The AI School Bus Camera Company Blanketing America in Tickets
Every weekday morning outside the 16-story apartment complex at 1400 East-West Highway in Silver Spring, Maryland, students step onto big yellow buses that take them to…
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Trial By Text Message!
Late on Wednesday night KL time the Editor of Sarawak Report received a series of peculiar WhatsApp text messages on her personal phone. They purported to be from Bukit…
“Make Iran Ungovernable” – Tracking Efforts To Destroy Iran’s Police Infrastructure
Bellingcat has identified at least 80 police stations or infrastructure related to law enforcement agencies and the Basij paramilitary group that has been damaged or…
Half of Europe’s towns and villages have fewer residents than 60 years ago
A data analysis by CORRECTIV.Europe reveals for the first time that even as Europe’s overall population grows, half of its municipalities are losing inhabitants…
Mining China’s ‘Little Red Book’ for Open Source Gold
The challenges of conducting open-source research in China are well-documented. Consistently named one of the most digitally oppressive countries in the world, China…
Painkiller Pipeline: 300 Million Tapentadol Pills Sent from India to West Africa
This article is the result of a collaboration with Indian media outlet Newslaundry. You can find Newslaundry’s editorially independent coverage here. Indian companies…
Judges Overseeing Louisiana’s Landmark Oil Cases Have Financial Stakes in Defendants
This story was published in partnership with Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action, and in collaboration with Verite News…
The Oligarch-Autocrat Alliances
Democracy is not dying by sudden coup – it is being dismantled through the law itself, using a shared playbook refined across continents.
‘Snoopy’, ‘Adolf’ and ‘Password’: The Hungarian Government Passwords Exposed Online
Almost 800 Hungarian government email addresses and associated passwords are circulating online, revealing basic vulnerabilities in the security protocols of ministries…
Rethinking journalism awards
Everyone loves to win awards. But what does it mean to reward good journalism? The post Rethinking journalism awards appeared first on Lighthouse Reports.
A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the US border
This article was produced in partnership with Rest of World. Inside a law enforcement command center in Ciudad Juárez, a police officer scrolled across a map on her…
When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf
Access to open source visuals of the current Iran conflict, which has spread to many parts of the Middle East, continues to be sporadic. Videos and photos from within…