Syed Salman Mehdi | Investigative Journalist & Digital Analyst
@multithinker.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist | IT & Power Analyst | Digital Sleuth
Exposing corruption, tracking money trails & decoding propaganda
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Exposing corruption, tracking money trails & decoding propaganda
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Reposted by Syed Salman Mehdi | Investigative Journalist & Digital Analyst
The “Bangladeshi Rohingya” framing has become a central weapon in anti-immigrant narratives through systematic disinformation campaigns in India’s digital sphere.
What’s behind the growing anti-immigrant discourse around stateless Rohingya in India
The “Bangladeshi Rohingya” framing has become a central weapon in anti-immigrant narratives through systematic disinformation campaigns in India’s digital sphere.
globalvoices.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The “Bangladeshi Rohingya” framing has become a central weapon in anti-immigrant narratives through systematic disinformation campaigns in India’s digital sphere.
Investigative journalism needs courage, clarity, and consistency.
This poster reflects the work and values of Syed Salman Mehdi Mosvi, standing for truth, justice, and human rights.
#InvestigativeJournalism #PressFreedom #HumanRights #Pakistan #MediaIntegrity
This poster reflects the work and values of Syed Salman Mehdi Mosvi, standing for truth, justice, and human rights.
#InvestigativeJournalism #PressFreedom #HumanRights #Pakistan #MediaIntegrity
December 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Investigative journalism needs courage, clarity, and consistency.
This poster reflects the work and values of Syed Salman Mehdi Mosvi, standing for truth, justice, and human rights.
#InvestigativeJournalism #PressFreedom #HumanRights #Pakistan #MediaIntegrity
This poster reflects the work and values of Syed Salman Mehdi Mosvi, standing for truth, justice, and human rights.
#InvestigativeJournalism #PressFreedom #HumanRights #Pakistan #MediaIntegrity
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This is what David Ellison paid for:
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is what David Ellison paid for:
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"A country that deprives its young ones of education in their mother tongue has denied them access to the deepest and most authentic sources of knowledge."
Nigeria scraps mother tongue education policy
"A country that deprives its young ones of education in their mother tongue has denied them access to the deepest and most authentic sources of knowledge."
globalvoices.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"A country that deprives its young ones of education in their mother tongue has denied them access to the deepest and most authentic sources of knowledge."
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When an investigative journalist in Africa follows a corruption trail, the danger no longer ends with physical threats. Their devices become targets for spyware, silent monitoring, and online attacks that expose sensitive information.
Why cybersafety matters in the African Union–European Union partnership
Research shows that women are less likely to access the Internet than men and face higher exposure to harassment once they are online. These conditions limit participation and restrict leadership.
advox.globalvoices.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
When an investigative journalist in Africa follows a corruption trail, the danger no longer ends with physical threats. Their devices become targets for spyware, silent monitoring, and online attacks that expose sensitive information.
Reposted by Syed Salman Mehdi | Investigative Journalist & Digital Analyst
A number of weapons companies, operating in SA, are manufacturing parts used to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
SA Labor must end investment and weapons exports with Israel
Palestine activists say South Australian Labor’s self-promotion as a “defence state” makes it complicit in the Gaza genocide. Markela Panegyres reports.
www.greenleft.org.au
December 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A number of weapons companies, operating in SA, are manufacturing parts used to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
He expects lawlessness to be part of his administration. Justice isn’t optional, no matter the office.
#Trump #RuleOfLaw #Accountability #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw
#Trump #RuleOfLaw #Accountability #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
He expects lawlessness to be part of his administration. Justice isn’t optional, no matter the office.
#Trump #RuleOfLaw #Accountability #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw
#Trump #RuleOfLaw #Accountability #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw
When the head of Homeland Security can’t answer basic questions, it’s not just a messaging problem, it’s a legitimacy crisis. People trust the public more than the official.
#HomelandSecurityFail #Accountability #LegitimacyCrisis #KristiNoem
#HomelandSecurityFail #Accountability #LegitimacyCrisis #KristiNoem
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"..When the Secretary of Homeland Security can’t stay in a hearing long enough to answer basic questions and when the public trusts the protesters more than the person running the agency, you don’t have a messaging problem. You have a legitimacy crisis.."
#BlueCrew
"..When the Secretary of Homeland Security can’t stay in a hearing long enough to answer basic questions and when the public trusts the protesters more than the person running the agency, you don’t have a messaging problem. You have a legitimacy crisis.."
#BlueCrew
ICE Melts Under Noem’s Shadow
ICE isn’t just losing support; it’s imploding under its own cruelty, incompetence, and Kristi Noem’s vanishing act, leaving America questioning who the real threat is.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When the head of Homeland Security can’t answer basic questions, it’s not just a messaging problem, it’s a legitimacy crisis. People trust the public more than the official.
#HomelandSecurityFail #Accountability #LegitimacyCrisis #KristiNoem
#HomelandSecurityFail #Accountability #LegitimacyCrisis #KristiNoem
This is a powerful reminder that digital platforms can weaponize anonymity to silence journalists. Fighting disinformation and red-tagging isn’t just personal and it’s defending press freedom for everyone
#PressFreedom #DigitalAccountability #StopDisinformation #JournalismMatters
#PressFreedom #DigitalAccountability #StopDisinformation #JournalismMatters
In 2023, journalist Cong Corrales filed a landmark case against Meta to obtain the identities behind the accounts that had led a vicious smear operation against him.
A Filipino journalist pushes back against red-tagging and disinformation by taking on Meta
In 2023, journalist Cong Corrales filed a landmark case against Meta to obtain the identities behind the accounts that had led a vicious smear operation against him.
globalvoices.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is a powerful reminder that digital platforms can weaponize anonymity to silence journalists. Fighting disinformation and red-tagging isn’t just personal and it’s defending press freedom for everyone
#PressFreedom #DigitalAccountability #StopDisinformation #JournalismMatters
#PressFreedom #DigitalAccountability #StopDisinformation #JournalismMatters
Big nuclear deals sound grand, but the risks fall on people while rewards flow upward. When power projects serve geopolitics and elites, citizens get debt danger and silence
#EnergyPolitics #EliteDeals #NuclearRisk #PeopleFirst
#EnergyPolitics #EliteDeals #NuclearRisk #PeopleFirst
Kazakhstan’s nuclear projects with China are another milestone in their growing and all-encompassing cooperation.
Kazakhstan’s nuclear cooperation with China: Big risks but small rewards?
Kazakhstan’s nuclear projects with China are another milestone in their growing and all-encompassing cooperation.
globalvoices.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Big nuclear deals sound grand, but the risks fall on people while rewards flow upward. When power projects serve geopolitics and elites, citizens get debt danger and silence
#EnergyPolitics #EliteDeals #NuclearRisk #PeopleFirst
#EnergyPolitics #EliteDeals #NuclearRisk #PeopleFirst
When billionaires warn about a backlash in their own papers, it says a lot. You cannot buy democracy forever. People see who writes the rules and who pays the price
#AntiOligarchy #ClassWar #BillionairePower #PeopleAwakening
#AntiOligarchy #ClassWar #BillionairePower #PeopleAwakening
Published in the billionaire's newspaper
Billionaires are spending massive sums on politics. A backlash brews. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Billionaires are spending massive sums on politics. A backlash brews. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Billionaires are spending massive sums on politics. A backlash brews.
An anti-oligarch protest in a small Indiana town shows the depth of the national backlash against the concentration of wealth and power.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
When billionaires warn about a backlash in their own papers, it says a lot. You cannot buy democracy forever. People see who writes the rules and who pays the price
#AntiOligarchy #ClassWar #BillionairePower #PeopleAwakening
#AntiOligarchy #ClassWar #BillionairePower #PeopleAwakening
Blaming Washington does not fix local failures. Leadership is about action not press lines. People need results on schools roads and relief not talking points while lives get harder
#Accountability #LeadershipMatters #DoYourJob #PublicService
#Accountability #LeadershipMatters #DoYourJob #PublicService
The White House continues to make our work harder. They’ve:
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Blaming Washington does not fix local failures. Leadership is about action not press lines. People need results on schools roads and relief not talking points while lives get harder
#Accountability #LeadershipMatters #DoYourJob #PublicService
#Accountability #LeadershipMatters #DoYourJob #PublicService
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The Bureau of Meteorology has ominously predicted “unusually high” summer temperatures for most of Australia, heralding a higher risk of extreme bushfires, storms and heatwaves. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
We are in a climate emergency
The prime minister’s claimed concern for those impacted by the climate emergency rings hollow while he backs the fossil fuel industry, argues Ben Radford.
www.greenleft.org.au
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Bureau of Meteorology has ominously predicted “unusually high” summer temperatures for most of Australia, heralding a higher risk of extreme bushfires, storms and heatwaves. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Free speech is not a slogan when algorithms mute the truth. Imran Khan sits in jail while the deep state tightens its grip and X looks away. Silence helps power, not democracy.
#FreeImranKhan #Pakistan #DeepState #Censorship #FreeSpeech #X #ElonMusk #Twitter #PakArmy #AsimMunir
#FreeImranKhan #Pakistan #DeepState #Censorship #FreeSpeech #X #ElonMusk #Twitter #PakArmy #AsimMunir
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Free speech is not a slogan when algorithms mute the truth. Imran Khan sits in jail while the deep state tightens its grip and X looks away. Silence helps power, not democracy.
#FreeImranKhan #Pakistan #DeepState #Censorship #FreeSpeech #X #ElonMusk #Twitter #PakArmy #AsimMunir
#FreeImranKhan #Pakistan #DeepState #Censorship #FreeSpeech #X #ElonMusk #Twitter #PakArmy #AsimMunir
Praying for all Muslims this Jumuah. May Allah grant strength, knowledge, patience and safety to the oppressed in Palestine and Sudan, and bless every believer with peace and dignity. Ameen. #JumuahMubarak #PrayForPalestine #PrayForSudan
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Praying for all Muslims this Jumuah. May Allah grant strength, knowledge, patience and safety to the oppressed in Palestine and Sudan, and bless every believer with peace and dignity. Ameen. #JumuahMubarak #PrayForPalestine #PrayForSudan
Trump “informed” Xi while forgetting to inform reality. Chips go to China, hype goes to his ego, and the US public gets another episode of Trumponomics theatre. #TrumpChaos #TechDrama #USChina
Trump said he had “informed President Xi, of China,” that the U.S. will allow NVIDIA to export its H200 products to "approved customers in China."
Nvidia, AMD Rise In Premarket After Trump Greenlights Sale Of Advanced AI Chips To China
Trump said he had “informed President Xi, of China,” that the U.S. will allow NVIDIA to export its H200 products to "approved customers in China."
www.forbes.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Trump “informed” Xi while forgetting to inform reality. Chips go to China, hype goes to his ego, and the US public gets another episode of Trumponomics theatre. #TrumpChaos #TechDrama #USChina
Trump calls it prosperity while prices rise and truth collapses. The Onion exposes the same old trick where bluster replaces policy and chaos replaces facts. Zionists cheer the distraction while Musk nods along. America deserves better.
@theonion.com
#TrumpLies #OnionTruth #AgainstFascism
@theonion.com
#TrumpLies #OnionTruth #AgainstFascism
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Trump calls it prosperity while prices rise and truth collapses. The Onion exposes the same old trick where bluster replaces policy and chaos replaces facts. Zionists cheer the distraction while Musk nods along. America deserves better.
@theonion.com
#TrumpLies #OnionTruth #AgainstFascism
@theonion.com
#TrumpLies #OnionTruth #AgainstFascism
Hospitals exist to save lives not polish narratives These stories show how fragile care becomes when truth is treated as optional Families deserve honesty and real accountability not headlines that hide the pain
#ProPublica #Healthcare #Accountability #COVID19 #PatientSafety
#ProPublica #Healthcare #Accountability #COVID19 #PatientSafety
1/ It was the height of the pandemic, but Phoebe Putney Memorial had good news: At 99 years old, Maude Burke was the oldest COVID-19 patient they were discharging.
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Hospitals exist to save lives not polish narratives These stories show how fragile care becomes when truth is treated as optional Families deserve honesty and real accountability not headlines that hide the pain
#ProPublica #Healthcare #Accountability #COVID19 #PatientSafety
#ProPublica #Healthcare #Accountability #COVID19 #PatientSafety
Facts beat spin every time China was buying strong under Biden and the drop came from Trump era choices Farmers deserve honesty not story making Keep the record straight
#Soybeans #Farmers #TruthMatters #TammyDuckworth #USPolitics
#Soybeans #Farmers #TruthMatters #TammyDuckworth #USPolitics
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Facts beat spin every time China was buying strong under Biden and the drop came from Trump era choices Farmers deserve honesty not story making Keep the record straight
#Soybeans #Farmers #TruthMatters #TammyDuckworth #USPolitics
#Soybeans #Farmers #TruthMatters #TammyDuckworth #USPolitics
Reading to students and building spaces where learning feels alive that is how you shape a lasting legacy A library in the heart of the community is an investment that pays back for generations
#Obama #Education #Chicago #Community #LibrariesMatter
#Obama #Education #Chicago #Community #LibrariesMatter
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Reading to students and building spaces where learning feels alive that is how you shape a lasting legacy A library in the heart of the community is an investment that pays back for generations
#Obama #Education #Chicago #Community #LibrariesMatter
#Obama #Education #Chicago #Community #LibrariesMatter
Vultures left rotting outside a school while agencies argued shows how broken our response systems can be Public safety should never wait for paperwork to move
#BirdFlu #PublicHealth #Ohio #Accountability #NYTimes
#BirdFlu #PublicHealth #Ohio #Accountability #NYTimes
Dozens of vulture carcasses, left decomposing for days outside a Catholic school in Ohio while agencies pointed fingers over who was responsible for cleaning them up, were believed to have been infected with bird flu, health officials said on Monday.
Bird Flu Is Suspected After Vulture Carcasses Sat Rotting Outside Ohio School
The birds lingered for days at a Catholic school near Cincinnati as agencies haggled over who was responsible for removing them. Experts said the public health risk was low.
nyti.ms
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Vultures left rotting outside a school while agencies argued shows how broken our response systems can be Public safety should never wait for paperwork to move
#BirdFlu #PublicHealth #Ohio #Accountability #NYTimes
#BirdFlu #PublicHealth #Ohio #Accountability #NYTimes
Teachers standing for a fair contract is a stand for every family and every future Strong communities are built by those who teach our children and they deserve respect and real support #SupportTeachers #FairContract #EducationMatters #WCCUSD
Another powerful morning on the picket line with my family, this time at our daughter’s former school, Fairmont Elementary.
West Contra Costa County teachers are incredibly important to our family and our community. They deserve a fair contract!
West Contra Costa County teachers are incredibly important to our family and our community. They deserve a fair contract!
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Teachers standing for a fair contract is a stand for every family and every future Strong communities are built by those who teach our children and they deserve respect and real support #SupportTeachers #FairContract #EducationMatters #WCCUSD
Another day another Trump interview where the real questions went missing If the press won’t challenge power then the public must stay awake Zeteo did the job Politico should have done #Trump #Media #Accountability #MehdiHasan #Zeteo
“Politico FIFA-ed Trump into giving them an interview. Having flattered Trump into an interview, Politico then flattered him with a series of softball questions.”
I Factchecked Trump’s Big Politico Interview – Because Politico Didn’t!
Interviewer Dasha Burns allowed the president to tell lie after lie, and also failed to push back on his racism. So here is a rebuttal from Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Another day another Trump interview where the real questions went missing If the press won’t challenge power then the public must stay awake Zeteo did the job Politico should have done #Trump #Media #Accountability #MehdiHasan #Zeteo
Free speech is turning into the biggest frontline of our time The fight over truth vs control is shaping the whole digital world and no one is ready for what comes next #TheVerge #FreeSpeech #Disinformation #DigitalRights #TechNews
Hunter Biden's laptop. The lab leak theory. QAnon.
What started with a row over fact-checking and moderation of particular stories on social media has turned into a worldwide battle on the nature and limits of free speech online.
Read more from @jamesrball.com: www.theverge.com/features/839...
What started with a row over fact-checking and moderation of particular stories on social media has turned into a worldwide battle on the nature and limits of free speech online.
Read more from @jamesrball.com: www.theverge.com/features/839...
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Free speech is turning into the biggest frontline of our time The fight over truth vs control is shaping the whole digital world and no one is ready for what comes next #TheVerge #FreeSpeech #Disinformation #DigitalRights #TechNews
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A tightening state grip on Pakistan’s airports has turned lawful travel into a gamble. @multithinker.bsky.social
Pakistani travellers with valid visas being quietly offloaded at airports in ‘silent ban’
Pakistan has tightened airport screenings to help combat trafficking, but the new measures increasingly trouble lawful travellers, eroding rights, and livelihoods as communities experience profiling, and measures that deepen resentment.
globalvoices.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A tightening state grip on Pakistan’s airports has turned lawful travel into a gamble. @multithinker.bsky.social