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Kolina Koltai
Verified
Senior Researcher, Bellingcat
Seattle
Beats
Biography
Kolina Koltai is a senior researcher and trainer at Bellingcat. She currently focuses on investigation AI companies behind the proliferation of non-consensual deepfake pornography/nudify apps. Previously, she spent most of her career researching the anti-vaccination movement and their community on social media platforms. An expert in how sociotechnical systems influence the decision making of social groups, she is a former postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for an Informed Public at the University of Washington and a former research associate at NASA.
Content
By Kolina Koltai Verified| Bellingcat Verified This guide is part of a collaboration between Bellingcat and Evident on detecting AI-generated products. You can watch Evident’s video here. Sipping coffee from a mug carved from mineral rock, its surface glimmering with amethyst, rose quartz and other crystals, sounds almost too magical to be real. And unfortunately, as some shoppers discovered, it was. Ads for crystal coffee cups, like the one shown in the Facebook post below, have appeared across the internet.
By Kolina Koltai Verified| Bellingcat Verified Warning: This article discusses non-consensual sexually explicit content and Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Clothoff, one of the most notorious apps for non-consensual deepfake pornographic material, claims that it is donating funds to “support those affected by AI”, highlighting its collaboration with an organisation named ASU Label that says it aims to “protect your rights in the age of AI”.
By Kolina Koltai Verified, Foeke Postma| Bellingcat Verified Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been accused of trespassing on land owned by US game company, Cards Against Humanity, for more than six months as per a lawsuit filed and announced on September 19, 2024. However, satellite imagery shows that the land has been in use for more than 12 months. At time of writing, SpaceX had not replied to our request for comment. We have no evidence SpaceX knowingly trespassed on Cards Against Humanity’s land.
Company Info
Bellingcat
Bellingcat is an independent nonprofit investigative collective that specializes in open source intelligence (OSINT) research. Founded in 2014 by Eliot Higgins, it has developed innovative digital forensic methods to investigate global conflicts, human rights abuses, and transnational crimes. The organization operates as a decentralized network with over 30 staff and contributors across more than 20 countries. Bellingcat focuses on investigative research related to war crimes, assassinations, and disinformation campaigns. It offers training programs to journalists, activists, and legal professionals, having trained over 4,000 individuals in OSINT techniques. The Global Authentication Project (GAP) is a volunteer network that crowdsources the verification of digital evidence. Additionally, Bellingcat collaborates with judicial bodies, including the International Criminal Court, to integrate OSINT into legal proceedings. Its findings are widely cited by international media and have contributed to significant investigations, such as the MH17 incident and the Skripal poisoning case.
Founded: 2014