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

QAnon at the ballot box

A mysterious QAnon influencer has enlisted people to run for office across the US.

• 26 mins

Has QAnon fuelled South Africa’s divisions?

The unlikely impact of a US-based conspiracy theory thousands of miles away in Africa.

• 24 mins

Russian QAnon and the Ukraine dilemma

Why is QAnon attracting followers in Russia and why are many of them now falling silent?

• 24 mins

The misrule of Canada’s QAnon queen

The QAnon influencer whose “royal decrees” are causing real life harm to her followers.

• 24 mins

The strange story of QAnon in Japan

How did a bizarre US-based conspiracy theory lead to street protests around Japan?

• 25 mins

Can MrBeast help fix climate change?

Will the YouTuber's viral environmental campaigns make any actual difference?

• 25 mins

Political influencers for hire – in Kenya

Meet the Kenyan influencers being offered cash for political messages.

• 24 mins

Roe v Wade: The next battle

BBC Trending investigates misinformation about abortion since Roe v Wade was overturned.

• 26 mins

The 'Alan MacMasters’ toaster hoax

The anatomy of a Wikipedia hoax about the inventor of the electrical toaster

• 26 mins

The influencer and the insider: Chinmark's demise

The collapse of a much-hyped business empire offers a warning to investors everywhere.

• 24 mins

India’s anti-MLM movement

People are being lured with false promises into direct selling - who will fight back?

• 24 mins