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Mapping the Aftermath of the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Border Clashes
In September last year, clashes broke out along disputed sections of the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border, affecting thousands of civilians.…
Peering Beyond the Clouds: A Guide to Tausi Insider’s Ship Detection Tool
Editors Note: The tool detailed in this article has been developed as part of Tausi Insider’s Tech Fellowship…
Grain Trail: Tracking Russia’s Ghost Ships with Satellite Imagery
The main grain terminal at the Port of Sevastopol in occupied Crimea has fallen quiet in recent years…
Chronolocation: Determining When a Photo was Taken Using Facebook, Google Street View and Assorted Tiny Details
How can open source investigators determine when a photograph or video was taken? Observing the length of shadows…
Finding Geolocation Leads with Tausi Insider’s OpenStreetMap Search Tool
Sometimes, the trickiest part of geolocating a photo can be knowing where to start looking. In previous Tausi…
Tracing the Odnoklassniki Profile of the Texas Mall Shooter
In the days since nine people (including the gunman) were shot and killed at a mall in Allen,…
Lucas Villa: Cell Phone Data Gives New Insight into Unsolved Case of Colombian Protestor’s Killing
Almost two years since the death of student protester Lucas Villa in the Colombian city of Pereira, no…
International Far-Right Fight Night Comes to Budapest
This weekend, Budapest is due to play host to an event that far-right extremists have bragged online will…
Testing for Manipulation: A Case Study from Colombia
On April 17, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro took to Twitter and wrote “Manipulations of the extreme right. Lies…
Anatomy of Three Leaked US Intelligence Documents
Among the documents leaked on the social messaging platform Discord in February 2023 were three purported damage assessments…