🗽 Election day in the USA 🇺🇸
Investigators from across CIR will be monitoring election stories, social media, and disinformation in the US elections in this live thread.
Send us leads to follow and stories to debunk by DM.
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CIR’s Sudan Witness team has published a report on the recent IL-76 plane crash in North Darfur.
🔗https://t.co/8OUhRJiwP5
🌍 Using Planet imagery
🗻 Using PeakVisor in Sudan
🛩️ 3 Keys to identifying the aircraft
🛂 Assessing ID docs allegedly found at the scene
So... flown somewhere, given false promises of good working conditions...
Then subjected to dangerous working conditions.
And threatened with needing to pay their own way home / being stuck without housing if they didn't deliver.
What does that sound like to you?
How can investigators maintain their passion for open source research whilst protecting their mental health?
CIR investigator Sarah Villegas shares her advice👇
Learn more: https://t.co/fRVvJQg8dT
This World Mental Health Day, we've put together a handy checklist on how to handle traumatic content, and prevent vicarious trauma in the workplace.
Bookmark for when it's needed.
#WMHD2024
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How are conspiracy theories born? How do they spiral into various corners of the internet? How can I avoid propagating them?
We asked CIR investigator Jack B. ⬇️
How can the release of new research be used to help build an engaged community around a shared issue?
We asked Felicity Mulford about CIR's recent work to address the online abuse of women and girls ⬇️
Today, the UN and 21 NGOs have expressed concerns over the treatment of women activists in #Afghanistan. AW has tracked the rise of female-led protests since Aug 2021.
In this thread, we show examples of how women-led protests have been dealt with by the Taliban. 👇
@Keir_Starmer Clever use of the right’s BS nostalgia, blended with a solution for the left’s lack of greater narrative, make us the best (again) without saying the again, so it feels more forward looking. All without committing to anything. Clever politician.