Rawan Shaif
Human rights and tech @Amnesty| Ex @UN @TheSentry_Org @Bellingcat | Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen | Open-source and IHL/Human Rights | views my own
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Open-source investigations practitioners.
A list of folks working on open-source investigations across conflict and crisis settings in multiple areas of practice, journalism, law, non-profit research and academia.
@pirhoo.com
I’m CTO at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (@icij.org) where I build interactive stories, data driven investigations and tools. #PandoraPapers #UberFiles #FinCENFiles #LuandaLeaks and many more.
@heiferbeefmountain.bsky.social
Hot takes on tech, human rights law and baseball mostly. I work for Amnesty Tech but I skeet for myself.
@lkrozen.bsky.social
Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
@koltai.bsky.social
Senior researcher & Trainer @Bellingcat.com Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT "I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@azelin.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” jihadology.net jihadologyplus.com
@rgoodlaw.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw Co-editor-in-chief at Just Security (https://bsky.app/profile/justsecurity.org). Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept. https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
@samgregory.bsky.social
Executive Director http://witness.org : video + tech + human rights; 'Prepare, Don't Panic' initiative on media manipulation/generative AI. TED speaker on deepfakes https://gen-ai.witness.org, @samgregory on Twitter/X. PhD Westminster.
@stephlamy.bsky.social
Fichée Féministe Autrice Agora Toxica & La Terreur Masculiniste (Éditions @dudetour.bsky.social) Gouvernance Relations Internationales (ScPo Tlse) Doctorante ISP Co-fondatrice @danaides.org 🇨🇦🇫🇷 🇦🇺🇩🇪 HP via dessinfox
@robertmackey.bsky.social
Report + edit @us.theguardian.com |Films: "The Murder of June Knightly" for @forensicarchi.bsky.social https://vimeo.com/913426020 | "Meet the Riot Squad" for @theintercept.com https://vimeo.com/935228869 | Former @nytimes.com Lede blogger
@amermatar.bsky.social
Syrian journalist, filmmaker, director of the ISIS Prisons Museum @alshare media foundation. director of Syria Mobile Film Festival (2013-2018). https://isisprisons.museum
@lizsly.bsky.social
Journalist. Ex-Washington Post Mideast bureau chief. Also based in China, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, India, Italy, US.
@erinmcunningham.bsky.social
Middle East News Editor @washingtonpost; previous life as a correspondent in Cairo, Kabul, Gaza, Istanbul, Baghdad. Now in D.C.
@fadahjassem.bsky.social
Head of Data Visualisation @TheNationalNews.com in #AbuDhabi. Recent UK expat. Syrian/Iraqi #Journalist #Technologist #data, #AI, #OSINT & information integrity. A journalism polymath of sorts (if such a thing exists) (Ex-Twitter Head of Curation MENA)
@hrcberkeley.bsky.social
Investigating war crimes, pursuing justice, and preparing tomorrow's advocates. https://humanrights.berkeley.edu/
@thesyriacampaign.org
A human rights organization that supports Syria’s heroes in their struggle for freedom, justice and democracy 🔗 linktr.ee/thesyriacampaign
@christysomos.bsky.social
Award-winning 🇨🇦 Journalist, Editor, Producer | Views are mine| Likes & RTs are news I’m following ≠ endorsements | Global affairs, extremism, modern conflict, geo-politics, learning OSINT| DM for Signal christysomos.com
@natashahall.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Former mediator, humanitarian, government official All views my own #Conflict #Regimesurvival #Environment #Governance
@faredalmahlool.bsky.social
Freelance Syrian conflict reporter and researcher, bomb survivor, covering the ongoing crisis in Syria. Previous research assistant @columbia. Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
@aliaalghussain.bsky.social
Researcher/Adviser on Big Tech Accountability, @ Amnesty Tech. Palestinian. Feminist. Bookworm. She/her. Views my own.
@tomfletcherun.bsky.social
United Nations Humanitarian Chief. Ex Principal, Hertford College, Oxford; Ambassador, No 10, NYU Prof. Diplomat, writer, educator, humanitarian.
@ibvprev.bsky.social
UK charity working to tackle identity-based violence, from hate crime to violent extremism and mass atrocities, in the UK and around the world. Found out more here: https://protectionapproaches.org/
@khawaja.bsky.social
Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa, @HRW.org Senior Fellow, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School Counsel to Human Rights & Privatization Project, NYU Law
@hettieobrien.bsky.social
Writing a book about private equity for Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) and Grand Central (US) | assistant opinion editor and leader writer at the Guardian | she/her
@markdummett.bsky.social
Head of business and human rights research and campaigns @amnesty - currently enjoying a sabbatical. ex HRW, BBC & Reuters. All posts my own.
@mpollard.bsky.social
Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (@ICRC.org). Updating Geneva Convention commentaries & thematic legal adviser on food security, private military & security companies, cultural property, journalists, torture & ill-treatment.
@jessicadorsey.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Int’l Law, Utrecht University; Managing Editor, OpinioJuris; Exec. Board, Airwars; IHL, IHRL, Civilian Harm Mitigation, Military AI, Autonomous Weapons Systems, Military Drones; Stargazer/Aurora Chaser
@erikemueller.com
he/هو. nonstate armed actors, the state, armed conflict, North Africa, West Asia, & South Asia. Defense Analyst @RAND.org. PhD student with @umnpolisci.bsky.social. Opinions mine. Timberwolves. www.erikemueller.com
@mc2x.bsky.social
Open Source Investigator @ Lighthouse Reports. Jack of all trades. She/her.
@lilahassan.bsky.social
Investigative reporter. '24 Livingston Winner for National Reporting. Words: Wired, Mother Jones, HuffPost, ProPublica, The Nation, The Intercept, Business Insider & more. Tip? www.lila-hassan.com
@sector035.bsky.social
Doing #OSINT before it was cool 😎 Just arrived, slowly settling on here.
@trbrtc.bsky.social
Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Doing what I'm doing now (open source investigation combined with traditional reporting) because of Twitter's community. Retired hitchhiker.
@malachy.bsky.social
I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
@leloveluck.bsky.social
@washingtonpost.com foreign correspondent covering international crises, including the Israel-Gaza and Lebanon wars. Based in London. Previously: Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo. I’m new here. 🙋🏻♀️
@bendobrown.bsky.social
Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars - Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT - Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social - Prev at BBC Africa Eye. Bellingcat contributor.
@c4ads.org
We're a nonprofit organization with a mission to defeat the illicit networks that threaten global peace and security. RT ≠ endorsement. Learn more at https://c4ads.org/.
@iconoclast88.bsky.social
@averyschmitz.bsky.social
Open-source reporting @cnn.com Views my own | avery.schmitz@cnn.com
@johndellosso.bsky.social
Raking muck for the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF). Freelance journalism and investigative simulations on the side. Semi-random thoughts on transportation, bikes, music, and other stuff.
@josephhdempsey.bsky.social
Research Associate for Defence & Military Analysis, The International Institute for Strategic Studies
@samueloakford.bsky.social
@washingtonpost visual forensics | samuel.oakford@washpost.com | signal: 771-200-7508
@ejbeals.bsky.social
Constructive disrupter. Working on: the crisis in peace/conflict, disrupting aid, democracy/human rights, systems change and the mess we’re in. Former: Syria. Do: research, analysis, policy, piloting. Affiliations: EIP, MEI. Opinions my own. EmmaBeals.com
@manisha.bsky.social
investigations correspondent & visual forensics lead, The Guardian. Emmys judge. friend to all cats / www.manishaganguly.com