
Network Contagion Research Institute
@ncri_io
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NCRI is a neutral and independent organization whose mission is to identify and forecast cyber-social threats and report on them in a timely fashion.
Princeton, NJ
Joined August 2018
DEI , anti-racist / anti-oppressive teachings fuel authoritarian behaviors Our latest report shows how anti-oppressive pedagogy increases hostility, distrust, and punitive attitudes—escalating tensions instead of fostering inclusion. These teachings appear to be doing harm. 🧵👇
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FYI: The pro-Hamas “People’s Conference for Palestine” domain is registered to The People’s Forum, a NY-based “movement incubator” largely funded by Roy Neville Singham — a China-based billionaire under congressional investigation for potential CCP ties.
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Incredible work by @RecordedFuture here. Please give it a listen.
You can listen to our entire four-part investigation into how #China is wiping #Uyghur culture from existence — one law, one app, one person, one website at a time. From shuttered schools to vanishing websites, our series #ERASED uncovers an authoritarian regime’s campaign to
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Two weeks ago, I noticed something strange: the same emaciated toddler in Gaza that The New York Times had put on its front page had also appeared in nearly every mainstream outlet. Different news organizations, different photographers, same boy. So I did something no one else
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Proud to share that @PoliceOne has featured Narravance’s latest report, “Escalating Anti-ICE Rhetoric and Real-World Threat Convergence,” uncovers how viral social media campaigns, activist doxxing sites, and coordinated digital narratives.
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An investigation by @BILD reveals that a staggering percentage of images coming out of Gaza are staged by Hamas-aligned photographers and sold to Western media outlets. This builds on @ncri_io's earlier report exposing the media’s heavy, undisclosed reliance on Hamas-linked
German @BILD ”In the Gaza Strip, almost exclusively Palestinian photographers are now taking photographs – quite a few with Hamas connections. Historian and photography expert Gerhard Paul told the Süddeutsche Zeitung: "In southern Gaza, Hamas controls 100 percent of image
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These emails and invoices are from the Press TV Files, much of which are in Persian and were released on Telegram in 2022 by a self-described hacktivist group called Black Reward. The files were later archived by DDoSecrets, and their existence was previously reported by The
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Why did Reuters continue a business relationship with a broadcaster who targeted a Thompson Reuters Foundation Employee? Has this relationship impacted how Reuters covers Iran, IRIB, Press TV, or the Middle East more broadly?
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These services were apparently provided while Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British citizen and Reuters Foundation employee, was imprisoned in Iran’s Evin Prison. During that time, Press TV aired false propaganda about her to justify her detention—the very outlet Reuters was
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Newswires and video feeds are essential for any broadcaster, including state-run outlets. Reuters admitted that “IRIB and Press TV depend heavily on Reuters video and text services and want to make sure these services continue without interruption.” How significant was Reuters'
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Reuters did not disclose to investors that its client was IRIB—Iran’s most powerful state media group, with ties to the regime’s intelligence services. In filings, it referred only to “one broadcasting entity in Iran” and cited a U.S. sanctions exemption for “informational
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Reuters noted its services were especially important to IRIB during “the recent Palestine/Israel crisis”—likely referring to the 2021 Gaza conflict. They also referenced tens of thousands of unique stories/video (live and footage) from Reuters that were on rotation hundreds of
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Reuters made clear how dependent IRIB and Press TV were on its services and how important it was to keep them flowing. “IRIB and Press TV have depended heavily on Reuters video and text services and I want to make sure that these services continue without any interruptions.” “I
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The Reuters director emails were addressed to two key figures: Peyman Jebelli and Ahmad Noroozi—later sanctioned by the U.S., EU, and Canada for their role in broadcasting coerced confessions and collaborating with Iranian intelligence.
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Reuters director thanked IRIB for making the introduction to a third-party agent. He confirmed an agreement with the agent and pushed repeatedly for payment, stressing the need to keep services running “without any interruptions.”
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Leaked internal emails from 2021 obtained by NCRI show a Reuters director sought roughly $3.88M in overdue payments from IRIB, Press TV’s parent org. Likely due to sanctions, IRIB couldn’t pay directly, so it introduced a third-party agent. Reuters agreed to receive payment
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Reuters supplied nearly $4 million worth of news services—including text, video, and photos—to IRIB and its subsidiary Press TV, U.S.-sanctioned state media arms linked to Iran’s IRGC and known for broadcasting forced confessions and regime propaganda. Reuters communicated
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EXCLUSIVE: Study claims US news outlets served as 'megaphones' for Hamas in Gaza war Exclusive with @ncri_io for @FoxNews
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A new NCRI study found major U.S. and European media outlets echoed Hamas-linked narratives, downplaying terror ties and distorting facts about Gaza aid efforts.
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