Joe Galvin
@joegalvin.bsky.social
OSINT editor, The Outlaw Ocean Project,
Journalist, RTE Investigates.
Ex-Storyful.
Journalist, RTE Investigates.
Ex-Storyful.
"Another reason for the high number of abuses... is that spyware makes it extremely easy for customers to successfully target whoever they want. In practice, those systems are essentially consoles where [you] type in a number, and the rest happens in the background."
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Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch
Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficul...
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Another reason for the high number of abuses... is that spyware makes it extremely easy for customers to successfully target whoever they want. In practice, those systems are essentially consoles where [you] type in a number, and the rest happens in the background."
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The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Directors based outside China said their families back home had been contacted by the Chinese authorities, a common way of applying pressure to people beyond its borders." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Film festival in New York cancelled after China puts pressure on directors
Participants ask for their films not to be shown at IndieChina event, which was due to launch this weekend
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"Directors based outside China said their families back home had been contacted by the Chinese authorities, a common way of applying pressure to people beyond its borders." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
"The UAE (and thereby the owner of Man City) is providing resources and support for ethnically targeted mass killings in Sudan so vicious they can be seen from space...This is not just another distant connection... It is literally the same people." www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"The UAE (and thereby the owner of Man City) is providing resources and support for ethnically targeted mass killings in Sudan so vicious they can be seen from space...This is not just another distant connection... It is literally the same people." www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Meta makes about $7 billion a yr from running ads for scams/banned goods, company docs show. Most comes from ads suspicious enough to be flagged by Meta’s warning system. But unless system determines it's 95% certain ad is fraud Meta won't ban it; instead it only charges advertiser a higher ad rate
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Meta makes about $7 billion a yr from running ads for scams/banned goods, company docs show. Most comes from ads suspicious enough to be flagged by Meta’s warning system. But unless system determines it's 95% certain ad is fraud Meta won't ban it; instead it only charges advertiser a higher ad rate
The old preemptive bailout trick
OpenAI is requesting financial support from the government for its expansion, per Bloomberg.
OpenAI wants taxpayers to guarantee its debt. They’re asking the government to guarantee loans like a co-signer).
When private companies start asking for public funds, it’s a sign the bubble will pop.
OpenAI wants taxpayers to guarantee its debt. They’re asking the government to guarantee loans like a co-signer).
When private companies start asking for public funds, it’s a sign the bubble will pop.
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The old preemptive bailout trick
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China subjected Sheffield Hallam University to "a campaign of harassment and intimidation" to shut down research led by Laura Murphy into its human rights abuses in Xinjiang - and was successful. Laura was a key contributor to our recent documentary Forced Fashion.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
China subjected Sheffield Hallam University to "a campaign of harassment and intimidation" to shut down research led by Laura Murphy into its human rights abuses in Xinjiang - and was successful. Laura was a key contributor to our recent documentary Forced Fashion.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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You can read Nilay's story here www.dublininquirer.com/a-kurdish-wo...
A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway - Dublin Inquirer
In a note she left behind, she’d written, “Do not give my corpse to the oppressors.”
www.dublininquirer.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You can read Nilay's story here www.dublininquirer.com/a-kurdish-wo...
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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
The Better Cotton Initiative has removed Aksu Lianfa Textiles, a supplier that RTÉ Investigates found had taken in Uyghurs under a state-backed forced labour programme, from its supplier list. Aksu Lianfa's parent remains, despite its use of forced labour cotton. bettercotton.org/documents/be...
Better Cotton Initiative Supplier List - Better Cotton Initiative
This is a public list of all companies/units that are on the BCI Platform from merchants to end product manufacturers. It may not be exhaustive as some companies may choose to be excluded from this li...
bettercotton.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Better Cotton Initiative has removed Aksu Lianfa Textiles, a supplier that RTÉ Investigates found had taken in Uyghurs under a state-backed forced labour programme, from its supplier list. Aksu Lianfa's parent remains, despite its use of forced labour cotton. bettercotton.org/documents/be...
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„The China Trap: How Germany made itself dependent on China out of convenience and myopia“.
Cover page of Germany‘s main business paper.
A collective German elite failure on a gigantic scale. Time for a reckoning. And most of all: finally time for serious action to reduce our dependencies.
Cover page of Germany‘s main business paper.
A collective German elite failure on a gigantic scale. Time for a reckoning. And most of all: finally time for serious action to reduce our dependencies.
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
„The China Trap: How Germany made itself dependent on China out of convenience and myopia“.
Cover page of Germany‘s main business paper.
A collective German elite failure on a gigantic scale. Time for a reckoning. And most of all: finally time for serious action to reduce our dependencies.
Cover page of Germany‘s main business paper.
A collective German elite failure on a gigantic scale. Time for a reckoning. And most of all: finally time for serious action to reduce our dependencies.
Fascinating new details on Intellexa, the Israeli spyware firm that used Ireland as a financial headquarters for a number of years, including its registration of a Chinese-Hong Kong subsidiary. The Irish subsidiary has been largely dormant since I reported on its activities in 2022/2023.
🕵️ Several people in Czechia work for spyware firm Intellexa, accused of aiding human rights abuses and now on trial in Greece. We found the address of a key Israeli figure in a Czech town — marked by a huge Israeli flag. @investigace_cz @VSquare_Project
How a Czech Supply Chain Feeds the Global Spyware Machine - VSquare.org
Several people living in the Czech Republic have worked for Intellexa, the spyware company, representatives of which have been accused of assisting with human rights violations and are currently on trial in Greece.
vsquare.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Fascinating new details on Intellexa, the Israeli spyware firm that used Ireland as a financial headquarters for a number of years, including its registration of a Chinese-Hong Kong subsidiary. The Irish subsidiary has been largely dormant since I reported on its activities in 2022/2023.
"AI-related spending now contributes more to the nation’s GDP growth than all consumer spending combined, and by another calculation, those AI expenditures accounted for 92 percent of GDP growth during the first half of 2025."
so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:47 AM
"AI-related spending now contributes more to the nation’s GDP growth than all consumer spending combined, and by another calculation, those AI expenditures accounted for 92 percent of GDP growth during the first half of 2025."
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"The sand in and around the city of approximately 400,000 is so caked with blood that you can see evidence of the RSF’s war crimes via satellite imagery, according to Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL)."
Zeteo's Peter Rothpletz in today's First Draft morning newsletter, on Sudan:
Zeteo's Peter Rothpletz in today's First Draft morning newsletter, on Sudan:
🚨🇸🇩 The Blood is Visible From Space
Peter Rothpletz on the genocide in Sudan, Trump’s latest weaponization of the DOJ, and 'journalists' from The Free Press wreaking havoc on both sides of the Atlantic.
zeteo.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"The sand in and around the city of approximately 400,000 is so caked with blood that you can see evidence of the RSF’s war crimes via satellite imagery, according to Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL)."
Zeteo's Peter Rothpletz in today's First Draft morning newsletter, on Sudan:
Zeteo's Peter Rothpletz in today's First Draft morning newsletter, on Sudan:
“'I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,' DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. 'So I just gave him my opinion.'"
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Exclusive: British newspaper spoke to the wrong DeBlasio, not an ‘imposter’
How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.
www.semafor.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“'I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,' DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. 'So I just gave him my opinion.'"
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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This colossal Times of London/de Blasio screwup gets more amazing at every turn.
Scoop via @maxtani.bsky.social
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Scoop via @maxtani.bsky.social
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This colossal Times of London/de Blasio screwup gets more amazing at every turn.
Scoop via @maxtani.bsky.social
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Scoop via @maxtani.bsky.social
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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Such an important story by my colleague Nicholas Bariyo. Locals accuse Chinese officials of deception, while Zambian President Hichilema is accused of kowtowing to Sino Metals while negotiating relief from a $6 billion debt to China.
www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
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China Pushes to Silence Victims of African Mining Disaster
Toxic waste from a Chinese mine in Zambia washed through homes and fields. Compensation offers are tied to nondisclosure.
www.wsj.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Such an important story by my colleague Nicholas Bariyo. Locals accuse Chinese officials of deception, while Zambian President Hichilema is accused of kowtowing to Sino Metals while negotiating relief from a $6 billion debt to China.
www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...
The market in three headlines.
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The market in three headlines.
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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