Spotting fake news online

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, News, Technology

4.4 • 221 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

BBC disinformation reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh talks to Tech Life about the spread of false information online during times of conflict, and how he verifies social media posts. An expert on electric cars answers your questions about EVs. We send our reporter out to sea to find out how tech can help marine conservation. And say hello to some old friends - Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario.

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0:00.0	On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see.
0:04.7	Hello, I'm Brian Cox.
0:05.6	And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:08.3	In this series, we're going to have a planet off.
0:10.8	I feel like Jupiter wins.
0:12.8	And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit.
0:15.9	We're talking about your bog standard.
0:17.8	Ice, not the fancy one.
0:20.1	Science with funny bits.
0:21.9	The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:24.1	Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
0:28.3	Amazing Sports Stories, coming soon to the BBC World Service.
0:32.5	Nothing is ever quite as expected.
0:35.0	Yep, it's wild.
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0:40.7	Let's do this.
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0:47.4	Welcome to TechLife with me, Shona McCallum.
0:50.4	On this show, we find out and explain how technology is changing your lives and our world.
0:56.5	This week, we look at disinformation online during times of conflict and how you can spot it.
1:02.4	You've been sending us questions about electric vehicles after our recent special programme on EVs,
1:07.6	so we'll speak to an expert to get some answers.
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