derek thomson
@derekthomson
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Head of The France 24 Observers
Paris, France
Joined May 2008
Be highly suspicious of anyone that confidently tweets the exact cause of a deadly incident in a war zone within minutes of it happening. It takes time to investigate such incidents. And sometimes, it might never be possible to determine what exactly happened.
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Wow! The courage of these young kids… the brutality of the regime…
Iranians are mourning as 215 people have been killed in protests over #MahsaAmini's death. But some are finding ways to share love and comfort with their peers.
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Petr Sherekin told us more about how he had to capture “the horror of war” by playing the role of a soldier in this music video shoot. 2/2
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A mixture of tennis, football and volleyball, a new sport called Razball also brings together elements of Burkina Faso's various languages and cultures.
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A video shows a Ukrainian soldier screaming in front of a camera. Does this mean the war in Ukraine is “staged”? 1/2 We found the “soldier”. He’s actually an actor and he was shooting a music video for a Ukrainian singer. See his response below. https://t.co/bbMiZLhIFu
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Pro-Russian social media accounts have been widely circulating a video over the past few weeks that shows a man dressed as a Ukrainian soldier acting out a scene in front of a camera. These accounts…
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September 30, Zahedan. It was the bloodiest day of Iran's protests to date, as security forces opened fire after Friday prayers. With the help of eyewitnesses and videos shared online, the @FRANCE24 Observers team was able to piece together what happened.
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There’s a new slogan being heard in Iran.
Women are at the centre of the anti-regime protests that have exploded across Iran.
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Штурм Конгресу не був випадковістю: його відкрито планували в інтернеті протягом останніх декількох тижнів.
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The mob that forced Congress to flee organized on both obscure and mainstream sites.
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Bravo @ErshadAlijani - amazing work and well-deserved!
We're proud to announce that @ErshadAlijani has won the 2020 French Diplomatic Press Association Prize for his report "#Iran's Hidden Slaughter". He dedicated the prize to "the brave Iranian citizens who risked their lives to document what was going on." https://t.co/M0uTwJhEVD
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Michel, un producteur de musique, a été tabassé par trois policiers samedi dernier à Paris. Ils l’ont ensuite accusé à tort d'avoir voulu prendre leurs armes et de rébellion. Mais les policiers ignoraient une chose : tout a été filmé. https://t.co/PTo71fzJzP
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"Shockingly quiet. Kinda spooky...." US #factcheckers see comparatively little sharing of #misinformation as Americans go to the polls. https://t.co/Jx3HSAWAcD
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The amateur video touched a nerve in #Afghanistan, and the explanation offered by the #Kabul #mayor's office did not go down well. https://t.co/jDxCLHRiMS
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Watch our video investigation of the November protests in #Iran
https://t.co/JxiR2GXcWW
#OSINT #IranProtests
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Four of our Observers in #DRCongo helped us put together an amazing report on the #Ebola outbreak in North Kivu. I went on #France24English to talk about it... we'll be posting it soon...
On our Facebook page at 8 p.m. tonight: our special episode "#Ebola in #DRCongo: an Epidemic of Rumours" https://t.co/h6ctpHdG0j Our editor-in-chief Derek Thomson @derekthomson talked about the episode this morning on @FRANCE24
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What happens when Yandex blurs out secret and semi-secret Turkish/Israeli military facilities in its satellite imagery? Well, you find out exactly where the places are, and then you check them on other mapping services that haven't blurred them out. https://t.co/2SJ5uMskJd
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A Russian mapping service has selectively obscured political and military facilities in both Israel and Turkey, which has had the unintended effect of revealing their exact locations to the world.
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