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Search for BBC The Darkest Web from 17 February to watch on BBC platforms and listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Sabotage by smartphone: Ukrainian teenagers are being recruited on Telegram to commit acts of sabotage against their own country. @BBCTrending investigates with @hardoond and BBC Ukrainian in the last episode of our current series bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0m8kk…

The Documentary Podcast - Sabotage by smartphone - BBC Sounds

Ukrainians are being recruited to carry out sabotage attacks against their own country.

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Judging by how often US President Donald Trump has repeated the slogan “Drill, baby, drill”, you might be tempted to think he coined the phrase. 🧵
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How did a social media post about a strange-looking ship 🚢trigger an explosion of conspiracy theories? I have been investigating how false claims about last year's flash floods in Valencia spread online 👇 Watch here: youtu.be/Xa-a4udzZ4g?si=NvGY…
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🇳🇬 Who are the fertility scammers targeting Nigerian women desperate for motherhood - and fuelling an underground trade in babies? #BBCAfricaEye goes undercover to investigate. 📽️ Watch the full documentary here: youtu.be/r62xSGw3kcI #CrypticPregnancy

Nigeria's Miracle Baby Scammers

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🚨NEW🚨 For the past two months, I have been investigating a smear campaign against @MasungiGeo, a celebrity-endorsed nature reserve in the Philippines. Here’s a brief summary of what I found 👇🧵
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🚨 NEW 🚨 How did this Kenyan farmer become a champion of climate change denial? I have been looking for answers… 🧵
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I’ve been investigating the social media frenzy around the Princess of Wales - and the body-double conspiracy theories, actively promoted by algorithms on X and TikTok to millions. How Kate body-double conspiracy theory spread on social media. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68609361
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I investigated how technology and social media is changing the fight for indigenous land rights in Borneo, and some of the tactics being used to counter it ... Listen here!! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5d…

Trending - The new fight for land rights - BBC Sounds

How indigenous Malaysians are using technology and social media to assert land rights.

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🚨 NEW🧵 I have uncovered a network of nearly 200 *fake* social media accounts operating in Uganda 🇺🇬. It's a complicated story, but it starts with this photo👇
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The Israeli-Gaza war has seen a huge surge in disinformation denying atrocities and human suffering, including false claims about staged deaths and “crisis actors” Experts worry this may impact the prospects of longer-term reconciliation - with @Shayan86 bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-…

False claims of staged deaths surge in Israel-Gaza war

People on both sides have wrongly claimed deaths were faked, as experts warn it harms hopes for peace.

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Strikes on south Gaza: BBC verifies attacks in areas of ‘safety’ bbc.in/40iDrKG

Strikes on south Gaza: BBC verifies attacks in areas of ‘safety’

The BBC has analysed four strikes in south Gaza, where civilians were told to evacuate to.

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When two 4-year-old boys were killed - one Palestinian, one Israeli - their deaths were denied on social media. I’ve investigated what happened to Omar and Omer, tracking down family, friends & witnesses, distressed by posts. Symbolic of information war. bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-…

Omer and Omar: How two 4-year-olds were killed and social media denied it

Two young boys in Gaza and Israel became victims of war - and then victims of social media disinformation.

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🚨New🚨 Conspiracy theories linking "15-minute cities" to sinister ploys to control people may once have been the preserve of fringe groups on social media - but have they now entered the mainstream of British politics?🧵
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Lampedusa's 'Migrant Hotspot' After a record number of migrants arrived in the Italian island in the Southern Med, @bbcnewsnight and @BBCtrending journalists were the first international team allowed inside Lampedusa's migrant centre bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-…

Lampedusa: Inside the camp at the heart of Europe’s migrant surge

At least 10,000 migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island last week, stretching local resources.

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Lampedusa's 'Migrant Hotspot' After record number of migrants arrived in the Italian island in the Southern Med, @bbcnewsnight and @BBCtrending journalists were the first were the first international team allowed inside Lampedusa's migrant centre. bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-…

Lampedusa: Inside the camp at the heart of Europe’s migrant surge

At least 10,000 migrants arrived on Italy's Lampedusa island last week, stretching local resources.

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🔎 How can men escape being sucked into misogynistic views online?  🤔 And to what extent can subreddits help with the deradicalisation process? 🎧 My latest @bbctrending podcast is out now. Production from the fantastic @ParkLoonie 👇 bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5d9…

BBC World Service - Trending, How to exit the manosphere

How can men escape being sucked into extreme misogynistic views online?

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Russell Brand: How the comedian built his YouTube audience on half-truths bbc.in/3Lu6sNa

Russell Brand: How the comedian built his YouTube audience on half-truths

The comedian has spent recent years building an online presence, often getting millions of views.

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Russell Brand built a new fanbase on YouTube in recent years, primed to mistrust the mainstream and come to his defence. A seductive soup of half-truths, real concerns and falsehoods gained him this much larger audience bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66842630

Russell Brand: How the comedian built his YouTube audience on half-truths

The comedian has spent recent years building an online presence, often getting millions of views.

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It was a pleasure to be interviewed for this radio/podcast episode by @BBCtrending on r/IncelExit and r/ExRedPill. It's a great piece and Jonathan is an excellent journalist. You can listen to it here: open.spotify.com/episode/1JI…

How to exit the manosphere

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