About this season
Data Sources goes beyond the official version in search of the truth: human rights violations, institutional failures, affairs of state, abuses of power and the criminal exploitation of the planet... ARTE’s digital investigative magazine takes you beyond the headlines.
Episodes (6)
1. Paedophilia: The dark side of Instagram
Aired 27 March 2024 • 17 min
A meticulously researched investigation showing how sexual predators operate on Instagram; and how the algorithm could even encourage paedophile activity.
2. TikTok and People Smugglers
Aired 24 April 2024 • 14 min
This investigation reveals how people smugglers are using social media to encourage migrants to cross the English Channel illegally. In their TikTok videos, smugglers promote their services and compete with untenable promises: "crossing in just 3 hours", "1000% safe crossing", charging between €1,700 and €4,000 per person to take the perilous journey to reach Britain.
3. Ukraine: The Sister and the Murderer
Aired 29 May 2024 • 15 min
For nine months, Katia Kholodnikova has had no news of her twin brother, Andriy, a Ukrainian soldier who left to fight the Russian invasion in the early days of the war. Until she receives a text message from the enemy camp: "Have you buried your brother? The author claims to be a former Russian soldier and to be the last man to see Katia's brother alive, before killing him.
4. Saudi Arabia: Victims of Neom
Aired 26 June 2024 • 15 min
Saudi Arabian citizens are languishing in prison, and some have even been sentenced to death. Their crime: they resisted expropriation of their homes for the Neom project, the city of the future built on a 170km line in the desert that is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s pet project.
5. Trafficking Baby Gorillas
Aired 28 August 2024 • 17 min
Every year, more than four hundred baby gorillas disappear from the forests of Central Africa. How is this poaching organised, and for whose benefit? Sources reveals the inner workings of a trade that is both highly lucrative and devastating for the endangered species.
6. Colonisation on the West Bank
Aired 25 September 2024 • 20 min
How are extremist Israeli settlers taking over land on the West Bank? Data Sources reveals the extent to which illegal outposts contribute to harassing and ultimately driving out the Palestinians from their homes. A strategy supported by the Israeli government.