Name: My battle to expose government corruption
Uploaded: 2012-10-18T15:02:38Z
Duration: 18 min 40 s
Description: Our leaders need to be held accountable, says journalist Heather Brooke. And she should know: Brooke uncovered the British Parliamentary financial expenses that led to a major political scandal in 2009. She urges us to ask our leaders questions through platforms like Freedom of Information requests -- and to finally get some answers.

Our leaders need to be held accountable, says journalist Heather Brooke. And she should know: Brooke uncovered the British Parliamentary financial expenses that led to a major political scandal in 2009. She urges us to ask our leaders questions through platforms like Freedom of Information requests -- and to finally get some answers.

Heather Brooke: My battle to expose government corruption

My battle to expose government corruption

Exposing MPs' expenses revealed a culture clash: the struggle for information democratization against entrenched secrecy.

Digitization and the internet fuel an information enlightenment, challenging traditional power structures with transparency.

An Official Disclosure Act, punishing suppression of public interest info, could revolutionize accountability in governance.