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Emmanuel Freudenthal

@emmanfre.bsky.social
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Investigations editor @lighthousereports.com, focus on global food systems. Tools: #OSINT #Data #TalkingToPeople Board of @ajaracisees.bsky.social Side gig: www.dictatoralert.org Awards: Peabody, Frontline Club, EU Press Prize... Home: #Kenya #France

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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Terracotta tiles or future mug? Something went wrong somewhere...
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Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Workshop alert! We've recently revamped our trainings and are offering workshops again. If you ever wanted to learn how Bellingcat does our investigations & want to do it yourself, this is the best way to learn! You'll learn from the researchers (like me) who do this all day.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Latest investigation with @thinink.bsky.social, give it a read. Our food increasingly makes us sick, and we found that when governments try to protect us, they get sued by big food companies like Coke & Pepsi. The lawsuits add up to nearly six centuries! www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
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Big Food vs. The People
We expose Big Food’s 239 lawsuits against life-saving policies
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
On #Ebola, it's encouraging to see the community concerns of "Ebola business" now treated like a legitimate concern rather than irrational fears. There was an *incredible* amount of mismanagement in the 2018 outbreak. Literally millions of dollars handed in cash, payments to armed groups etc. 1/2
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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 28/05/2026
Every year, bad diets kill millions of people and cost trillions of $. The world’s largest food companies say they want to be part of the solution. But behind closed doors, companies lobby governments to derail public health laws.
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Big Food vs The People - Colombia
Lifting the veil on the unhealthy food lobby in Colombia
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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 28/05/2026
Our new investigative series, “Big Food vs The People,” rolling out over the next few months will lift the curtain on what’s going on behind the scenes.
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Marie Dupin @mdups.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Être visée par des pilotes appelant à “faire une tournante” avec moi pour avoir enquêté sur les violences sexuelles à #AirFrance. Voilà ce que produit la culture de l’impunité : la menace violente sous couvert de “blague”. @jouanan.bsky.social @fannyrga.bsky.social @lecanardenchaine.fr
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
👀 It's hard to avoid cynical takes on this... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
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A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Losing "cloud" data because of a missile strike on Bahrain wasn't in my 2026 Bingo card...
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
What can journalism do in a world where news is free, people don't trust us, and AI bots answer any question? I guess, maybe, not use AI to write articles? See this investigation by @foeke.bsky.social www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East - bellingcat
A Dutch newspaper published a story about private evacuation flights from Dubai, but the photo shows signs of AI generation and the flights appear never to have existed.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 12/03/2026
War disrupts fertiliser supplies, puts food security at risk. A third of fertiliser shipped by sea comes from the Gulf countries and cannot make it to the global market as Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz u.afp.com/SLwf
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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...
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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A metaphor for NATO's position? their surveillance plane doing circles in the sky above Turkey. globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=4d03c0
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Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
always worth remembering that "the cloud" is actually just someone else's computer (or their many, many computers)
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
AWS servers in Bahrain and UAE are down - this physicality of the "cloud" is rarely visible to users. ... unless one needs a cloud GPU in Kenya, then one learns that Google, Amazon etc. barely have any GPU on the continent (just a few in SA, and very $$). www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
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Iran strikes cause Amazon AWS power outage with issues reported in Bahrain and UAE
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Ilaria Allegrozzi @isiki79.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
#Cameroon Cameroonian authorities are arbitrarily detaining non-Cameroonian nationals deported from the US+detaining +abusing journalists who tried to interview them. But Trump’s administration doesn’t seem to care, @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
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Abuses in Cameroon After US Deports Third-Country Nationals
Cameroonian authorities are arbitrarily detaining non-Cameroonian nationals deported from the United States and detaining and abusing journalists who tried to interview them.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Looks like a phishing attempt. Anyone else got something like this? @signal.org guessing you don't sent those?
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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 02/12/2025
Are you an early-career professional who is passionate about investigative journalism? Are you constantly curious about new ways of doing journalism and making it reach critical audiences? You might just be the fellow we are looking for.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
One of the biggest, most luxurious private planes in the world (#2DEER) is flying to the US, with the #ANGOLA1 call sign. Calls signs like these are usually for heads of state, and indeed there's reports that President João Lourenço is going to the US. Trump is allied with the Angolan president.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I'll be at the #GIJC Conference in Kuala Lumpur with the rest of the @lighthousereports.com food systems team later this week Please reach out if you're there and would like to grab a coffee!
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Soraya Morvan Smith @smorvansmith.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Projet politique effacé de l’information. On retiendra qu’il est un immigrant qui parle arabe. Super.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The Mysterious Rise of Cancer Among Young Adults in the Corn Belt By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Dan Keating, Jahi Chikwendiu and Luis Melgar “The complicated thing is that it’s not risk factors now. It’s our risk factors from 10, 20, 30 years ago that are causing the cancers now.” Gift link!
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The mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in the Corn Belt
Communities across the Corn Belt are confronting a rise in cancers among young adults — and few clear explanations.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
How do you even...
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Crofton Black @cr0ft0n.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
People often ask what it's like behind the scenes at the world's top spy tech trade fair, ISS World. Turns out it's like this bsky.app/profile/ligh...
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Bastian Obermayer @bastianobermayer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Ohne @lighthousereports.com und speziell ohne @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social, cr0ft0n.bsky.social, @orariccardo.bsky.social & the one and only @emmanfre.bsky.social hätte es diese Recherche einfach nicht gegeben: merci, thanks, danke to all of you! www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
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Surveillance Secrets
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I'm a regular complainer, apparently
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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Fascinating read on the workers training #AI, and why tech companies recruit for thousands of jobs that don't really exist. If you've ever seen an ad to “Take part in a part-time, remote, freelance project” or “Freelance English Proofreader / AI Tutor” you'll definitely want to check this out.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Recent covers of The Atlantic, and in response the @thecontinent.org about the war in Sudan.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
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Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Kenyan police used live rounds, tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters on Wednesday, as thousands marched nationwide to mark a year since huge demonstrations against a contentious tax plan turned deadly and laid bare the growing anger at President William Ruto’s government.
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Kenyans Return to the Streets a Year After Deadly Tax Protests
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 20/06/2025
‘The Hunger Games’: Inside Israel’s aid death traps for starving Gazans - www.972mag.com/hunger-games...
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‘The Hunger Games’: Israel’s aid death traps for starving Gazans
Near-daily Israeli massacres at food distribution sites have killed over 400 Palestinians in the past month alone.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
👀 Black Americans relocating to Kenya because of racism and police brutality in the US. Interesting on many levels. By ‪@malcolmwebb.bsky.social‬ www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUop...
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US citizens migrating to Africa: A growing number of black Americans relocate to Kenya
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 16/06/2025
Ever discovered data that just isn't collected but should be? On Thursday we'll be talking with @cecillia.com.br about @fogocruzado.org.br , a team mapping shootings in Brazil. Speaking on how the project got started, collection obstacles and data trends, join us live at: discord.gg/6W2Dcdrq?eve...
Bellingcat stage talk, thursday 19/06 5pm CEST/11am EDT Discord.com/invite/bellingcat, Mapping Shootings, Using open source data to cover acts of armed violence in brazilian cities
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Going through airport security, apparently I had too much mustard and dignity, so I had to leave both with the agents.
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Brandon Roberts @bxroberts.org · 06/06/2025
THREAD: An ex-DOGE engineer with no government or medical experience used AI to identify which Veterans Affairs contracts to kill, labeling them as “MUNCHABLE.” @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social and I got the code. Here’s what it tells us 1/
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Kenya's competition authority looked into animal feed market and found: - 4 vertically integrated firms control over half the market - Feed prices are up to 40% higher than international markets - This leads to lower farmer income and higher food prices www.shambacentre.org/why-competit...
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Why competition authorities must address food markets — Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
New job: Tech Investigations Editor @lighthousereports.com. If you're into investigating Big Tech, AI accountability, and researching at the impact of tech on our lives, this could be the job for you. wrkbl.ink/6hIlpoY
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Tech Investigations Editor - Lighthouse Reports
Lighthouse is an award-winning investigative newsroom working with some of the world’s leading media to deliver deeply reported, public interest investigations. We’ve co-published series and investiga...
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Youssr Youssef @youssr.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Il s'appelait Mahmoud Isleem Al-Basos, et il a collaboré avec @forbidden-stories.bsky.social au début de ce mois. Quelques jours plus tard, il est tué par l'armée israélienne, alors que le cessez-le-feu était toujours en vigueur. ⬇️
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🚨Great job : Visual Impact Producer @lighthousereports.com apply.workable.com/lighthouse-r...
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Visual Impact Producer - Lighthouse Reports
Lighthouse Reports is an award-winning investigative newsroom working with some of the world’s leading media to deliver deeply reported, public interest investigations. We build newsrooms around topic...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Yall. 1,500+ signups and climbing. In less than 48 hours. Fifteen. Hundred.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Some interesting like from Palantir, which is a partner of the UN's World Food Program on "delivering life-saving assistance using data." www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
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Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People
Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Can the #HHS agencies continue to function, given the deep cuts to administrative staff in the recent layoffs? Employees of these agencies are expressing deep fears that so much of the scaffolding is gone that the edifices could crumble. www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/h...
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Inside U.S. health agencies, workers confront chaos and questions as operations come unglued
The Trump administration’s remaking of HHS — in a matter of weeks — is sparking basic questions about how parts of the agency and those it oversees can continue to function.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Mapping nerds request: what's the nicest way to visualise the density of people at risk based their proximity to sources of pollution? i.e. that's two datasets: population density (in km2 polygons) and sources of pollution (points). This is for a very large area with many sources.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I showed my wife, a historian, the Kristi Noem video. She said “holy shit!” It’s a lot. A brief thread on bodies. It begins in the alt text below… 1/
Kristi Noem in tight athleisure—white top, drawstring grey pants—in front of a prison cell packed with mostly shirtless men. Noem’s hair cascades out of her navy DHS cap. The men appear to be wearing loose white patient pants. Norm wears a heavy gold-and-silver watch. The men’s arms are at their sides or clasped in front, as if they’ve been told to stand at attention. Noem’s cap is pulled low, so we can’t really see her eyes; instead, her face appears comprised mainly of lips. The men’s heads have been shaved; there’s lighting on Noem but they’re in the murk, hard to distinguish from one another.
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Pressures against Tempo, Indonesia’s leading independent news outlet. In 2022, we revealed with Tempo and @nouvelobs.com that Prabowo Subianto owned an expensive flat in Paris, #France - he hadn't mentioned it in his assets declaration when he was Minister of Defence. cpj.org/2025/03/seve...
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Pig's head, rats sent to Indonesian news outlet as president attacks foreign-funded media - Committee to Protect Journalists
Editor’s note: Three days later on March 22, cleaners at the news outlet Tempo found a box of six rats with their heads cut off, in another incident that the publication called an “act of terror.” New...
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Amélie Poinssot @ameliepoinssot.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Résultats définitifs des élections agricoles enfin disponibles. La dégringolade de la #FNSEA-JA se confirme : elle passe pour la 1ère fois de son histoire au-dessous des 50%, en recueillant seulement 46,7% des voix dans le collège "exploitants" (1/4)
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