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The Mexican mayor and a deepfake scandal

How a mayor in Mexico became embroiled in a deepfake audio scandal

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The disinformation war in the Middle East

An online propaganda battle is raging alongside the war between Israel and Hamas.

• 20 mins

Fear and conspiracies in Las Vegas

How the survivor of a mass shooting in Las Vegas fell into a world of conspiracy theories

• 19 mins

The new fight for land rights

How indigenous Malaysians are using technology and social media to assert land rights.

• 18 mins

Democracy on the brink in Tunisia?

Is social media being used to surveil and suppress debate in Tunisia?

• 19 mins

The anti-vax candidate?

Will Robert F Kennedy Jr鈥檚 views on vaccines help or hinder his bid for the White House?

• 20 mins

Long Covid: Think yourself well?

91热爆 Trending investigates a controversial treatment programme being promoted online.

• 18 mins

Love and deception in the age of AI

How is AI redefining love on Tinder?

• 19 mins

Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers鈥� protests?

A pro-Russian image from a farmers protest in Poland went viral. Who's the man behind it?

• 20 mins

The Kenyan influencer championing climate denial

How a Kenyan farmer became the flag bearer for fossil fuels in Africa

• 18 mins

Colombia鈥檚 guerrilla recruitment video problem

Fighters from dissident armed groups in Colombia are using TikTok to recruit youngsters.

• 17 mins

Trending is moving to the Documentary Podcast

New episodes of Trending can be found in the 91热爆 World Service's Documentary Podcast

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The American pushing Russian disinformation

An American ex-cop living in Moscow is pumping out messages targeting American voters

• 17 mins

The woman who built an 'aidbot'

91热爆 Trending speaks to the Lebanese engineer harnessing WhatsApp to deliver aid.

• 17 mins

The scammers who make you kidnap yourself

Why are criminals tricking Chinese foreign students into faking their own kidnapping?

• 17 mins

Can we live without our phones?

Marianna Spring investigates the impact of social media on teens.

• 17 mins

Iran: Woman, life, surveillance

We speak to women targeted by the Iranian government after posting on social media

• 17 mins

An (online) storm in a Philippine rainforest

How a nature reserve in the Philippines got caught in an information battle

• 17 mins

The Baku initiative?

Is Azerbaijan capitalising on France鈥檚 struggle in the South Pacific?

• 17 mins

The curse of the blessing scam

The female crooks who exploit superstition and family love to swindle other women.

• 17 mins

Yami Baito: Inside Japan鈥檚 dark part-time jobs

How job postings on social media are luring people into organised crime in Japan.

• 17 mins

Meet the anti-witch hunter

Meet the man who intervenes to protect people accused of witchcraft across Africa.

• 17 mins

The cost of an addiction to Somali TikTok 'battles'

Cash-strapped and verbally abused 鈥� players of the TikTok game taking Somalia by storm.

• 17 mins

Valencia's floods: Engineered weather?

91热爆 Trending investigates conspiracy theories that swirled around Valencia's floods

• 18 mins

Scammed by the fake Chinese police

The con men who threaten to extradite their victims to China if you don鈥檛 pay 鈥渂ail鈥�

• 17 mins

Passport bros

91热爆 Trending investigates the impact of 'passport bros' on Medell铆n, Colombia

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Ukraine war: The cost of bearing witness

Open Source analysts and fact-checkers describe the toll of documenting the Ukraine war.

• 17 mins

The dark side of music streaming

91热爆 Trending investigates how fake streams are stealing millions from the music industry.

• 17 mins

School for scammers: Inside Nigeria鈥檚 hustle kingdoms

How con artists learn the tricks of their trade at dedicated scamming schools in Nigeria.

• 17 mins

Quadrobic panic in Russia over craze to dress and walk on all fours like animals

Why Russia is cracking down on the craze to dress as animals and run on all fours

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