Spotlight fact-checkers unpack the doctored images, false player stories, and AI influencer accounts spreading on social media as the tournament gets underway

Iran is capitalising on Trump’s feud with Pope Leo XIV and disquiet over the Epstein files with viral content distributed through its embassies and influencers

Missions to the moon have always been associated with long-debunked conspiracy theories — now new AI technology is being weaponised to create misleading content

Verifying the facts of the Iran war amid a sea of false claims and AI-generated material

An Eastern-style healer offering life advice based on 'ancient Chinese philosophy' to his millions of followers was created with Google AI

Latest reports on the Iran protest death toll as new videos bypass the internet blackout. Verified footage shows the processing of bodies at Kahrizak morgue.

Mapping the Iran blackout, the Greenland "Donroe" crisis, and a frame-by-frame analysis of the Minneapolis ICE shooting

Learn how to use Python and NLP to track narrative shifts, detect bot-driven vitriol, and quantify public emotion in investigative reporting.

Graphic videos filmed in Tehran province were confirmed to be recent and showed Iranians searching for relatives among the dead

Navigate the 2026 Iran blackout with digital forensic tools. Learn to track IRGC narratives and verify UGC with help from NetBlocks and Filterwatch.

Navigate the 2026 Iran blackout with digital forensic tools. Learn to track IRGC narratives and verify UGC with help from NetBlocks and Filterwatch.

While the White House confirmed a Delta Force operation in Venezuela, many images circulating on social media were digital forgeries

A blueprint for passive OSINT: Learn how to uncover hidden ownership and link digital networks using technical signatures

From Israel's wars to a pope's death and anti-migrant riots in Europe, explore the top investigations from Eurovision News Spotlight’s inaugural year

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A scalable methodology for OSINT researchers to bridge the gap between the European e-Justice Portal and US federal litigation databases

See how France 24 and the EBU Investigative Journalism Network tracked chemical weapons in Sudan and exposed the "Donor 7069" crisis in OSINT Review #14.

See the most viral lies after the Sydney terror attack, how the hero was misidentified as Edward Crabtree, and Grok's AI failure

Learn the step-by-step methodology for financial OSINT, including accessing global corporate registries and tracing assets to sanctioned individuals

Debunking viral claims about the Eurovision 2026 boycott, Martin Rowson, Poland, and more