The anti-vax candidate?
Will Robert F Kennedy Jr’s views on vaccines help or hinder his bid for the White House?
- 20 mins
- 02 Mar 2024
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- Democracy on the brink in Tunisia?
Is social media being used to surveil and suppress debate in Tunisia?
- 19 mins
- 24 Feb 2024
- The new fight for land rights
How indigenous Malaysians are using technology and social media to assert land rights.
- 18 mins
- 17 Feb 2024
- Fear and conspiracies in Las Vegas
How the survivor of a mass shooting in Las Vegas fell into a world of conspiracy theories
- 19 mins
- 10 Feb 2024
- The disinformation war in the Middle East
An online propaganda battle is raging alongside the war between Israel and Hamas.
- 20 mins
- 03 Feb 2024
- The Mexican mayor and a deepfake scandal
How a mayor in Mexico became embroiled in a deepfake audio scandal
- 18 mins
- 27 Jan 2024
- Crude fakes in Uganda
Who's harassing Ugandan climate activists using fake accounts?
- 20 mins
- 20 Jan 2024
- Serbia’s real life ‘bots’
Is Serbia’s ruling party running a 'bot army'?
- 19 mins
- 13 Jan 2024
Exposing people smugglersThe people smugglers selling illegal routes out of Pakistan to Europe on social media.
- 19 mins
- 28 Oct 2023
- The Voice: conspiracies and Australia's referendum
How did Australia’s indigenous rights vote become a lightning rod for conspiracies?
- 21 mins
- 21 Oct 2023
- Trolled by a life coaching cult
A life coaching group has been accused of trolling former members.
- 20 mins
- 14 Oct 2023
- Inside America’s political battleground
Meet those involved in controversial groups on both sides of the US political spectrum.
- 22 mins
- 07 Oct 2023
- India's latest 'love trap'
Why are videos of ‘interfaith couples’ being harassed and attacked going viral in India?
- 19 mins
- 30 Sep 2023
- TikTok frenzies
A deep dive into how the TikTok algorithm could be whipping up its users into frenzies.
- 20 mins
- 23 Sep 2023
How to exit the manosphereHow can men escape being sucked into extreme misogynistic views online?
- 19 mins
- 16 Sep 2023
- The germ deniers
Rachel Schraer investigates the people who don’t believe in germs.
- 19 mins
- 09 Sep 2023
- The AI ghosts haunting TikTok
AI is being used to depict murdered children in a macabre TikTok video trend. But why?
- 21 mins
- 02 Sep 2023
Venezuelan deepfakes and propagandaCarl Miller delves into the tactics used by Venezuela to control the narrative online.
- 22 mins
- 20 May 2023
- Who’s trolling successful Asian women?
High-profile Asian women are being targeted online, but who is behind the attacks?
- 19 mins
- 13 May 2023
- Trolled by a life coaching cult
A life coaching group has been accused of trolling former members.
- 20 mins
- 06 May 2023
