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Police logger Jan-Willem goes into the mistake ... again. Despite the instructions for the use of social media by police, there are still people traceable in videos of the Vlogger. And with that he lays private data from citizens on the street. Pointer investigated the traceability of people in videos of police logger Jan-Willem and it shows that the popular agent rebreeds several privacy rules. That is remarkable, because following earlier research, the police proposed guidelines for improving social media posters. Now it appears that after the tightening of the rules in certain 22 cases that are traceable to a person are visible and audible in videos of Jan-Willem. Social media is indispensable in the police. You see it at all arguing: a detection message via a Twitter or Facebook message.

This police logger violates the privacy of suspects

In collaboration with Reporter Radio and Follow the Money, Pointer reveals that there are several healthcare institutions in the Netherlands that achieve extreme profits. The accounts look suspicious. How is it possible that these businesses earn so much money? Many of those companies are in home care. Is the care that these companies must deliver sufficient or is there the back of people who needed home care earned money?

Care cowboys Part I. For example, 97 major healthcare companies come to very high profit

In June 2019, DataLatform Pointer revealed in collaboration with research site Follow the Money and Reporter Radio that there are care institutions that get extreme profits. After an analysis of the annual figures for 2017, it turned out that 97 large healthcare companies were jointly made for more than fifty million euros in profit. That amounts to more than twenty percent of turnover, while at most three percent are common within mental health care, care for the disabled and home care. These profits may have been unlawfully achieved. The annual accounts of these institutions are rarely checked, allowing shareholders to pay for millions of Euros to care money. These 'care cowboys' would perhaps even ride out huge profits at the expense of supplying care to people who need. In the second broadcast on mega ministers in healthcare, the DataTeam of Pointer once again examines the annual accounts of these types of companies.

Care cowboys Part II. The directors of these care companies are rich in care money

Behind a simple e-mail in the inbox of Pointer appears to be a network of lighting sites, mailbox companies and more than a hundred victims around the world. Via a wirwar to NEP accounts, the track is followed that leads to two Danish cheaters, which abuse people from people.

How a mysterious e-mail leads to online scammers in the Philippines

Almost a hundred care companies make structurally high profit in the healthcare sector. The DataTeam of Pointer, together with Reporter Radio and Follow the Money, examines why municipalities pay for tens of millions of euros in care money to these companies within the framework of the Social Support Act. Why do municipalities do not seize as soon as it becomes clear that this money is not spent on good care? Municipalities must ensure that the money intended for elderly and disabled care is used properly. Why do municipalities do business with companies that use the money for other things? And is it maintained?

Care cowboys Part III. Municipalities hardly have any view of spending care money

With hundreds of security cameras you can watch unnoticed

The Clintel Notice Foundation on climate change and climate policy and is regularly cited in debates that go among other things about climate change. For example, reports and articles from Clintel are quoted by Thierry Baudet of Democracy Forum, especially when it comes to how urgently the climate debate is actually. For Clintel, the need is less high than many climate activists claim. Clintel is particularly critical of reporting about the global warming. The foundation is not yet a year yet, but is now one of the largest clubs of climate skepticists. Who is behind Clintel? How can they be on the rise so quickly? And is it true what they say about the state of the climate? Who is behind the lobby of climate seplect?

These climate sections sow doubt with the help of the oil industry

The global outbreak of the coronavirus ensures that our daily news consumption almost only exists with news about COVID-19. Not only through established media we are kept informed, also via social media, reports about the virus are sent and forwarded. And the question is how reliable those messages are. Nowadays, Fake News is hard to distinguish from real news. Pointer went looking for fake news and shows how you can really distinguish from NEP on the basis of journalistic and forensic treasure methods. For example, images on social media that was suggested that people commit suicide because of the virus. These shocking images were bleached. Why are these messages sent? It provides more unrest and fear. Who is behind spreading fake news? Why do they do that? And what can fake news bring about?

Why there's so much fake news about the coronavirus on social media

The Turkish President Erdogan suddenly throws open the border with Greece at the end of February. The pressure on Turkey, which would absorb the migrant current, is too large. Support from the EU remains, and therefore Erdogan throws open borders to let the EU experience the pressure. He sets buses to bring migrants to pazarkule, the border crossing between the Turkish Edirne and the Greek chestnuts. With skirmishes on the border between Greece and Turkey, it is getting out of hand. People are injured and there is also a dead person: the Pakistani refugee Mohammed Gulzar. He was hit and died on the spot. Turkey and Greece accuse each other over and over again, deny all allegations and manufacture fake news to make the other black. Greece denies that injuries have fallen and all that someone has been killed, and even puts into embassies to stop every news about the incidents.

Death at the border

A group of Dutch, shady real estate dealers, real estate agents and entrepreneurs earns considerably during the Second World War to trade in Jewish real estate. Millions were involved with the purchase and sale of real estate of led jews. The real estate was - often for amounts that were far below the applicable market prices - purchased from the German occupier that the houses had expropriated. The transactions were kept by the German occupiers in the so-called Verkaufsbücher. Almost all books have been preserved. They contain the addresses and the names of the original owners, the brokers involved and the war copies, plus selling prices. And so a penetrating image of a criminal real estate circuit creates that gold earned money from expropriated, Jewish real estate. Were municipalities informed? Are they aware of the transactions? And how is the relatives? Are they compensated for expropriating the houses of their family?

The 'disappeared' Jewish houses

The Transatlantic Christian Council is one of the most influential American lobby clubs. They stand for a conservative Christian ideas: against abortion, against same-sex marriage and for Christian education. In the Netherlands, the battle of Trump may seem like a far-away-bed show for many, but right here has an active co-founded. Henk Jan van Schothorst - Former lobbyist of the SGP - With support from controversial American think tanks, Gouda cheese traders and American ambassador Pete Hoekstra part of this international lobby organization, which aims to stop laws and regulations that the rights related to LGBT people , abortion, euthanasia and equal rights for women. How far does the influence of this lobby club and what role does the American ambassador play in the Netherlands? Pointer dived in the network of this lobby club.

American lobby in the Netherlands

In the US and also in the Netherlands the elections are at the door. The battle for the voter is loose. And the key to the election victory? Your personal information. Data Driven Campaigning is the most modern way to win the voter's voice. With data techniques, presidential candidates and political parties try to find out as much as possible about you. That way they know how they can best reach you and how they can best take their message to you. Your voice as a voter and your dates are worth gold. But how are those private data collected and is that not very privacy sensitive? How is it deployed in campaigning? How are your own data used to influence your voting behavior?

Data: Gold mine for politics

The American elections are a good reason for Twitter trolls to stir on social media. Trolls spread online misinformation to polarize and disrupted. Dutch trolls also mix and try to influence the American elections. What purpose do they do this with? And who are behind these troll accounts? Pointer dives into the world of the Online Trolls and looking for who these are trolls and what their motives are.

The hunt for online trolls

"Doctors are emergency clock about corona measures," heads the AD at the beginning of July. "So continue damage," the newspaper quotes the doctors. A few days before the news item appears, a group of Medici has put a fire letter online in which they state that there is no evidence for the usefulness of the continuing halevers rule and calls to revoke politicians against the Corona Act. Internist Evelien Peeters and Infectiologist Hannah Visser are designated as the initiators. 'The reason for drawing up this letter is that in recent weeks we noticed that it is difficult to question the policy as a doctor in publicity. If you do that, you quickly get away as a conspiracy. That is certainly not the case, "they say. The two just want an open debate, they indicate. Pointer dived in the network of the letter writers. This shows that behind the action of apparently two concerned doctors arranged a coordinated campaign that is carried out worldwide.

The hidden network of conspiracy cherry

Schulden in tijden van corona

Floriade 2022: Duurzame droom of financiële nachtmerrie?

Ziek door je werk

WhatsAppfraude

Plasticplaag: plastic afval over zee sturen is big business

Plastic puin in de natuur

Gemeentelijke herindeling

Verkeersveiligheid

De winst van kleine zorgaanbieders

Corona als beroepsziekte

Vrouwenquotum

Helpt de leefstijlcoach ons van de coronakilo's af?

Jong en psychisch in de knel

Klimaatconflict in de polder

Verkeerd gediagnosticeerd

Een hopeloze huizenjacht

Arbeidsmigranten

Langdurig geveld door corona

De kledingafvalberg

In de greep van anorexia

Windmolens: kans of nachtmerrie?

Hokjesdenken in de psychiatrie

Help! Ik zoek een huurwoning

De strijd om het groenafval

Jeugdzorg

Ophef over afschieten damherten

Exotische woekerplanten

Wateroverlast

Sekswerk

De vis wordt duur betaald.

Online shaming

Geen geld voor gas

Kink in de tabel

De seizoenscamping verdwijnt

Beperkt toegang voor gehandicapten

Vet verleid

Leven in luilekkerland

Lessen in online shaming

Klimaatconflict in de stad

Vrouwengenees(on)kunde

Spookdorpen vol vakantiewoningen

Vechten voor de veiligheid van je huis

De bittere smaak van zoete dranken

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

No starter homes in villages

Episode 13

Dementia care under pressure

How Human is our immigrant policy

Can the 'boxing' of the Netherlands be stopped?

Can the use of calming medication be lowered in care homes?

Episode 18

Problems in student transport

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Extra: misled by seduction

Childcare in need

Too little place for people with dementia

Canal drama: what if your house sinks and the government denies culpability?

Who protects nature?

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Episode 41

In the Netherlands, 2.5 million people have difficulty with reading, writing and/or arithmetic, which prevents them from fully participating in society. In Heerlen, South Limburg, where a relatively large number of low-literate people live, we come across many separate initiatives to tackle language disadvantages: from projects in the playgroup to extra reading lessons in education and language courses for adults. Yet a more structural solution to this problem seems to be lacking. What is needed to ensure that future generations grow up without language disadvantages?

De aanpak van laaggeletterdheid

Homes with vermin and mold, sleeping in a tent on a campsite or spending hours on the train to attend a lecture. Students accept a lot because there is a major shortage of student housing. Dutch universities have grown enormously in recent years. Almost every course can be followed in English and the doors are wide open to students from all over the world. Student numbers are expected to continue to grow in the coming years. But who is responsible for a decent student room?

Student zoekt kamer

Last fall, a shock went through the Netherlands when it turned out that children in our rich country were going to school without food. There was great outrage, volunteers started making sandwiches and The Hague released millions to feed children at school. What's behind this? How big is the problem of poverty and bad food among children? And what do schools think about the fact that they now have it on their plate?

Honger in de klas

Anyone waiting for help with psychological suffering must have a lot of patience. There are currently 85,000 people on a mental health waiting list. In the meantime, the need for psychological help is only increasing. One in five Dutch people will experience mental difficulties at some point. Once it is your turn, you must receive a label, otherwise the care will not be reimbursed. And this compartmentalized thinking is meeting with increasing resistance. So the problem is all over the place and there are no easy solutions. There are more and more calls for a drastic overhaul of mental health care.

De geestelijke gezondheidszorg moet op de schop

There are countless jubilant stories about the Healy on Facebook and YouTube. A small device that you can clip to your sweater or shirt and is said to promote your health through frequency therapy. You can treat any complaint with it: from sleep disorders and pain to depression and anxiety. And not only that, it can also make you rich, the sellers promise. But behind all the promises there appears to be a shadowy world hidden. A network of traffickers that takes advantage of thousands of vulnerable people.

Pointer Special: Listig maar legaal

Millions are released for emergency aid because children are hungry in class. This is a temporary solution to a problem that has been going on for years. Hunger and bad food hinder equal opportunities. Teachers Jean-Paul and Susanne have therefore started organizing a healthy school lunch. But in practice that is not easy. How do other countries in Europe do this? And what is the vision of this cabinet?

Heeft het broodtrommeltje zijn langste tijd gehad?

Last year, the parliamentary committee of inquiry investigated how the people of Groningen could have ended up in earthquake misery. One thing is clear: the safety of Groningen residents has been ignored for years. But what about now? Thousands of residents are still waiting for their homes to be reinforced. But are unsafe houses being tackled urgently?

Worden de onveilige huizen in Groningen nu wél versterkt?

Bus transport is under pressure, especially in rural areas. Almost empty buses are not profitable for the carrier, but the quality of life does depend on it. Because what if, as a student, you can no longer come home after a lecture? Some villages are no longer accessible by public transport in the evenings and on weekends, while a bus runs every five minutes in the city. This creates inequality of opportunity, experts say. Is it time for a lower limit? Does every village have the right to a bus line?

Vervoersarmoede: minder bussen, minder kansen

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The Best Seasons of Pointer

The Best Seasons of Pointer

The Best Seasons of Pointer

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