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So, Matt, we've got a new podcast.

Yeah, amazingly, I've managed to convince BBC Sounds to let me share your hallowed feed.

Just before we get going, let's have a quick recap.

I'm Mariana Spring.

I'm the BBC's first ever social media investigations correspondent. I'm Matt Shea. I'm an investigative journalist, and a bit like Mariana Spring. I'm the BBC's first ever social media investigations correspondent.

I'm Matt Shea. I'm an investigative journalist. And a bit like Mariana, I specialize in the darkest

corners of the internet. We want to tell you all about a brand new show that's taking over this feed.

And it's called Top Comment. We are going to be investigating and analyzing everything

conspiracy theories, disinformation,

internet culture.

AI, crypto, powerful tech bros.

You name it.

And all of these things are influencing how we think, act and experience the world because

they're popping up on our social media feeds.

We live in a world today where a single social media post can impact government agenda,

dictate the mainstream news cycle, and shape reality itself.

And we now inhabit this space online where a whole wad of files, say the Epstein files, can be released,

and everyone can pour over them and they spawn conspiracy theories, deep fakes, memes, stuff that's true, stuff that's not true.

We've all been there where there's something that's popped up on your feed,

and before you have time to figure out what's really behind it, how did it get there?

You scroll into the next thing.

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