Standing up to dictators: Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat and the online sleuths

<p>A decade ago, Eliot Higgins founded an organisation that would transform investigative journalism. During the past ten years, Bellingcat has used (mostly) open-source methods to unmask the Salisbury assassins and Navalny’s poisoners, and give Putin a bloody nose. But who is the unassuming man behind that tenacious outfit? And will his skilled, open-source sleuths be able to keep up with the ever-growing mass of mis- and disinformation? Freelance writer Tom Lamont joins deputy editor Ellen Halliday to discuss.</p><br><p>Read Tom’s profile&nbsp;<a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/64130/eliot-higgins-the-man-who-verifies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>here.</u></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Subscribe to&nbsp;<em>Prospect&nbsp;</em><a href="https://subscription.prospectmagazine.co.uk/prospect-magazine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>here.</u></a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>