Fake News

Twitter removes Iran accounts disrupting US debate
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US Election 2020
Posted
1 October 2020
Trump ads push baseless Biden earpiece conspiracy
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Technology
Posted
30 September 2020
Tech Tent: Why are we so misinformed?
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Technology
Posted
25 September 2020
Facebook shuts down 150 fake Chinese accounts
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Technology
Posted
23 September 2020
No law to 'harvest' DNA from Covid tests
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Reality Check
Posted
22 September 2020
A Point of View. Conspiracy Theories and a Good Hair Cut. Audio, 9 minutes
Sarah Dunant on QAnon... and conversations with her hairdresser.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Kim Kardashian West joins social media boycott
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Entertainment & Arts
Posted
15 September 2020
How to make statistics add up. Newsday. Audio, 00:04:09
Tim Harford's guide to navigating numbers in the real world and online
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BBC World Service
Posted
16 September 2020
Facebook staffer sends 'blood on my hands' memo
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Technology
Posted
15 September 2020
The Covid 'virus blockers' that don't do anything. Video, 00:03:42
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Africa
Posted
15 September 2020
Digital Planet. AI captain to sail the Atlantic. Audio, 44 minutes
A crewless ship is due to set sail across the Atlantic with an AI captain on board
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
'Covid-19 test kits' were not being sold in 2017
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Reality Check
Posted
12 September 2020
False Oregon fire rumours 'inundate' officers
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BBC Trending
Posted
11 September 2020
Google and Twitter vow to block voting misinformation
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Business
Posted
11 September 2020
Trump targeted in manipulated puddle video
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US Election 2020
Posted
8 September 2020
'We need to talk about misleading anti-vax claims' Video, 00:08:46
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Wales
Posted
6 September 2020
Coronavirus rumours hamper testing in India
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India
Posted
9 September 2020
Thugs on planes and other protest claims fact-checked
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Reality Check
Posted
5 September 2020
What links coronavirus myths and QAnon?
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BBC Trending
Posted
3 September 2020
Tech firms 'fail to tackle anti-vaccination posts'
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Technology
Posted
3 September 2020
Four virus claims about school that parents should ignore
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Reality Check
Posted
3 September 2020
Deepfake detection tool unveiled by Microsoft
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Technology
Posted
1 September 2020
The fake news about schools that's misleading parents
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Health
Posted
30 August 2020
NHS supplier investigates employee's conspiracy video
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BBC Trending
Posted
28 August 2020