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curator // art + journalism // source protection programme @tcij.org // teaching // ual // risd // kabk // hfbk tcij.org

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A digital 3D model, displayed against a plain black background. White text above reads: “The Israel Defense Forces used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos.” The image is branded with The Ferret’s logo in the corner.

A digital 3D model, displayed against a plain black background. White text above reads: “The Israel Defense Forces used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos.” The image is branded with The Ferret’s logo in the corner.

"It is a sign of how little regard they have for the truth when they are incorrectly taking images from museums, and it underlines that we cannot trust a word that they say"
theferret.scot/idf-s...

09.10.2025 09:00 👍 50 🔁 23 💬 3 📌 4

Last week we @citizenlab.ca published an investigation into a likely Israeli-directed AI influence op targeting Iranians citizenlab.ca/2025/10/ai-e...

This superb analysis by @jacksapoch.bsky.social & colleagues of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D animations and spatial inaccuracies 👇

08.10.2025 19:19 👍 18 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0

Disinformation, now in 3D.

08.10.2025 19:04 👍 299 🔁 109 💬 5 📌 1
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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

08.10.2025 16:58 👍 1851 🔁 824 💬 27 📌 182
A digital 3D model, displayed against a plain black background. White text above reads: “The Israel Defense Forces used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos.” The image is branded with The Ferret’s logo in the corner.

A digital 3D model, displayed against a plain black background. White text above reads: “The Israel Defense Forces used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos.” The image is branded with The Ferret’s logo in the corner.

A months-long investigation by The Ferret and a group of international journalists found there have been 40 propaganda animations produced by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the past two years – including several using the Scottish Maritime Museum’s 3D scans
theferret.scot/idf-s...

08.10.2025 14:30 👍 33 🔁 27 💬 2 📌 5
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Propaganda in 3D: Wie Israel mit Computeranimationen systematisch die öffentliche Meinung beeinflusst Mit fragwürdigen 3D-Animationen versucht Israel systematisch die öffentliche Meinung zu beeinflussen.

Mit fragwürdigen 3D-Animationen versucht Israel systematisch die öffentliche Meinung zu beeinflussen.

https://www.srf.ch/news/international/modelle-aus-dem-webshop-realistische-fantasy-die-3d-erklaervideos-der-israelischen-armee

08.10.2025 09:45 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 1
Princeton University Hodder Fellowship 2026-2027 ($93,000 stipend) – Opportunity Desk

Holder fellowship for writers and artists! opportunitydesk.org/2025/08/27/p...

01.09.2025 03:50 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Only a handful of places left!

#CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference
26-27 June 2025
@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

With @cathynewman.bsky.social, @riannacroxford.bsky.social and Dónal MacIntyre.

Book now: tcij.org/summer-confe...

10.06.2025 17:09 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Dark Green: Climate Finance Investigations - a new #free online training programme for European journalists.

8x2hrs sessions over 4 weeks
15 journalists to be selected
5 x €1,000 grants for the best stories

Apply now: tcij.org/initiative/d...
Deadline: 2 Feb

Funded by @journalismfund.bsky.social

13.01.2025 11:37 👍 5 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
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It's January - time to upskill!

#JournalismCourses - online - from our fantastic trainers: #data, digital tools for investigations, financial journalism, investigative methodology, supply chain investigations.

More to be added soon - watch this space!

Book now! ➡️ tcij.org/scheduled-tr...

08.01.2025 13:02 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The 2025 journalist’s digital security checklist Our digital security training team's checklist to help journalists secure their digital life.

👋 Hey, journalists, how's your digital security looking for 2025?

Track your progress with our checklist.

02.01.2025 23:23 👍 37 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 4

A real highlight of our Symposium for me -- check out @iwriteok.bsky.social moderate this at times moving, hilarious and enlightening conversation with @sachapfeiffer.bsky.social Bradley Hope and Calle Fuhr

12.12.2024 13:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Source! CIJ Logan Symposium 2024 - YouTube The Centre for Investigative Journalism present Source! the 10 year anniversary edition of the CIJ Logan Symposium. Investigative journalism is in flux. Jour...

Don't worry if you missed our recent CIJ Logan Symposium: Source!

All of the videos from the event are now online. You can watch them here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

12.12.2024 13:15 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
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Over a year, we collected & analyzed data on drowning deaths along Texas' stretch of the US/Mexico border on the Rio Grande

Yesterday our collaborative investigation went out on the front covers of @washingtonpost.com + @eluniversalmx.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social

09.12.2024 16:06 👍 34 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 1

We support @arialavrilleux.bsky.social at @disclosengo.bsky.social who will appear in a Paris court in January over her investigation into a secret French military operation in Egypt. She has faced alarming intimidation & surveillance from authorities for her reporting. disclose.ngo/fr/article/s...

04.12.2024 13:52 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Statement on AI training An open letter on AI training signed by creators around the world.

“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”

11,500 actors, musicians, authors, and more have signed this open letter: www.aitrainingstatement.org

22.10.2024 15:20 👍 123 🔁 53 💬 1 📌 3

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22.10.2024 21:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A New Normal If Donald Trump returns to the White House, the Espionage Act offers a clear path for him to stifle press freedom.

"If Donald Trump returns to the White House, the Espionage Act offers a clear path for him to stifle press freedom."

22.10.2024 21:22 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 3
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well welll well apparently the radical flank approach works similarly on climate as it has on every other social issue

21.10.2024 20:20 👍 841 🔁 305 💬 29 📌 36
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Director - Declassified Media Ltd - London, England Investigative journalism and media organisation seeks a new director to succeed its co-founder and to consolidate its reputation and take the organisation to its next level
21.10.2024 15:46 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Hello Bluesky!

We're here to keep you updated on all of our events, training and new initiatives.

In November we're running the next #CIJLogan symposium at the Barbican in London. Find out more and book tickets: tcij.org/source

21.10.2024 10:36 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0