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@BenDoBrown
Jan 15, 2019 • 7 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X
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Footage from Bulawayo today as Zimbabwe protestors take to City Hall. Police have used tear gas to disperse. Video geolocated to corner of 8th Ave & George Silundika St (goo.gl/maps/2FAtuypcW…) H/T to @kgosinyathi for video #Zimbabwe #ZimbabweShutDown
Footage of standoff between riot police & protestors in #Bulawayo's Nkulumane area near Sekusile Shopping Centre - image geolocated: (goo.gl/maps/TJntZQ6nS…). Note: large green building and roof in background is "Choppie's Supermarket". h/t to @moyo_herbert for video. #Zimbabwe
This vehicle, hit by collateral tear gas round, was filmed out the front of #Bulawayo Centre (goo.gl/maps/bk8wog5AA…) in #Zimbabwe after the area saw mass demonstrations. It will be a nasty surprise for its owner when they find it. h/t to @kgosinyathi for video #Zimshutdown
Footage of alleged tear gas round in car geolocated to #Bulawayo Centre (goo.gl/maps/bk8wog5AA…) in Bulawayo, #Zimbabwe. Demonstration clash with police earlier in area. ImageImageImage
Large demonstrations from 14/1 also in #Bulawayo's built-up area at intersection of Fort St & Leopold Takawira Ave (goo.gl/maps/SVHsgMeju…). h/t @DougColtart for video. #Zimshutdown #Zimbabweans ImageImageImage
Zimbabwe has been cut off from the internet since 0700 UTC with #Bulawayo "largely offline" and Harare almost all out. Fingers crossed for the safety of so many. @netblocks #Zimbabwe #ZimbabweShutDown
netblocks.org/reports/zimbab…
Some of the last remaining pockets of available internet connection in #Zimbabwe are now offline. A connection allows monitors, activists and digital journalists to keep an eye on what is happening to people on the ground. #KeepItOnZW - h/t @netblocks for this amazing service.

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Oct 10
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. As digital investigators we're often not experiencing what we see online, in real life, but it can still affect many.

So to keep doing the important documentation and investigative work online, here's a few practical steps you can take.👇
1. When sharing graphic content with colleagues and friends, remove those previews and give a little graphic warning indicator. There's always a little 'X' in the corner to remove preview. Image
2. Consider changing the settings on your social media platforms so you're not absorbing horrific content while doomscrolling. You don't have to filter it out, but at least stop the autoplay. Image
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Sep 18
I was recently on a flight across Australia when I spotted this massive figure on the ground. It led me on a digital journey to find out what it was, how it got there and who made it.

I'm going to explain a bit more about what it is in this thread, and how I found out. 👇🧵
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Without internet on the plane, I made a screenshot on my phone of the location (yes it was on flight mode) and later used flight tracking to pinpoint exactly where I saw it.

Using @flightradar24, I traced the path my plane took and found the spot!
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Next stop: @googleearth 🗺️

I zoomed into the area and there it was — this huge humanoid figure etched in the Australian outback. Measuring 2.7km tall and covering an area of more than 1.7 square kilometres, it's a sight to behold.

Here's the location: -29.527084, 137.465400
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Sep 2
Despite our reporting last week on the fake network of pro-Trump MAGA accounts, there appears to be many more accounts actively posting the exact same content. This one, @brenda_otto_ with 18k+ followers, is stealing photos from an Australian Instagram model in Queensland.

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Here's another fake MAGA account, @Tracy_Miller044, stealing images from a fashion blogger (a popular one too).

@Tracy_Miller044 - if you want to reach out and talk about your work, why you're running these campaigns etc, I'm open.
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Here is @Sarah_Hickey__

Sarah is stealing the photos of a Czech Instagram influencer to create a persona claiming to be a MAGA republican conservative with 40k+ followers and a blue tick (which means it's apparently not misleading).

@Safety @GlobalAffairs @elonmusk
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Aug 28
A network of fake accounts are posing as young American women, posting pro-Trump content and disinformation, but they’re hiding behind, and manipulating, the images of European fashion influencers.

Our latest investigation at @Cen4infoRes. Details in this thread 🧵👇 Image
Our full analysis can be seen at @Cen4infoRes here: . We also collaborated with @CNN to dig out the human stories behind those who had their photos stolen

Let's look at the some details below 👇info-res.org/post/unmasking…
edition.cnn.com/2024/08/28/eur…
One of the accounts is Eva. She lives in the US, and likes hanging out at the beach and posting to her 5000+ followers on X. Eva posts strong opinions against LGBTQ people and the US Democratic party and is a loyal supporter of former US president Donald Trump. Image
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Jul 9
Today US DoJ announced seizure of two domains and the search of 968 accounts on X used in a "Russian-government backed campaign" to spread disinformation.

Affidavit includes all of the accounts requested from X 👇

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The DoJ announcement said the campaign used elements of AI to create fictitious social media profiles purporting to belong to individuals in the United States, which the operators then used to promote messages in support of Russian government objectives. justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
The affidavit for the accounts on X shows that all of the accounts were registered to email addresses that were either using the domain 'otanmail' or 'mlrtr' justice.gov/d9/2024-07/aff…
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Jun 13
A new coordinated network of fake accounts pretending to be ‘Real Sikhs’ is targeting activists, stoking tensions and promoting Indian Govt narratives.

Who are they, what do they post, and how do they spread their campaign? Report:
Let's take a look 👇🧵 info-res.org/post/return-of…
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Before we start, it's important to note that this is not the first time we have exposed a network like this at @Cen4infoRes. In Nov 2021 we identified a similar network. But in the months after the accounts were removed, new accounts popped up.
In this new network, what we do know is the network of fake accounts posts content to undermine Sikh activists, stoke cultural tensions and promote Indian government narratives. But who are the accounts, and how are they posting so that we can catch future attempts?
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