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Top Comment

BBC

The story behind your social media feed, from BBC correspondent Marianna Spring and investigative journalist Matt Shea.

Top Comment investigates what's blowing up online. From global events that go viral across social media, to bizarre moments that spill into real life, Marianna and Matt unpack the trends, theories and digital chaos shaping our world.

You can also hear Marianna's previous series for the BBC in this feed, including Marianna in Conspiracyland, Why Do You Hate Me?, Disaster Trolls, Death by Conspiracy? and War on Truth.

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July 3 · 31 min
Gabriel Shemirani on medical misinfo and rejecting Conspiracyland
The dangers of unregulated health advice on social media
June 25 · 34 min
Restore Britain, Merlin the duck, and FIFA's content farm
We speak to the director behind the emerging party's social campaigns
June 18 · 30 min
Agartha explained, and hot girls revolt on BookTok
A controversial trademark has enraged literary influencers
June 11 · 35 min
Belfast, Henry Nowak, and how Grok is supercharging misinfo
Platforms are facing scrutiny over content inciting violence
June 5 · 30 min
Is Hasan Piker NSFW now? And Tung Tung's generational run
The Twitch streamer has been denied entry into the UK
May 29 · 25 min
Sleuth wars, incels in STEM, and just want Harambe back
The deaths of three sisters have led to rampant speculation online
May 22 · 27 min
Why you're wrong about Palantir, and TL;DR Tolkien
The mysterious tech giant sparking online backlash
May 19 · 41 min
BONUS: Taylor Lorenz says "don't blame social media"
Many western countries are pursuing stricter internet regulation
May 15 · 25 min
Decline porn (part II), VPN patriotism, and Charli XCX's finsta drop
How coordinated foreign accounts are amplifying anti-immigrant rhetoric
May 8 · 33 min
Dare Market, hantavirus, and wtf is going on at JPMorgan?
Meet the founder of the website being compared to Black Mirror
May 1 · 26 min
Shooting conspiracies, breakup texts, and Dana White's cortisol spike
Behind the false claims that recent assassination attempts were 'staged'
April 28 · 28 min
BONUS: Live at Maida Vale Studios
Highlights from our appearance at BBC Castfest
April 24 · 22 min
Haley Beck explained, and the crypto operation hijacking the BBC
The sister of an influencer is facing serious allegations
April 17 · 24 min
Coachella, GRWM fakers, and Justin Bieber is chronically online
Why the California festival is known as the 'Influencer Olympics'
April 11 · 25 min
Iran, slopaganda, and the lego-inspired creator behind it all
Explosive Media are accused of working for the Iranian government
April 3 · 29 min
Misogyny, boomers, and China just got Krissed
How AI is supercharging online abuse towards women

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