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QAnon at the ballot box
A mysterious QAnon influencer has enlisted people to run for office across the US.
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India鈥檚 alt-right 'trads'
A movement of young Hindu nationalists takes inspiration from the American alt-right.
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The online boom in climate doom
Why is climate doom going viral and who is fighting the tide?
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Gaming Brazil's election
How will Brazil鈥檚 gaming community affect the upcoming presidential election?
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Confessions of an election troll in the Philippines
We hear from a troll from the Philippines - the "patient zero" of fake news.
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Tortured for tweeting?
A Ugandan satirist mocked the president鈥檚 son on Twitter. He says he was then tortured
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Ghana's free speech crackdown
Why have a handful of Ghanaian journalists and influencers recently been arrested?
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Defecting online: How soldiers are deserting the Burmese army
Burmese soldiers are leaving the armed forces in droves 鈥� aided by social media
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War scams: The criminals exploiting conflict in Ukraine
Scammers are using emotionally charged tricks in a bid to steal online donations.
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Beirut blast: Looking for Eleni
The hunt for a missing woman in the aftermath of Lebanon鈥檚 darkest day.
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The Kenyans who help the world to cheat
The Kenyans escaping poverty by helping lazy foreigners to fake their academic work.
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The cops weaponising copyright
Could your favourite song be used to cover up the misdeeds of the police?
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Nesara: The financial fantasy ruining lives
The growing popularity of a conspiracy theory that predicts all debt will be cancelled.
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Who is TikTok鈥檚 masked vigilante?
Think you鈥檙e safe being an anonymous TikTok troll? Meet your worst nightmare.
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Anti-vaxxers only
The Covid activists who are trying to live and love only with other unvaccinated people.
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The TikTok news revolution
Why are more people getting their news from an app best known for dance videos?
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The anti-vax influencer plot that flopped
Who is behind a secret plot to pay social media stars to falsely discredit Covid vaccines?
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Votes, viruses, victims: 2020 in disinformation
This year we debunked dozens of online rumours and fake news stories. What happened next?
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The truth behind a 鈥榳oke鈥� Instagram network
Instagram accounts pledging to do good via 鈥渂rand ambassadors鈥� aren鈥檛 all that they seem.
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The roots of Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥榲oter fraud鈥� strategy
What鈥檚 the real story behind allegations of fraud during the US presidential election?
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Doxxed and hacked In Hong Kong
Who鈥檚 behind the shady tactics targeting pro-democracy activists online?
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How to be a social media star鈥� without the internet
What鈥檚 it like chasing online fame in one of the least connected places on earth?
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Sex, monks and video fakes
How Cambodia鈥檚 top human rights activist was driven into exile by a state smear campaign.
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Help! My mum is a conspiracy influencer
What would you do if one day your mum became a conspiracy theory influencer?
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Disinfo wars and the all-American 鈥榯roll farm鈥�
An American writer was roped into a Russian disinformation campaign.
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QAnon and the rabbit hole election
What impact will the QAnon conspiracy theory have on the upcoming US election?
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15/08/2020 GMT
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