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Feb 9 β€’ 6 tweets β€’ 4 min read
Tienduizenden zagen recent deze video waarin een "pleidooi" wordt gehouden door een Duitse advocaat over de coronacrisis.

Waar gaat dit over? πŸ€” πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ 1/...
De man verkondigt een theorie dat de coronapandemie fake is en dat er een complot gaande is van een rijke machtige elite die ons wil controleren. 2/...
Wie meer over Reiner Fuellmich wil weten kan dit artikel van de collega's van @vrtnws lezen: "Hij is de hoop voor veel complotdenkers om virologen, politici en journalisten voor een tribunaal te brengen" 3/...

vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022…
@vrtnws Enige juridische waarde is er echter niet. Zijn "pleidooi" is een toneeltje en hangt aaneen van halve waarheden en hele leugens.

Zijn claims zijn al duizenden keren gefactcheckt door journalisten wereldwijd. Maar dat baat niet. De theorie blijft circuleren. 4/...
@vrtnws Ik sprak met Sarah Heylen. Een Vlaamse vrouw die in deze complottheorie geloofde. Hoe beland je in de fuik van complotdenken en - belangrijker - hoe raak je er weer uit? Lezen! πŸ‘‡ 5/....

knack.be/nieuws/belgie/…
@vrtnws Haar aangrijpende verhaal legde ik ook voor aan drie experten @eilah_tan, @M_B_Petersen en @sandervdc (dank!).

"Complotdenken is het symptoom van een erge samenlevingsziekte: grote minderheidsgroepen voelen zich gemarginaliseerd en wantrouwen de overheid en het systeem." 6/END

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Feb 10
Mijn interview met ex-complotdenker Sarah wordt veel gelezen. πŸ™

Veel mensen kennen iemand die is afgegleden naar #complotdenken.

Ken je ook zo iemand? Hoe ga je dan met hem/haar in gesprek?πŸ—£οΈ

Dit zijn enkele tips van experten. πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡1/7

knack.be/nieuws/belgie/…
1⃣ 1) Luister naar hem/haar op een niet-oordelende manier.

Zet dus niemand weg als 'wappie' of 'complotdenker'.

Luisteren is de eerste stap. πŸ‘‚ 2/7
2⃣ Ga met niet in discussie over de inhoud. ⛔️

Een feitenrelaas helpt niet en zorgt voor meer conflict. 3/7
Read 7 tweets
Feb 8
#OSINT gets more important in #journalism. πŸ“ˆ

Today I gave a lecture to πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ teachers in journalism about the force of online investigations. πŸ”ŽπŸ’ͺ

Some inspiration. πŸ‘‡

#HowToOSINT?🧐 1/5
This interactive map πŸ—ΊοΈ about Russian military around Ukraine by @TextyOrgUa shows how #OSINT today has the power of military intelligence with satellites πŸ›°οΈ in the past. 2/5

texty-org-ua.translate.goog/projects/10546…
@TextyOrgUa This amazing piece by @FoekePostma from @bellingcat is a good example of an #OSINT driven investigation about πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ nuclear "secrets" in Europe.

Every journalist wants a scoop like this. 3/5

bellingcat.com/news/2021/05/2…
Read 5 tweets
Jan 25
These pictures of a pool πŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ are shared all over the 🌏, this tweet with caption "mass stupidity" was shared 1.6K times.πŸ€”

No #context is given.

What do we see? Let's find out! πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ 1/...

#OSINT πŸ”Ž
#Verification πŸ“Έ
#GeoLocation 🌍
#HowToOSINT 🧐
We don't find the original context with Reverse Image Search. 😒

But we do find these pictures shared with captions in πŸ‡³πŸ‡±, πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ and πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§. We see it on an internetforum about #QAnon and in πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί and πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± language.

The image is intriguing. 😲 People doubt if it's #real or #fake. 2/...
In the top right corner, however, we see the logo of the French TV channel TF1 and 'Le 13h' 🟨.

With this information and the French word for swimming pool ("piscine"), we google. πŸ”Ž 3/...
Read 15 tweets
Jan 21
😲116K people watched this video of a collapsed football player on #Twitter. ⚽️

No #context is given, so #rumours start.

What happened? Let's find out! πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ 1/...

#OSINTπŸ”Ž
#Verification πŸŽ₯
#HowToOSINT 🧐
The video is also shared on #Facebook where people link it to "side effects" of #COVID19 #vaccines. πŸ’‰πŸ€”

Could there be a link? 2/...
We take screenshots of the video and use them for Reverse Image Search with Google, Bing and TinEye, but no luck. 😒

#Yandex does give a result and leads us to a video on #YouTube 🟩! 3/...
Read 16 tweets
Dec 16, 2021
πŸ“ΊThird episode of #HowToOSINT🧐: How to investigate riots with free tools?

➑️

No time to watch 11 minutes (now)? I feel you.

In this 🧡 you jump to the part you are interested in! πŸ‘‡ 1/...

#OSINT πŸ”Ž
#Verification πŸ“½οΈ
#Geolocation 🌍
#Chronolocation ⏲️
How to find original footage? πŸ”ŽπŸ“Ό (0:25) 2/...

How to find the place where a video is shot? πŸ“ (1:14) 3/... #Geolocation

Read 9 tweets
Dec 16, 2021
@ProfKlausSchwab is the founder of the @wef.

Some people think he's some kind of evil πŸ‘Ώmastermind who rules the world.

As "proof" people share quotes from Schwab, but often these are FAKE. ❌

I'll add factchecks to this 🧡 with quotes which are NOT from Schwab. πŸ‘‡
@ProfKlausSchwab @wef Not from Schwab: "At least 4 billion β€˜useless eaters’ shall be eliminated by the year 2050 [...]" ❌

It does feature in a book by John Coleman called 'Conspirators' Hierarchy'.
reuters.com/article/factch…
@ProfKlausSchwab @wef Not from Schwab: "The COVID-19 outbreak is the first big step towards unprecedented control over mankind." ❌

Unable to find any evidence of Schwab making this comment.

reuters.com/article/factch…
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