Rachel Bidock

visual investigations journalist
focused on image and video authenticity in the age of AI 🤖

[Rachel Bidock @RachelBidock]

Not simply attributed to the wrong date, it's AI ⬇️🫥

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

We posted an image of a strike that circulated in Iranian accounts that was inaccurately attributed to tonight.

Our mistake…caught and corrected.

We post hundreds of times a day in real time. We’ll occasionally get one wrong.

Unfortunately it was widely shared before we had the chance to make the correction.
What matters is what happens next: we own it, we fix it, we move on.

It’s a big lesson for us in responsibility that we will certainly learn and grow from. That cannot be overstated.

Back to work. TYH

[Rachel Bidock @RachelBidock]

FALSE: This video does not show Bahrain. It shows a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian oil refinery in January 2025.

For reference:
https://t.co/qlquxkNcE5 //
https://t.co/pXX7cyCbR5

[GBC @GBC_Press]

🚨 BREAKING:

​Iran has targeted U.S. Fifth Fleet sites in Bahrain with missiles and drones in response to a ceasefire violation.

​Iran is not joking and confirms that future responses could be even stronger amid escalating tensions.

[Rachel Bidock @RachelBidock]

In light of Google integrating Gemini more heavily in their search engine, I thought it'd be a good time to remind folks you can easily opt out of using it by ending your inquiry with "-ai" (minus the quotes obv) hope this is helpful!!!

[Rachel Bidock @RachelBidock]

While I could stand on my soapbox all day screaming about regulations (especially the need for integrated watermarks on AI-generated content), I will leave that for another day. 😤

[Rachel Bidock @RachelBidock]

Hi! I'm a visual verification journalist focused on UGC in the age of AI. Anyone see that photo purporting to show Cole Tomas Allen sitting in a chair with an IDF shirt? Signs point to it being synthetic/manipulated... Deeper dive below 👇

[Rachel Bidock @RachelBidock]

(Link to 2017 ABC7 interview: https://t.co/XEHtVcpX26)

[Rachel Bidock @RachelBidock]

DEBUNK: Out-of-context clip misrepresents NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani, original (& longer clip) can be found on his IG: https://t.co/3VPJW24vWr (TDLR; “We came here to remake this state in the image of our people because it does not work for actual working class New Yorkers.")

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people.
Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Justice Dept's four-year old webpage on the US Capitol riot investigations

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[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The front page of @dailytarheel, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

via @elmunc

[Rachel Bidock @RachelBidock]

Ever feel like you're being watched... @NYCAudubon

[Tim Mak @timkmak]

Good morning to readers; Moscow remains in Putin’s hands.

For now.

The Wagner Group has seized territory in Russia and is trying to remove the nation’s military leadership from power.

The UK assesses that the mercenaries are trying to get to Moscow.

[Angelina Fay @ngelinafay]

do ron desantis and elon musk really think they can compete with the vanderpump rules reunion on wednesday night

[Tim Mak @timkmak]

Good morning to readers.

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. Please RT this thread. It’s an important one.

Some news: I’m leaving NPR as part of the layoffs that dramatically cut the org's workforce.

I’ve decided to go back into Ukraine to keep reporting.

But this time, alone.

[Maria Pevchikh @pevchikh]

1/22 This is Svetlana Maniovich. She is your guide to the world of extreme Russian glamour. She radiates richness. Diamonds, furs, Rolls Royces - she has it all and more. In summer you can find her in St Tropez where she rents a villa for €150k/month, or on a yacht in Naples🧵