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Oliver Buchannon
Craig Silverman

I'm the co-founder of Indicator and have been investigating digital deception for more than a decade.


OSINT Navigator is now publicly available

OSINT Navigator is now publicly available

Search 7,500+ OSINT tools to find the right one for your investigation.

Apr 13, 2026

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6 min read

Briefing: You may be listening to AI music without knowing it

Briefing: You may be listening to AI music without knowing it

Plus: How to extract account info and other data from shared URLs.

Apr 10, 2026

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15 min read

Workshop video: Investigating ecommerce sites

Workshop video: Investigating ecommerce sites

We covered tips and tools for digging into online stores

Apr 9, 2026

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2 min read

I analyzed 38 "situation monitoring" dashboards. Here are the ones worth using (and what many get wrong)

I analyzed 38 "situation monitoring" dashboards. Here are the ones worth using (and what many get wrong)

Plus options to customize your own

Apr 7, 2026

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15 min read

Briefing: What Zuckerberg and Rubio Mean by "Free Speech"

Briefing: What Zuckerberg and Rubio Mean by "Free Speech"

Plus: How to set up a custom RSS feed for the Internet Archive, and tools for geolocation.

Apr 3, 2026

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13 min read

Show & Tell: How Bellingcat's Kolina Koltai unmasked some of the worst people on the internet

Show & Tell: How Bellingcat's Kolina Koltai unmasked some of the worst people on the internet

We talked about her work exposing the networks behind non-consensual deepfake pornography

Apr 2, 2026

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3 min read

Finding the real owner of a company: a guide to beneficial ownership in the EU, UK, and beyond

Finding the real owner of a company: a guide to beneficial ownership in the EU, UK, and beyond

2026 could be a turning point for universal beneficial ownership data. Here's what investigators need to know.

Mar 31, 2026

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26 min read

Welcome to the OSINT Navigator private beta

Welcome to the OSINT Navigator private beta

Find the right investigative tool for the job

Mar 30, 2026

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3 min read

Briefing: X planned to rein in overseas info hustlers. Then Elon stepped in

Briefing: X planned to rein in overseas info hustlers. Then Elon stepped in

Plus: Tools for Telegram, geolocation, and running AI models locally.

Mar 27, 2026

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17 min read

Indicator's next workshop and an update on OSINT Navigator

Indicator's next workshop and an update on OSINT Navigator

Learn new tools for investigating ecommerce sites

Mar 23, 2026

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2 min read

Briefing: UK gov mulls an AI label mandate

Briefing: UK gov mulls an AI label mandate

Plus: Meta is still making money from AI nudifiers

Mar 20, 2026

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12 min read

Workshop video: Searching in the age of AI

Workshop video: Searching in the age of AI

We covered tips and tools for online search

Mar 16, 2026

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3 min read

Briefing: The Instagram AI influencer grift is evolving

Briefing: The Instagram AI influencer grift is evolving

Plus: How *not* to use photo forensics tools and the best way to vet browser extensions.

Mar 13, 2026

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16 min read

Announcing the beta of OSINT Navigator

Announcing the beta of OSINT Navigator

Ask OSINT Navigator a question, and it will suggest tools that can assist with your investigation

Mar 10, 2026

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4 min read

A real doctor used a pseudonym to post viral health AI slop and sell books

A real doctor used a pseudonym to post viral health AI slop and sell books

Dr. Hakim Bahdo generated tens of millions of views and attracted millions of followers as "Dr. Kim Bado."

Mar 9, 2026

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8 min read

Briefing: X and Trump admin decide fact-checking is good, actually

Briefing: X and Trump admin decide fact-checking is good, actually

Plus: Check out our redesigned and updated Academic Library and a bunch of new OSINT tools

Mar 6, 2026

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18 min read

How AI-Generated Influencers Exploit Celebrities to Sell Synthetic Nudes

How AI-Generated Influencers Exploit Celebrities to Sell Synthetic Nudes

AI personas posted fabricated photos with celebrities like The Rock, John Cena, and Cristiano Ronaldo to build followings on Instagram. Then they earned money with synthetic explicit content on Fanvue.

Mar 4, 2026

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11 min read

Show & Tell: Learn how Spanish investigators exposed digital deception on Meta and TikTok

Show & Tell: Learn how Spanish investigators exposed digital deception on Meta and TikTok

We talked about investigating scams, CSAM, and more with Clara Jiménez Cruz of Maldita.es

Mar 2, 2026

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3 min read

Briefing: Disinfo spreads in wake of “El Mencho” killing

Briefing: Disinfo spreads in wake of “El Mencho” killing

Plus: how to view tweets without logging in, investigate ecommerce sites, and more.

Feb 27, 2026

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9 min read

The Indicator guide to investigating ecommerce sites

The Indicator guide to investigating ecommerce sites

A practical walkthrough of the tools, techniques, and indicators used to analyze online stores and identify ecommerce fraud operations.

Feb 23, 2026

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30 min read

Briefing: New deepfake rules go into effect in India

Briefing: New deepfake rules go into effect in India

Plus: updates to tools for inspecting websites and analyzing Telegram.

Feb 20, 2026

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11 min read

Fake verdicts, fake lawyers: How AI lawslop is flooding YouTube — and fooling viewers

Fake verdicts, fake lawyers: How AI lawslop is flooding YouTube — and fooling viewers

YouTube banned six channels and demonetized four others in response to Indicator’s reporting.

Feb 19, 2026

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10 min read

Briefing: Tracking the AI takeover of Community Notes

Briefing: Tracking the AI takeover of Community Notes

Plus: Tools for counting crowd size and generating Google Dorks.

Feb 13, 2026

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10 min read

“Crying girls will make you rich”: How marketers trick users with mass-produced "organic" content

“Crying girls will make you rich”: How marketers trick users with mass-produced "organic" content

Indicator analyzed UGC campaigns that generated over 2 billion TikTok views and found rampant violations of disclosure rules.

Feb 10, 2026

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24 min read

Workshop video: Investigating affiliate scams and using Claude Code for OSINT

Workshop video: Investigating affiliate scams and using Claude Code for OSINT

The pros and cons of using LLMs in investigations

Feb 9, 2026

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2 min read

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