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Why do some influencers back bad products?

From make-up to gadgets: exposing the dubious products on your Instagram feed.

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Did a state news agency troll its critics?

Mexico鈥檚 state news agency Notimex has been accused of sending online abuse to critics.

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15/08/2020 GMT

Trending - explaining the stories the world is sharing...

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QAnon and the rabbit hole election

What impact will the QAnon conspiracy theory have on the upcoming US election?

• 17 mins

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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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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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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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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Doxxed and hacked In Hong Kong

Who鈥檚 behind the shady tactics targeting pro-democracy activists online?

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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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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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Votes, viruses, victims: 2020 in disinformation

This year we debunked dozens of online rumours and fake news stories. What happened next?

• 53 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

How anti-vax went viral

How did the anti-vaccine movement explode online during the course of the pandemic?

• 20 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

France鈥檚 misinformation fight

Meet the people behind a disinformation battle raging in France.

• 19 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

South Africa's imported 'infodemic'

Meet the female scientists battling misinformation and online propaganda.

• 17 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

Targeting Germany鈥檚 youth

Germany鈥檚 Querdenken movement opposes vaccines. Now it鈥檚 recruiting children.

• 24 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

One woman鈥檚 escape from the rabbit hole

How Catherine fell for conspiracy theories - until she turned her scepticism around.

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The Anti-Vax Files

The rise of India鈥檚 鈥楥ovid quack鈥�

India is struggling with Covid 鈥� and one man鈥檚 dodgy ideas aren鈥檛 helping.

• 27 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

Brazil鈥檚 bubble of bad information

Why are some Brazilians unable to check information they receive via chat apps?

• 20 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

Vaccine heroes fight back

The pandemic isn鈥檛 over 鈥� but there are signs that science is beating anti-vaccine lies.

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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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The TikTok news revolution

Why are more people getting their news from an app best known for dance videos?

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Anti-vaxxers only

The Covid activists who are trying to live and love only with other unvaccinated people.

• 18 mins

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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Nesara: The financial fantasy ruining lives

The growing popularity of a conspiracy theory that predicts all debt will be cancelled.

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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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The Kenyans who help the world to cheat

The Kenyans escaping poverty by helping lazy foreigners to fake their academic work.

• 19 mins

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 Denial Files

1. The 'd-words' v the planet

Could disinformation and denial sabotage the fight to prevent runaway climate change?

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The Denial Files

2. Big oil in the dock

Is the fossil fuel industry misleading the public about its role in climate change?

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