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With this funding, Bellingcat has promoted ShamiWitness,<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=The Grayzone|title=ShamiWitness: How Bellingcat and neocons collaborated with ISIS’ most influential propagandist on Twitter|date=2018-10-29|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2018/10/29/shamiwitness-how-bellingcat-and-neocons-collaborated-with-the-most-influential-isis-propagandist-on-twitter/}}</ref> The [[Islamic State|Islamic State's]] top recruiter and propagandist on Twitter, and routinely publishes propaganda against [[Russian Federation|Russia]]<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Bellingcat|title=Page on topic of Ukraine|url=https://www.bellingcat.com/tag/ukraine/}}</ref> (i.e. in the interest of the imperial core). | With this funding, Bellingcat has promoted ShamiWitness,<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=The Grayzone|title=ShamiWitness: How Bellingcat and neocons collaborated with ISIS’ most influential propagandist on Twitter|date=2018-10-29|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2018/10/29/shamiwitness-how-bellingcat-and-neocons-collaborated-with-the-most-influential-isis-propagandist-on-twitter/}}</ref> The [[Islamic State|Islamic State's]] top recruiter and propagandist on Twitter, and routinely publishes propaganda against [[Russian Federation|Russia]]<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Bellingcat|title=Page on topic of Ukraine|url=https://www.bellingcat.com/tag/ukraine/}}</ref> (i.e. in the interest of the imperial core). | ||
Despite Bellingcat's claims to value “ …the use of open source material…”, the founder and creative director, Eliot Higgins, has openly mocked Julian Assange.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Web citation|author=Eliot Higgins|newspaper=[[Twitter]]|date=2019-04-11|url=https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1116277765840490496|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614104629/https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1116277765840490496|archive-date=2020-06-14|retrieved=2023-03-26}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 07:22, 26 March 2023
Bellingcat is a self-described "independent international collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists using open source and social media investigation to probe a variety of subjects."[2]
While Bellingcat claims that it "does not solicit or accept funding and contributions directly from any national government"[2], their own reported income for 2021 contradicts this claim.
A 2021 Grayzone investigation uncovered that Bellingcat is an organisation largely funded by various European, UK and US intelligence agencies — including the National Endowment for Democracy, the European Union itself, and the Human Rights Foundation (an imperialist organisation that solely targets governments outside the imperial core)[1]. Additionally, a CIA official has declared that they "love" Bellingcat.[3]
With this funding, Bellingcat has promoted ShamiWitness,[4] The Islamic State's top recruiter and propagandist on Twitter, and routinely publishes propaganda against Russia[5] (i.e. in the interest of the imperial core).
Despite Bellingcat's claims to value “ …the use of open source material…”, the founder and creative director, Eliot Higgins, has openly mocked Julian Assange.[2][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Annual Accounts 2020 [pdf"]. Bellingcat.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "About page". Bellingcat.
- ↑ "Bellingcat Can Say What U.S. Intelligence Can’t" (2020-12-17). Foreign Policy.
- ↑ "ShamiWitness: How Bellingcat and neocons collaborated with ISIS’ most influential propagandist on Twitter" (2018-10-29). The Grayzone.
- ↑ "Page on topic of Ukraine". Bellingcat.
- ↑ Eliot Higgins (2019-04-11). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2023-03-26.