Incredibly excited to be one of the trainers of the Pulitzer Center’s new AI Spotlight Series, which will cover the ins and outs of strong AI accountability reporting that goes beyond the hype cycle. I’ll be joined by the fansadtic Karen Hao Lam Thuy Vo

New: been following a 'world war' in Com, the community of criminals linked to some of the most high profile hacks. See messages about a robbery on Telegram, then verify it happened. A snapshot of how digital/physical crime are completely intertwined 404media.co/inside-the-com…

.Makena Kelly with the service journalism you were looking for this morning wired.com/story/an-inter…

Meet the TikTok whistleblower who got DC's attention.

He says TikTok & the FBI surveilled him 24-7, among other improbable claims. Yet he found a ready audience with US lawmakers over his allegations of TikTok's ties to China. Big scoop from Louise Matsakis

wired.com/story/tiktok-w…

All-star lineup for my favorite topics - journalism and AI. Excited for #ijf24

Video of the shooting shows the moments she was killed while walking to help:
“You can hear [a deputy] calling her over and telling other deputies that the person who exited the truck was the passenger and for them to stop firing, but it was too late.”

After years of work, we (w/ @simonchauchard) are releasing our new tool to collect WhatsApp data at scale! Introducing WhatsApp Explorer, a tool to collect data in a privacy preserving, opt-in, legal and practical way

paper: osf.io/k6qv5

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NEWS: DHS 'paused' buying access to data the movement of phones after an inspector general report last year. Three people familiar with the matter tell me it is unlikely to resume that program — which critics say amounted to warrantless surveillance.
notus.org/technology/dhs…

Near Intelligence, a data broker that sold mobile location data from digital marketing to US defense firms, left an analysis online revealing the home and work locations of 200 persons who visited Epstein island.

Weird story by Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron:
wired.com/story/jeffrey-…

It's time for another thread of TRAC's immigration data tools!

Are you looking for immigration data? TRAC Reports is a great place to get data, but it can be confusing to navigate. Here's what we have and how to find it! 🧵.

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Indianapolis tested gunshot detection technology in a 2022 pilot. Mirror Indy obtained the results of the study. Here's what we found. mirrorindy.org/shotspotter-im…

Police are using DNA to create hypothetical face renderings—then using these images as a clue to base investigations on.

If this wasn't bad enough, police in California ran one of these images through face recognition tech.eff.org/deeplinks/2024…

Really proud to see our Lighthouse Reports WIRED Vers Beton Suspicion Machines investigation receive a Sigma award alongside some brilliant investigations from around the world.

'Inside the Suspicion Machine' by Lighthouse Reports WIRED Vers Beton OPEN Rotterdam (Netherlands) just won a sigmaawards for #datajournalism wired.com/preview/story/…