Investigating what's blowing up online, and decoding your feed.
BBC,·85 episodes
9. What They Don’t Tell You About Terror
Are terror survivors taken seriously when they seek help against abusive trolling?
31 Oct 2022,·15 mins,·
10. The Billion Dollar Question
A landmark US court ruling gives hope to victims of conspiracy theories in the UK.
31 Oct 2022,·16 mins
Bonus: Remember My Name
Marianna Spring revisits her investigation into conspiracy theories about terror attacks.
05 Mar 2023,·28 mins,·
Introducing... War on Truth
What’s fake, what’s real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine.
11 Mar 2022,·1 min
1. Kristina: ‘My cousin thinks we’re bombing ourselves’
What do you do when your relative refuses to believe her country is attacking yours?
14 Mar 2022,·16 mins
2. Maxim: Homeless and Trolled
Maxim's home was destroyed, but he never expected to be called a liar.
14 Mar 2022,·14 mins
3. Masha: The Influencer Who is a Secret Weapon
How a Eurovision host and other stars are helping Ukraine fight an information war.
18 Mar 2022,·15 mins,·
4. One Baby, Three Photos, and a Web of Lies
A pregnant woman injured in the bombing of a maternity hospital was attacked again online.
24 Mar 2022,·19 mins
5. Rob: ‘Covid was a hoax, and so is the war’
They didn’t believe Covid was real - and now they think the war in Ukraine is staged.
29 Mar 2022,·17 mins
6. The View from the Other Side
Russia spun a web of lies around her photo, but now she’s resurfaced to tell her story.
05 Apr 2022,·18 mins
7. Sergei: ‘It’s my duty to keep telling Russians the truth’
The Russian journalist who refused to stay silent after the Kremlin took him off air.
13 Apr 2022,·21 mins
8. Tetyana: ‘My son is the Snake Island hero’
How a story of sweary heroism wasn't quite what it seemed.
18 Apr 2022,·15 mins,·
9. Roddy: 'We don’t trust the media, so we became it'
How self-styled citizen journalists are covering the war in Ukraine.
18 Apr 2022,·16 mins
10. Marianna: 'I get hate from all sides'
How an Instagram influencer survived a bombing - and got caught in the information war.
25 Apr 2022,·14 mins
Introducing... Death by Conspiracy?
Gary Matthews was drawn to conspiracies about Covid - until he caught the virus, and died.
14 Feb 2022,·2 mins
1. A Magical Town
What happened to Gary Matthews?
21 Feb 2022,·14 mins
2. Fleeing a Virus
How did Gary get pulled towards conspiracies?
3. The Protest
A protest in Shrewsbury gets weird.
4. Charlie
Marianna meets the man who ran the Facebook group Gary was in before he died.
5. Reflections in the Glass
After Gary’s death, the information battle heats up.
6. Tristan's Quest
Seeking to understand what happened, Gary’s cousin returns to Shrewsbury.
7. Gary's Final Days
Marianna traces Gary’s final week.
8. Tracking the Timeline
What did Gary’s online life look like?
9. The Conspiracist Mindset
Debunking stereotypes about those who fall for conspiracy theories.
10. Light and Dark
What does the story of Gary Matthews tell us about the world now?
