Ghouling: The trolls targeting bereaved people
大象传媒 Trending investigates the anti-vax conspiracy film Died Suddenly and what its impact has been 鈥 on the people who believe its message, and on bereaved families being trolled.
Since the Covid vaccines were rolled out, a trend has sprung up 鈥 of accounts online linking virtually any death or illness, of a celebrity, athlete or ordinary person, to the shots without any evidence. A conspiracy theory film called Died Suddenly released last year appears to have supercharged this practice- termed 鈥済houling鈥. 大象传媒 Trending investigates how far the Died Suddenly film has spread and what its impact has been 鈥 on the people who believe its message, and on bereaved families being trolled. We speak to Stew Peters, the film-maker behind the film, and challenge him on the misleading claims he is spreading.
Presenter: Rachel Schraer
Reporter: Mike Wendling
Editor: Flora Carmichael
Last on
More episodes
Previous
Broadcasts
- Sat 29 Apr 2023 10:32GMT大象传媒 World Service East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East only
- Sat 29 Apr 2023 18:32GMT大象传媒 World Service West and Central Africa
- Sun 30 Apr 2023 03:32GMT大象传媒 World Service except East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa
- Sun 30 Apr 2023 10:32GMT大象传媒 World Service except East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa
- Sun 30 Apr 2023 23:32GMT大象传媒 World Service except East and Southern Africa
- Mon 1 May 2023 02:32GMT大象传媒 World Service East and Southern Africa
Podcast
-
Trending
In-depth reporting on the world of social media