Fake News

The false conspiracy theory about Wayfair and child trafficking
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World
Posted
15 July 2020
Fake cures in Bolsonaro's Brazil
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Reality Check
Posted
12 July 2020
Facebook bans 'Roger Stone disinformation network'
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Technology
Posted
9 July 2020
Inside a coronavirus ward in Lagos. Video, 00:06:54
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Africa
Posted
8 July 2020
Who is spreading misleading claims about local lockdowns?
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Reality Check
Posted
1 July 2020
The people who think coronavirus is caused by 5G. Video, 00:04:14
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Stories
Posted
4 July 2020
The face mask exemption card scam
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Reality Check
Posted
4 July 2020
How can you be sure what you see online is real? Video, 00:05:18
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Stories
Posted
3 July 2020
Lego pulls ads on Facebook over 'hate speech'
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Technology
Posted
1 July 2020
What do Facebook's ad boycotters want? Business Daily. Audio, 00:01:17
The Stop Hate for Profit campaign's aims explained
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BBC World Service
Posted
1 July 2020
The human cost of India's coronavirus fake news
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India
Posted
1 July 2020
Facebook defends push against 'false news'
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BBC Trending
Posted
30 June 2020
Globetrotting fake news - from Bolivia to Serbia
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Reality Check
Posted
27 June 2020
Virus health claims that won't go away. Video, 00:03:41
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Reality Check
Posted
27 June 2020
Trump 'racist baby' tweet labelled manipulated
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Technology
Posted
19 June 2020
Social media 'spreading virus conspiracy theories'
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UK
Posted
18 June 2020
Social media tied to belief in virus conspiracies
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Technology
Posted
18 June 2020
Who are Boogaloo Bois, antifa and Proud Boys?
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BBC Trending
Posted
17 June 2020
Instagram 'will overtake Twitter as a news source'
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Technology
Posted
16 June 2020
The Documentary Podcast. My fake news whodunnit. Audio, 52 minutes
Who wrote a fake story that smeared a Senegalese politician in Michelle Madsen’s name?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
'How I got caught up in a fake news scam'
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Africa
Posted
14 June 2020
Contact-tracing app rumours debunked
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Reality Check
Posted
13 June 2020
What's changed since George Floyd's death?
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Newsbeat
Posted
13 June 2020
Why Nigerians are muting their mothers on WhatsApp
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Africa
Posted
8 June 2020