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@bellingcat.comLooking for open source research tools? The Bellingcat Toolkit is a free resource for researchers to explore tools for investigating online. Explore it here: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit
@bellingcat.comHow do you know which tools deserve your trust? We went behind the scenes with the people maintaining Bellingcat’s Toolkit, two years in, exploring how they find open source tools, test their capabilities and keep reviews up to date amid a changing digital landscape.
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@bellingcat.comYou can find the full list in the description of the linked YouTube video or on this thread here: bsky.app/profile/bell...
@bellingcat.comOur documentary Killing Anna will be shown to UK audiences tonight on Channel 4 at 11:05pm BST. It will then be available to stream from tomorrow onwards. The film follows a Syrian academic who, using the alias Anna, befriends a former Syrian regime official: www.channel4.com/programmes/k...
@godin.bsky.socialReposted by @bellingcat.comHelped a bit with satellite imagery analysis for this new piece from WSJ's Anat Peled covering IDF outpost construction in Gaza. Currently, there are 32 active IDF bases throughout Gaza with 9 of them being newly-built since the ceasefire last year.
@bellingcat.comHow can researchers investigate hate online without amplifying it? Learn to recognise hate symbols and examine the narratives, networks and tactics that can fuel hate and division. Sign up for the online webinar on the 28th of October 2026.
www.bellingcat.com/workshops/ha...
@bellingcat.comLater today we're marking two years of Bellingcat’s Online Open Source Investigations Toolkit with a live talk and Q&A with the people who maintain it.
We’ll explore how open source tools are selected, tested and reviewed.
Join us live at 11am EST/5pm CEST here: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
@bellingcat.comHow do you monitor conflicts when data isn’t regularly collected? Explore techniques for conflict analysis, with case studies and methods focused on the Sahel and Sudan. Join us on the 27th of October 2026.
www.bellingcat.com/workshops/co...
@eliothiggins.bsky.socialReposted by @bellingcat.comBellingcat's latest documentary is now available to stream in The Netherlands on NPO Start. The story of a researcher who catfished Syrian security officials into revealing their involvement in a brutal massacre.
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@bellingcat.comWhen contacted by Bellingcat, a representative from Sewa USA denied current links with the RSS. We received no response from Ekal USA at time of publication. Read our analysis of these filings at: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/10...
@bellingcat.comEkal USA states it is building schools in rural India. Sewa USA calls itself a “Hindu faith-based, humanitarian, nonprofit service organisation”.
@bellingcat.comMuch of the grant spending by these two charities was to organisations or individuals in India or the South Asia region, in the five years from 2020 to 2024. Ekal USA declared $33.7 million in grants for education projects in India, while Sewa reported giving $29.7 million to groups in South Asia.
@bellingcat.comIn US public filings for two US-registered non-profits that appeared to have ties to the RSS, documents detailed donations from 2020 to 2024 of at least US$24.4 million from 34 organisations that manage donor-advised funds (DAFs), making up 20.7% of their total received contributions.
@bellingcat.comThe RSS was previously banned in India three times over its alleged role in violence, and almost a hundred US politicians, both Democratic and Republican, recently pledged not to take funding from RSS-linked entities.
@bellingcat.comRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is widely considered the ideological parent of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a former RSS worker, is one of its most famous supporters.
@bellingcat.comLatest: Two charities associated with the world’s largest far-right Hindu group have raised more than US$24.4 million over a five-year period through US grants that allow the donor to be anonymous, Bellingcat can reveal: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/10...
@bellingcat.comThe Toolkit, a curated collection of useful open source tools with independent reviews, has been in development for two years and has been visited by more than two million people.
Explore the Toolkit here: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit
@bellingcat.comHow do you know which open source tools to use? On Thursday, Toolkit Guardians @anisashabir.bsky.social and Martin Sona join us to talk about Bellingcat’s Toolkit.
We'll discuss tool selection, testing, and keeping investigative guidance accurate and impartial.
Live here: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
@bellingcat.comThe film is also now available to audiences in Denmark, Sweden and Belgium.
Denmark: www.dr.dk/drtv/program...
Sweden: www.svtplay.se/sok?q=Killin...
Belgium: www.vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/k...
@bellingcat.comThe showing at Prix Bayeux will now be on October 8th not today (October 5th) as listed. Details can be found here: www.prixbayeux.org/en/programme...
