麻豆社

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.

• 18 mins

The anti-vax influencer plot that flopped

Who is behind a secret plot to pay social media stars to falsely discredit Covid vaccines?

• 18 mins

The TikTok news revolution

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

• 17 mins

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.

• 17 mins

Nesara: The financial fantasy ruining lives

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

• 19 mins

The cops weaponising copyright

Could your favourite song be used to cover up the misdeeds of the police?

• 18 mins

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.

• 18 mins

The Denial Files

1. The 'd-words' v the planet

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

• 17 mins

The Denial Files

2. Big oil in the dock

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

• 18 mins

The Denial Files

3. The good science of 鈥榖ad Brazilians鈥�

Do Brazilian leaders really believe in fighting climate change?

• 20 mins

The Denial Files

4. From Covid conspiracy to climate change denial

A movement infected with pandemic conspiracies is now peddling climate change falsehoods

• 18 mins

The Denial Files

5. 鈥榃e fight climate denial on Wikipedia鈥�

Has Wikipedia won its long-running fight against climate change denial and bad science?

• 19 mins

The Denial Files

6. How bad information polluted the climate debate

Unearthing the truth behind some of the biggest pieces of climate change disinformation

• 21 mins

The Denial Files

7. The truth behind Saudi鈥檚 eco-city

Saudi Arabia says it鈥檚 going green. But will the reality live up to the rhetoric?

• 22 mins

The Denial Files

8. Russia鈥檚 climate scepticism problem

How did climate change scepticism go mainstream in Russia?

• 22 mins

War scams: The criminals exploiting conflict in Ukraine

Scammers are using emotionally charged tricks in a bid to steal online donations.

• 18 mins

Defecting online: How soldiers are deserting the Burmese army

Burmese soldiers are leaving the armed forces in droves 鈥� aided by social media

• 22 mins

Ghana's free speech crackdown

Why have a handful of Ghanaian journalists and influencers recently been arrested?

• 18 mins

Tortured for tweeting?

A Ugandan satirist mocked the president鈥檚 son on Twitter. He says he was then tortured

• 18 mins

Confessions of an election troll in the Philippines

We hear from a troll from the Philippines - the "patient zero" of fake news.

• 18 mins

Gaming Brazil's election

How will Brazil鈥檚 gaming community affect the upcoming presidential election?

• 21 mins

The online boom in climate doom

Why is climate doom going viral and who is fighting the tide?

• 19 mins

India鈥檚 alt-right 'trads'

A movement of young Hindu nationalists takes inspiration from the American alt-right.

• 20 mins

QAnon at the ballot box

A mysterious QAnon influencer has enlisted people to run for office across the US.

• 26 mins

Has QAnon fuelled South Africa鈥檚 divisions?

The unlikely impact of a US-based conspiracy theory thousands of miles away in Africa.

• 24 mins

Russian QAnon and the Ukraine dilemma

Why is QAnon attracting followers in Russia and why are many of them now falling silent?

• 24 mins

The misrule of Canada鈥檚 QAnon queen

The QAnon influencer whose 鈥渞oyal decrees鈥� are causing real life harm to her followers.

• 24 mins