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Open source research: finding and checking information using digital and free sources

Christiaan Triebert (formerly Bellingcat, now The New York Times) shows how to check facts and gather information using open sources on the internet and social media.

Learn how to use websites, databases, discussion platforms, search engines, satellite images and Google Street View to track people, uncover connections, reconstruct events and check the locations of photos and videos.

For example, look for the victims of a scammer, the whereabouts of a suspect, the financiers of a militant movement or the members of an obscure action group. Or determine where a certain photo was taken (for example, use the database of manhole covers; it really exists!).

Christiaan Triebert not only gives tips and tricks, but also puts you to work during the workshop, so bring your laptop.

Location: Pandorazaal
Time(s): 14:15 - 16:15
Speaker(s): Christiaan Triebert
Language: ENG
Type: Workshop (OSINT)
Theme: Investigative journalism
  • Niels Westra
    Christiaan Triebert (Leeuwarden, 1991) works as an investigative journalist for the Visual Investigation Team of the New York Times. He previously worked as a trainer and researcher for the journalist collective Bellingcat. He won several prizes, including a Pulitzer for the revelation about Russian bombing of hospitals in Syria (2020). Triebert is an expert in the field of open source intelligence (OSINT). He studied International Relations and Philosophy at the University of Groningen and obtained a master's degree in Conflict, Security and Development studies at King's College London.

    Photocredit: Niels Westra
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