In The Thick Presents: The Misinformation Web

In The Thick

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News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week In The Thick shares an episode of Latino USA.

The 2024 presidential election has seen a rise in Spanish-language misinformation and in the content creators making a living by pushing out false content. For months, Futuro Investigates in collaboration with Latino USA, tracked how lies and conspiracies about the election and the candidates that originated in English soon found their way to Spanish-speaking audiences, amid the expanded monetization of tech platforms and the rise of technologies like AI. We meet face to face with social media influencers pushing out misinformation in Spanish, and with the experts combating it.

This story is part of our ongoing election coverage “The Latino Factor: How We Vote.”

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0:00.0	Ola in the thick listener fan. I see you. I know how happy you are that we are back. We're so happy to be back too.
0:08.0	Today, dear listener, we have a special episode for you. This is a new investigation from our very own Futuro
0:14.4	investigates. It's in collaboration with Latino USA. This piece is called
0:19.2	the Misinformation Web and I know you're going to enjoy this on-the-ground reporting.
0:25.0	It gets really interesting with me sitting down to talk with two YouTube influencers
0:32.0	and it got a little aggressive I'm just saying.
0:35.0	So with just days until the 2024 presidential election we dig into the rise of
0:41.4	Spanish language misinformation that's circulating on social media and
0:46.1	the content creators were making a living by pushing out this false content and making money a lot of it.
0:54.0	Our investigation took us across the pond
0:57.0	all the way to London where we interviewed one of the content creators
1:01.0	who does this all in Spanish. And then we spent some time in southern Florida
1:05.8	talking to Latino voters about where they get their information and their
1:11.2	misinformation.
1:12.6	So without further ado, here's our episode and remember enjoy and let us know what you think.
1:18.3	Note by yes.
1:20.3	Futura investigates. Futuro investigates.
1:23.0	Futuro Investila.
1:26.0	Alexa, who will win the next American election?
1:32.0	The 2024 American. who will win the next American election?
1:36.7	The 2024 American election will not take place.
1:38.0	There will be no winner.
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