How to Learn More About the Big Wigs and Public Officials in Russia and...
This article is part of a larger guidebook by RuNet Echo to help people learn how to conduct open-source research on the Russian Internet....
Want to Research the Russian Internet But Don’t Speak Russian? We Can Help.
This article is part of a larger guidebook by RuNet Echo to help people learn how to conduct open-source research on the Russian Internet....
How to Save Online Evidence and Why It Matters: Part One
As journalists we are used to saving information. We securely store documents, keep meticulous notes, save and back up important emails on our computers....
How to Find Information on Facebook. Part 2
Our previous article about Facebook searches discussed how to use the Graph Search tool and what useful information can be retrieved with its help....
How to Find Information in Facebook
Facebook users very often have a need to find some photo of video files. For instance, how to find images of the Kyiv center...
How to Find Information about a Website and Its Owner
On September 24, the Kharkov.News agency falsely reported that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, being drunk, had been allegedly removed from a Kyiv-Moscow flight. StopFake...
How to Find the Source of a Photo
When searching for information to confirm or refute an image’s authenticity, you should take into account three things: the date, place, and source of...
Tips to Make a Google Search Easier
Today we are going to look among search solutions offered to us by Google. Fortunately, basic search operators spare us from great investigative efforts.
The...
Searching the Earth: Essential geolocation tools for verification
By Eliot Higgins from Bellingcat, for The First Draft
As verification and open source investigation techniques and methodologies have developed over the last few years,...
How to Avoid Spending Eternity on a Twitter Search
Let’s begin by asking, could you find original witness tweets on Twitter about the crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in Ukraine?
It is not enough...