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User1: Data journalists are becoming more tech savy which helps.
Global Witness investigation in Myanmar
https://www.globalwitness.org/ru/campaigns/myanmar/
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Panamapapers + OpenCorporates
Spanish minister denying offshore activity and proven wrong with public record until resigned
Multinationals evading taxes
To make the investigation happen you need three things:
Data
Domain expertise
The key issue is to have the database that connects different databases, so you connect shareholders with offshore companies, lobby activities, contracts, political groups.
User2: It's not enough to publish datasets: connect lobbying to companies, to government etc.
Can machine learning help with analysing data sets?
It's useful to compare different data sets.
How do we persuade companies into doing the right thing? Such as B corp.
We should create awareness amongst the public about the social responsibility of companies. It's not only about making it financially attractive for companies to be social responsible.
User3: Journalists in IT in Netherlands - more jobs than people
In about a month UK will publish records on who really controls the companies
Hard corruption and soft corruption: not only big flows of money, but also interests of employees and the lile. Understand your society to get what corruption is.