Can we protect our elections from social media manipulators?

Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 3:30 a.m.

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An estimated 2.6 billion people use social media, but in the online world not everything is what it seems. Fake accounts and automatic programmes can be used to spread disinformation and influence political narratives. We hear from experts across the world about how elections have been fought, and won, with the help of this electronic \\u2013 and sometimes not so electronic \\u2013 army. In a world where social media expansion shows no signs of slowing \\u2013 how do we protect our elections from social media manipulators?

Presenter: Tanya Beckett\\nProducers: Lizzy McNeill & Helen Grady

Experts: \\nSamantha Bradshaw\\nNatashya Gutierrez\\nIdayat Hassan\\nBen Nimmo

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