The volunteers fighting hate on Facebook

Thousands have joined closed groups to stop hate. Who are the activists of #IAmHere?

• 23 mins

The 23-year-old fixing the world of online debate

How do you get people to talk to each other politely on the internet?

• 23 mins

The man who kick-started the Egyptian revolution

Wael Ghonim was behind a Facebook page that called people to Tahrir Square in 2011.

• 23 mins

How scammers took advantage of #BlueForSudan

“Sympathy scammers” are exploiting online support for Sudanese protesters.

• 23 mins

The Emirati women fleeing their faith and family

Why are women from the United Arab Emirates fleeing their country?

• 22 mins

Is YouTube to blame for the rise of flat Earth?

The social media giant is accused of promoting videos arguing the Earth isn't round.

• 24 mins

How influential is a pro-Trump conspiracy theory?

We find out how QAnon may affect next year’s US presidential election.

• 23 mins

What happens after you go viral?

Two stories about social media storms. What happened after the crowds moved on?

• 25 mins

Can YouTube be trusted?

YouTube responds to accusations it has allowed harmful content to spread on its platform.

• 25 mins

The people who want humans to stop having babies

Who are the “anti-natalists” and why do they want the gradual extinction of humanity?

• 23 mins

Facebook’s market for illicit antiquities

Do platforms like Facebook facilitate the illegal trafficking of art and artefacts?

• 23 mins

We were promised a baby on Instagram

How a scammer used social media to promise babies to adoptive couples.

• 22 mins

Living with China’s social media censorship

How do Chinese social media users navigate government censorship?

• 24 mins

The hunt for red mercury

A substance with allegedly magical properties is being sold online…only it doesn’t exist.

• 23 mins

Algeria’s disinformation battle

Fake news and web trolls have been shaping the conversation about Algeria's future.

• 23 mins

The problem with the viral celery juice ‘cure’

An influencer claims he can help cure chronic illnesses by getting advice from spirits.

• 23 mins

How worried should we be about deepfakes?

It’s been a subject of scary headlines, but what’s the truth about fake video technology?

• 23 mins

Can an algorithm be racist?

An artificial intelligence expert says the internet is dividing us and making us angrier.

• 23 mins

Cuba’s digital revolution

Cubans are getting online – so how is the internet transforming this communist country?

• 50 mins

Why Greek activists are telling tourists to leave

How an anarchist enclave in Athens started a conversation about gentrification.

• 24 mins

The rise of the 'Brazilian butt lift'

One woman’s journey as she decides whether to have her bottom enhanced.

• 23 mins

The Instagram suicide network

How one teenager’s phone revealed a secret network of people sharing suicidal thoughts

• 23 mins

The ‘lifeguard’ who saves women on Instagram

One woman has a mission to save the lives of people who post suicidal thoughts online.

• 18 mins

How 'state-sponsored trolling' works

More governments around the world are “trolling” – what are they doing, and why?

• 18 mins

The grannies against the far-right

A small Facebook group started a conversation about ring-wing populism across Europe.

• 22 mins

The ‘online slave market’ aided by Silicon Valley

Women in Kuwait are being trafficked on apps. Experts call it an ‘online slave market’.

• 18 mins

Life after YouTube fame

Dax Flame was once a top YouTuber. Where did it all go wrong – and what is he doing now?

• 17 mins

Did Russia leak British secrets online?

How a trove of confidential documents mysteriously emerged on a social media site

• 17 mins

What happened when a troll met his target?

When an online troll met the target of his abuse

• 17 mins

The fight against Poland’s ‘LGBT free zones’

Activists are using social media to fight against laws banning “LGBT ideology”

• 17 mins

How bad coronavirus info goes viral

There’s a huge amount of misinformation online. This is how one post went viral.

• 17 mins

How to stop viral misinformation

Seven ways we can all stop misleading posts from going viral.

• 17 mins

How coronavirus is changing online dating

Finding a partner is hard even without a pandemic. So what’s dating like during lockdown?

• 17 mins

How scammers are exploiting coronavirus fears

From phishing emails to bogus cures, coronavirus-themed scams have exploded online.

• 17 mins

Inside the world of the meninists

Who are “men's rights activists” - and what do they want?

• 17 mins

The human cost of viral misinformation

A BBC investigation has found bad info linked to arsons, serious injuries and even deaths.

• 17 mins

Are Instagrammers ruining nature?

One man is naming and shaming influencers who trample nature to get that perfect photo.

• 17 mins

The children’s video game that turned toxic

How did a child’s game become a hotbed of abuse, bullying, racist and sexual content?

• 17 mins

Can viral videos stop police brutality?

George Floyd’s death was captured on camera. But can videos really stop police abuses?

• 17 mins

The scammers promising poison on Facebook

A deadly chemical seems to be for sale on Facebook - but is it really what it seems?

• 17 mins

Who spread the ‘5G coronavirus’ conspiracy theory?

Meet the man behind the absurd theory linking 5G, Covid-19 and billionaire Bill Gates.

• 17 mins

How to talk about conspiracy theories

How should you engage with someone edging towards conspiracy theories?

• 17 mins

The online heroes of the coronavirus pandemic

Meet the people dishing out good advice and sound facts about Covid-19.

• 17 mins

QAnon and on and on

Why has a bizarre conspiracy theory surged in popularity during the global pandemic?

• 17 mins

Why do some influencers back bad products?

From make-up to gadgets: exposing the dubious products on your Instagram feed.

• 17 mins

Did a state news agency troll its critics?

Mexico’s state news agency Notimex has been accused of sending online abuse to critics.

• 17 mins

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• 17 mins

QAnon and the rabbit hole election

What impact will the QAnon conspiracy theory have on the upcoming US election?

• 17 mins

Disinfo wars and the all-American ‘troll farm’

An American writer was roped into a Russian disinformation campaign.

• 17 mins

Help! My mum is a conspiracy influencer

What would you do if one day your mum became a conspiracy theory influencer?

• 17 mins

Sex, monks and video fakes

How Cambodia’s top human rights activist was driven into exile by a state smear campaign.

• 17 mins

How to be a social media star… without the internet

What’s it like chasing online fame in one of the least connected places on earth?

• 17 mins

Doxxed and hacked In Hong Kong

Who’s behind the shady tactics targeting pro-democracy activists online?

• 17 mins

The roots of Donald Trump’s ‘voter fraud’ strategy

What’s the real story behind allegations of fraud during the US presidential election?

• 17 mins

The truth behind a ‘woke’ Instagram network

Instagram accounts pledging to do good via “brand ambassadors” aren’t all that they seem.

• 17 mins

Votes, viruses, victims: 2020 in disinformation

This year we debunked dozens of online rumours and fake news stories. What happened next?

• 53 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

How anti-vax went viral

How did the anti-vaccine movement explode online during the course of the pandemic?

• 20 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

France’s misinformation fight

Meet the people behind a disinformation battle raging in France.

• 19 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

South Africa's imported 'infodemic'

Meet the female scientists battling misinformation and online propaganda.

• 17 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

Targeting Germany’s youth

Germany’s Querdenken movement opposes vaccines. Now it’s recruiting children.

• 24 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

One woman’s escape from the rabbit hole

How Catherine fell for conspiracy theories - until she turned her scepticism around.

• 27 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

The rise of India’s ‘Covid quack’

India is struggling with Covid – and one man’s dodgy ideas aren’t helping.

• 27 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

Brazil’s bubble of bad information

Why are some Brazilians unable to check information they receive via chat apps?

• 20 mins

The Anti-Vax Files

Vaccine heroes fight back

The pandemic isn’t over – but there are signs that science is beating anti-vaccine lies.

• 18 mins

The anti-vax influencer plot that flopped

Who is behind a secret plot to pay social media stars to falsely discredit Covid vaccines?

• 18 mins

The TikTok news revolution

Why are more people getting their news from an app best known for dance videos?

• 17 mins

Anti-vaxxers only

The Covid activists who are trying to live and love only with other unvaccinated people.

• 18 mins

Who is TikTok’s masked vigilante?

Think you’re safe being an anonymous TikTok troll? Meet your worst nightmare.

• 17 mins

Nesara: The financial fantasy ruining lives

The growing popularity of a conspiracy theory that predicts all debt will be cancelled.

• 19 mins

The cops weaponising copyright

Could your favourite song be used to cover up the misdeeds of the police?

• 18 mins

The Kenyans who help the world to cheat

The Kenyans escaping poverty by helping lazy foreigners to fake their academic work.

• 19 mins

Beirut blast: Looking for Eleni

The hunt for a missing woman in the aftermath of Lebanon’s darkest day.

• 18 mins

The Denial Files

1. The 'd-words' v the planet

Could disinformation and denial sabotage the fight to prevent runaway climate change?

• 17 mins

The Denial Files

2. Big oil in the dock

Is the fossil fuel industry misleading the public about its role in climate change?

• 18 mins

The Denial Files

3. The good science of ‘bad Brazilians’

Do Brazilian leaders really believe in fighting climate change?

• 20 mins

The Denial Files

4. From Covid conspiracy to climate change denial

A movement infected with pandemic conspiracies is now peddling climate change falsehoods

• 18 mins

The Denial Files

5. ‘We fight climate denial on Wikipedia’

Has Wikipedia won its long-running fight against climate change denial and bad science?

• 19 mins

The Denial Files

6. How bad information polluted the climate debate

Unearthing the truth behind some of the biggest pieces of climate change disinformation

• 21 mins

The Denial Files

7. The truth behind Saudi’s eco-city

Saudi Arabia says it’s going green. But will the reality live up to the rhetoric?

• 22 mins

The Denial Files

8. Russia’s climate scepticism problem

How did climate change scepticism go mainstream in Russia?

• 22 mins

War scams: The criminals exploiting conflict in Ukraine

Scammers are using emotionally charged tricks in a bid to steal online donations.

• 18 mins

Defecting online: How soldiers are deserting the Burmese army

Burmese soldiers are leaving the armed forces in droves – aided by social media

• 22 mins

Ghana's free speech crackdown

Why have a handful of Ghanaian journalists and influencers recently been arrested?

• 18 mins

Tortured for tweeting?

A Ugandan satirist mocked the president’s son on Twitter. He says he was then tortured

• 18 mins

Confessions of an election troll in the Philippines

We hear from a troll from the Philippines - the "patient zero" of fake news.

• 18 mins

Gaming Brazil's election

How will Brazil’s gaming community affect the upcoming presidential election?

• 21 mins

The online boom in climate doom

Why is climate doom going viral and who is fighting the tide?

• 19 mins

India’s alt-right 'trads'

A movement of young Hindu nationalists takes inspiration from the American alt-right.

• 20 mins