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Data-driven and digital approaches are an increasingly important strand of our research and campaigning. We use a range of techniques to scrape and analyse data from open source and leaked datasets, social media and other online sources.

Article | September 09, 2021
How Facebook’s ad targeting may be in breach of UK equality and data protection laws

Facebook users in the UK may be excluded from viewing job ads based on protected characteristics, such as gender and age. Does Facebook think job candidates #DeserveToBeFound?
Blog Post | September 06, 2021
Chart in focus: Mapping buildings across Africa with AI

Google has released a new data set mapping buildings across Africa. Could it be of use in monitoring deforestation?
Blog Post | July 02, 2021
Chart in focus: New UK planting initiative can't see the forest for the trees

Impressive sounding domestic tree-planting rates mean very little for the climate unless we address our imported deforestation

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Article | June 23, 2021
Algorithm of harm: Facebook amplified Myanmar military propaganda following coup
Article | June 07, 2021
Under the spotlight: Chinese banks' risky agribusiness portfolio
Blog Post | June 03, 2021
Innovative tracking tool trained on fossil gas lobbyists
Blog Post | May 26, 2021
Chart in focus: New data shows that the world’s biggest polluters are still failing to put their money where their mouth is
Article | May 18, 2021
Uncovering the illegal deforestation linked to Brazil’s biggest beef companies
Article | May 20, 2021
Corporate connections and Twitter tricks: tracking a social media smear campaign in DRC
Interactive | May 12, 2021
How long would your local park survive deforestation?
Press Release | February 19, 2021
Global Witness reveals fraudulent Libyan Letters of Credit money entering international financial system via London

Briefing Document | July 22, 2020
Out of the shadows
Briefing Document | May 06, 2019
Getting the UK's house in order

Press Release | February 19, 2021
Global Witness reveals fraudulent Libyan Letters of Credit money entering international financial system via London

Report | February 19, 2021
Discredited
Report | October 23, 2015
Jade: Myanmar's "Big State Secret"

Blog Post | September 06, 2021
Chart in focus: Mapping buildings across Africa with AI
Blog Post | July 02, 2021
Chart in focus: New UK planting initiative can't see the forest for the trees
Blog Post | June 03, 2021
Innovative tracking tool trained on fossil gas lobbyists
Blog Post | May 26, 2021
Chart in focus: New data shows that the world’s biggest polluters are still failing to put their money where their mouth is
Blog Post | February 17, 2021
Chart in focus: New data shows deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon at 12 year high
Blog Post | December 02, 2020
Brazilian beef: inside the supply chain
Blog Post | November 30, 2020
Facebook banned new political ads in the week before the US election. We took a closer look
Blog Post | November 25, 2020
Chart in focus: how safe are fossil gas pipelines?

Longform | July 24, 2018
The Companies We Keep