Peter Andringa
@peter.andringa.me
Journalist/technologist, @financialtimes.com Visual Investigations
📍London
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🔏 Signal: @peterandringa.01
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📍London
✉️ peter.andringa@ft.com
🔏 Signal: @peterandringa.01
ft.com/news-tips
Our latest on the Epstein files (and a rare "Boston Logan airport" byline):
US justice department under fire for removing Trump image from Epstein files ft.trib.al/wAIno9H
US justice department under fire for removing Trump image from Epstein files
Democrats raise questions over why some documents released on Friday were removed the next day
ft.trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Our latest on the Epstein files (and a rare "Boston Logan airport" byline):
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Eye scans, licence plate readers, spyware: technology used to catch criminals and terrorists is being repurposed to fulfil Trump's pledge to deport 1mn undocumented migrants this year. Critics fear it’s the thin end of the authoritarian wedge.
An #FTEdit thread on America’s new surveillance state 👇
An #FTEdit thread on America’s new surveillance state 👇
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Eye scans, licence plate readers, spyware: technology used to catch criminals and terrorists is being repurposed to fulfil Trump's pledge to deport 1mn undocumented migrants this year. Critics fear it’s the thin end of the authoritarian wedge.
An #FTEdit thread on America’s new surveillance state 👇
An #FTEdit thread on America’s new surveillance state 👇
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An investigation by @peter.andringa.me worth reading that also serves as a reminder of a well-known yet always uncomfortable truth: OSINT tools used for accountability (geolocation, facial recognition, data cross-referencing) are embedded in ICE’s deportation machinery.
December 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
An investigation by @peter.andringa.me worth reading that also serves as a reminder of a well-known yet always uncomfortable truth: OSINT tools used for accountability (geolocation, facial recognition, data cross-referencing) are embedded in ICE’s deportation machinery.
NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.
Trump’s immigration data dragnet
The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year
ig.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled on.ft.com/47FBigb
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled on.ft.com/47FBigb
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Asked whether the FT’s calculations on his family’s profits were broadly accurate, Eric Trump said the true figure was “probably more”.
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
FT Investigation: How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies
www.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Asked whether the FT’s calculations on his family’s profits were broadly accurate, Eric Trump said the true figure was “probably more”.
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com today on how the broader slopification of social media has led to an almost 10% drop in time spent on platforms worldwide. Except in the US, where consumption of "extreme rhetoric, engagement bait and slop" has continued to rise.
October 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com today on how the broader slopification of social media has led to an almost 10% drop in time spent on platforms worldwide. Except in the US, where consumption of "extreme rhetoric, engagement bait and slop" has continued to rise.
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This is amongst the best reported stories about the current state of ICE Air. Must read.
ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
The booming business of Trump’s deportation flights
Companies are jostling for billions of dollars to fly immigrant detainees out of the US
ig.ft.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is amongst the best reported stories about the current state of ICE Air. Must read.
Reposted by Peter Andringa
ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
The booming business of Trump’s deportation flights
Companies are jostling for billions of dollars to fly immigrant detainees out of the US
ig.ft.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
The booming business of Trump’s deportation flights
Companies are jostling for billions of dollars to fly immigrant detainees out of the US
ig.ft.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
When Ollie writes about spies and puzzles, you know it’ll be a must-read. This is one to enjoy with your coffee this weekend:
jim sanborn has a secret, or, the nuance of iqlusion: on.ft.com/417RPqQ
Jim Sanborn has a secret
[FREE TO READ] The sculptor of the CIA’s ‘Kryptos’ has spent decades guarding its last secret code. What happens when he’s gone?
on.ft.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
When Ollie writes about spies and puzzles, you know it’ll be a must-read. This is one to enjoy with your coffee this weekend:
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Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley has died aged 91. She is the subject of I think, one of the best ever FT lunches, which you can read here (registration or subscription required, will post a first 300 clicks free link in the replies):
Tech pioneer Stephanie Shirley: ‘I need to make the life that was saved worth saving’
The ‘venture philanthropist’ on her journey from child refugee to billion-dollar businesswoman — and why Britain must do more for those fleeing war today
www.ft.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley has died aged 91. She is the subject of I think, one of the best ever FT lunches, which you can read here (registration or subscription required, will post a first 300 clicks free link in the replies):
Brilliant gonzo journalism by @jemima.bsky.social in today’s paper: inside the most insufferable garden party of the summer.
🎁🔗: on.ft.com/4op28kt
🎁🔗: on.ft.com/4op28kt
Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right
[FREE TO READ] What you learn at a gathering of neoreactionaries, Very Online rightwingers and the formerly cancelled
on.ft.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Brilliant gonzo journalism by @jemima.bsky.social in today’s paper: inside the most insufferable garden party of the summer.
🎁🔗: on.ft.com/4op28kt
🎁🔗: on.ft.com/4op28kt
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FT exposes Russian cooperation with Iran in pursuit of dual-use nuclear technology.
Essential reading to understand Iranian efforts to acquire the tools, expertise and material to make and amplify the power of nuclear bombs.
Ace reporting by @miles-johnson.bsky.social and @maxseddon.bsky.social
Essential reading to understand Iranian efforts to acquire the tools, expertise and material to make and amplify the power of nuclear bombs.
Ace reporting by @miles-johnson.bsky.social and @maxseddon.bsky.social
The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia
An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research
www.ft.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
FT exposes Russian cooperation with Iran in pursuit of dual-use nuclear technology.
Essential reading to understand Iranian efforts to acquire the tools, expertise and material to make and amplify the power of nuclear bombs.
Ace reporting by @miles-johnson.bsky.social and @maxseddon.bsky.social
Essential reading to understand Iranian efforts to acquire the tools, expertise and material to make and amplify the power of nuclear bombs.
Ace reporting by @miles-johnson.bsky.social and @maxseddon.bsky.social
I'm biased, but I think the FT Edit is the best value in news: for the same price as a Substack ($5/£5), you get EIGHT stories every single day from the FT's hundreds of brilliant writers. Give it a follow and subscribe:
Welcome to FT Edit! When the news is overwhelming, we bring you eight stories a day, chosen by editors, offering clarity, fresh perspectives, insight and inspiration — plus some extra treats! Explore more at www.ft.com/ftedit or, if you're reading on iOS, find us on the FT app: on.ft.com/44SHfGA
July 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm biased, but I think the FT Edit is the best value in news: for the same price as a Substack ($5/£5), you get EIGHT stories every single day from the FT's hundreds of brilliant writers. Give it a follow and subscribe:
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Important reporting from Gaza:
‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine
www.ft.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Important reporting from Gaza:
This is a brilliant, thoughtful interview with a truly remarkable man - a must-read.
for this week's Lunch with the FT, I met a humanitarian hero: war doctor David Nott www.ft.com/content/e5fa...
War zone surgeon David Nott: ‘Life is all about taking calculated risks’
The doctor who’s saved countless lives through his work in Ukraine and Gaza on operating under fire, the challenges of PTSD — and his belief in God
www.ft.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is a brilliant, thoughtful interview with a truly remarkable man - a must-read.
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Who built a system where someone can export a list of Taliban murder targets into excel on a computer with internet access.
Maybe I've missed this. But "a soldier sent an email" is not going to cut it as an explanation of how this happened. I'm not saying name-and-shame. But the public are owed a proper explanation. Continuing obfuscation just compounds this.
July 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Who built a system where someone can export a list of Taliban murder targets into excel on a computer with internet access.
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New: Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry.
The largest domestic deportation operation in US history has seen detention companies’ market value surge. But FT analysis has identified facilities housing 100s more people than they are designed to hold.
👉 ft.com/us-detention-industry
The largest domestic deportation operation in US history has seen detention companies’ market value surge. But FT analysis has identified facilities housing 100s more people than they are designed to hold.
👉 ft.com/us-detention-industry
July 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
New: Inside America’s booming immigration detention industry.
The largest domestic deportation operation in US history has seen detention companies’ market value surge. But FT analysis has identified facilities housing 100s more people than they are designed to hold.
👉 ft.com/us-detention-industry
The largest domestic deportation operation in US history has seen detention companies’ market value surge. But FT analysis has identified facilities housing 100s more people than they are designed to hold.
👉 ft.com/us-detention-industry
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🚨 🚨 🚨 UK govt set up a secret multibillion-pound scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a data leak put them at risk of murder and torture by the Taliban...
Then gagged the media with a super-injunction for almost two years
www.ft.com/content/f6b4...
Then gagged the media with a super-injunction for almost two years
www.ft.com/content/f6b4...
UK set up secret Afghan immigration scheme after data leak and gagged media
‘Super-injunction’ lifted two years after 25,000 were placed at risk of Taliban reprisals
www.ft.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🚨 🚨 🚨 UK govt set up a secret multibillion-pound scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a data leak put them at risk of murder and torture by the Taliban...
Then gagged the media with a super-injunction for almost two years
www.ft.com/content/f6b4...
Then gagged the media with a super-injunction for almost two years
www.ft.com/content/f6b4...
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New: Inside Gaza’s 'death traps'. A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. First-hand testimony, satellite imagery and verified video shed light on the dangerous journey from which many never return.
on.ft.com/4lKG6Go
on.ft.com/4lKG6Go
July 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New: Inside Gaza’s 'death traps'. A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. First-hand testimony, satellite imagery and verified video shed light on the dangerous journey from which many never return.
on.ft.com/4lKG6Go
on.ft.com/4lKG6Go
Made the *critical* mistake of checking the news before bed after getting home late on a Saturday night… and uh oh
Holy crap.
And thank you for your attention to this matter
And thank you for your attention to this matter
June 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Made the *critical* mistake of checking the news before bed after getting home late on a Saturday night… and uh oh
Saw this tonight and my hottest take is that “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” *needs* this layer of artifice to work. It’s not meant to be sympathetic! (The production has some flaws, but the live video isn’t one.)
Evita audiences in West End left disappointed that showstopper scene takes place off stage
Evita audiences in West End left disappointed that showstopper scene takes place off stage
Rachel Zegler sings Don’t Cry for Me Argentina on the balcony to passersby with a video feed to the theatre
Jamie Lloyd’s production of Evita has been referred to as the hottest ticket in the West End right now, with audiences paying as much as £250 for a seat.
But theatregoers keen to watch one of the biggest showstoppers in musical history – Eva Perón’s performance of Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – were left bitterly disappointed when they learned the scene would not actually take place on stage. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Saw this tonight and my hottest take is that “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” *needs* this layer of artifice to work. It’s not meant to be sympathetic! (The production has some flaws, but the live video isn’t one.)
GPS has become critical infrastructure with both military and civil applications. What happens when it's a casualty of war?
@claradoodle.bsky.social, Aditi Bhandari and I took a visual look at the rising anxieties for the shipping industry in the Straight of Hormuz:
@claradoodle.bsky.social, Aditi Bhandari and I took a visual look at the rising anxieties for the shipping industry in the Straight of Hormuz:
Visual analysis: GPS interference raises risk of accidents in Strait of Hormuz
Collision between two oil tankers raises anxieties in the region amid conflict between Israel and Iran
www.ft.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
GPS has become critical infrastructure with both military and civil applications. What happens when it's a casualty of war?
@claradoodle.bsky.social, Aditi Bhandari and I took a visual look at the rising anxieties for the shipping industry in the Straight of Hormuz:
@claradoodle.bsky.social, Aditi Bhandari and I took a visual look at the rising anxieties for the shipping industry in the Straight of Hormuz: