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Marianna investigates the impact and effects of conspiracy theories and online disinformation.


Biography for Marianna Spring

Marianna Spring is the BBC’s first disinformation and social media correspondent. For Radio 4 she presents podcasts and documentaries investigating disinformation and social media, as well as for Panorama and BBC Three. She is also one of the presenters of the BBC News Americast podcast.

She was named the British Press Guild's Audio Presenter of the year and Royal Television Society Innovation winner. In her latest book Among the Trolls, Marianna meets the most committed conspiracy theorists, and their victims, and reveals the consequences of disinformation, hate and online polarisation, and the risks that come with investigating it.

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