Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
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On this week’s podcast, we take a look at social media platform Twitter, and the impact of Elon Musk’s controversial takeover.
Ali and Paul talk to Vice disinformation reporter David Gilbert about how Musk’s stewardship has resulted in increasing far-right and anti-semitic presence on the platform, where Twitter’s content moderation has failed, and whether Musk himself enables the far-right and conspiracy theories in his tweets.
Elsewhere on For Fact’s Sake, we look into the controversy around highly protected marine areas (HPMAs), and assess some inaccurate reporting of Sadiq Khan’s recently revealed health scare.
Show notes:
- David Gilbert’s reporting on disinformation can be found here.
- Our explainer on HPMAs is here.
Photo credit: Daniel Oberhaus, 2018, CC BY 2.0
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