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The UK’s largest not-for-profit newsroom. Exposing injustice and sparking change 💪

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 1h
Why are parents revolting against iPads in schools? Our latest investigation examines the phenomenon at Eton and state schools across the country.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 6h
We can reveal that air pollution from factory farms cost England and Wales over £130m in public money in 2024.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Over the past few months, far-right protesters have rallied around a pervasive trope: British women and girls need to be protected from violent migrant men.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
During an 11 day period around Christmas 2025, an estimated three million sexualised deepfakes were created mostly of women, but some of children, on Elon Musk's X
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UK farm animals produce a monumental amount of waste. But where does it all go? www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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The Muck Files: Dishing the dirt on the UK’s chicken waste trade
UK farm animals produce a monumental amount of waste. But where does it all go?
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of London’s most feared libel firms has secured a High Court victory that will make it nearly impossible for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to review correspondence between lawyers and their clients containing legal advice - even when it is investigating wrongdoing.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Right now, insurance companies punish flood-prone towns like Tenbury Wells by denying them insurance outright. It creates a lasting impact on their economy and leaves them stranded in case of disaster.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are looking for a Climate and Environment Editor to lead our award-winning team investigating the governments, companies and people exacerbating the climate crisis. Contract: Full-time Salary: £59-£62k Location: London office – hybrid working
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
After a scorching summer, the UK is now bracing for a season of potentially devastating rainfall But homeowners may be stunned to learn that the insurers helping them deal with the fallout of flash floods are fuelling the climate crisis
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Insurance firms help flooding victims mop up. They also make flooding…
Major insurers are fuelling the climate crisis while benefiting from a scheme that helps cover their flood losses
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ben Delo made his fortune through a crypto-trading platform whose only verification requirement, for much of its rise, was for customers to provide an email address. As a result, it became a lure for dirty money, prosecutors said (Delo denies this)
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our investigations always try to identify a wrongdoer. But publishing that information isn't always as simple as it sounds. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Naming names: why we do it – and why we don't
Our investigations always try to identify a wrongdoer. But publishing that information isn't always as simple as it sounds
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Have you heard anyone discussing Net Zero as if it were a made up concept?
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
According to our latest investigation, the Home Office is making almost £5 billion in associated visa, citizenship and immigration fees. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Government makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…
Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A developer whose website was hijacked by thousands of rogue OpenAI agents has told us that the incident was “attempted hacking” and called on the company to bring in urgent new safety standards or face strict regulation
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OpenAI agents hijacked a website. Why didn’t the company tell anyone?
The AI company discovered a swarm of agents had breached safety guards – but kept the incident quiet
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ever since Palestine Action activists targeted Barclays for holding shares in Elbit Systems, Barclays has made a point to distance itself from Israeli defence companies.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon took to X to announce his resignation from Anthropic, the creators of Claude, saying: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt."
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Did you know that the UK slaughters one billion chickens every year?
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For the first time, we can reveal the extent of England’s £250 million illegal care home industry.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
On Tuesday, MPs raised concerns about SLAPPs - strategic litigation against public participation.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Barclays has approved a $7bn Israeli camera company that makes parts for IDF drones as a future client.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Help us expose more of these grifters: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exposingth...
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Expose the people profiting from hate
Power our investigations into the Hate Economy: help us expose the people profiting from spreading hate and division.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We've been working hard to expose the grifters cashing in on the hate economy. Want to help us go further? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exposingth...
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Expose the people profiting from hate
Power our investigations into the Hate Economy: help us expose the people profiting from spreading hate and division.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our reporters have been digging into the worst of far right grifters, exposing networks of right wing activists threatening charity workers and politicians inventing AI influencers to amplify their message.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We recently ooked into a number of social media influencers (from the wellness space to the manosphere), promising followers “life-changing” money trading gold.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Since our first story on The Node Project, we've found the men behind Danny Bones – an AI rapper pushing divisive content on social media
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If you’ve seen wellness influencers and mumpreneurs suddenly start talking about making life-changing money trading gold, you’ll want to read our most recent investigation before you sign up.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Did you know that Rupert Lowe made almost £12,000 from posting on X in one month alone?
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Our investigation found that a former army medic with a long history of abuse and assault allegations is running illegal children’s homes in Merseyside.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A romance chatbot was taken offline after our investigation: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Romance chatbot taken offline after Bureau investigation
Seewa AI, whose developers we revealed were able to read its users’ ‘private and encrypted’ chats, has been shut down
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If you watch “Picklestorm," you’d probably see a children’s show about a girl who flees a magical kingdom, and ends up in the UK.
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Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🎥 Deepfakes: Can you trust anything you see online anymore? Episode 3 in @tbij.bsky.social series 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅: 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝑰 𝑮𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑾𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 out now! I talk the reasons we need to worry, why we need to act, and winners/losers in the deepfakes fight (spoiler: not ordinary folks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s0x...
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Deepfakes: Can you trust anything you see online anymore?
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Can AI deepfake detectors always reliably prove whether an image is real or not?
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As generative AI becomes increasingly sophisticated, separating what's real from fake is turning into a major challenge.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
One of the most pervasive narratives in the British media is that migrants put women and girls in danger.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
As wildfires rip across France and Spain, forecasters are predicting a “super” El Niño weather cycle that could bring even more extreme weather.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Our reporters have been digging into the worst of far right grifters, exposing networks of right wing activists threatening charity workers and politicians inventing AI influencers to amplify their message.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What happens when the head of an AI company loses control of its own Chatbot?
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
South African natural gas company Sasol is promising local development and economic independence with a new multi-billion dollar project in Mozambique.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It just got a lot more difficult for unregulated “experts” to influence family court cases. But how will it work in practice? www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Family courts: new rules bar unregulated experts from giving evidence
Changes coming into effect this month will keep unregulated experts out of courts in all but exceptional cases
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Don't miss the latest episode of our Misaligned series.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Over the past year, we have watched politicians fan the flames of hatred against migrants and refugees.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Help us tell a different story!
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Far right marches. Racism on social media. Relentless headlines about the so-called ‘migrant crisis.’ Britain has never felt more divided. Help us tell a different story.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Last summer, small charity City of Sanctuary became the target of a misinformation campaign by right-wing media, politicians, and far-right activists
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The first episode of our new documentary series – Misaligned: When AI Goes Wrong – is live
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚨 Every day, judges in family courts make life-changing decisions relating to some of the most contentious issues in society But few people know about it. We want that to change That's why we're launching Courting Coverage
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In 2025, the UK’s advertising watchdog banned this ad by US crypto giant Coinbase The campaign portrays Britain as a rat-infested, rubbish-strewn country suffering from soaring prices and stagnant wages, but hints that cryptocurrency offers a way out
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A regulatory loophole means that it's almost impossible to know exactly how many intensive dairy farms are currently operating in the UK But that hasn't stopped our reporter Andrew Wasley
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How I mapped Britain’s hidden ‘battery cows’
I’ve been reporting on factory-farmed cattle for over a decade. The government may finally be ready to take action
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Three years ago, we partnered with Southwark residents to install home temperature sensors The results were stark. Every single home surpassed 25°C – some for weeks on end – while others hit 30°C The twist? It wasn't even during a heatwave
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‘Stifling, suffocating, unliveable’: Life in an overheating home
How climate change is affecting people in the UK right now
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
In a rare moment of hope since the Labour government left SLAPPs off the legislative agenda, cross-party lawmakers are trying to expand protections for journalists and whistleblowers facing abusive lawsuits intended to silence them
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Anti-SLAPP bills introduced in both houses of parliament
The private members bills are being supported by MPs and peers across the parties who want to end the silencing of whistleblowers and journalists
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