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qwant news | Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ’We want to provide some clarity’

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Tommy Carstensen, a Denmark‑based data scientist, and Tristan Lee, founder of the non‑profit Decoherence Media, are leading volunteer efforts to organise and analyse the massive trove of documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Jeffrey Epstein’s case. Carstensen maintains a detailed, interactive archive of Epstein’s properties, finances, court records and over a million released files, spending up to 50 hours a week on the project, while Lee has built a searchable facial‑recognition database that identifies more than 100 previously unreported individuals—ranging from a Hollywood agent to Google co‑founder Sergey Brin—appearing in the images, using Amazon Rekognition with a strict 99 % similarity threshold and manual verification. Both initiatives aim to bring clarity to the opaque “elite network” surrounding Epstein, flagging errors in the DOJ’s redactions (including accidental releases of victim photos), monitoring ongoing changes to the files, and providing vetted researchers with responsibly sourced data, all while emphasizing that appearance in the archive does not imply wrongdoing.

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Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’

Tommy Carstensen oversees one of the most sophisticated archives of Epstein materials, while Tristan Lee’s database provides searches of faces who appear in the files

The Guardian