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BBC Radio 4
Disaster Trolls
What happens when tragedy makes you a target? Why would anybody accuse terrorism survivors of being liars and "crisis actors"?The BBC's disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring investigates how people caught up in the Manchester Arena bombing and other UK terror attacks, are targeted with extreme conspiracy theories, online abuse and threats. Some are even hunted down offline. It's a phenomenon we might usually associate with the US, and the billion dollar damages ruling against Alex Jones for claiming the Sandy Hook school shootings were faked. But Marianna...
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4.5 stars from 107 ratings
Wow
The people who put out these conspiracies are beyond cruel and ridiculous. I’m not surprised people believe this rubbish because it’s often easier than facing the horror of the truth but wow. Just wow. This nonsense people like Hall vomit is not what free speech means to me.
ALM1078 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 04/04/24
Awesome
Please listen
9958577584 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 09/30/23
Nah he better be happy half way
Because he got his own car seat he bought his truck he j nah nah just let them be my favorite person
khsgget via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/24/23
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