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How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt election in Europe - BBC investigation
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Europe
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21 September
BBC reveals web of spammers profiting from AI Holocaust images
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Asia
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29 August
North Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regime
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Asia
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2 August
Print and shoot: How 3D-printed guns are spreading online
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Asia
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19 June
Tracking a smuggler behind deadly Atlantic migrant crossing
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World
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2 May
The TikTokers accused of triggering an election scandal
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Europe
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30 April
The woman who built an 'aidbot' for displaced people in Lebanon
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Middle East
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11 January
'Why I spent my university fees on Somali TikTok battles'
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Africa
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31 October 2024
The man battling Nigeria’s 'witch-hunters'
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Africa
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26 October 2024
'Your son will die': How blessing scammers prowl streets
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BBC Verify
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17 October 2024
Smear campaign against celebrity-endorsed nature reserve exposed
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Asia
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28 September 2024
'Lashed for a social media photo' in Iran
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Middle East
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16 September 2024
Scammed by the fake Chinese police
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Technology
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7 July 2024
A Bugatti car, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americans
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World
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3 July 2024
The schoolchildren being lured by rebels on TikTok
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Latin America
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22 June 2024
How a Kenyan farmer became a champion of climate change denial
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Africa
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16 June 2024
Long Covid course ‘exploiting people’, says ex-rower
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Health
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21 May 2024
The two faces of Robert F Kennedy Jr
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World
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2 March 2024
Ugandan internet propaganda network exposed by the BBC
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Africa
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21 January 2024
Going undercover to reveal people smugglers' tactics
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Asia
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28 October 2023
'I'm paid to tweet state propaganda'
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BBC Trending
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26 May 2023
Is this anti-vaxxer the next Alex Jones?
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BBC Trending
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4 May 2023
The 'ninjas' fighting climate denial on Twitter
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BBC Trending
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16 April 2023
How fake copyright complaints are muzzling journalists
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Africa
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2 March 2023