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CIR is a global leader in open-source investigations, exposing and disrupting malign actors wherever they operate. Our teams investigate foreign influence operations, document harm in conflict environments and expose networks responsible for online manipulation and other harmful activity. At the heart of our approach is a distinctive combination of deep local expertise and cutting-edge investigative methods. By working with regional analysts, civil society partners and technical specialists, we are able to rapidly collect, verify and analyse digital evidence from some of the world’s most challenging environments.

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Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence AI

17th Aug 26

Telegram deepfake bots are built to survive takedowns, and target women by default

A CIR investigation into Telegram's "nudification" bots found that they are only the visible layer of a wider, commercially organised abuse economy that allow operators to rebuild the moment a single bot is removed.