Archive - Eurovision News Spotlight | Fact-Checking & OSINT Network

The investigator’s guide to website infrastructure: WHOIS, SSL, and server fingerprinting

A blueprint for passive OSINT: Learn how to uncover hidden ownership and link digital networks using technical signatures

Dec 30, 2025 • Derek Bowler

2025 in review: How we fact-checked a year of global crisis

From Israel's wars to a pope's death and anti-migrant riots in Europe, explore the top investigations from Eurovision News Spotlight’s inaugural year

Dec 29, 2025 • Maria Flannery

Help us grow the Spotlight network (and unlock OSINT training)

Refer your network to unlock our OSINT Starter Toolkit and EBU Academy training sessions

Dec 29, 2025 • Derek Bowler

Navigating ECLI and PACER: A technical guide to accessing international legal records

A scalable methodology for OSINT researchers to bridge the gap between the European e-Justice Portal and US federal litigation databases

Dec 23, 2025 • Derek Bowler

Scraped and stripped: The EBU’s global fight for 'Facts In, Facts Out'

Eurovision News Podcast Episode 2: How AI companies scrape news and why the EBU is demanding accountability for misinformation like the Bondi Beach…

Dec 19, 2025 • Giles Gibson

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The Eurovision News Podcast holiday playlist: 10 essential listens

Explore Russian hybrid warfare, AI misinformation, and media ethics. The Eurovision News Podcast presents 10 essential episodes for the curious…

Dec 19, 2025 • Derek Bowler, Giles Gibson, and Laurent Frat

Fact-Check & OSINT Review #14: From Sudan’s chemical weapons to the 'Donor 7069' exposé

See how France 24 and the EBU Investigative Journalism Network tracked chemical weapons in Sudan and exposed the "Donor 7069" crisis in OSINT Review…

Dec 18, 2025 • Derek Bowler, Maria Flannery, Belen Lopez Garrido, and Quentin Peschard

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The Bondi Beach terror attack: Unpacking the viral lies and fact-checking the hero's misidentification

See the most viral lies after the Sydney terror attack, how the hero was misidentified as Edward Crabtree, and Grok's AI failure

Dec 16, 2025 • Maria Flannery

Financial OSINT: Guide to tracing corporate assets & networks

Learn the step-by-step methodology for financial OSINT, including accessing global corporate registries and tracing assets to sanctioned individuals

Dec 16, 2025 • Derek Bowler

The Eurovision disinformation war: Why you’re seeing fake claims about the 2026 contest

An investigative look at the Eurovision 2026 disinformation wave. We verify claims about Martin Rowson, Poland, and the EBU's tough new voting rules.

Dec 10, 2025 • Sara Badilini

Tracing beneficial ownership with OSINT for financial crime

Learn the 6-step method to unmask the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) hidden behind shell companies and corporate structures using OpenCorporates …

Dec 9, 2025 • Derek Bowler

Are Christmas markets being cancelled due to immigrant protests?

Debunking viral claims that Christmas markets were cancelled due to immigrant opposition. Contextualizing footage from Milan, Vienna, and Hamburg

Dec 4, 2025 • Sara Badilini

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