)โ. 3/โฆ
"๐ฉ๐ช Hamburg shootout between two groups of migrants. Several people received gunshot wounds [...]. There are several deaths."
In a short blurry video we hear gunshots. What do we see? Investigate! ๐1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
In a short blurry video we hear gunshots. What do we see? Investigate! ๐1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ฝ๏ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
The tweet above only has little over 1K views, BUT the same video with the same text was uploaded multiple times on Twitter (left), Reddit, Telegram, Facebook (centre) and YouTube (right).
Over 100,000 people saw the images pass by in that context. 2/...
Over 100,000 people saw the images pass by in that context. 2/...
I didn't even try Reverse Image Search this time: the footage was very blurry so matches unlikely. ๐
I did ask German colleague @fiete_stegers to take a look.
He immediately pointed to the number plate of a car in the video ๐ฅ. 3/...
I did ask German colleague @fiete_stegers to take a look.
He immediately pointed to the number plate of a car in the video ๐ฅ. 3/...
WHERE was a photo taken or a video recorded? ๐ค This quest is called #GeoLocation.
Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's very hard.๐คจ But it's always exciting to find the exact spot. ๐๐ฅณ
How can you start doing this yourself? ๐งต๐1/...
#OSINT ๐#GeoLocation ๐#HowToOSINT ๐ง
Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's very hard.๐คจ But it's always exciting to find the exact spot. ๐๐ฅณ
How can you start doing this yourself? ๐งต๐1/...
#OSINT ๐#GeoLocation ๐#HowToOSINT ๐ง
First you should watch or read a tutorial or 2.
I can recommend this one from @BenDoBrown: or my quest for a tree in Africa: 2/...
I can recommend this one from @BenDoBrown: or my quest for a tree in Africa: 2/...
@BenDoBrown โ ๏ธ But stop consulting tutorials in time.
You can easily get impressed by very complicated research methods ๐ @nixintel . (Don't use them when you start.)
It is much more important to TRY it yourself. 3/...
nixintel.info/osint/planes-aโฆ
You can easily get impressed by very complicated research methods ๐ @nixintel . (Don't use them when you start.)
It is much more important to TRY it yourself. 3/...
nixintel.info/osint/planes-aโฆ
2M people have seen this picture on #Telegram (without blur): "๐ท๐บ Russian soldier was chained [...] tortured and [...] set on fire while still alive."
What do we see? Investigate! ๐ 1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
What do we see? Investigate! ๐ 1/...
#OSINT๐
#Verification ๐ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
Social media users use the photo (bottom left) to make comparisons between Ukraine and the terrorist group Islamic State (IS or ISIS). 2/...
The photo of the scorched body started circulating on 9 April at 21:20 via Danil Bezsonov's official Telegram channel.
He is the head of the press service of the 'people's republic' of #Donetsk, a separatist, Russian-backed region in eastern Ukraine. 3/...
He is the head of the press service of the 'people's republic' of #Donetsk, a separatist, Russian-backed region in eastern Ukraine. 3/...
1/ Short ๐งต on how to find original footage from the war in #Ukraine?
We start from a video on Twitter and look for the original footage.
โ ๏ธ WARNING: this thread contains graphic images of bodies. ๐
#OSINT๐ #HowToOSINT๐ง #Verification๐ฝ๏ธ
We start from a video on Twitter and look for the original footage.
โ ๏ธ WARNING: this thread contains graphic images of bodies. ๐
#OSINT๐ #HowToOSINT๐ง #Verification๐ฝ๏ธ
2/ Why is this important?
1โฃ) The original video can be longer and reveal more #info.
2โฃ) You can find the #context in which this was posted first.
3โฃ) The original footage is of higher quality and thus shows more #details.
1โฃ) The original video can be longer and reveal more #info.
2โฃ) You can find the #context in which this was posted first.
3โฃ) The original footage is of higher quality and thus shows more #details.
3/ ๐These things may help in further investigation.
So looking for original/older footage is ALWAYS worth the effort.
We start from this tweet with a very horizontal short video and mention of 'Kharkiv'๐ฉ
So looking for original/older footage is ALWAYS worth the effort.
We start from this tweet with a very horizontal short video and mention of 'Kharkiv'๐ฉ
๐บ๐ฆ Ukrainian soldier: "We had orders to shoot to kill at any moving person, whether it was peaceful or not."
1.2M have seen this testimony on #YouTube.
May we take this interview as true? Investigate! ๐ 1/...
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#GeoLocation ๐
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1.2M have seen this testimony on #YouTube.
May we take this interview as true? Investigate! ๐ 1/...
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#Verification ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
The video of 2 minutes and 6 seconds shows 3 men in army uniforms.
๐ฃ๏ธThe one on the right is talking. He is answering questions posed by an interviewer who does not appear on screen.
The English subtitles are a correct translation of what the man is saying in Russian. 2/...
๐ฃ๏ธThe one on the right is talking. He is answering questions posed by an interviewer who does not appear on screen.
The English subtitles are a correct translation of what the man is saying in Russian. 2/...
The man says that he was ordered by their commanders to shoot at any moving person.
"At one point people were brought in, both women and men."
"They wanted to shoot them for what was done (allegedly) in #Bucha."
๐ We only see the three men and a table: no context. 3/...
"At one point people were brought in, both women and men."
"They wanted to shoot them for what was done (allegedly) in #Bucha."
๐ We only see the three men and a table: no context. 3/...
According to Russia ๐ท๐บ "The unexpected reveal of "innocent patients" with assault rifles showcased how the Ukrainian military uses ambulances." ๐จ
Their proof? A video of 21 sec.
What do we see? Investigate! ๐ 1/...
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#Verification ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
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Their proof? A video of 21 sec.
What do we see? Investigate! ๐ 1/...
#OSINT ๐
#Verification ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
The investigation on this tweet from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia is a team effort together with @Techjournalisto, @ArchitMeta and @akhmxt.
(Follow them if you like these kind of #OSINT-investigations.)
The short video is viewed more than 110K times. 2/...
(Follow them if you like these kind of #OSINT-investigations.)
The short video is viewed more than 110K times. 2/...
Armed men emerge from a van bearing the logo of the Red Cross.
The International Red Cross (ICRC) has a neutral status, also in the war in #Ukraine.
Do we see a recent war crime by the Ukrainian army in this clip? 3/...
The International Red Cross (ICRC) has a neutral status, also in the war in #Ukraine.
Do we see a recent war crime by the Ukrainian army in this clip? 3/...
Dubious timelines on #Bucha keep circulating. The #OSINT community, @bellingcat & @nytimes have debunked a lot.
In this thread Iโll focus on a video from this man, the mayor of #Bucha.๐ 1/โฆ
#OSINT ๐
#Verification ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
In this thread Iโll focus on a video from this man, the mayor of #Bucha.๐ 1/โฆ
#OSINT ๐
#Verification ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
@bellingcat @nytimes According to these timelines ๐ Russian troops left #Bucha on 30 March.
Source? Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Telegram.
Other Russian sources claim Russians were still around 1st of April.
โก๏ธ Exact timing is unclear: no visual proof. 2/โฆ
Source? Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Telegram.
Other Russian sources claim Russians were still around 1st of April.
โก๏ธ Exact timing is unclear: no visual proof. 2/โฆ
@bellingcat @nytimes Another source in this discussion is the mayor of Bucha Anatoly Fedoruk.
Timeline: โMar 31: Mayor of Bucha announces town 'liberated', makes no mention of atrocities.โ
Is this correct? Investigate! 3/...
Timeline: โMar 31: Mayor of Bucha announces town 'liberated', makes no mention of atrocities.โ
Is this correct? Investigate! 3/...
Millions of Russians saw this 'shooting incident in Kiev' on state television at the beginning of the war.๐บ๐ท๐บ
What? Where? When? Who? And what is this bizarre audio...? ๐๐ค
Investigate! ๐ 1/โฆ
#OSINT ๐
#Verification ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
What? Where? When? Who? And what is this bizarre audio...? ๐๐ค
Investigate! ๐ 1/โฆ
#OSINT ๐
#Verification ๐ฅ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
On Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, Facebook and the Russian platforms Telegram and VKontakte, a disturbing 44-second video has been circulating since the end of February.
The short video was filmed from the window of a flat. 2/...
The short video was filmed from the window of a flat. 2/...
โก๏ธ What do we see?
We see a man sitting in the street, and another man threatening him with a firearm ๐จ, while a car approaches (1).
A third man with a firearm gets out of the car (2).
The man who was already standing there hits the victim with the butt of his gun (3). 3/..
We see a man sitting in the street, and another man threatening him with a firearm ๐จ, while a car approaches (1).
A third man with a firearm gets out of the car (2).
The man who was already standing there hits the victim with the butt of his gun (3). 3/..
This awful picture is shared on social media with caption "a Russian girl tied up as a living shield by Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol". (I blurred the face.)
What happened? Let's investigate. ๐1/...
#OSINT ๐
#Verification ๐ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
What happened? Let's investigate. ๐1/...
#OSINT ๐
#Verification ๐ธ
#GeoLocation ๐
#HowToOSINT ๐ง
We take a screenshot of the photo and load it into the Russian search engine Yandex. 2/...
This brings us to a post from 21 March on Zen Yandex.
There we see the same photo ๐ฅ along with six other similar photos.
The Russian caption reads: "The year 2022. Europe. The usual Nazism in Lviv. Now to ethnicity. The photos feature members of the Roma diaspora." 3/...
There we see the same photo ๐ฅ along with six other similar photos.
The Russian caption reads: "The year 2022. Europe. The usual Nazism in Lviv. Now to ethnicity. The photos feature members of the Roma diaspora." 3/...
#OSINT gets more important in #journalism. ๐
Today I gave a lecture to ๐ง๐ช teachers in journalism about the force of online investigations. ๐๐ช
Some inspiration. ๐
#HowToOSINT?๐ง 1/5
Today I gave a lecture to ๐ง๐ช teachers in journalism about the force of online investigations. ๐๐ช
Some inspiration. ๐
#HowToOSINT?๐ง 1/5
This interactive map ๐บ๏ธ about Russian military around Ukraine by @TextyOrgUa shows how #OSINT today has the power of military intelligence with satellites ๐ฐ๏ธ in the past. 2/5
texty-org-ua.translate.goog/projects/10546โฆ
texty-org-ua.translate.goog/projects/10546โฆ
@TextyOrgUa This amazing piece by @FoekePostma from @bellingcat is a good example of an #OSINT driven investigation about ๐บ๐ธ nuclear "secrets" in Europe.
Every journalist wants a scoop like this. 3/5
bellingcat.com/news/2021/05/2โฆ
Every journalist wants a scoop like this. 3/5
bellingcat.com/news/2021/05/2โฆ
