The Battle Over Disinformation
How two 4 year-olds were killed and how social media denied it. Lyse talks to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring.
How two 4 year-olds were killed and how social media denied it.
Marianna Spring tells Lyse about her investigation into the stories of two young boys, one Israeli, one Palestinian, whose deaths in the opening days of the war became part of ugly false claims on social media.
PRESENTERS:
- Lyse Doucet, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ chief international correspondent
- Marianna Spring, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ disinformation correspondent
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This episode was made by Joe Kent with Alex Collins in London and Alex Lederman in Israel. The studio manager was Philip Bull. Neal Razzell is the Assistant Editor. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.
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