Sign in

Sam Doak

@samdoak.bsky.social
6K followers 510 following 124 posts

Journalist, doing OSINT at Sky News.

PostsRepliesMedia
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Have been working with Adele, Lauren Hardaway, and the Sky documentaries team on this doc for a good part of this year. It builds on previous reporting, focusing on the Com, perpetrators of online exploitation and violence, and their victims. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUm6...
youtube.com
The Com: Online, Sadistic and Deadly.
YouTube video by Sky News
100
Reposted by Sam Doak
Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’ve spent the last year investigating how the UK's broken employment tribunal system lets rogue bosses evade justice. But this is the craziest case,by far. A restaurant chain that lost 21 tribunal claims over several years, yet never paid a single one🧵 www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
thebureauinvestigates.com
Meet the restaurant boss who flouted judges’ orders for years
Jason Wells’ restaurant chain has cheated workers, lost 21 tribunal claims – and not paid a single one
59277
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Story here: news.sky.com/story/emails...
news.sky.com
Emails reveal plan for Jeffrey Epstein to own majority stake in Sarah Ferguson brand after child sex offence conviction
Files released by the US Department of Justice shed new light on the close relationship between Epstein and the former Duke and Duchess of York.
000
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A lot of details have come out about what Epstein offered his Royal friends, less on what he expected from them. New files shed light on what he wanted from Sarah Ferguson, majority ownership of her women’s empowerment brand, and the opportunity to leverage her network.
110
Reposted by Sam Doak
Peter Andringa @peter.andringa.me · 10/12/2025
NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.
ig.ft.com
Trump’s immigration data dragnet
The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year
33849459
Reposted by Sam Doak
Benedict Garman @benedictgarman.com · 26/10/2025
This is great work from @samdoak.bsky.social and @bvdm.bsky.social on Gaza's four Israeli-backed militias news.sky.com/story/reveal...
news.sky.com
Revealed: The plan for a 'New Gaza' - and the four militias Israel is backing to defeat Hamas
Militia leader Hossam al Astal tells Sky News that the groups are part of a joint project to remove Hamas from power, and that they have the backing of several Arab and Western states.
263
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
You can read our new report on supplies to Al Mansi here news.sky.com/story/videos...
news.sky.com
000
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Neither the militia or the IDF responded to comment when approached with our findings.
100
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
The route is interesting because they’re heading south on a road very close to an IDF outpost. The road they’re travelling on only leads to the outpost or the Erez crossing, meaning the supplies came from one of those two locations.
100
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Geolocated two videos of supplies being transported along this route. Food, water, and fuel packaged by an Israeli company. Both videos ended with the vehicles arriving at Al Mansi’s school compound.
100
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
New story with @bvdm.bsky.social We found new evidence of Israeli support for anti Hamas Gaza militias. For the first time we got a look at how the northern Al Mansi militia is supplied, finding footage of them transporting fuel, food and water from the direction of the Israeli border
110
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Full story here (with a lot more details) with @bvdm.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/guns-c...
news.sky.com
Guns, cash and American aid: Investigation reveals Israel's support for Gaza militia
The former looting gang is living in luxury thanks to aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and smuggled cash, cars and cigarettes.
152
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The Norwegian Refugee council disagree with this definition of impartiality, telling Sky “Once channelled through an armed group, aid no longer meets that definition,” and that it “it becomes indistinguishable from support to one side in the fighting”
120
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
We geolocated numerous videos like this to the group’s compound and noted the presence of GHF branded aid still wrapped on pallets. Presenting our findings to the GHF, they acknowledged the militia had received aid directly from them, claiming neutrality in the conflict.
120
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
We went through months of footage to find details of the IDF’s support for a Gaza militia positioning itself as an alternative governing force Found the Popular Forces to be receiving aid directly from the GHF, and moving vehicles & equipment with relative ease over the border
155
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
New Planet imagery shows buildings being demolished by the IDF around a recently abandoned camp in the south of Gaza city. Just ten days prior the area was full of people.
064
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Full story here: news.sky.com/story/tents-...
news.sky.com
Tents abandoned as Palestinians flee Israeli advance into Gaza City
The offensive comes as Israel considers whether to accept a new ceasefire proposal or proceed with a full-scale invasion of the city, where a million Palestinians are reportedly sheltering.
033
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Between 9-17 August, at least 132 buildings were destroyed in a single square kilometre containing one camp.
1152
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The IDF advance has been accompanied by airstrikes targeting buildings very close to camps, further increasing the danger for those present. This strike was less than 200 meters from a major camp.
1101
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
A newly fortified area not far to the south of the encampments contains a large number of military vehicles and demolition equipment.
140
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The most recent Planet imagery is from 16 and 17 August, in it demolition equipment and military vehicles can be seen next to two recently abandoned encampments.
160
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Satellite imagery from Planet shows large tent encampments have recently been abandoned in the south of Gaza city, coinciding with IDF advances in the area.
1142
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The IDF have pushed into the south east of Gaza city, with Palestinians forced to abandon camps in nearby neighbourhoods. After the destruction of whole neighbourhoods across the strip, high numbers of demolition equipment suggest a similar plan for the city. Story with @bvdm.bsky.social
11711
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The dead in this video were filmed on the coastal road, ~500 meters south of a newly manned fortified area visible on Planet imagery from 26 July 22 July imagery shows the area was empty until quite recently
020
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Sure it’s unrelated
0100
Reposted by Sam Doak
Dr. Manisha Ganguly @manisha.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
NEW INVESIGATION: Europe's largest missile maker is supplying bomb parts to Israeli munitions that have killed over 100 children in Gaza, across 24 incidents we investigated. 10+ of these Israeli strikes were on schools. With @juliettegarside.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
16549
Reposted by Sam Doak
Benedict Garman @benedictgarman.com · 17/07/2025
Great piece by @bvdm.bsky.social @samdoak.bsky.social and Michelle Inez Simon looking at the decisions leading to more than 20 people being killed at a Gaza aid distribution site: news.sky.com/story/deadly...
news.sky.com
Deadly crush at Gaza aid site after new system implemented
Eyewitness testimony and analysis of social media posts suggests that the crush was the result of systemic failures of communication and crowd control at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid site.
064
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The oil tankers usually grouped around Kharg noticeably gone since the recent attacks in Iran started. Last time I remember seeing this was during the strikes last year. Imagery 12 - 16 June.
1106
Reposted by Sam Doak
Dr. Manisha Ganguly @manisha.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I interviewed Oxfam about what's in the aid boxes for Gaza- I was told they do not meet nutritional standards for a starving population.
01818
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Congrats! Really well deserved
110
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Article covers wider issues with aid distribution, including the placement of distribution centres, and the presence of armed looters in IDF controlled territory.
010
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Later in the video, a person films a crowd moving away rom the site. Gunfire can be heard, while the crowd ducks and continues to move away. This is followed by five bursts of gunfire. Children are visible, and nobody is visibly armed in the footage.
120
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Throughout the footage, fences can be seen sheared and bent across the site. There are no visible signs they were securely fixed to concrete foundations. I found the product brochure for the model of fence, and it does not mention suitability for controlling large crowds.
100
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Video shows the furthest east fence went don first, allowing the crowd in this line to enter the central area and easily cross the berm. People in the lines further west can be seen pushing the other fences.
100
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The fences appear to have started to give way relatively early on. A video filmed by security personnel at the site shows a section of the furthest east fence starting to give way, while seemingly unaware security makes a heart sign to the crowd
100
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Initially, aid was distributed as planned by those in control of the site, with a small group of people filmed inside the compound receiving food.
100
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The main physical security measure in palace at the Rafah site was the fencing keeping people in the entrance queue. This initially kept the people in queue away from a central area, which is only separated from the aid distribution compound by an easily climbable dirt berm.
100
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Wrote about the chaotic aid distribution efforts in Gaza, and what went wrong at the Rafah distribution site with @bvdm.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/comple...
news.sky.com
How the rollout of new Gaza aid system collapsed into chaos
Sky News has analysed how US mercenaries managed to lose control of an aid distribution centre on its first day of operation, as Israel faces criticism of its new aid system.
185
Reposted by Sam Doak
Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
NEW, from me: I found Patriot Front trying to boost recruitment by secretly controlling a large part of the active clubs network according to audio messages and a leaked document I reviewed. www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
splcenter.org
Patriot Front is hidden hand behind dozen active clubs
The white nationalist hate group is trying to boost recruitment by secretly controlling a large swath of the active clubs network.
10240142
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Wrote about the attack on Zamzam refugee camp A video shows an unarmed man being shot, less than a meter from a child While fighters in the video are not uniformed, the person filming appears in another, celebrating with a soldier wearing RSF insignia news.sky.com/story/how-br...
news.sky.com
What does Sudan execution video tell us?
Sky News verifies video of an execution at Zamzam, and finds footage linking one of those present to the nearby RSF presence.
231
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
My friend is raising funds for an orphanage their family runs in Myanmar following the earthquake. Anything raised going towards fixing the orphanage’s water supply and other necessities. www.gofundme.com/f/fundraiser...
gofundme.com
Donate to Fundraiser for Myanmar orphanage earthquake victims, organized by Siam Hatzaw
Dear friends, On Friday 28 March a 7.7 magnitude earthquake devast… Siam Hatzaw needs your support for Fundraiser for Myanmar orphanage earthquake victims
02922
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Checking with Planet satellite imagery, can see damage consistent with the explosion shown on a nearby warehouse within the expected time fame. Images from 15 and 16 March
010
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Looking in Sadaa, this street matches. The curve of the street opposite, tree, wall etc all line up from the view of a building listed as a shop on google maps. maps.app.goo.gl/BdygeJjD8RMa...
110
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Looking for a shop on what looks like a smaller side street leading to a main road, with a long wall in the background. The date and timestamp is helpful as orgs like @airwars.bsky.social track strikes and often have location details. In this case they had a region.
110
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is a better view, shows the street opposite more, giving more opportunity to match.
110
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Quick step by step on how we verified this. Shows a strike in Sadaa in the early hours of 16 March. Video is CCTV. Is a close crop and short, meaning likely longer cuts and wider view versions available. 1/?
173
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Going to be speaking as part of a panel discussion on OSINT and the war in Ukraine at KCL on Wednesday. Believe its by request for external attendees but link is here if anyone is interested eu01.z.antigena.com/l/TKo8EkWhu5...
032
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We’ve chosen to redact all aliases, channel and group names to avoid signposting to harmful content.
060
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Finnigan’s arrest didn’t end these networks. When we were putting this together @jordanwildon.bsky.social from Prose told us that they had found over 16000 accounts attached to groups in this area.
120
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We also found a video created after Finnigan's arrest in which a person creates 764 related graffiti, including a message calling for him to be freed. We didn't publish stills from this part of the video, as we're not publicising the alias he was known by.
100