Overview
Bellingcat is an investigative collective known for pioneering and popularizing open-source investigation techniques, including geolocation and chronolocation.
Mission
To use open-source and social-media investigation to produce accountability journalism and to teach these methods widely.
Focus areas
- Open-source investigation methodology
- Verification and geolocation
- Public training and toolkits
Why it matters here
Bellingcat's published methods underpin much of the verification practice taught across this site.
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