14.10.2025
Surveillance Secrets
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
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Investigations
16.06.2025
Two Factor Insecurity
How Google, Amazon, Meta and thousands of other companies leave customers vulnerable over one-time codes to save time and money
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11.06.2025
The Limits of Ethical AI
Unprecedented access to high-stakes algorithmic experiment tests promise of Ethical AI
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14.01.2025
Computer says no fly
Opaque surveillance tools being sold to governments with the promise they can ‘export borders’ to everywhere we board trains, planes and ships
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27.11.2024
Sweden’s Suspicion Machine
Behind a veil of secrecy, the social security agency deploys discriminatory algorithms searching for fraud epidemic it has invented
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22.10.2024
Border911
Ahead of the US election, the architect of Trump’s family separation policy – slated to return to office if Trump is re-elected – is using border disinformation to lay the groundwork for challenging the election results.
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05.06.2024
False Promise of Biometrics
Three-country investigation shows digital IDs in Africa failing to deliver promised democratic and development boost, while making fortunes for tech vendors
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19.03.2024
Smoke and Lies
Visual investigation reconstructs the unseen events which saw 40 people suffocate to death in a migrant detention centre fire in Ciudad Juárez, disproving official account
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04.12.2023
France’s Digital Inquisition
Taking apart the secretive fraud detection algorithm that scores half of France’s population but pursues the most vulnerable.
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24.04.2023
Ethnic Profiling
Whistleblower reveals Netherlands’ use of secret and potentially illegal algorithm to score visa applicants
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17.04.2023
Spain’s AI Doctor
Unpublished documents and inside sources give rare look into secretive AI system used to decide who is shirking work
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06.03.2023
Suspicion Machines
Unprecedented experiment on welfare surveillance algorithm reveals discrimination
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20.12.2022
The Algorithm Addiction
Mass profiling system SyRI resurfaces in the Netherlands despite ban
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30.11.2022
Flight of the Predator
Private jet reveals business spyware web of Israeli tycoon from EU to Africa
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05.10.2022
Tracking QAnon in Europe
Lighthouse and Bellingcat in data-driven investigation into viral conspiracy
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25.06.2022
Junk Science Underpins Fraud Scores
Crude software scoring vulnerable benefit claimants is random and prejudiced
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03.06.2022
Europe Threatens Popular Encryption
Documents show governments seeking to hack services like Whatsapp and Signal
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24.05.2022
Biometrics in Africa's Elections
French multinational made 10s millions despite repeat failures
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23.03.2022
Ukraine Exodus
Damaging double standards undermines Europe's response to Ukraine refugees
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10.01.2022
Europol to be Europe's NSA?
Investigation uncovers years of unlawful retention of personal data
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18.12.2021
Inside a Fraud Prediction Algorithm
Obtaining the source code Rotterdam uses to predict benefits cheating
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16.11.2021
Vaccinating Europe's Undocumented
Policy scorecard ranks European countries efforts to respond to Covid 19
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19.10.2021
Big Meat Sabotages Reform
How the meat industrial complex exerts undue influence on EU policy
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02.09.2021
Moria: After the Fire
Year in the life of survivors of blaze that destroyed EU's largest refugee camp
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29.04.2021
Frontex in the Central Mediterranean
EU agency plays a direct role in Libyan coast guard’s interception operations
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02.04.2021
What is Palantir Doing in Europe?
Tracing US tech giant roots in EU security, public health, aviation and data
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05.02.2021
Frontex Chapter III: Agency in Turmoil
Toxic culture at EU’s border agency, leadership under investigation
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23.10.2020
Frontex Complicit in Pushbacks
Pushbacks in Greece undertaken with support or connivance of EU super agency
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17.07.2020
Invisible Workers
Modern slavery conditions for migrant workers on EU's farms at height of pandemic
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08.05.2020
The Killing of Muhammad Gulzar
Reconstructing a death at the Greek-Turkish border raises serious questions
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05.04.2020
Deep Pushbacks From Greece
New wave in Greece of extrajudicial deportations overland and at sea
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12.03.2020
Central Mediterranean
Revealing EU role in refoulement by proxy off Libya
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09.11.2019
Returns to Harm
Europe costly, inhumane and malfunctioning deportation machine
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09.08.2019
Shadow Population
Why Europe has stopped counting its undocumented population
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14.10.2025
Surveillance Secrets
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
Published with
16.06.2025
Two Factor Insecurity
How Google, Amazon, Meta and thousands of other companies leave customers vulnerable over one-time codes to save time and money
Published with
11.06.2025
The Limits of Ethical AI
Unprecedented access to high-stakes algorithmic experiment tests promise of Ethical AI
Published with
14.01.2025
Computer says no fly
Opaque surveillance tools being sold to governments with the promise they can ‘export borders’ to everywhere we board trains, planes and ships
Published with
27.11.2024
Sweden’s Suspicion Machine
Behind a veil of secrecy, the social security agency deploys discriminatory algorithms searching for fraud epidemic it has invented
Published with
22.10.2024
Border911
Ahead of the US election, the architect of Trump’s family separation policy – slated to return to office if Trump is re-elected – is using border disinformation to lay the groundwork for challenging the election results.
Published with
05.06.2024
False Promise of Biometrics
Three-country investigation shows digital IDs in Africa failing to deliver promised democratic and development boost, while making fortunes for tech vendors
Published with
19.03.2024
Smoke and Lies
Visual investigation reconstructs the unseen events which saw 40 people suffocate to death in a migrant detention centre fire in Ciudad Juárez, disproving official account
Published with
04.12.2023
France’s Digital Inquisition
Taking apart the secretive fraud detection algorithm that scores half of France’s population but pursues the most vulnerable.
Published with
24.04.2023
Ethnic Profiling
Whistleblower reveals Netherlands’ use of secret and potentially illegal algorithm to score visa applicants
Published with
17.04.2023
Spain’s AI Doctor
Unpublished documents and inside sources give rare look into secretive AI system used to decide who is shirking work
Published with
06.03.2023
Suspicion Machines
Unprecedented experiment on welfare surveillance algorithm reveals discrimination
Published with
20.12.2022
The Algorithm Addiction
Mass profiling system SyRI resurfaces in the Netherlands despite ban
Published with
30.11.2022
Flight of the Predator
Private jet reveals business spyware web of Israeli tycoon from EU to Africa
Published with
05.10.2022
Tracking QAnon in Europe
Lighthouse and Bellingcat in data-driven investigation into viral conspiracy
Published with
25.06.2022
Junk Science Underpins Fraud Scores
Crude software scoring vulnerable benefit claimants is random and prejudiced
Published with
03.06.2022
Europe Threatens Popular Encryption
Documents show governments seeking to hack services like Whatsapp and Signal
Published with
24.05.2022
Biometrics in Africa's Elections
French multinational made 10s millions despite repeat failures
Published with
23.03.2022
Ukraine Exodus
Damaging double standards undermines Europe's response to Ukraine refugees
Published with
10.01.2022
Europol to be Europe's NSA?
Investigation uncovers years of unlawful retention of personal data
Published with
18.12.2021
Inside a Fraud Prediction Algorithm
Obtaining the source code Rotterdam uses to predict benefits cheating
Published with
16.11.2021
Vaccinating Europe's Undocumented
Policy scorecard ranks European countries efforts to respond to Covid 19
Published with
19.10.2021
Big Meat Sabotages Reform
How the meat industrial complex exerts undue influence on EU policy
Published with
02.09.2021
Moria: After the Fire
Year in the life of survivors of blaze that destroyed EU's largest refugee camp
Published with
29.04.2021
Frontex in the Central Mediterranean
EU agency plays a direct role in Libyan coast guard’s interception operations
Published with
02.04.2021
What is Palantir Doing in Europe?
Tracing US tech giant roots in EU security, public health, aviation and data
Published with
05.02.2021
Frontex Chapter III: Agency in Turmoil
Toxic culture at EU’s border agency, leadership under investigation
Published with
23.10.2020
Frontex Complicit in Pushbacks
Pushbacks in Greece undertaken with support or connivance of EU super agency
Published with
17.07.2020
Invisible Workers
Modern slavery conditions for migrant workers on EU's farms at height of pandemic
Published with
08.05.2020
The Killing of Muhammad Gulzar
Reconstructing a death at the Greek-Turkish border raises serious questions
Published with
05.04.2020
Deep Pushbacks From Greece
New wave in Greece of extrajudicial deportations overland and at sea
Published with
12.03.2020
Central Mediterranean
Revealing EU role in refoulement by proxy off Libya
Published with
09.11.2019
Returns to Harm
Europe costly, inhumane and malfunctioning deportation machine
Published with
09.08.2019
Shadow Population
Why Europe has stopped counting its undocumented population
Published with