Bellingcat
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research.
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- Interesting look at how bots and AI are used for disinformation Via @bellingcat.com "Chinese influence operations and disinformation campaigns" with Jasper Hewitt Episode webpage: rss.com/podcasts/bel... Media file: media.rss.com/bellingcatst... #infosec #psyops #disinformation #osint
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- Outstanding work.
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
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- From pharmaceuticals to creating explicit deepfake imagery of famous women... Here's how our team unmasked a key figure behind one of the world's largest deepfake pornography websites 👇🏻
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- A remarkable open source investigation @bellingcat.com @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social @politiken.dk @tjekdet.dk - this one of the first and most concerning proliferation sites of non-consenual deepfakes. Incredible work here. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
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- Another phenomenal @bellingcat.com investigation, with @politiken.dk, @tjekdet.dk and CBC, who identified a key man behind one of the nastiest porn websites around, MrDeepFakes, a Canadian pharmacist called David Do. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- 🧵Geolocations of ALL sites that the Indian Army has claimed to have hit in Pakistan and Kashmir. 1. Masjid Syedna Bilal/Hazrat Bilal 34.385846°N 73.456974°E It appears to have been a direct hit, according to after-strike ground photos. google.com/maps/place/3...
- Well done @bellingcat.com
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- I 2018 grundlagde han MrDeepFakes.com - verdens største hjemmeside for deepfake-porno. Han har gjort meget for at holde sig skjult, men nu kan TjekDet sammen med @politiken.dk, @bellingcat.com og CBC News fortælle, hvem han er. Læs mere om David Do og MrDeepFakes.com på TjekDet.dk.
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- Incredible work and another monument to investigative journalism which will stand tall and proud against tyranny and high crime. Thank you to @bellingcat.com and all who worked on this.
- Thank you CBC and @bellingcat.com . Over to you @mark-carney.bsky.social . www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- 🚨 The identity of the man behind MrDeepFakes, one of the largest, if not the most popular, platforms for deep fake celebrity pornography, is finally revealed. A must read!
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- Can you say this was a labor of love? Maybe passion? Major thank you to my colleagues at @bellingcat.com @georgekatz.bsky.social @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social @charleymaher.bsky.social @merelzoet.bsky.social @galen.reich.me.uk What a treat to work on this with you
- Our latest investigation, with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reveals the real identity of the man behind Mr Deepfake, the notorious site where non-consensual deepfake pornography is published www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
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View full threadCBC's coverage includes interviews with victims of non-consensual deepfake pornography featured on the website, ranging from celebrities to Instagram influencers. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Politiken has an in-depth article on how the months long investigations into MrDeepFake unfolded, and how it eventually led to David Do being identified politiken.dk/edition/news...
- OSINT investigations can be powerful tools for accountability and transparency. Thank you @bellingcat.com #OSINT #deepFakes #ethics #justice #Canada
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
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- More genius work from Bellingcat. You can run…
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- Hvordan opsporer man et menneske, der vil gå langt for ikke at blive fundet? Her er historien om, hvordan vi sammen med @politiken.dk, @bellingcat.com og CBC fandt manden bag verdens største deepfake-pornoside #smdk #osint www.tjekdet.dk/indsigt/saad...
- David Do suddenly becomes a big advocate of consent when confronted by CBC News: bsky.app/profile/bell...
- Just finished reading the thorough investigation report - impressive work uncovering every detail, and hopefully bringing the person behind the site to justice! @politiken.dk @tjekdet.dk
- Absolutely incredible investigation by the team @bellingcat.com, TjekDet, Politiken, and CBC that uncovered the identity of the owner of the most prominent deepfake sexual abuse site. This feels like the beginning of justice for victims. I am grateful 🙏 www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- We did it before, we’re doing it now, and we’ll do it again. Big thanks to @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social @koltai.bsky.social @charleymaher.bsky.social @merelzoet.bsky.social @galen.reich.me.uk
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- Big story from @bellingcat.com this morning, working with @tjekdet.dk CBC and @politiken.dk to identify a key administrator behind MrDeepfakes -- one of the largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography in the world
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- A series of burner emails, IP addresses, repeated usernames, and a unique password contained in publicly available leaked databases revealed a trail that allowed researchers to identify David Do, a 36-year-old pharmacist, as a key figure to have had control over MrDeepfakes bsky.app/profile/bell...
- Mr Deepfakes was one of the most popular and notorious sites for deepfakes globally. Hundreds, if not thousands of celebrities, were victims of the non-consensual videos posted to the site bsky.app/profile/bell...
- Thread: 👇😎
- Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
- The website was taken down for good earlier this week (after comment had been sought from David Do for our report) with a note stating that "data loss had made it impossible to continue operation"
- CBC managed to approach Do earlier this week to ask him for his response to the story and about his involvement with MrDeepFakes. But he was not keen to comment and drove away from reporters. You can see video of the interaction in the below post bsky.app/profile/bell...
- Siden 2018 er han gået langt for at skjule sin identitet. Men nu kan TjekDet i samarbejde med @politiken.dk, @bellingcat.com og CBC afsløre navnet på manden bag MrDeepFake www.tjekdet.dk/indsigt/afsl...
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- ICYMI, I spoke to BBC's Consumer Fight Back on AI image generation scams. They even ordered some of the AI products to see what showed up! No big surprise, the items were nothing like the images.
- Our very own @koltai.bsky.social spoke to the BBC this morning about how AI image generation is enabling e-commerce scams. Listen back here to the highlights: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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- How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills, argue @bellingcat.com founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social from @cmpcr.bsky.social in this piece reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
- Great to see that "A Hidden War" the doc that @bellingcat.com worked on with @evidentmedia.org covering home demolitions in Gaza and illegal outpost expansion was nominated for TWO News Emmys. Full doc here: vimeo.com/1042499084 @nickwaters.bsky.social here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...
