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Max Bernhard
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journalist on correctiv’s fact-checking teamㅣDowJones & WSJ alumㅣprevious work Lighthouse Reports, DW, Guardian, Wired and othersㅣOSINT, disinformation
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Max Bernhard @mxbernhard.bsky.social · Jan 23
New: We've uncovered over 100 websites set up by a group known as Storm-1516. After the US elections the Russian influence operation has set its sights on Germany's federal elections. Some of these sites have already been used to attack German politicians. correctiv.org/faktencheck/...
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crimewatch.bsky.social
Aus aktuellem Anlass mein Leitfaden zur Polizei- und Kriminalitätsberichterstattung @journalist.de

„Problematisch ist, dass viele Medien Polizeien immer noch als sogen. “privilegierte Quellen” behandeln, also davon ausgehen, dass deren Informationen korrekt sind“

www.journalist.de/werkstatt/we...
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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404media.co
A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.
Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song
A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
mxbernhard.bsky.social
I'm looking for a reliable (relatively) up-to-date map of territorial control in Sudan. Any recommendations?
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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tilleckert.com
In Germany, the president of the Bundestag systematically shares right-wing positions on social media, an analysis by @correctiv.org shows. Julia Klöckner is a CDU politician.

By @annikajoeres.bsky.social, @sebastianhaupt.bsky.social, Isabel Knippel & Stella Hesch

correctiv.org/aktuelles/po...
Klöckner klickt rechts
Analyse zu Julia Klöckner: Eine datenbasierte Recherche zu ihren Social-Media-Posts, politischen Signalen und ihrer Rolle in der CDU.
correctiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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henrymance.ft.com
We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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annikajoeres.bsky.social
Das Krawallmedium Nius, das rechte Portal "Apollo-News" und Posts von Personen, die Grüne als "Sekte" beschreiben.
Ganz schön heftig, was Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner auf Social Media weiterverbreitet.
Lest unsere Analyse - mit einigen Überraschungen 🔥
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correctiv.org/aktuelles/po...
Klöckner klickt rechts
Analyse zu Julia Klöckner: Eine datenbasierte Recherche zu ihren Social-Media-Posts, politischen Signalen und ihrer Rolle in CDU.
correctiv.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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404media.co
The latest trend in Facebook’s ever downward spiral down the AI slop toilet are AI deportation videos. And the Facebook algorithm is rewarding creators for it. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.

Full story: www.404media.co/ai-generated...
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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alexejhock.bsky.social
German equipment shipped to Russia for Uralkali through Uzbekistan at least 14 times in two years, Correctiv investigation finds theins.press/en/news/286818
German equipment shipped to Russia for Uralkali through Uzbekistan at least 14 times in two years, Correctiv investigation finds
German equipment destined for the Russian company Uralkali, one of the world's largest fertilizer producers, was imported into Russia via Uzbekistan, according to an investigation by the independent G...
theins.press
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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philippschmid.bsky.social
My 40 min Interview with German Media @correctiv.org on #sciencedenialism m.youtube.com/watch?v=A3os...
Warum Menschen Wissenschaft leugnen – Interview mit Dr. Philipp Schmid
YouTube video by CORRECTIV
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November 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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annikajoeres.bsky.social
Ziemlich irre Recherche von Correctiv Schweiz - wie staatliche Behörden Multimillionären helfen, weniger Steuern zu zahlen.

Und damit die Einnahmen des Staates für alle verringern

@snied.bsky.social @correctiv.org
correctiv.org/gesellschaft...
Der Staat als Dienstleister für Superreiche
Eine verdeckte Recherche von CORRECTIV.Schweiz und der WOZ zeigt, wie Banken und Behörden Superreichen helfen, Steuern zu sparen.
correctiv.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings

“Big tech has made their choice”

www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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florianflade.bsky.social
Elon Musk's Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin, a WSJ Investigation

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin
Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns. Topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
mxbernhard.bsky.social
"Products with both civilian and military uses flooded from Germany to Israel in 2024, according to government data. … Berlin quietly approved €289.8 million of such exports, a sharp rise from just €54.7 million the year before."

story by @hmtillack.bsky.social

www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
Newsletter | From Berlin to Tel Aviv: exports of sensitive goods soared more than fivefold
Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism
www.ftm.eu
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
mxbernhard.bsky.social
"Even before the U.S. gathered war crimes intelligence from within the Israeli military, some lawyers at the State Department ... repeatedly raised concerns with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel might be committing war crimes" www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say
The previously unreported intelligence pointed to doubts within the Israeli military about the legality of its tactics that contrasted sharply with Israel’s public stance defending its actions.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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404media.co
New research “suggests that dark energy may no longer be a cosmological constant” and that the universe’s expansion is slowing down.
A Fundamental ‘Constant’ of the Universe May Not Be Constant At All, Study Finds
New research “suggests that dark energy may no longer be a cosmological constant” and that the universe’s expansion is slowing down.
www.404media.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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timetodiscover.bsky.social
In Sozialen Netzwerken verbreitet sich ein Bild von Google Maps, das ein Massaker im Sudan zeigen soll. Das Bild ist veraltet – es zeigt laut Expertinnen keine getöteten Menschen, sondern Tiere an einer Wasserstelle.

correctiv.org/faktencheck/...
Massaker im Sudan: Satellitenbild wird in falschem Kontext verbreitet
Ein Bild von Google Maps soll ein Massaker in Kumia im Sudan zeigen. Das Bild ist jedoch alt und zeigt etwas anderes.
correctiv.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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newschambers.bsky.social
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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404media.co
So the US Army got back to us about the list of food banks it provided in a government shutdown guidance site post for its base in Bavaria: "It was not intended for use by Soldiers or American civilian employees, who have access to several support programs on their bases."

Updated:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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404media.co
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
mxbernhard.bsky.social
This doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone looking into disinformation and scams on Meta's platforms but the scale is kind of incredible: "the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day"

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
mxbernhard.bsky.social
"The German government has approved a $50 million support package to cover the paychecks of its citizens affected by the shutdown. Any non-troop American working on those military bases is a federal employee, however, and they aren’t getting paid at all." www.404media.co/army-tells-s...
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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404media.co
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.

The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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dropsitenews.com
On Friday, the UN Satellite Centre released a new assessment showing that 81% of all structures in Gaza are damaged.

▪️Northern Gaza saw the steepest rise since July, with nearly 5,700 newly hit buildings.
▪️In total, over 123,000 structures are destroyed, 50,000 severely or moderately damaged...
On Friday, the UN Satellite Centre released a new assessment showing that 81% of all structures in Gaza are damaged. ▪️Northern Gaza saw the steepest rise since July, with nearly 5,700 newly hit buildings. ▪️In total, over 123,000 structures are destroyed, 50,000 severely or moderately damaged, and 24,000 possibly damaged—nearly 200,000 affected across the Strip. Full UN Palestine daily briefing update in the video shared below. See details on food access in Gaza in the post below.
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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fragdenstaat.de
Welche Themen bearbeiten die Ministerien jenseits der Debatten um Bürgergeld & Migration?
Per Informationsfreiheitsgesetz haben wir die Vorhaben für 2025 und 2026 der Ministerien angefragt. Nur das Gesundheits- und das Verkehrsministerium verweigerten Auskunft. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...
Die Vorhabenlisten der Bundesministerien: Was sonst, außer sozialer Härte und Ausländerfeindlichkeit?
Aktuell dreht sich die öffentliche Debatte um Migration oder das Bürgergeld. Wir wollten wissen, was die Merz-Regierung jenseits dieser Schlagzeilen plant und haben bei allen Bundesministerien ihre Vo...
fragdenstaat.de
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM