Eliot Higgins recounts the events, experiences, and philosophies that established the independent citizen journalist collective Bellingcat and reveals its method for conducting open-source intelligence investigations.

The internet gives anybody the same access to information previously reserved for the intelligence community, world leaders, and mainstream journalists.

Though investigators have often deferred to on-the-ground research methods, Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins and his associates have developed breakthrough digital sleuthing tactics.

The focus of Bellingcat is to crowdsource the collection and analysis of open-source intelligence to report on significant crimes being committed around the globe.

Drawing on his work as a blogger and independent investigator both before and after the founding of Bellingcat, Higgins discusses some of the most prominent cases in the organization's history.

This 2021 book explores the strategies and philosophies now known as the Bellingcat method, revealing truths about the nature of online information and public responsibility in our disinformation age.