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Gordon Farrer @post_fact

RMIT || Fact Checking & Verification (2023 JERAA Outstanding Teaching award: bit.ly/3Rj4VMd) | #OSINT #FCnV || IG: gord_19 || @gord19@bsky.social

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Gordon Farrer@post_fact
2 Sep 2021
I've put together a beginner's intro to the Open Source Intel field for my #FCnV journalism students. In the #OSINT community spirit of sharing, I offer it to everyone to use and share. Feedback/suggested additions welcome. Hope it's useful. docs.google.com/document/d/1… Sources follow

post_fact's OSINT Primer

A primer for journalism students in RMIT University’s Fact Checking & Verification course. A work in progress. Feel free to share this doc: LINK (but please also credit the source) Compiled by Gordon...

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politifact.com/article/2026/…

Facing off over free speech in federal court

A lawyer for academics, journalists and researchers made a case in federal court against a Trump administration policy they say would chill free speech and adversely affect fact-checking.

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Thinking about @ConversationEDU ( others) disabling comments on posts & under articles … The hive can add useful extra info/expertise legit different POVs. Likely (?) a reaction to prev attacks but it kerbs broader conversation about impnt issues that might outweigh the negs.
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Classic moments in Australian journalism #73: instagram.com/reel/DLtmfoZu-…

@conjunctivitis_virus • Instagram reel

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Cyber Detective💙💛@cyb_detective
2 Nov 2025
The Pika OSINT Toolbox I already wrote about it a few months ago, but since then a lot of new stuff has been added to the list, and it now has not only a repository but also a website pikaosint.pages.dev/ #osint #socmint #geoint
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Off topic: Any other #adhd folk have a habit of buying lottery tickets but never checking to see if they’ve won anything? I’ve done that for years. For all I know I’m a millionaire many times over while living on the income of a low-level academic. 🙄🤷🏻
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Bluesky tip To get a higher quality version of an image posted on #bluesky: Right-click image > open in new tab. In the URL: 1. Replace "feed_thumbnail" w "feed_fullsize" 2. Replace "@jpeg" w "@png" Voila. #OSINT #OSINTtips #imagesearch #RIS #geolocation #blueskytips
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𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚔 𝚟𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚜𝚜
@henkvaness
1 Sep 2025
That was a lot of work. Out now: Guide to Detecting Al-Generated Content. Guess what, it's free thanks to @gijn : gijn.org/resource/guide-dete…
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MUST-WATCH Great segment re “AI slop” permeating every nook of internet (Last Week Tonight, 23/6) Clips: youtube.com/shorts/wtqAxN6iY… youtube.com/shorts/V6dNsmpey… This crap has annoyed me for yonks. Used to reply “Don’t post AI crap” whenever I saw it Now I reply #noaislop Hoping it trends
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No replies to this tweet. Was the question too difficult? ;})
Gordon Farrer@post_fact
18 Aug 2019
Spot the mistake in the caption on this @abcnews story online … #doesnoonereadthesethingsbeforetheyrepublished #abc
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Replying to @Google
@Google just censored an assessment in my fact checking course in which students are asked to investigate flyers containing links to dubious claims about 5G, vaccines, climate, fluoride etc (see screen shots) The content is/was presented in a #googleslides doc /more
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This week Google removed access to the slides. We now get the following msg: “We’re sorry. You can’t access this item because it is in violation of our Terms of Service.” No warning, no explanation. Why? What is the violation? Also, how? /more
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The slides were not public. Does Google spy on the private use of its tools? Is this an automated or human-driven process? Thoughts, please. #censorship #googlecensorship
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Just got a call from a scammer. The recorded massage ended up on my voicemail — half in English, half in Mandarin. iOS17 kindly auto-translated the message for me … [Feel free to trace the phone number, if you like. They’re usually “not in service”]
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Julia Bayer@bayer_julia
21 Apr 2025
Welcome to @quiztime and it’s #MondayQuiz 🥚What piece for which puzzle is it? 📮reply just to me with an answer 🤝 reply to all for collaboration 🌈have fun
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AAP FactCheck@aapfactcheck
2 Apr 2025
An edited video posted by the Liberal Party misleadingly suggests Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is open to a Greens-Labor deal. The full footage reveals he has ruled out such a coalition. aap.com.au/factcheck/video-c…

Video crop misleads over PM's claimed interest in Greens deal

The coalition is using a 16-second video clip to suggest Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will do a deal with the Greens, but the full video tells a different story.

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Using #OSINT to investigate human trafficking and migrant smuggling unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage…

Using open-source intelligence to investigate human trafficking and migrant smuggling

Using open-source intelligence to investigate human trafficking and migrant smuggling

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#OSINT @henkvaness’ Digital Digging is kicking goals … “VisualOrigins Detector helps you find the first time an image appeared online by automatically searching across multiple platforms. We've integrated powerful Google search tools that …” digitaldigging.org/p/introdu…

Introducing: VisualOrigins Detector

Discover when images first appeared online

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Can you find the name of the person circled in this image? Bonus: Does the person wear glasses? Evidence and explanation of your method, please. Answers via DM only (because … privacy) #geolocation #geolocationchallenge #osint #fcnv
I mentioned privacy but they made their name public.

ALT I mentioned privacy but they made their name public.

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Congratulations to @Tanya_Kyiv for correctly solving both questions. See, it’s not impossible. :}) 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Without comment: instagram.com/reel/DHTDBrOIY…
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Great tip 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Cyber Detective💙💛@cyb_detective
5 Mar 2025
One good method of monitoring events at a particular location on Twitter is a combination of geocode and native_video filters. For example: geocode:38.897606,-77.0366743,10km filter:native_video (you can add a filter min_faves:10 to filter out "popular" posts)
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