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The American pushing Russian disinformation

An American ex-cop living in Moscow is pumping out messages targeting American voters

• 17 mins

The woman who built an 'aidbot'

大象传媒 Trending speaks to the Lebanese engineer harnessing WhatsApp to deliver aid.

• 17 mins

The scammers who make you kidnap yourself

Why are criminals tricking Chinese foreign students into faking their own kidnapping?

• 17 mins

Can we live without our phones?

Marianna Spring investigates the impact of social media on teens.

• 17 mins

Iran: Woman, life, surveillance

We speak to women targeted by the Iranian government after posting on social media

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An (online) storm in a Philippine rainforest

How a nature reserve in the Philippines got caught in an information battle

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The Baku initiative?

Is Azerbaijan capitalising on France鈥檚 struggle in the South Pacific?

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The curse of the blessing scam

The female crooks who exploit superstition and family love to swindle other women.

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Yami Baito: Inside Japan鈥檚 dark part-time jobs

How job postings on social media are luring people into organised crime in Japan.

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Meet the anti-witch hunter

Meet the man who intervenes to protect people accused of witchcraft across Africa.

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The cost of an addiction to Somali TikTok 'battles'

Cash-strapped and verbally abused 鈥� players of the TikTok game taking Somalia by storm.

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Valencia's floods: Engineered weather?

大象传媒 Trending investigates conspiracy theories that swirled around Valencia's floods

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Scammed by the fake Chinese police

The con men who threaten to extradite their victims to China if you don鈥檛 pay 鈥渂ail鈥�

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Passport bros

大象传媒 Trending investigates the impact of 'passport bros' on Medell铆n, Colombia

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Ukraine war: The cost of bearing witness

Open Source analysts and fact-checkers describe the toll of documenting the Ukraine war.

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The dark side of music streaming

大象传媒 Trending investigates how fake streams are stealing millions from the music industry.

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School for scammers: Inside Nigeria鈥檚 hustle kingdoms

How con artists learn the tricks of their trade at dedicated scamming schools in Nigeria.

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