Derek Bowler

Forensic breakdown of AI-generated Epstein connection fakes. Learn how investigators used DFF watermarks and Google tools to debunk viral disinformation.

Follow the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group with this OSINT guide. Includes vessel identifiers, Iranian drone carrier locations, and satellite tracking tools.

Inside the Minneapolis "inflection point": How OSINT investigators used video verification to debunk federal claims in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.

Weekly briefing on digital investigation. Analyzing the Adamuz rail disaster, WebRecon automation, vibecoding, and Grok’s AI restriction failures.

Mapping the Iran blackout, the Greenland "Donroe" crisis, and a frame-by-frame analysis of the Minneapolis ICE shooting

Navigate the 2026 Iran blackout with digital forensic tools. Learn to track IRGC narratives and verify UGC with help from NetBlocks and Filterwatch.

Investigating the viral AI images of the Maduro capture. See how the Spotlight network used SynthID and OSINT to expose the Caracas information war fakes.

Amid Gaza's deepening hunger crisis, a disinformation campaign uses AI and out-of-context images to downplay the severity. fact checking famine in Gaza.

Viral TikTok videos claiming to show Storm Floris damage in Glasgow and London used old, unrelated footage. Fact-check confirms the content is misleading.

From the Download Festival "easter egg" to UK Companies House filings, discover the undeniable proof that links PRESIDENT to Busted's Charlie Simpson.

Inside the Israel-Iran info war: AI deepfakes, old videos, and viral fakes flood social media. Eurovision News exposes how truth is distorted in real time.

Viral videos of US-Iran nuclear strikes debunked: footage from Syria, Tehran oil depot, video games, and AI misused to falsely depict Fordo attack.

Israel strikes Iran's nuclear sites as U.S. moves warplanes and refuelers to Europe, raising fears of deeper conflict and use of bunker-buster bombs.

Misleading video falsely claims to show Israeli drone strikes on Iran amid June 13 attacks—footage is from 2024 Iranian strikes on Israel's Nevatim base.

Trump falsely claims a video showed 1,000 white farmer graves in South Africa. Analysis reveals it was a 2020 memorial, not mass burial sites.

Old videos, game footage, and conspiracy theories flood social media amid India-Pakistan conflict and false drug claims against Macron, Starmer and Merz

Viral videos claiming to show Operation Sindoor in Pakistan and Kashmir used old Gaza footage, Arma 3 gameplay, and unrelated crash clips.

Spain and Portugal blackout sparks online misinformation. Altered space photos, false claims of solar power overload, and miscaptioned content debunked. Cause under investigation.

Read the verified timeline of the SOS call, the Maltese government's rescue response, and the NGO's claim that a civilian vessel was hit in international waters

An authoritative guide to the conclave: how Cardinals vote, the 'black pope' Nostradamus theory, and the true meaning of the white smoke/black smoke signals.