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Rebecca
Dec 10, 2023
Very interesting! I've listened to nearly every episode and I recommend it!
Oct 19, 2020
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In-depth reporting on the world of social media.
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The anti-vax candidate?
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Democracy on the brink in Tunisia?
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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The new fight for land rights
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Fear and conspiracies in Las Vegas
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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The disinformation war in the Middle East
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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The Mexican mayor and a deepfake scandal
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Crude fakes in Uganda
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Serbia’s real life ‘bots’
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Exposing people smugglers
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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The Voice: conspiracies and Australia's referendum
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Trolled by a life coaching cult
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Inside America’s political battleground
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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India's latest 'love trap'
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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TikTok frenzies
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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How to exit the manosphere
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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The germ deniers
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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The AI ghosts haunting TikTok
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Venezuelan deepfakes and propaganda
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May 20, 2023 |
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Who’s trolling successful Asian women?
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May 13, 2023 |
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Trolled by a life coaching cult
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May 06, 2023 |
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Ghouling: The trolls targeting bereaved people
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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Brazil’s real life trolls
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Twitter ‘ninjas’ against climate denial
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Myanmar’s digital battleground
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Elon Musk's Twitter storm
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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How humanitarian crises are exploited online
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Cash for conspiracy theories
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Akon’s Wakanda and a crumbling crypto dream
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Med beds: Miracle cure or misinformation?
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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SafeMoon and the chaotic world of crypto
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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India’s anti-MLM movement
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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The influencer and the insider: Chinmark's demise
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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The 'Alan MacMasters’ toaster hoax
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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Roe v Wade: The next battle
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Political influencers for hire – in Kenya
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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Can MrBeast help fix climate change?
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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The strange story of QAnon in Japan
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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The misrule of Canada’s QAnon queen
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Russian QAnon and the Ukraine dilemma
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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Has QAnon fuelled South Africa’s divisions?
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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QAnon at the ballot box
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Jul 30, 2022 |
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India’s alt-right 'trads'
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May 28, 2022 |
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The online boom in climate doom
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May 21, 2022 |
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Gaming Brazil's election
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May 14, 2022 |
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Confessions of an election troll in the Philippines
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May 07, 2022 |
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Tortured for tweeting?
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Ghana's free speech crackdown
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Defecting online: How soldiers are deserting the Burmese army
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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War scams: The criminals exploiting conflict in Ukraine
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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8. Russia’s climate scepticism problem
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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7. The truth behind Saudi’s eco-city
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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6. How bad information polluted the climate debate
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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5. ‘We fight climate denial on Wikipedia’
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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4. From Covid conspiracy to climate change denial
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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3. The good science of ‘bad Brazilians’
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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2. Big oil in the dock
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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1. The 'd-words' v the planet
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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Beirut blast: Looking for Eleni
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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The Kenyans who help the world to cheat
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Sep 04, 2021 |
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The cops weaponising copyright
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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Nesara: The financial fantasy ruining lives
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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Who is TikTok’s masked vigilante?
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Anti-vaxxers only
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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The TikTok news revolution
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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The anti-vax influencer plot that flopped
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Jul 24, 2021 |
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Vaccine heroes fight back
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May 08, 2021 |
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Brazil’s bubble of bad information
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May 01, 2021 |
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The rise of India’s ‘Covid quack’
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Apr 24, 2021 |
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One woman’s escape from the rabbit hole
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Targeting Germany’s youth
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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South Africa's imported 'infodemic'
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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France’s misinformation fight
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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How anti-vax went viral
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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Votes, viruses, victims: 2020 in disinformation
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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The truth behind a ‘woke’ Instagram network
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Nov 28, 2020 |
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The roots of Donald Trump’s ‘voter fraud’ strategy
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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Doxxed and hacked In Hong Kong
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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How to be a social media star… without the internet
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Nov 07, 2020 |
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Sex, monks and video fakes
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Oct 31, 2020 |
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Help! My mum is a conspiracy influencer
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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Disinfo wars and the all-American ‘troll farm’
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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QAnon and the rabbit hole election
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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Did a state news agency troll its critics?
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Aug 08, 2020 |
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Why do some influencers back bad products?
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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QAnon and on and on
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Jul 25, 2020 |
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The online heroes of the coronavirus pandemic
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Jul 18, 2020 |
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How to talk about conspiracy theories
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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Who spread the ‘5G coronavirus’ conspiracy theory?
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Jul 04, 2020 |
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The scammers promising poison on Facebook
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Jun 27, 2020 |
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Can viral videos stop police brutality?
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Jun 20, 2020 |
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The children’s video game that turned toxic
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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Are Instagrammers ruining nature?
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Jun 06, 2020 |
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The human cost of viral misinformation
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May 30, 2020 |
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Inside the world of the meninists
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May 23, 2020 |
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What happens after you go viral?
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May 02, 2020 |
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How scammers are exploiting coronavirus fears
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Apr 18, 2020 |
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How coronavirus is changing online dating
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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How to stop viral misinformation
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Apr 04, 2020 |
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How bad coronavirus info goes viral
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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The fight against Poland’s ‘LGBT free zones’
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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What happened when a troll met his target?
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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Did Russia leak British secrets online?
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Life after YouTube fame
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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The ‘online slave market’ aided by Silicon Valley
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Nov 30, 2019 |
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The grannies against the far-right
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Nov 23, 2019 |
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How 'state-sponsored trolling' works
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Nov 16, 2019 |
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The ‘lifeguard’ who saves women on Instagram
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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The Instagram suicide network
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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The rise of the 'Brazilian butt lift'
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Why Greek activists are telling tourists to leave
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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Cuba’s digital revolution
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Can an algorithm be racist?
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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How worried should we be about deepfakes?
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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The problem with the viral celery juice ‘cure’
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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Algeria’s disinformation battle
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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The hunt for red mercury
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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Living with China’s social media censorship
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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We were promised a baby on Instagram
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Facebook’s market for illicit antiquities
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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The people who want humans to stop having babies
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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Can YouTube be trusted?
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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How influential is a pro-Trump conspiracy theory?
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Is YouTube to blame for the rise of flat Earth?
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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The Emirati women fleeing their faith and family
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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How scammers took advantage of #BlueForSudan
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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The man who kick-started the Egyptian revolution
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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The 23-year-old fixing the world of online debate
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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The volunteers fighting hate on Facebook
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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When threatening private messages go public
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May 31, 2019 |
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How YouTube decides what you should watch
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May 24, 2019 |
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Is Russia trying to sway the European elections?
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May 17, 2019 |
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What’s boosting the ‘Brazilian Butt Lift’?
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May 10, 2019 |
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How to survive the digital age
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May 03, 2019 |
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The fight for South Africa’s future
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Fake news and false confessions in Sudan protests
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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Jered Threatin: The fake rock star
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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TikTok’s problem with online predators
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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‘I invested in Facebook … now I am ashamed’
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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Decoding far-right online hate after Christchurch
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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The people behind US political violence (Part 2 of 2)
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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The people behind US political violence (Part 1 of 2)
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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‘I hunt trolls’
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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The hackers who cracked printers for PewDiePie
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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The man reporting on Africa’s most secretive state
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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How the far right hijacked a murder
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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Meet the Lawyer Fighting 'Revenge Porn'
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Lessons from an Instagram Star’s Failed Tour
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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How an Online Video Shut Down a Multimillion Dollar Experiment
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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Mystery Music ‘Forced’ onto Streamers
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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What Do We Really Know About Russian Disinformation?
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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What Will 2019 Look Like on Social Media?
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Dec 28, 2018 |
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The Best of Trending 2018
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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The YouTube Stars Selling Cheating - Update
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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Do Instagram Hashtags Promote Eating Disorders?
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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The Shadowy Website Running Political Ads on Facebook
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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The Sextortion Scammers
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Nov 23, 2018 |
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Killed Because of Fake News on WhatsApp
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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The Truth Behind a So-Called 'Suicide Game’
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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When The Faker Met The Fact Checker
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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The Faker and the Fact Checker
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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A ‘Manspreading’ Video And Russia’s Culture Wars
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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The Men Who Hunt Stolen Motorbikes
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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The People Who Remove Your Facebook Posts
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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The Truth Behind a Viral Murder Video
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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Can Social Media Help You Lose Weight?
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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Arrested for Saving Memes in Russia
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Did Facebook Fuel Hate in Myanmar?
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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The Influencer Business
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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Virtually Making a Fortune?
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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What is #QAnon?
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Life As A YouTube Child Star
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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The Sandy Hook Hoaxers – Update
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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#MeToo: What’s Next? (Part 2 of 2)
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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#MeToo: What’s Next? (Part 1 of 2)
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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Where Do Memes Come From?
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Jul 06, 2018 |
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The Silver Snipers
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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A Transgender Twitter Fight
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Jun 22, 2018 |
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The Mysterious Wikipedia Editor
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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A Vegan YouTube Court Drama
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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Mexico’s Fake News Problem
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May 25, 2018 |
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Nigeria’s Secret Transgender Groups
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Mar 18, 2017 |
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Antifascists v Alt.Right
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Feb 18, 2017 |
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NATO’s Claims of Russian ‘Misinformation’
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Feb 11, 2017 |
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China’s Rush For Divorce
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Sep 03, 2016 |