Giancarlo Fiorella

Sep 13, 2024 | gijn.org | Tristan Lee |Kolina Koltai |Giancarlo Fiorella

When news breaks and the internet is aflutter with activity and speculation, many turn to open source accounts and experts to make sense of events. This is truly a sign that open source research — using resources like satellite images to flight tracking websites and footage recorded on the ground — is seen as credible and is increasingly sought after. It’s free, publicly available, and anybody can do it.

Apr 25, 2024 | bellingcat.com | Tristan Lee |Kolina Koltai |Giancarlo Fiorella

When news breaks and the internet is aflutter with activity and speculation, many turn to open source accounts and experts to make sense of events. This is truly a sign that open source research — using resources like satellite images to flight tracking websites and footage recorded on the ground — is seen as credible and is increasingly sought after. It’s free, publicly available and anybody can do it. But such success comes with drawbacks.

Oct 26, 2023 | quicktelecast.com | Giancarlo Fiorella

Social media is a good place to get a lot of bad information. That's not a new problem, but it's particularly acute right now, during a war between Israel and Hamas. The temptation is to put the blame for this at the feet of Elon Musk, who has seemingly tried to increase the amount of unreliable stuff on Twitter since he bought the service a year ago. You can also rail against TikTok, with its enormous influence and black-box algorithm.

Oct 17, 2023 | ft.com | Giancarlo Fiorella

The writer is director for research and training at Bellingcat and an assistant professor with the Global Justice Investigations Lab at...

Sep 19, 2023 | bellingcat.com | Giancarlo Fiorella

A video surfaces online from occupied Ukraine, showing the movement of a Russian military convoy from afar. When investigating the footage, we discover that it was filmed by a Ukrainian civilian from inside their apartment. Sharing the full geolocation demonstrates transparency, building trust at a time when disinformation about footage from Ukraine is rampant.