series — richard d hall — may be abhorrent to most people, but he still has his supporters, with malcolm nayloron. well, marianna spring has also been looking at disinformation in the united states, creating for newsnight, and the podcast americast, online profiles for five fictional american voters to find out what they're exposed to and recommended across social media. when donald trumer — the son of the former president — found out about this approach, he posted this response on twitter. well, marianna spring joins me now in the studio. well, marianna spring was undeterred, responding... joins me now in the studio. thank you so much for coming on newswatch. what are we talking about when we're talking about disinformation in news? i think it's really important to think about how disinformation tends to be deliberate misleading of people, promoting conspiracy theories or falsehoods that can cause serious real world harm, and a lot of the focus that i have in thisjob is understanding how disinformation spreads and how it affects people — particularly those who are targeted by it — falsehoods a

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series — richard d hall — may be abhorrent to most people but he still has his supporters, with malcolm naylormore. disinformation is more common than ever, it's something that can proliferate and spread very rapidly, and it has a real—world consequence — it spills out into the real world. it can cause violence offline, it can lead to people being targeted and harassed, it can lead to all kinds of other harms. well, you've just mentioned, you know, the harm done to people being targeted by it. your panorama, your radio 4 series disaster trolls, they examined how survivors and the bereaved are harassed by those who believe that these disasters never took place. is there a danger at all in publicising those people, that you actually spread the conspiracy to new believers? it's a really important question and it's one that we discussed extensively when we were doing both the panorama and the podcast series because we have to think about how we can cover these topics ethically and responsibly, and whether we can cover them at all. and i think with this specific investigation, it really did come do