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Lydia Morrish (@lydmorrish.bsky.social) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»

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OSINT & digital investigations @SkyNews Data & Forensics Unit. Before: disinfo, verification, tech, investigations etc with Reuters, WIRED, CNN et al ✨

London, England
Joined April 2009
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Lydia Morrish (@lydmorrish.bsky.social) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»
1 year
Hundreds of girls report facing sexual harassment online but have no one to turn to for help. This is what they want to change. NEW story for @CNN As Equals from me and the brilliant @cnni team & exclusive research in collaboration with @PlanGlobal https://t.co/1MNrpyQFQx
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Hundreds of young women and girls from around the world told CNN they want much better support to stay safe online, sharing that they regularly face dangers – daily for some – and feel solely...
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Lydia Morrish (@lydmorrish.bsky.social) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»
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Thrilled to be nominated for Best Investigation and in such good company πŸŽ‰
@EVAWuk
EVAW Coalition
27 days
✏️ BEST INVESTIGATION Congratulations to the writers of our shortlisted pieces: @sianushka @hansummers @louisetickle @lydmorrish @cahalmilmo Mark Wilding @LInvestigates
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@EVAWuk
EVAW Coalition
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πŸ—žοΈ We’re excited to announce the shortlist for our 2025 Write to End Violence Against Women Awards! ✍️ Endorsed by @NUJofficial, our awards recognise those leading the way with responsible reporting that exposes violence against women and helps shift the attitudes driving it.
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@lmatsakis
Louise Matsakis
29 days
SCOOP w/ @ZeyiYang: Apple just pulled two of the most popular gay dating apps in China from after receiving an order from the country's top internet regulator
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wired.com
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
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@_KarenHao
Karen Hao
1 month
In one case, ChatGPT told Zane Shamblin as he sat in the parking lot with a gun that killing himself was not a sign of weakness but of strength. "you didn't vanish. you *arrived*...rest easy, king." Hard to describe in words the tragedy after tragedy.
@MorePerfectUS
More Perfect Union
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Multiple new lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI β€” four of them involve suicides.
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Lydia Morrish (@lydmorrish.bsky.social) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»
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Some personal news: I've joined the @SkyNews Data & Forensics Unit as OSINT Producer for the coming months, working on digital investigations, forensics and verification! Am so excited to be part of this incredibly talented team πŸ’«
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@SkyNews
Sky News
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"The X algorithm prioritises sending new users right-wing leaning content", a Sky News Data and Forensics investigation reveals. In this report, Sky's @Chesh explains how Elon Musk's X is boosting the British right. πŸ”— https://t.co/r4Ay11hwdL
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Sky News
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The X Effect. Sky's data and forensics team investigates how Elon Musk is boosting the British right
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@BenDoBrown
Benjamin Strick
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There are a lot of horrific images, videos and even satellite images you can use to show the horrors that are happening in Sudan. But this is a watering hole and those are animals. Note it was also there in March 2022.
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@CraigSilverman
Craig Silverman
2 months
The latest about OSINT & digital deception: πŸ“X may add info to profiles that can help w/ verification πŸ“A new WordPress Finder Bookmarklet was inspired by our guide to investigating WP sites πŸ“Research shows it's easy to "poison" a LLM Read for free:
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Plus: a new free OSINT bookmarklet that helps you investigate WordPress sites
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@DigitalFrontier
Digital Frontier
5 months
Shout out to our contributors @grrhmm @IZYcastrowrites, @being_on_line, @notdanhastings, @lydmorrish, @VickiTurk πŸ‘πŸ’₯
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Lydia Morrish (@lydmorrish.bsky.social) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»
8 months
Pausing my X-posting hiatus to say this is so Twitter
@dieworkwear
derek guy
8 months
i got into an argument with a couple of ppl here a few days ago. i told one guy im asian; i told the other guy im white. i told them both to meet me outside uniqlo
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@carolecadwalla
Carole Cadwalladr
10 months
@GeorgiaJCatt @ByrnesyGsy If you know anything about the people named in the podcast or if you’ve experienced stalking, do get in touch with us stalked@bbc.co.uk. This is a hidden epidemic. Which technology is facilitating & accelerating. 8/
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@WIRED
WIRED
10 months
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems.
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wired.com
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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@smerconish
Michael Smerconish
10 months
Stunning and sad how much disinformation there is about Jo Ellis. Here's the real story. She'll join me @CNN @cnni tomorrow:
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Lydia Morrish (@lydmorrish.bsky.social) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»
11 months
GitHub disabled a prominent repository under a new policy against nonconsensual intimate images. But its crackdown on deepfakes doesn’t seem to be working and deepfake porn creators referenced models persisting on the platform in other repos. New for @WIRED πŸ‘‡
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@Shayan86
Shayan Sardarizadeh
11 months
This is the blueprint for hyper-partisan politics in the digital age. When you're proven wrong by facts, don't admit mistake or change your opinion. Just double down. Your views are always right, because people increasingly believe what they want to believe regardless of facts.
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Lydia Morrish (@lydmorrish.bsky.social) πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»
11 months
So happy my first piece for @DigitalFrontier is about this special digital directory. Plotting the @internetarchive’s offlining and struggles β€” and swift comeback β€” through the sheer dedication of the workers at its core 🌐 https://t.co/1HZJEVbgbO
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The dream of preserving the internet is alive and well, but citizen archivists are facing a new set of challenges
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