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2 weeks ago | bellingcat.com | Carlos Gonzales |Jake Godin

On March 23, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced an operation in southern Gaza’s Tal as-Sultan neighborhood and urged civilians to evacuate using a road north to a humanitarian zone. Hours before the statement was shared online, a rescue convoy was traveling along that same road before all contact was lost. The convoy was made up of aid workers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Palestine Civil Defense and the United Nations.

4 weeks ago | bellingcat.com | Jake Godin |Thomas Bordeaux

Scroll Down to view interactive photogrammetry produced for this story; you can expand both models to view them in full screen mode and explore them for yourself. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 165 Palestinian journalists have been killed since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023. In fact, according to CPJ, last year was the deadliest year for journalists worldwide since they began documenting deaths in 1992.

1 month ago | bellingcat.com | Kolina Koltai

This guide is part of a collaboration between Bellingcat and Evident on detecting AI-generated products. You can watch Evident’s video here. Sipping coffee from a mug carved from mineral rock, its surface glimmering with amethyst, rose quartz and other crystals, sounds almost too magical to be real. And unfortunately, as some shoppers discovered, it was. Ads for crystal coffee cups, like the one shown in the Facebook post below, have appeared across the internet.

2 months ago | bellingcat.com | Kolina Koltai

Warning: This article discusses non-consensual sexually explicit content and Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Clothoff, one of the most notorious apps for non-consensual deepfake pornographic material, claims that it is donating funds to “support those affected by AI”, highlighting its collaboration with an organisation named ASU Label that says it aims to “protect your rights in the age of AI”.

2 months ago | bellingcat.com | Foeke Postma

For more than a decade, one anonymous wildlife dealer has been advertising rare and endangered animals to thousands of followers online. But despite posting a prolific number of videos every year, they have remained almost impossible to trace. In 2022, with the help of Bellingcat contributors Darcy White and Chris Osieck, we managed to establish that they were operating out of Malaysia. We also had a name. But to be certain of their identity, we needed more proof.