Project Description
PEOPLE AND POWER : Who paid for Brexit (2018)
AL JAZEERA – 1 x 30 minutes
SENIOR SERIES PRODUCER
Was the 2016 Brexit referendum free from interference and fair ? This half hour film investigates one of the most contentious political decisions in the last fifty years. With reporter Paul Lashmar we go on a journey exploring how social media sites were hacked by Russian automated accounts. We discover how Facebook allowed itself to disclose the private data of over 87 million users by a data firm Cambridge Analytica. And we discover how ‘dark money’ and illegal payments were allowed giving the Leave Europe side an unfair advantage.