Richard Nield @Rnield01
Investigative journalist & documentary filmmaker covering corruption, disinformation & human rights. Middle East & Africa specialist richardnield.substack.com London, England Joined April 2010-
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Proud to be featured in the second edition of the 3Space zine 'Tall Storeys'! Thanks to Lois Stevenson and all at @3Spaceorg 😀😎🎉🥳 instagram.com/reel/DNC9rz5Mm…
Published! 🤩💥 Ed9 of my Media & #Disinformation newsletter: ➡️ Grok 3 'study' claims humans not responsible for #globalwarming ➡️ Meta fails to block health scam adverts ➡️ Russia's disinfo campaign against France ➡️ Trump’s muzzling of US press tinyurl.com/3zehfzjp
Governments may suck, but people are kind. An antidote to the current global moment. My latest Substack post on perspicacity - On the Kindness of Strangers tinyurl.com/rx4vfuh9
#Meta stops fact-checking, China launches #DeepSeek, China & Russia interfere in #elections in Spain, Germany & Croatia, EU investigates X support for German far right. Read more in latest edition of perspicacity @ tinyurl.com/y9ajdj24 😊 #disinformation #influenceoperations
Published! Edition #7 of perspicacity's Conflict & Human Rights Update: ➡️ analysis of destruction in Gaza ➡️ armed incursions into eastern Congo ➡️ gang violence in Haiti ➡️ jailing of Aleksei Navalny’s lawyers ➡️ violence against civilians in Myanmar tinyurl.com/2epyrj2b
My latest international Crime & Corruption update! ➡️ how Iran moves sanctioned oil ➡️ Chinese suppliers behind ads for deadly opioids targeting Europe ➡️evolution of migrant smuggling on French coast ➡️organised crime fueling M23 crisis in eastern DRC richardnield.substack.com/p/crime-and-co…
Featuring in Ed6 of my Media & #Disinformation newsletter: ➡️ Albania shuts down TikTok ➡️ Apple buckles to Russian censors ➡️ Australia to ban under-16s from using social media ➡️ Romania annuls presidential election fearing cyberattacks tinyurl.com/2s4ab9cv
People, as we well know, make mistakes. But even with that knowledge, it's likely we underestimate the extent to which we err. My latest post on perspicacity, about why eyewitnesses might not be as reliable as we imagine. Inspired by @RobinBlom richardnield.substack.com/p/to-err-a-lot…
Deep (and easy) fakes, the liar's dividend, and the fatal consequences of disinformation - #1 in a series from the brilliant #disinformation conference in Riga by EU DisinfoLab @matyas_bohacek @MelissaFleming @DisinfoEU open.substack.com/pub/richardnie… #AI #deepfake #Disinfo2024
Ed.2 of my #Environment newsletter! ➡ $1trn 4 fossil fuels from banks committed to #netzero ➡ lack of #humanrights protections in electric vehicle industry ➡ #illegallogging in Eur & S Am ➡ #oilspills from Russian tankers evading #sanctions tinyurl.com/358ha33d
I've just published the first edition of my new Environment newsletter, in my online magazine, Perspicacity! 🥳 💥⚡ 🎉 😊 This edition is a one-off special dedicated to the global climate conference in Baku. Enjoy! #climate #climatechange #corruption open.substack.com/pub/richardnie…
Russian #disinformation, Israeli spyware, and freedom of information are among the topics of the latest Media & Disinformation update from perspicacity - published today - featuring the best investigative journalism on the issue richardnield.substack.com/p/media-and-di…
Cryptocurrency, drug dead drops, and Russia's use of organised crime as a tool of statecraft. Welcome to Edition 5 of the Crime & Corruption update in my newsletter, ‘perspicacity’. Enjoy! #Corruption #financialcrime #illicitfinance #sanctions #Crypto open.substack.com/pub/richardnie…
An arrest warrant for Netanyahu, the imprisonment of political opponents in Hong Kong, and the Taliban's ban on showing people in the media - the latest Conflict & Human Rights newsletter from perspicacity richardnield.substack.com/p/conflict-and…
A fake Kamala Harris campaign, #misinformation on X, and criminal networks on Telegram - my latest #Media & #Disinformation newsletter, published on perspicacity open.substack.com/pub/richardnie…
#SouthSudan faces challenges on multiple fronts. 75% of the population is in humanitarian need; the planned first elections in 14 years have been delayed until 2026. I've shared some thoughts after my meeting with the UK Foreign Office earlier this week richardnield.substack.com/p/south-sudans…
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