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- Partisan bot-like accounts continue to amplify divisive content on X https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/no-ifs-many-bots-partisan-bot-accounts-continue-amplify-divisive-content-x-generating-over-4-billion-views-uk-general-election-was-called/ 133 comments
- Newly identified bot-like accounts are generating billions of impressions https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/newly-identified-bot-accounts-are-generating-billions-impressions-sowing-division-and-spreading-disinformation-x/ 2 comments
- Trump 2.0 and climate: The risks you may not have thought about yet https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/trump-2-0-and-climate-risks-you-may-not-have-thought-about-yet/ 54 comments climate
- US oil giant Chevron provides a financial lifeline to Venezuela’s authoritarian regime https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/fueling-dictatorship-chevrons-ties-to-maduro/ 13 comments worldnews
- The price of beauty: Popular collagen brands drive deforestation and rights abuses in Paraguay | Collagen linked to Paraguay’s deforestation crisis and encroachment on indigenous territory has been sold by major retailers such as Amazon and Costco https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/price-beauty-popular-collagen-brands-drive-deforestation-rights-abuses-paraguay/ 2 comments environment
- Newly identified bot-like accounts are generating billions of impressions, sowing division and spreading disinformation on X https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/newly-identified-bot-accounts-are-generating-billions-impressions-sowing-division-and-spreading-disinformation-x/ 11 comments business
- Only 45 accounts, that appear to be bots on X, have generated over 4 billion views while amplifying racist and sexualised abuse, conspiracy theories and climate disinformation https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/newly-identified-bot-accounts-are-generating-billions-impressions-sowing-division-and-spreading-disinformation-x/ 1120 comments technology
- Online reaction to first UK General Election debate makes clear: misinformation fueled climate culture war not going away https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/online-reaction-first-uk-general-election-debate-makes-clear-misinformation-fueled-climate-culture-war-not-going-away/ 3 comments technology
- “I hope the younger generations can forgive us”: State oil company pushed $100 billion of deals in UAE’s year as COP28 host | A new investigation by Global Witness casts doubt on COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber’s claims that he would not use his role to do business deals https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/i-hope-the-younger-generations-can-forgive-us-state-oil-company-pushed-100-billion-of-deals-in-uaes-year-as-cop28-host/ 5 comments climate
- UK renewables jobs have increased 29% since 2015, oil jobs dropped 28% https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/uk-renewables-jobs-have-increased-29-2015-oil-jobs-dropped-28/ 2 comments renewableenergy
- Chinese-owned timber giant exported more than $5 million of illegal timber from Democratic Republic of the Congo in just six months | Global Witness https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/illegal-timber-democratic-republic-congo-china/ 18 comments nature
- Global Hating: Study shows how online abuse of climate scientists harms climate science https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/global-hating/ 65 comments environment
- How online abuse of climate scientists harms climate action https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/global-hating/ 2 comments climate
- Extreme and violent anti-LGBTQ+ hate approved for publication by leading social media platforms https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/extreme-and-violent-anti-lgbtq-hate-approved-publication-leading-social-media-platforms/ 65 comments technology
- Major international brands sourcing palm oil from Brazilian plantations linked to violence, torture and land fraud https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/amazon-palm/ 8 comments environment
- Over 100 more fossil fuel lobbyists than last year, flooding crucial COP climate talks https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/over-100-more-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-last-year-flooding-crucial-cop-climate-talks/ 2 comments environment
- Over 100 more fossil fuel lobbyists than last year, flooding crucial COP climate talks https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/over-100-more-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-last-year-flooding-crucial-cop-climate-talks/ 6 comments worldnews
- After repeated warnings YouTube and Facebook continue to approve blatant disinformation on their platforms ahead of tense Brazilian presidential run off https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/after-repeated-warnings-youtube-and-facebook-continue-approve-blatant-disinformation-their-platforms-ahead-tense-brazilian-presidential-run/ 7 comments technology
- French cash, Russian fuel, Ukrainian blood - A Siberian gas field part-owned by TotalEnergies, the French oil company, regularly supplies a refinery producing jet fuel for Russian warplanes https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/stop-russian-oil/total-russian-jet-fuel/ 3 comments europe
- A company owned by French TOTAL supplies fuel to Russian Warplanes https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/stop-russian-oil/total-russian-jet-fuel/ 69 comments europe
- French oil giant Total supplies a refinery making Russian military jet fuel https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/stop-russian-oil/total-russian-jet-fuel/ 81 comments worldnews
- Myanmar's poisoned mountains https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/natural-resource-governance/myanmars-poisoned-mountains/ 3 comments worldnews
- Myanmar's poisoned mountains: rare earth mining driving destruction on Chinese border https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/natural-resource-governance/myanmars-poisoned-mountains/ 3 comments worldnews
- New investigation reveals rubber is the European import that poses biggest threat to West and Central Africa’s tropical forests, linked to 520km2 of deforestation since 2000 https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/new-investigation-reveals-rubber-is-the-european-import-that-poses-biggest-threat-to-west-and-central-africas-tropical-forests-linked-to-520km2-of-deforestation-since-2000/ 8 comments worldnews
- Facebook continues to approve hate speech inciting violence and genocide during civil war in Ethiopia https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/ethiopia-hate-speech/ 5 comments internationalpolitics
- Facebook continues to approve hate speech inciting violence and genocide during civil war in Ethiopia https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/ethiopia-hate-speech/ 65 comments worldnews
- As Shell reports profits of $9.1 billion for the first quarter of 2022, leaked data shows the massive scale of the company's annual trade in Russian oil https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/shell-russian-crude-leak/ 116 comments worldnews
- New investigation shows Facebook approves ads containing hate speech inciting genocide against the Rohingya https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/new-investigation-shows-facebook-approves-ads-containing-hate-speech-inciting-genocide-against-rohingya/ 6 comments technology
- Hydrogen's Hidden Emissions. Shell’s fossil [blue] hydrogen plant in Canada found to be emitting more climate-wrecking gases than it is capturing. Just 48% of the plant’s carbon emissions are captured, falling woefully short of the 90% carbon capture rate promised by industry for fossil hydrogen. https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/shell-hydrogen-true-emissions/ 11 comments energy
- Shell and BP cancel COP26 appearance as analysis exposes fossil fuel lobbyists at COP https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/shell-and-bp-cancel-cop26-appearance-analysis-exposes-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop/ 60 comments worldnews
- A series of inflammatory images and language, in adverts targeted at individuals across the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland, was approved by Facebook for publication shortly before the violent riots earlier this year https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/facebook-ad-targeting-could-be-used-incite-sectarian-violence/ 3 comments europe
- Narco-a-lago: Money Laundering at the Trump Ocean Club, Panama https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/corruption-and-money-laundering/narco-a-lago-panama/ 8 comments politics
- Global Witness records the highest number of land and environmental activists murdered in one year https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/global-witness-records-the-highest-number-of-land-and-environmental-activists-murdered-in-one-year-with-the-link-to-accelerating-climate-change-of-increasing-concern/ 4 comments worldnews
- The world is deadlier than ever for land and environmental defenders, with agribusiness (including coffee, palm oil and banana plantations) as the industry most linked to killings https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/at-what-cost/ 12 comments geopolitics
- Narco-A-Lago: Money Laundering At The Trump Ocean Club Panama https://www.globalwitness.org/en-gb/campaigns/corruption-and-money-laundering/narco-a-lago-panama/#chapter-0/section-0 14 comments worldnews
- Narco-a-Lago: Money laundering at the Trump Ocean Club, Panama https://www.globalwitness.org/narco-a-lago-panama 18 comments worldnews
- Senior Royal Dutch Shell executives have been charged in Italy for their role in a vast bribery scheme that deprived the Nigerian people of over a billion dollars. https://www.globalwitness.org/en-gb/press-releases/shell-executives-charged-lead-landmark-trial-over-billion-dollar-nigerian-bribery-scheme/ 14 comments worldnews
- Banks join the call to end anonymous companies https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/banks-join-call-end-anonymous-companies/ 6 comments politics
- ABA president James Silkenat caught on tape explaining how to launder money. https://www.globalwitness.org/shadyinc/ 37 comments law
- Son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator plans one of world's most expensive yachts. Cost more than 3 times the money spent on education and health by the country. Way to run a country... http://www.globalwitness.org/library/son-equatorial-guineas-dictator-plans-one-worlds-most-expensive-yachts 6 comments worldnews