Reposted by Kolina KoltaiAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵 69286014169
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Major 'Pick me' energy. She must be fuming that it's not her next to Trump over Natalie. 0747
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I chatted with @theworld.org about our investigation into LeakedBB and how we identified a suspected owner of the website, a crypto CEO in New Zealand. The forum site used NCII as currency and advocated for hacking and theft of nudes from women around the world. 1157
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 24/08/2026“He will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings,” the statement said. This man has a driver's license, SS card, work permit, and appears to be a hardworking, law abiding man whose son is in the Navy. Deportations haven't stopped, and aren't stopping. 04223
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I love supporting small businesses and restaurants but I won't go there if they are using AI images to sell their food. I'm not a lawyer, but this feels like it's an FTC violation for false advertising. 4277
Reposted by Kolina KoltaiWIRED @wired.com · 24/08/2026The deepfake epidemic in schools is affecting more than students. Four teachers tell WIRED about becoming targets of sexualized, AI-generated content—and how difficult it was to find accountability.wired.comThey Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes StartedThe deepfake epidemic in schools is affecting more than students. Four teachers tell WIRED about becoming targets of sexualized, AI-generated content—and how difficult it was to find accountability. 413662
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I would be willing to bet money that AI was used to create #4 093
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You can even spot construction equipment and vehicles in the satellite imagery from Big Bend, and the new road they are building extends construction to Cottonwood Campground. www.bellingcat.com/news/us-cana...bellingcat.comSatellite Imagery Documents New Border Patrol Road Construction in Big Bend National Park - bellingcatSatellite images show new road constructed in Big Bend National Park in southwestern Texas, part of a US Customs and Border Protection "Smart Wall" installation. 14525
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 17/08/2026What a fun update to this story that we covered a couple years ago. www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/elonhasnofri...cardsagainsthumanity.comWho wants to help Cards Against Humanity f*** with Elon Musk?We got Musk off our land. Let's build a monument to remind him he's a sad little b**** with no friends. 18925
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Telegram is a vital part of many AI nudify services. Many of the sites I've investigated will link to a Telegram bot that can facilitate payment of credits or perform the nudify service right in Telegram. Great report by @cen4infores.bsky.social www.info-res.org/cir/articles...info-res.orgTelegram deepfake bots are built to survive takedowns, and target women by default 11210
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"He manipulated a photo taken when she was about 11, showing her lying on a couch in an oversize T-shirt...One was captioned 'stepdad rapes her,' the documents said. Jane's stepfather made the more than 7,000 fake explicit images of her using the AI chatbot Grok" 0136
Reposted by Kolina KoltaiBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 15/08/2026For years LeakedBB ran openly online, inviting millions of users to trade explicit images allegedly shared without consent. @koltai.bsky.social with Michael Wright of @thepress.co.nz spoke on our Stage Talk podcast about how they traced a key admin through years of data. rss.com/podcasts/bel...rss.com"Exposing Leaked Intimate Imagery Forums" with Bellingcat and The Press | Podcast Episode on RSS.comThis week Bellingcat's Kolina Koltai and The Press' Michael Wright joined us to discuss their recent investigation into the website LeakedBB. The talk was hosted by Charlotte Maher on August 13th 2026... 011129
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Pitching to my editor a story so I can build a recreation of the gun that killed Shinzo Abe. 0221
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 13/08/2026"everything is a scam" unfortunately is a phrase I use near daily in my life. 0181
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Clearly, someone in my workout studio has a poor understanding of what wink means. 0111
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Workshop 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. 07323
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 12/08/2026There are so many fires happening in the Pacific Northwest right now, we've created our own ring of fire 1104
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It cannot be understated how important camera footage from citizens have been in refuting ICE/DHS's false claims. 0406
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Do you love @bellingcat.com investigations? Make sure you don't miss a single one Sign up for our newsletter and you can get investigations piping hot off the presses to your inbox, as they happen. For the low cost of free. In this economy, that's a steal. bellingcat-investigations.beehiiv.combellingcat-investigations.beehiiv.comHome | Bellingcat InvestigationsReceive our most prominent investigations by email as soon as they are published. 0125
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This man loves to torture the women and girls in his life 0276
Reposted by Kolina KoltaiMatt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026NEW: Over the last few months, Meta has run dozens of paid ads that included AI-generated CSAM. The ads, some of which were linking out to “nudify” apps, targeted men in the US, UK, and a dozen European countries. Some were running in the last few dayswired.comMeta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse ImageryMore than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week. 22627322
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 05/08/2026On my work account, I have been getting this AI NSFW generator's Ads for months. I feel like any service that advertises like this on Reddit is CLEARLY implying they will generate NSFW and Non-consensual content. 170
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Copernicus Browser has a preset for active fires, allowing for easier viewing of active fires. Below are images from Spokane for yesterday (Aug 3) and July 29. h/t to @galen.reich.me.uk 094
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I'm at the Chipotle salmonella jalapeños I'm at the Taco Bell diarrhea lettuce I'm at the combination Chipotle salmonella jalapeños and Taco Bell diarrhea lettuce 25612
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 04/08/2026In honor of my birthday, please read this classic short story by Ray Bradbury 052
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Get wrecked. Thrilled the judge in this case saw through the BS of xAI's lawsuit, pointing out a lack of due diligence and waiting until a few days before the law went into effect even though it passed 3 months ago. Awesome job, Minnesota! minnesotareformer.com/briefs/nudif...minnesotareformer.comNudification law to go into effect Saturday after judge denies delay request from Musk’s AI company • Minnesota ReformerA new Minnesota law banning the use of technology that creates sexually explicit images or videos of a person without their consent will go into effect Saturday after a federal judge rejected the requ... 13511
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The second-largest city in Washington, Spokane, is currently on fire. Fires broke out over the weekend, leading to the Level 3 evacuation of thousands of people. Homes have been lost. These fires are still ongoing. 1102
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I spoke to Ana Ornelas for her piece on how Europe's new regulations and safeguards against AI NCII have not yet caught up to the staggering developments in the technological space. Read at @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/how-the-ai-d...techpolicy.pressHow the AI Deepfake Boom is Outpacing Europe's SafeguardsEurope's AI rules are struggling to keep pace with deepfake abuse. Ana Ornelas investigates the growing impact on victims and the gaps in protection. 077
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 31/07/2026One of the insane components of xAI trying to sue Minnesota of the nudification technology ban is that they are simultaneously also trying to argue the Grok does not and will not nudify images. If Grok can't nudify, then it should be no concern. But clearly, Grok can, hence the lawsuit 2152
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Who do I need to speak to at Google so I can smack the person who green lit this? 2348
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 29/07/2026All I have to say is that this does not surprise me. 1121
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Remember the Minnesota law banning AI nudify services? wlWell it's coming into effect in a few days and xAI is sueing the state over the law in the name of "free speech." Yes, you read that correctly. Free speech for AI NCII www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/s...cnbc.comElon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over law to ban 'nudify' appsElon Musk's xAI, now owned by SpaceX, is challenging a law that would ban so-called nudify apps in Minnesota 02114
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Some of the worst sites are coming offline and I can only hope this trend continues. It seems like the website Motherless has been offline for about a month now. You may remember Motherless from headlines over the past few years. CW: sexual assault, NCII, torture, CSAMstatic.klipy.comC1 Your Dead: Girl's Iconic GestureAlt: C1 Your Dead: Girl's Iconic Gesture Black and white gif - young girl in pig tails running her hand across her neck to indicate the gesture of cutting a neck 1172
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The bar is so low. I reported Clothoff's latest X account to the platform but it doesn't violate their rules against NCII. Even though the account shares images that have been generated by them, and is one of the biggest names in the AI nudify space. 1236
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Repetitive name recognition works because I've been craving Taco Bell for days now despite all the diarrhea parasite talk. 31009
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I wonder how much our news cycle would change if we no longer ran stories based around a bad take by famous people. This is the type of attention Musk wants. Imagine if the shit takes he has just stayed on X. 3369
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Thousands of victims over the past 7 years. Millions of views, millions of members. Its hard to calculate how much money this man made from non-consensual intimate images, stolen and hacked nudes from women and girls. Just one more step towards accountability. 05114
Reposted by Kolina KoltaiDJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Apple and Google ordered to purge 'nudify' apps from App Stores: In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state lawtechcrunch.comApple and Google ordered to purge 'nudify' apps from App Stores | TechCrunchIn letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law. 441352435
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I'm at the point in my life where I'm seriously considering getting a Jimothy tattoo to rep Seattle. 551934144
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Wild. Musk/xAI is suing one of its users for using Grok to create CSAM. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I can't recall many cases where an SM company sues its user for TOS violations. This seems like an effort to save face w/the recent lawsuit against them www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMusk’s xAI sues user who allegedly used Grok to create child sexual abuse materialCase is one of first brought by an AI company against a user for allegedly using a tool to generate child abuse material 2277