Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Was such a pleasure to speak with @alixdunn.com about automated governance alongside this stellar lineup 032
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerThe Maybe @themaybe.org · 30/06/2026Governments across the Global Majority are trying to tackle tough problems with tech. But instead of creating the oft-promised efficiencies, these tools are delivering deeper inequities–while making them harder to see and challenge. 132
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Soon, when a 15-year-old asylum seeker arrives in the UK, there’s a good chance that a border officer will feed a picture of their face into an AI age estimation tool that will guess whether they are an adult or not. New @lighthousereports.com investigation shows that tool is deeply flawed 1911
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerAntonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Incredibly important story by @maybulman.bsky.social and team at @lighthousereports.com with WIRED and The Independent. @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @mattburgess1.bsky.social @hollybancroft.bsky.social Maddy Varner Sadly, the shape of things to come in the EU www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...lighthousereports.comAsylum by AlgorithmThe UK has turned to AI to determine the age of asylum seekers, and other countries are likely to follow suit. Our investigation finds the technology is deeply unreliable. 122
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 07/05/2026It was such a pleasure to speak with @themaybe.org about our new investigation 120
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Kenya is using AI that assesses your toilet to set your healthcare bill. I’ve reported on this topic for a long time, across many different countries. None have struck me as this consequential, with stakes so high. 142
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerGlobal Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 24/03/2026In this masterclass video, part of @gijn.org's new #TechFocus, Lighthouse Reports investigative journalist Gabriel Geiger shares practical tips for reporting on how governments use algorithms and AI systems for policing, welfare, & healthcare. Watch the full video ⬇️ twp.ai/E6IByA 086
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerSimon Munzert @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social · 20/12/2025🎅2️⃣0️⃣ Inside the Suspicion Machine, by @evaconstantaras.bsky.social, @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social, @jusbraun.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and Htet Aung from @lighthousereports.com in @wired.com www.wired.com/story/welfar...wired.comInside the Suspicion MachineObscure government algorithms are making life-changing decisions about millions of people around the world. Here, for the first time, we reveal how one of these systems works. 143
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerThe Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Unveiling the murky underbelly of the surveillance industry through the lens of First Wap, this investigation critiques how the company navigates regulatory frameworks to sell powerful surveillance tools. By @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social, @lighthousereports.com in @motherjones.combuff.lyThe surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe youInside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe. 053
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/10/2025"The archive contained more than a million tracking operations: efforts to grab real-time locations of thousands of people worldwide. What emerged is one of the most complete pictures to date of the modern surveillance industry." 0269
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerLu Olkowski @luolkowski.bsky.social · 19/10/2025What I’ve been working on… Incredible reporting from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and @cr0ft0n.bsky.social at @lighthousereports.com Then, Michael Montgomery @revealnews.org made it into a radio story that I was lucky enough to edit. What a partnership. 14 newsrooms. 😮 35822
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 19/10/2025We made more than 100 cold calls. Each one began the same way: “You’ve been targeted by government-grade surveillance tech.” In our @lighthousereports.com collab with @revealnews.org, you can hear the voices on the other end. revealnews.org/podcast/cell...revealnews.orgA young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire.In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world. 25827
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerLaurin Lorenz @laurinlorenz.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Politiker, Journalist:innen, Dissidenten, aber auch Private wurden jahrelange überwacht - ohne deren Wissen. Die #SurveillanceSecrets Recherchen zeigen den bisher wohl größten bekannten Datensatz aus der Überwachungsbranche - mit vielen Verbindungen nach AT... 1/3 youtu.be/U6vIlLueOPUyoutu.beDie Firma, die dich überall finden kannYouTube video by DER STANDARD 26233
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerLighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 15/10/2025🧵What’s the biggest lie the surveillance industry tells? That they only sell to legal clients. That there are red lines. But what do these companies say when they think nobody is watching? We went undercover to find out 712679
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerCrofton Black @cr0ft0n.bsky.social · 15/10/2025People 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... 21210
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerMother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/10/2025EXCLUSIVE: This tech has been used to track heads of state, journalists, and maybe even you. @lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries. It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now. 13451239
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Come for the incredible reporting, stay for the “I think I felt like shitting my pants or something”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...youtube.comThis Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe YouYouTube video by Mother Jones 34317
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social. He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth. The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.motherjones.comThe surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe youInside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe. 7277126
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerRon Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 14/10/2025The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you www.motherjones.com/politics/202... A stunning investigation by @lighthousereports.com of what I call "despotism as a service"👇motherjones.comThe surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe youWe uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe. 14437
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerMother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/10/2025EXCLUSIVE: Our friends at @lighthousereports.com obtained a secret data trove. It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto. The story only gets wilder from there.motherjones.comThe surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe youWe uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe. 517397
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerRiccardo Coluccini @orariccardo.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Se mesi fa su Google cercavi First Wap, azienda che fa prodotti di sorveglianza da circa 20 anni, trovavi poco—negli ultimi giorni nulla. Oggi con @lighthousereports.com @papertrailmedia.de @irpimedia.eu e altri partner riveliamo tutto #SurveillanceSecrets www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...lighthousereports.comSurveillance SecretsTrove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread 177
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerLu Olkowski @luolkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Very happy to be bringing this story to @revealnews.org this weekend. 031
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 14/10/2025On a Saturday night I stumbled across something on the internet that made me feel like ****** my pants. A giant dataset of real surveillance operations targeting 1000s of people across nearly every country. Unraveling it and the mysterious company behind it has consumed 1.5 years of my life 726996
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14/10/20251/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto. ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KEow.lyThe surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe youWe uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe. 241206611
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerDeb Raji @rajiinio.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Said this in the other place and perhaps worth repeating here: this is just such a careful and almost brutally honest analysis of the ways that our efforts to "fix" things at the technical artifact level can fundamentally fall short of making meaningful system wide impact. Lots to learn here. 1187
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I’ve spent a lot of time investigating shitty AI cynically used to pursue vulnerable people in welfare systems. When I talk about this work, I invariably get asked: is it possible to make these systems fair? 1117
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerEileen Guo (is on leave for rest of 2026) @eileenguo.bsky.social · 11/06/2025New from me @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social + Justin-Casimir Braun: Amsterdam believed that it could build a #predictiveAI for welfare fraud that would ALSO be fair, unbiased, & a positive case study for #ResponsibleAI. It didn't work. Our deep dive why: www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/11/1...technologyreview.comInside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AIThe Dutch city thought it could break a decade-long trend of implementing discriminatory algorithms. Its failure raises the question: can these programs ever be fair? 613874
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Delighted to see this project shortlisted for the Sigma awards alongside a host of other incredible data journalism projects from around the world. 061
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerChristian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 09/05/2025So happy that our project «Inequality for the law» is on the shortlist. 🏆 Lucky to have been collaborating with the talented people at @lighthousereports.com. @elenadebre.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @jusbraun.bsky.social 173
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerPulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 05/03/2025The Pulitzer Center and #iMEdD are partnering in a two day AI Spotlight Series in-person training on reporting on AI! We are looking for Southeastern Europe journalists to join coaches @karenhao.bsky.social and @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social in #Greece. Apply now! 👉 bit.ly/AISptSG25 053
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerLighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 07/03/2025On this episode of #Backlight, award-winning reporters @karenhao.bsky.social and @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social explain how to report on #AI. 162
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerPulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 24/02/2025The Pulitzer Center, in partnership with #iMEdD, is seeking applications from journalists based in Southeastern Europe to attend a two-day, in-person training program on AI reporting led coaches @karenhao.bsky.social and @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social. Apply now! 👉 bit.ly/AISpotGT2 111
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you’re a reporter looking to take on AI accountability investigations, consider giving this a listen! 041
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Few people in the algorithmic accountability space come with as unique of a perspective and portfolio as Soizic! 120
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 03/02/2025In 2021, I attended the UK’s annual ‘Fighting Public Sector Fraud’ event, whose presenters included Palantir. The host repeatedly warned, in a grave voice, of an impending “tsunami of welfare fraud.” 100
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerElena DeBre @elenadebre.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Norway’s criminal justice system has often received high praise for its equity and fairness; it has rarely been under scrutiny in data-driven criminal justice journalism. 1106
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 02/02/2025In 2022, Frank went to prison. A richer man convicted of the same crime went free. 142
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerJustin Braun @jusbraun.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The crimes you’re convicted of should determine your punishment, not who you are. But even in Norway – one of the “fairest” criminal justice systems – @lhreports.bsky.social & NRK reveal that there are disparities in sentence length by income and gender www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/...lighthousereports.comHow we investigated sentencing bias in Norway’s criminal justice systemNorway’s criminal justice system is regularly hailed as a model — but is it truly impartial? 2158
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 29/01/2025One of the things I miss about having my work edited by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social / the Motherboard (now 404) crew was seeing my awful proposed headlines turned into clever, amazing stuff like this www.404media.co/openai-furio...404media.coOpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From UsOpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation. 150
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerAriadne P @ariadni.bsky.social · 02/12/2024amazing work by my colleague @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social in a series that exposes the racism built into algorithms used by govt agencies and its real, human consequences. 0207
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerLighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 30/11/2024Serious impact in Sweden where the welfare agency has been called before parliament to answer questions over discriminatory algorithms used to profile benefits recipients www.svd.se/a/63VOxo/eft...svd.seEfter SvD:s granskning – MP kräver AI-garantierMiljöpartiet kritiserar Försäkringskassan efter att SvD avslöjat om hur myndigheten använt AI för att hitta misstänkta fuskare. Partiets tidigare språkrör Märta Stenevi (MP) vill nu kalla myndighetens... 1229
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerBashar Deeb / بشار ديب @bdeeb.bsky.social · 28/11/2024📣 Syrian journalists, artists, architects and activists residing in Europe, this is a chance to attend a free 4 days extensive training in digital investigations techniques with @lhreports.bsky.social in Berlin forms.gle/hwn7S8tXtBx2...docs.google.comGoogle Forms: Sign-inAccess Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use). 197
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 28/11/2024One of the joys of “peer-reviewed” journalism is getting to interact with the academic community in more substantive ways than “I just need a quote.” Eike was incredibly helpful and perspective on ML fairness refreshing — do recommend all interested to read his work. 082
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerJustin Braun @jusbraun.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Amazing work by @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social on the latest @lhreports.bsky.social suspicion machines investigation. This is a crazy tale of AI ethics washing: The welfare agency had been told that it's tool was crappy. It responded by making up a ludicrous fairness definition. 1208
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerKaterina Stavroula @katerinastv.bsky.social · 27/11/2024"Hey Anders", I hope you're still keeping a diary. Someone has to keep a record of the publications 🤣 131
Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency Försäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.” 616569
Reposted by Gabriel Geigersascha granberg @achsas.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I dag berättar jag och @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social i SvD och @lhreports.bsky.social om Försäkringskassans hemliga system för "prediktiv riskanalys" som används för att motverka felaktiga utbetalningar och fusk inom vab. (tråd) 267
Reposted by Gabriel GeigerAntonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Sweden, the "model of a welfare state", employs a fraud prediction algorithm that discriminates against vulnerable groups. Another episode of welfare surveillance reported by @lhreports.bsky.social with @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...lighthousereports.comSweden’s Suspicion MachineBehind a veil of secrecy, the social security agency deploys discriminatory algorithms searching for fraud epidemic it has invented 27047