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marianna spring reporting. 0ur disinformation correspondent marianna spring reporting. willjoin its rankser with russia, decided to join last may after the invasion of ukraine, ending decades of military neutrality. in russa, an anti—war campaigner called darya trepova has been detained by officials in connection with the killing of a well—known blogger in st petersburg. it's been reported that vladlen tatarsky — a robust supporter of the russian military died in an explosion shortly after being presented with a gift yesterday evening. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has more details. an ordinary scene on an ordinary street in saint petersburg. a woman enters a cafe carrying a box containing a statuette. it is hard to verify this, but russia says she was delivering a bomb. inside the cafe there's a meeting of russian pro—war activists. the invited speaker is this man, vladen tatarsky, a prolific blogger with over half a million followers. and then this. the explosion killed him outright and injured over 30 others. russian officials were quick to blame ukraine, which denied it. bu

let's hear more on this from our correspondent marianna spring who's in a new hub above the newsroomhe manchester arena that happened in 2017, and killed 22 people. martin and his daughter eva were left severely disabled after the attack and since then they have been targeted with conspiracy theories and tight, denying what happened is suggesting the attack was stage and they were lying about their injuries. now they have launched legal action against this man, richard de hall. last year i revealed how this conspiracy theories targeted martin and other manchester arena survivors. he even posted online about how he tracked them down to their home and work places to see why they were lying about their injuries. it is similar to a case in the us. alexjones suggested the sandy hook school shooting was a hoax. but he was taken to court by families affected by that shooting because of the hate and harassment they suffered after the conspiracy. he was ordered to pay almost $1.5 billion in damages. there is not much money involved here, but let me tell you about the tactics hall was using to

our disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring has more.ies and techniques used to target people like martin hibbert, behind me, who survived the manchester arena bombing in 2017 along with his daughter, that killed 22 people and left them severely disabled. we exposed in particular how one conspiracy theorist had not just posted these theories online but had tracked down manchester arena survivors to their homes and workplaces, including martin�*s daughter. he admitted he spied on her and had posted about this online. it was really distressing for martin and li—macro to, and for that reason martin has decided to take this legal action, for defamation and harassment. —— martin and o2. defamation and harassment. —— martin and 02. he worries that courts and the law are the only way of dealing with this and he doesn�*t want survivors of the attack or any disaster to be subject to these kinds of conspiracies and the hate they can trigger. kinds of conspiracies and the hate they can trigger-— kinds of conspiracies and the hate they can trigger.

live now to our disinformation and social media correspondent, marianna spring.e a landmark won't it? it important, because it'll be a landmark won't it?— important, because it'll be a landmark won't it? it will be, and this follows _ landmark won't it? it will be, and this follows a _ landmark won't it? it will be, and this follows a bbc _ landmark won't it? it will be, and this follows a bbc investigation i this follows a bbc investigation that revealed a conspiracy theory and tactics used to target people like martin hibbert, you can see behind me, who survived the manchester arena bombing in 2017, along with his daughter, that killed 22 people and left him and his daughter eve severely disabled. during the original investigation, we expose in particular how one conspiracy theorist had notjust posted these there is online that had tracked down manchester arena survivors to their homes and workplaces. that includes martin's daughter eve. hall admitted he spied on her outside her home and posted about this online. as you can imagine, it was a distressing foot ma

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the bbc�*s disinformation correspondent marianna spring has been investigating the case for a new podcasthese peoples lives. do you realise that, how does that make you feel? that is an extract from disaster trolls. let's go back to this story, you have been working on this for a long time, riders of the basic facts of the case. long time, riders of the basic facts of the case-— of the case. this is an investigation - of the case. this is an investigation that i of the case. this is an | investigation that first of the case. this is an i investigation that first came of the case. this is an - investigation that first came out of the case. this is an _ investigation that first came out in october last year, and during it i revealed how the man in question, richard d hall, this conspiracy theorist, had been targeting terror attack survivors, particularly people who had survived the manchester arena bombing in 2017 which kills 22 people. their tactics were notjust on social media, it was notjust postings conspiracy theories there, he was tracking people down in the real world. and one of the