Secretive algorithms deployed in Sweden's vaunted welfare system cast suspicion on innocent women & migrants while ignoring men & the affluent. We reveal with Svenska Dagbladet how Sweden built this system then stonewalled journalists

Digital lending apps are growing in popularity in Kenya, often through flashy ads and influencers, attracting borrowers from all walks of life with the allure of quick cash for minimal effort. These users often do not read the terms and conditions, and end up with sky-high

Today Guardian & Observer journalists are on strike for 48 hours over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall.🧵 How can you support us? SHARE our posts WRITE to [email protected] JOIN US - there's cake!

Our new investigation with Unearthed on the UK exports of banned pesticides is out. The biggest export was Syngenta diquat, which is causing health problems among farmers in Brazil, our reseach reveals. Public Eye Crispin Dowler theguardian.com/environment/20…

The @premiumtimesng reveals how the US government program on GMOs in Nigeria steamrolled resistance from health + environmental advocates. We discovered derogatory profiles of Nigerians who raised concerns about GMOs, the prominent activist Nnimmo and Labour Party candidate

Across Europe college-educated migrants are locked out of the skilled workforce due to policy failures. @publico & @LHReports reveal how Portugal mitigated brain waste, as well as the limits of this success publico.pt/interactivos/b…

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Impact: The Missouri PR firm that secretly profiled hundreds of food, health and environment advocates has removed the profiles from its members-only website after @LHReports and partners exposed their activities and potential breach of privacy laws. #PoisonPR

The firm, v-Fluence, said some of its clients terminated their contracts due to our reporting, and it had to lay off some of its workforce. It might also have new enemies in government - one secret profile was on Donald J. Trump pick for Sec of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Another influential #MAHA supporter, Vani Hari, was also amongst those profiled. Despite this, the project got support from the Dept. of Agriculture during Trump’s first presidency, highlighting tensions between commitment on health and to industrial agriculture.

A US company, funded by USAID, was secretly profiling food & environmental advocates in a private web portal. Now, after public outrage, it's shutting down. Lighthouse Reports The Guardian Margot Gibbs Elena DeBre thenewlede.org/2025/02/profil…

Read the coverage in Le Monde lemonde.fr/planete/articl…

In October 2024, Lighthouse Reports, Africa Uncensored and seven other media outlets published #PoisonPR [lighthousereports.com/investigation/…], an investigation into how American PR firm v-Fluence was hired to downplay the dangers of pesticides to farmers. What has happened since? Here’s an

A database containing personal details of critics of pesticide use, including home addresses, phone numbers, family members, has shut down after an investigation by carey gillam ✍️ 📓 Margot Gibbs & Elena DeBre provoked public outcry at corporate dirty tricks. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…

AMAZING NEWS! France has voted to ban toxic PFAS forever in products from cosmetics to clothes, cars to cookware - superb! Vive la revolution!!! Congratulations to all who worked so hard for this to happen! buff.ly/4bb9Vfb

🎙️ New episode of #Backlight is out! Want to dig deeper into financial investigations, but not sure where to start? In our latest episode, Margot Gibbs and giacomo zandonini share how reporters can use financial clues to crack open investigations. lighthousereports.com/become-a-money…

Honoured that our investigation Poison PR won the Environmental Reporting prize at  One World Media last week, and to see key collaborator Cynthia Gichiri. shortlisted as Journalist of the Year for her amazing work with Africa Uncensored. oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/winners…

Three cheers to the team including Margot Gibbs Elena DeBre Cynthia Gichiri. Tessa Pang John-Allan Namu Sam Munia Eric Mugendi Emmanuel Freudenthal Sarasvati.T Thin carey gillam ✍️ 📓 @sfoucart Nathan Morris anthony k. langat Obi Anyadike @namlyd Abdulkareem Mojeed Gabriel Geiger Tomas Statius Aathira Perinchery

When Assad’s security state collapsed, locked doors opened, spilling decades of secrets. Among them: 100s of stolen children, hidden in orphanages & used to blackmail parents. We’ve done the deepest dive yet into this cruel system. Here’s what we found 🧵 lighthousereports.com/investigation/…

May this heart-wrenching, painstaking investigation lead to the accountability it demands.