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Ben van der Merwe
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Digital investigations journalist at Sky News
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Illegal online casinos are using Roblox to draw children as young as 12 into online gambling - @bvdm.bsky.social and
I have been investigating for Sky News:
Illegal casinos are using Roblox to draw children into online gambling
A Sky News investigation has found a network of illegal casinos allowing children to gamble using their accounts on the hugely popular children's game Roblox. In response to our investigation, the Gam...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:33 AM
This post is misinformation, and the CIA is to blame.

A lesson in data presentation🧵
November 22, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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This is how we went about verifying the strike footage from Dnipro.

The first piece of footage was this, while its poor quality the pattern of chimneys and spire at the end of the residential buildings match.
November 21, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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Israel said Gazans could flee to this neighbourhood - then it was hit.

We found that a home in Deir al Balah was hit on 5 December, one day after Israel told civilians they could flee to the city.

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Israel said Gazans could flee to this neighbourhood - then it was hit
A Sky News visual investigation shows a building in Deir al Balah was hit one day after civilians were told they could flee to the city. Israel says it struck military targets in the area that day. Th...
news.sky.com
December 21, 2023 at 6:40 AM
It’s been three weeks since Israel captured #Shifa_Hospital - which they say was home to Hamas HQ.

We’ve gone over all the available evidence to build the fullest picture possible.

Here’s everything we know so far: news.sky.com/story/secret...
Secrets of the tunnels: What lies beneath al Shifa Hospital?
It was once the largest and most advanced medical facility in Gaza Now it's a battleground.
news.sky.com
December 1, 2023 at 8:07 PM
There is some scepticism around the number of people killed in Gaza, as reported by the (Hamas-controlled) Gaza Ministry of Health.

Here's what we do know, from me and Michelle Inez Simon: news.sky.com/story/israel...
Israel-Hamas war: What social media videos and satellite images tell us about the number of dead in ...
Sustained airstrikes, communications blackouts and a lack of access for foreign press has made it difficult to verify the number of people killed during the war in Gaza.
news.sky.com
November 3, 2023 at 10:22 AM
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One of the clearest independent looks at the damage wrought in Gaza by the excellent
@bvdm.bsky.social (with some geolocation from me!) news.sky.com/story/gaza-w...
Israel-Hamas war: Satellite data shows Israel intensifying bombing of south Gaza
Sky News analysis of satellite radar suggests that Israel has intensified its bombing of southern Gaza in the last two weeks, despite ordering residents of the north to flee southwards.
news.sky.com
October 27, 2023 at 10:15 AM