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Exposing people smugglers

The people smugglers selling illegal routes out of Pakistan to Europe on social media.

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Serbia鈥檚 real life 鈥榖ots鈥�

Is Serbia鈥檚 ruling party running a 'bot army'?

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Crude fakes in Uganda

Who's harassing Ugandan climate activists using fake accounts?

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The Mexican mayor and a deepfake scandal

How a mayor in Mexico became embroiled in a deepfake audio scandal

• 18 mins

The disinformation war in the Middle East

An online propaganda battle is raging alongside the war between Israel and Hamas.

• 20 mins

Fear and conspiracies in Las Vegas

How the survivor of a mass shooting in Las Vegas fell into a world of conspiracy theories

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The new fight for land rights

How indigenous Malaysians are using technology and social media to assert land rights.

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Democracy on the brink in Tunisia?

Is social media being used to surveil and suppress debate in Tunisia?

• 19 mins

The anti-vax candidate?

Will Robert F Kennedy Jr鈥檚 views on vaccines help or hinder his bid for the White House?

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Long Covid: Think yourself well?

麻豆社 Trending investigates a controversial treatment programme being promoted online.

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Love and deception in the age of AI

How is AI redefining love on Tinder?

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Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers鈥� protests?

A pro-Russian image from a farmers protest in Poland went viral. Who's the man behind it?

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The Kenyan influencer championing climate denial

How a Kenyan farmer became the flag bearer for fossil fuels in Africa

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Colombia鈥檚 guerrilla recruitment video problem

Fighters from dissident armed groups in Colombia are using TikTok to recruit youngsters.

• 17 mins

Trending is moving to the Documentary Podcast

New episodes of Trending can be found in the 麻豆社 World Service's Documentary Podcast

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The American pushing Russian disinformation

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

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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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The scammers who make you kidnap yourself

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

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Can we live without our phones?

Marianna Spring investigates the impact of social media on teens.

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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?

麻豆社 Trending investigates conspiracy theories that swirled around Valencia's floods

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

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