Sarah Cammarata
@sjcamm.bsky.social
Investigator | OSINT trainer @tcij.org | MA KCL War Studies ‘22 | Past lives: Stars and Stripes, POLITICO. she/her 🌈 London
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Sarah Cammarata
@sjcamm.bsky.social
· May 7
Podcast: Sarah Cammarata on investigating a toxic network targeting women for harassment
We sit down with the best and brightest practitioners in the field to learn more about their careers and skillsets.
www.osintnewsletter.osint-jobs.com
Excited to share my conversation w/ @joshaxelrod.bsky.social on the @osintjobs.bsky.social Podcast!
We covered a range of topics, including:
• OSINT and journalism
• Storytelling and data
• Diversity and inclusion in OSINT
...and more!
🔗 www.osintnewsletter.osint-jobs.com/p/podcast-sa...
We covered a range of topics, including:
• OSINT and journalism
• Storytelling and data
• Diversity and inclusion in OSINT
...and more!
🔗 www.osintnewsletter.osint-jobs.com/p/podcast-sa...
Thrilled to moderate a crucial panel this Monday in London! We'll cover how OSINT techniques and tools are transforming justice for human rights violations 🔎⚖️ An expert panel includes leaders from @airwars.bsky.social @bellingcat.com and more!
Get your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Thrilled to moderate a crucial panel this Monday in London! We'll cover how OSINT techniques and tools are transforming justice for human rights violations 🔎⚖️ An expert panel includes leaders from @airwars.bsky.social @bellingcat.com and more!
Get your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
Get your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
TikTok’s staff is reportedly working on a new version of the app for release in app stores on September 5th. www.theverge.com/news/698999/...
TikTok’s ‘ban’ problem could end soon with a new app and a sale
The ban has been banned for six months.
www.theverge.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
TikTok’s staff is reportedly working on a new version of the app for release in app stores on September 5th. www.theverge.com/news/698999/...
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Exc: Logically, the UK's biggest fact checking and anti-disinfo company, has gone into administration. The causes are in dispute, but it's another blow for a beleaguered industry www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
Britain’s biggest fact-checking company goes into administration
Logically, which worked with the government to counter disinformation during the Covid pandemic, had recently lost contracts with social media giants
www.thetimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Exc: Logically, the UK's biggest fact checking and anti-disinfo company, has gone into administration. The causes are in dispute, but it's another blow for a beleaguered industry www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
Thrilled to be back for the 2nd year to speak at the #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference!
Join me tomorrow AM for my session - I’ll share insights from my Wired investigation www.wired.com/story/inside...
I’ll demonstrate how to investigate using TikTok, Telegram & Facebook @tcij.org
Join me tomorrow AM for my session - I’ll share insights from my Wired investigation www.wired.com/story/inside...
I’ll demonstrate how to investigate using TikTok, Telegram & Facebook @tcij.org
https://wired.com/story/inside-t…
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thrilled to be back for the 2nd year to speak at the #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference!
Join me tomorrow AM for my session - I’ll share insights from my Wired investigation www.wired.com/story/inside...
I’ll demonstrate how to investigate using TikTok, Telegram & Facebook @tcij.org
Join me tomorrow AM for my session - I’ll share insights from my Wired investigation www.wired.com/story/inside...
I’ll demonstrate how to investigate using TikTok, Telegram & Facebook @tcij.org
Excited to share my conversation w/ @joshaxelrod.bsky.social on the @osintjobs.bsky.social Podcast!
We covered a range of topics, including:
• OSINT and journalism
• Storytelling and data
• Diversity and inclusion in OSINT
...and more!
🔗 www.osintnewsletter.osint-jobs.com/p/podcast-sa...
We covered a range of topics, including:
• OSINT and journalism
• Storytelling and data
• Diversity and inclusion in OSINT
...and more!
🔗 www.osintnewsletter.osint-jobs.com/p/podcast-sa...
Podcast: Sarah Cammarata on investigating a toxic network targeting women for harassment
We sit down with the best and brightest practitioners in the field to learn more about their careers and skillsets.
www.osintnewsletter.osint-jobs.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Excited to share my conversation w/ @joshaxelrod.bsky.social on the @osintjobs.bsky.social Podcast!
We covered a range of topics, including:
• OSINT and journalism
• Storytelling and data
• Diversity and inclusion in OSINT
...and more!
🔗 www.osintnewsletter.osint-jobs.com/p/podcast-sa...
We covered a range of topics, including:
• OSINT and journalism
• Storytelling and data
• Diversity and inclusion in OSINT
...and more!
🔗 www.osintnewsletter.osint-jobs.com/p/podcast-sa...
Infuriating.
Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people are valid. Trans people belong and deserve to exist 🏳️⚧️
Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people are valid. Trans people belong and deserve to exist 🏳️⚧️
The UK supreme court has gutted the legal recognition of trans people. They also recognized the concept of sex based rights which is just absurd. There's no such thing as sex based rights. There is the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of sex.
www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-supr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-supr...
U.K. Supreme Court rules that 2010 equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female
The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled the country's 2010 Equality Act defines a woman as someone born biologically female in a potential landmark case for transgender rights.
www.cbsnews.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Infuriating.
Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people are valid. Trans people belong and deserve to exist 🏳️⚧️
Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people are valid. Trans people belong and deserve to exist 🏳️⚧️
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The Capitol Rioters have had quite a lot to say since they received pardons from Donald Trump — most have no regrets, believe conspiracy theories, and remain loyal to Trump and the MAGA movement.
I'm documenting their statements, activities, and networks at Pardon Tracker. Please consider donating:
I'm documenting their statements, activities, and networks at Pardon Tracker. Please consider donating:
Pardon Tracker
Pardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the individuals that received pardons charges related ...
fundrazr.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Capitol Rioters have had quite a lot to say since they received pardons from Donald Trump — most have no regrets, believe conspiracy theories, and remain loyal to Trump and the MAGA movement.
I'm documenting their statements, activities, and networks at Pardon Tracker. Please consider donating:
I'm documenting their statements, activities, and networks at Pardon Tracker. Please consider donating:
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During his court testimony yesterday in FTC v. Meta, Zuck said: "If any app gets sufficiently large, it has the opportunity to spread out and do different things."
Feels like a relevant observation re: our scoop today that OpenAI is now working on a social network www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
Feels like a relevant observation re: our scoop today that OpenAI is now working on a social network www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
OpenAI is building a social network
ChatGPT versus X?
www.theverge.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
During his court testimony yesterday in FTC v. Meta, Zuck said: "If any app gets sufficiently large, it has the opportunity to spread out and do different things."
Feels like a relevant observation re: our scoop today that OpenAI is now working on a social network www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
Feels like a relevant observation re: our scoop today that OpenAI is now working on a social network www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
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Notorious image board 4chan hacked and internal data leaked
Notorious image board 4chan hacked and internal data leaked
The infamous website was taken down and working intermittently, while hackers leaked alleged data like moderators email addresses, and source code.
tcrn.ch
April 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Notorious image board 4chan hacked and internal data leaked
If you’re into OSINT / thinking about the future of open protocols, this is worth a read
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media
X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.
www.newyorker.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you’re into OSINT / thinking about the future of open protocols, this is worth a read
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely partnered with a crypto company to bid for TikTok as the social media company faces a deadline to either sell or be banned in the US. Amazon also placed a last minute bid.
The Founder of OnlyFans Wants to Buy TikTok
OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely partnered with a crypto company to bid for TikTok as the social media company faces a deadline to either sell or be banned in the US. Amazon also placed a last minute bid.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely partnered with a crypto company to bid for TikTok as the social media company faces a deadline to either sell or be banned in the US. Amazon also placed a last minute bid.
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I asked an international human rights lawyer recently what red lines to watch for - he said, “when people start to disappear.” Well…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/ice-tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I asked an international human rights lawyer recently what red lines to watch for - he said, “when people start to disappear.” Well…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/ice-tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee: "Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed. He needs to resign in disgrace immediately."
March 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee: "Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed. He needs to resign in disgrace immediately."
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Hegseth, yesterday: "Nobody's texting war plans."
Hegseth in the texts, which @theatlantic.com just published in full: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Hegseth in the texts, which @theatlantic.com just published in full: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
March 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hegseth, yesterday: "Nobody's texting war plans."
Hegseth in the texts, which @theatlantic.com just published in full: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Hegseth in the texts, which @theatlantic.com just published in full: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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NEW: To friends, Matthew Allison was a likeable part of Boise, Idaho’s electronic music scene.
But behind his computer screen, authorities say, he helped lead the Terrorgram Collective, an online network that inspired white supremacist violence.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
But behind his computer screen, authorities say, he helped lead the Terrorgram Collective, an online network that inspired white supremacist violence.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
A “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network
To friends, Matthew Allison was a likeable part of Boise, Idaho’s electronic music scene. But behind his computer screen, authorities say, he helped lead the Terrorgram Collective, an online network t...
propub.li
March 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: To friends, Matthew Allison was a likeable part of Boise, Idaho’s electronic music scene.
But behind his computer screen, authorities say, he helped lead the Terrorgram Collective, an online network that inspired white supremacist violence.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
But behind his computer screen, authorities say, he helped lead the Terrorgram Collective, an online network that inspired white supremacist violence.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
How white supremacists from around the world turned a handful of accounts on Telegram into a community with hundreds of chats and channels focused on recruiting would-be terrorists via @propublica.org & @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/series/the-r...
www.propublica.org/series/the-r...
Inside Terrorgram
ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigate how an online network known as Terrorgram spread white supremacy, extremism and violence.
www.propublica.org
March 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
How white supremacists from around the world turned a handful of accounts on Telegram into a community with hundreds of chats and channels focused on recruiting would-be terrorists via @propublica.org & @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/series/the-r...
www.propublica.org/series/the-r...
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NEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
www.mediamatters.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.
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Just updated our guide to using Signal. If you aren't already on Signal, this will get you up to speed. Also, you should be using Signal—there's no time like this very second! www.wired.com/story/signal...
How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging
The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about.
www.wired.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just updated our guide to using Signal. If you aren't already on Signal, this will get you up to speed. Also, you should be using Signal—there's no time like this very second! www.wired.com/story/signal...
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Shady bets: how Europe’s gambling industry spun out of control
Our new investigation, produced with media in 11 countries, unravels the spin of Europe's multibillion-euro betting industry. It exposes the void of EU regulation, unlicensed sites, offshore secrecy and a growing public health crisis:
Our new investigation, produced with media in 11 countries, unravels the spin of Europe's multibillion-euro betting industry. It exposes the void of EU regulation, unlicensed sites, offshore secrecy and a growing public health crisis:
Shady bets
Glitzy offers and bonus bets lure in millions to online gambling every day. Yet behind the crafted promotions lies a different reality. One defined by unlicensed operations, offshore accounts and a gr...
www.investigate-europe.eu
March 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Shady bets: how Europe’s gambling industry spun out of control
Our new investigation, produced with media in 11 countries, unravels the spin of Europe's multibillion-euro betting industry. It exposes the void of EU regulation, unlicensed sites, offshore secrecy and a growing public health crisis:
Our new investigation, produced with media in 11 countries, unravels the spin of Europe's multibillion-euro betting industry. It exposes the void of EU regulation, unlicensed sites, offshore secrecy and a growing public health crisis:
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Europeans are mystified, disappointed and frightened by a country they thought they knew
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump and Vance Shattered Europe’s Illusions About America
This is how the bad guys act.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Europeans are mystified, disappointed and frightened by a country they thought they knew
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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#Bellingcat, a specialist in fact-checking and open-source intelligence (OSINT), has begun working with #universities to develop open-source #investigation courses and create student-led investigative hubs in an attempt to solve the “crisis in democracy”.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/open-so...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/open-so...
Open-source investigation courses target ‘crisis in democracy’
News website Bellingcat co-creates module in partnership with University of Nottingham
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#Bellingcat, a specialist in fact-checking and open-source intelligence (OSINT), has begun working with #universities to develop open-source #investigation courses and create student-led investigative hubs in an attempt to solve the “crisis in democracy”.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/open-so...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/open-so...
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New from 404 Media: buying this $250 ID from the tropical nation of Palau allows you to bypass U.S. crypto laws. The law blocks certain exchanges and limits trades. I bought the ID, verified it works for making accounts on crypto exchanges. Traders are doing this.
www.404media.co/buying-a-250...
www.404media.co/buying-a-250...
Buying a $250 Residency Card From a Tropical Island Let Me Bypass U.S. Crypto Laws
U.S. traders are buying 'digital residency' in Palau to skirt restrictions on the amount of cryptocurrency they can withdraw and the exchanges they can use. Major exchanges have already banned the ID,...
www.404media.co
March 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New from 404 Media: buying this $250 ID from the tropical nation of Palau allows you to bypass U.S. crypto laws. The law blocks certain exchanges and limits trades. I bought the ID, verified it works for making accounts on crypto exchanges. Traders are doing this.
www.404media.co/buying-a-250...
www.404media.co/buying-a-250...
I’ll be speaking again at @tcij.org summer conference @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
Last year I covered how to investigate using Telegram, TikTok and Facebook. What do you want to learn this year?
Book now (students and freelancers get early bird rates!) tcij.org/summer-confe...
Last year I covered how to investigate using Telegram, TikTok and Facebook. What do you want to learn this year?
Book now (students and freelancers get early bird rates!) tcij.org/summer-confe...
CIJ Summer Conference 2025
26-27 June 2025 Goldsmiths, University of London #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference is the UK's only training conference with an emphasis on investigative skills. We offer a mixture of t...
tcij.org
March 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’ll be speaking again at @tcij.org summer conference @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
Last year I covered how to investigate using Telegram, TikTok and Facebook. What do you want to learn this year?
Book now (students and freelancers get early bird rates!) tcij.org/summer-confe...
Last year I covered how to investigate using Telegram, TikTok and Facebook. What do you want to learn this year?
Book now (students and freelancers get early bird rates!) tcij.org/summer-confe...
Rubio and Marocco completely ended nearly 10,000 aid programs in one fell swoop — including those they had granted waivers just days earlier ... The move consigns untold numbers of the world’s poorest children, refugees and other vulnerable people to death
BIG NEW STORY: The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway. by @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy
The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.
The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts...
www.propublica.org
March 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Rubio and Marocco completely ended nearly 10,000 aid programs in one fell swoop — including those they had granted waivers just days earlier ... The move consigns untold numbers of the world’s poorest children, refugees and other vulnerable people to death