Can we protect our elections from social media manipulators?
In a world of trolls, bots and disinformation how can we protect our elections from social media manipulation?
An estimated 2.6 billion people use social media, but in the online world not everything is what it seems. Fake accounts and automatic programmes can be used to spread disinformation and influence political narratives. We hear from experts across the world about how elections have been fought, and won, with the help of this electronic – and sometimes not so electronic – army. In a world where social media expansion shows no signs of slowing – how do we protect our elections from social media manipulators?
Presenter: Tanya Beckett
Producers: Lizzy McNeill & Helen Grady
Experts:
Samantha Bradshaw
Natashya Gutierrez
Idayat Hassan
Ben Nimmo
Last on
More episodes
Broadcasts
- Thu 5 Dec 2019 03:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
- Thu 5 Dec 2019 04:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service Online & UK DAB/Freeview only
- Thu 5 Dec 2019 06:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean & South Asia only
- Thu 5 Dec 2019 07:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service East and Southern Africa & East Asia only
- Thu 5 Dec 2019 14:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service Australasia
- Thu 5 Dec 2019 15:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Thu 5 Dec 2019 18:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service East and Southern Africa, South Asia & West and Central Africa only
- Thu 5 Dec 2019 20:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service Online, Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & Europe and the Middle East only
- Thu 5 Dec 2019 21:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service News Internet & East Asia only
- Sat 7 Dec 2019 17:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service News Internet
- Mon 9 Dec 2019 00:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Mon 9 Dec 2019 09:06GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service except East and Southern Africa & East Asia
Podcast
-
The Inquiry
Getting beyond the headlines to explore the forces and ideas shaping the world