PublicWWW | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit PublicWWW is a source code search engine that allows you to search for any alphanumeric snippet, signature, or keyword within the HTML, JavaScript, and CSS code of millions of web pages.

PublicWWW is a source code search engine. Open source researchers can use it to identify possible links between different websites. Learn more in @bellingcat.com's Online Investigation Toolkit. bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

💼 Learn to:
• Map global corporate structures
• Uncover foreign lobbying + hidden influence
• Use open-source tools + multilingual searches

#GlobalInvestigations #OpenSourceResearch #Accountability

Money, Movement, and Misdirection | Sunlight Research Join Sunlight Research Center and Anna Massoglia, Sunlight’s director of investigations, for a hands-on session on tracking the people, money, and networks behind international businesses.

🌍 Oct 31: Learn to follow global money trails & uncover who really controls international companies.

Anna Massoglia shares tools for tracing influence across borders.

Link to register: www.sunlightresearch.net/event-detail...

#GlobalInvestigations #OpenSourceResearch #DataJournalism

ShipFinder | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit ShipFinder is an application designed to track vessels in near real-time across the globe.

Would you like to learn how to track ships? Discover how to use ShipFinder: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more.... We also compare ShipFinder to other ship tracking sites, helping you choose the best tool for your research #OpenSourceResearch

Tencent Maps | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit Tencent Maps is a mapping service provided by the Chinese technology company Tencent. Tencent Maps provides maps, satellite imagery, and street view.

If you are interested in researching China-related topics, consider exploring Tencent Maps. Learn how to use this Chinese mapping service (also from outside of China) in @bellingcat.com ’s Online Investigation Toolkit: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

EU Sanctions Map | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit Database of sanctions imposed by the European Union

The EU has imposed sanctions on a range of countries and individuals. Open source researchers can use the EU Sanctions Map to find out who is affected. Learn more about the site in @bellingcat.com's Online Investigation Toolkit: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

IJF Open Source Research Panels A list of Open Source Research related panels from the International Journalism Festival in Perugia (in English and only if a recording is available) 2025 Sam Cole, Kolina Koltai, Charlotte Maher...

From researching on Telegram to analyzing satellite imagery, the @journalismfestival.com offers free online recordings from past events. I have compiled a list of sessions that focus on, or are related to, open source research methods: t1p.de/mod4u. #OpenSourceResearch

Baidu Maps | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit A mapping application provided by Chinese technology company Baidu Inc.

Baidu Maps is one of those tools everyone has heard of, but few open source researchers actually know how to use. Learn more about Baidu Maps in @bellingcat.com's Online Investigation Toolkit: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

MapChecking | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit This tool helps you estimate and fact-check the maximum number of people standing in a given area.

Did you ever struggle to estimate the number of people in a crowd? MapChecking can help with this task. Learn more about the tool in @bellingcat.com's Online Investigation Toolkit by @afko.bsky.social: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

PimEyes | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit An AI-powered facial recognition reverse image search tool.

PimEyes allows users to upload photos of faces in order to search the internet for pictures of people who look similar. Learn more about the tool in Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... by @anisashabir.bsky.social #OpenSourceResearch

Just released a small python tool I built: Explosion Distance Estimator — a simple code to estimate how far an explosion occurred based on video footage.

Open source & easy to use — feel free to test it out!

github.com/wodleyy/expl...

#OSINT #OpenSourceResearch #GEOINT #Geolocation #Python

Leak-Lookup | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit An online tool that allows you to search across public data breaches to surface credentials that may have been compromised.

Leak-Lookup allows open source researchers to search across data breaches. Have a look at Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit to learn more about this tool: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

Bluesky Insights | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit Bluesky Insights is a free web-based analytics tool for the Bluesky social network.

The tool "Bluesky Insights" provides information on Bluesky accounts including favourite topics, preferred posting times or best performing posts. @cargocultscientist.bsky.social tested the tool by using @bellingcat.com as an example:
bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

Atlos | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit ATLOS is a platform for collaborative and large-scale open source investigations.

Atlos is a platform that allows open source researchers to collaborate on large scale investigations. Learn more about Atlos in @stephanieladel.bsky.social's contribution to @bellingcat.com' Online Investigation Toolkit: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

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License plates can be a crucial piece of information for geolocations. Check out our new comparison of top license plate information sites: app.gitbook.com/o/WQpOq5ZFue... #OpenSourceResearch #Geolocation #LicensePlates

Azure AI Video Indexer | bcattools AI video tool for facial detection and other types of insights.

Whether we like it or not, some open source researchers do use facial detection/recognition tools: Learn more about Azure AI Video Indexer and FaceCheckID (two very different tools!) in our toolkit: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... + bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

In recent years, #opensourceresearch has proven instrumental in exposing human rights violations and corroborating traditional journalism. It has even been said that open source has democratised access to information, with videos and photographs posted online providing crucial visual data

WildEye | bcattools Tracking tool for data on environmental and wildlife crime cases worldwide.

WildEye lets you track environmental and wildlife crime cases in many countries around the world. Learn more about the tracking tool in our toolkit: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more... #OpenSourceResearch

👏 Wishing our colleagues at #OpenSourceResearch Collaboration all the best for their conference in collaboration with 2nd Pan Arab Women Physicians Association Conference and the 1st Kuwaiti Women Physicians Conference, from December 12th to 14th, 2024.
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