please put your hands together for richard d hall. the second time i've ran the stall. - it's been pretty successful so far~ _ richard d hall claims to carry out independent investigations into major disasters, challenging the mainstream media. very big — on fabricated terrorism. he makes money from his theories by selling books and dvds. my own book, which is about - the manchester arena bombing... unlike many conspiracy theorists, he doesn'tjust operate online. he tracks down survivors for what he calls his research. today i've started off on myjourney- to go around all of these - places on my investigation map. his so—called investigation map took him to the boatyard where lisa works three years ago. and i'm right in the tip- of north—west wales now... he made a video about his visit. so i actually went - to where she worked. in 2019, a man parked around here and then made his way down here towards the front entrance of the building. and then a guy comes - in from the yard and i said, "well, i'm interested - in buying a jet ski," i

views of the conspiracy theorist featured in the programme, and the accompanying radio 4 series — richard d hall most people, but he still has his supporters, with malcolm naylor emailing us this reaction. 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 sp

views of the conspiracy theorist featured in the programme, and the accompanying radio 4 series — richard d hall supporters, with malcolm naylor emailing us this reaction. "yet again, the bbc played its part in supporting the establishment deception to instil fear to control the population. this programme provided no evidence whatsoever, or examination of hall's claims to prove they are false." 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. "some still question if fake news exists. the bbcjust admitted it created fake profiles across social media. well, marianna spring was undeterred, responding... "a new fan for americast�*s undercover voters." well, marianna spring joins me now in the studio. thank you so much for coming on newswatch. what are we talking about when

views of the conspiracy theorist featured in the programme, and the accompanying radio 4 series — richard d hallarticularly after the pandemic, but also around other major global events, elections and more. 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 c