As someone who used to work in OSINT, it pains me to see people misrepresenting unconfirmed & emotionally charged posts as “OSINT” research.

Thanks to Bellingcat for this reminder about the common mistakes & best practices in the field.

Did the International Court of Justice’s order on the conflict in Gaza change anything on the ground?

Our exclusive interview with Judge Joan Donoghue, former president of the court, is available here

📻 bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

What #Poland is doing to reveal the extent of #Pegasus spyware misuse is unprecedented.

Uncontrolled use of spyware breeds corruption, repression & abuse of power.

States owe it to their citizens to investigate & answer for these abuses.

NEW: female army officers that reported sexual harassment... were hacked with #Pegasus .

Official confirmations from #Poland 's AG Adam Bodnar keep shedding light on more apparent spyware abuses by past gov.

LINK: [PL]: wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/zglosily-…

Dear all, our father, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, is released to house arrest! It is a sign that pressure works and Azerbaijan is responding to criticism! Our family is extremely thankful of all the support we received, international community saved my father's life!
However, our fight…

🔴And we are *live* for our roundtable event on the topic of transnational repression (TNR).

📺Follow our livestream: youtube.com/watch?v=r_YVlV…

But… what is transnational repression, you may ask?
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This!

I also see so many respectable ppl still promoting known disinfo/OSHIT accounts like OSINTdefender, Jason Hinkle, Visegrad24, etc.

We can criticize tech platforms as much as we want, but things won’t change if we don’t stop contributing to disinfo & polarization online.

Dear friends,
If you have received notifications like this from Apple this night:
a) don't panic
b) contact me, Kornelij or Ruben Muradyan

If you happen to be in Armenia contact cyberhub.am Kornelij

Received Apple Threat Notification about mercenary spyware? 😳

Don’t rush to reset your iPhone!📱❌

Instead:

✅ install updates
✅ enable Lockdown Mode
✅ backup your iPhone to preserve evidence
✅ if civil society, contact the Helpline!

More here accessnow.org/help/access-no……

IMPORTANT: has Apple recently sent you a #MercenarySpyware threat notification?

This is serious. Seek expert help.

If you're a journalist, activist, dissident, academic, etc. etc: ✅contact the Access Now Digital Security Helpline.

accessnow.org/help/

On the same day of 20-F filing, Cognyte's sale of surveillance tech to #Myanmar was exposed.U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Nasdaq Exchange - The 20-F is too poor for investors to evaluate the effectiveness of oversight in place. It's time to request robust disclosure of human rights risks

Kudos to lawyer eitaymack for exposing Cognyte’s unlawful business with #Myanmar .

If Israel won’t impose consequences on the surveillance company for violating human rights & export controls, other governments should.

$CGNT

Brave Russian man who opposed the war & helped Ukrainians dies in Russian prison after likely being tortured.

NEW: Polish Government has begun notifying #Pegasus spyware targets.

Remarkable to see the accountability from the new gov.

Unthinkable back in 2021 when we Citizen Lab began confirming abuses in #Poland
tvpworld.com/76811115/polan…

'The FSB became very efficient and innovative at repression. Nowadays, the Russian security and intelligence services are world experts in killing and torture. [...] But these are not the qualities that help to prevent [terrorist] attacks.'

🇨🇦 Canada-based Sandvine's credit rating downgraded by Moody's Ratings

The pain of US 🇺🇸 U.S. Commerce Dept. sanctions on the firm for selling surveillance and censorship gear to authoritarian regimes:

ratings.moodys.com/ratings-news/4…

h/t John Scott-Railton

Executing civilians, whether they are Russian, Ukrainian, Muslim, Jewish, or anyone else;

Torturing people, whether they are guilty or not;

Treating entire nations/ethnicities as criminals/ using collective punishment

- ALL of these are illegal, abhorrent, & unacceptable.

Islamic State group (IS) has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow and released images and a video of the gunmen doing it.

However, pro-Kremlin influencers on X insist that Ukraine was responsible for the attack.

Tajiks in Russia are an extremely discriminated minority.

We still don’t know all the facts, but capturing & torturing some Tajik men & getting them to confess to anything could be an easy way for Russia to find scapegoats & control the narrative.

Think before you share.