Sources is a series of investigations conducted using open source databases, a new frontier of investigation.
By involving the viewer in all stages of its investigations, Sources explores the flaws within major European balances and goes beyond official versions: human rights violations, institutional failures, state affairs, abuse of power, or criminal exploitation of the planet. This magazine aims to expose the mechanics of misinformation that OSINT (Open Source Intelligence), a new and fruitful resource for investigative journalism, combats with its own tools.
By utilizing social networks, freely accessible online databases, satellite imagery, and boat or plane tracking tools, Open Source Intelligence reclaims an Internet widely exploited for deceptive purposes. By adapting it for the first time to a unique video format with pedagogy and rigor, ARTE aims to both dismantle the manipulation of facts and combat the growing distrust towards the media.