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TBIJ beats two-year ‘SLAPP’ lawsuit. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has overcome a two-year libel suit from a multibillion dollar company formerly linked to Kazakhstan’s ruling elite after the claim was dropped in June.
What is a deepfake – and how are they being used by scammers?
Mar 7, 2024 · Face-swapping technology, which has been around for more than a decade, enables users to replace one person’s face with another’s. It can create the illusion of someone saying or doing something they never did. That kind of deepfake is what you may have seen on TV and social media but it has also been used to carry out fraud: one scam in China used face …
Explainer: how medical oxygen is made - TBIJ
May 25, 2021 · PSA plants. PSA plants work by taking ambient air and separating the nitrogen from the oxygen, which is left in gas form. In countries such as Uganda and Ethiopia, governments or individual hospitals have invested in PSA plants, which are located very near the hospital and make gas that can be either piped directly to patients or used to refill cylinders.
Drone Warfare - TBIJ
Apr 9, 2020 · Drone Warfare. Between 2010 and 2020 the Bureau tracked US drone strikes and other covert actions in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia. The comprehensive reporting on civilian deaths helped lead to greater official transparency on targeted killing, and provided the data needed to hold the White House to account.
How Roman Abramovich became the face of Russian wealth
Nov 15, 2023 · When the UK government sanctioned Abramovich in March 2022 in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, forcing him to sell Chelsea, it noted he was “one of the few oligarchs from the 1990s to maintain prominence under Putin”.
What is content moderation? - TBIJ
May 17, 2024 · Inevitably, not all this content is appropriate, safe or even legal. That’s where moderators come in. What content moderators do. Content moderators are paid by tech companies to sift through the text, images and videos posted on the platforms they run, such as social media sites.
Stories - TBIJ
How we did it: putting together the Silenced Stories debate. Using parliamentary privilege to reveal what the powerful didn't want us to know
History of drone warfare - TBIJ
Drones have been part of warfare since the 19th century, arguably, when the Austrians used pilotless hot-air balloons to bomb Venice. Development of pilotless flying machines such as those operated today began almost as soon as the Wright brothers demonstrated powered flight with the first remote control planes developed during the First World War. ...
Drone wars: the full data - TBIJ
Jan 1, 2017 · Between 2010 and 2020 the Bureau collected data on US strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen from government, military and intelligence officials, and from credible media, academic and other sources, including on occasion Bureau researchers.
JBS: The Brazilian butchers who took over the world | TBIJ
Jul 2, 2019 · The investigation also uncovered footage of a Temer aide carrying a suitcase containing nearly $150,000, allegedly handed over by JBS. Ricardo Saud, a JBS executive, subsequently testified the company had bribed 1,829 candidates from across the political spectrum, spending almost $250m.