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In recent weeks parts of the UK saw violent riots fuelled by misinformation online and anti-immigration sentiment. Some rioters have since been sentenced using evidence from social media. Nazir Afzal, a former Chief Crown Prosecutor, and Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law at the University of Essex, explain how it worked.
Many of you may have seen Elon Musk’s interview on X with Donald Trump. What impact will his political views and his content moderation policies have on the social media platform? Lara O'Reilly from Business Insider fills us in.
And we learn about the art of sports commentary from one of the BBC’s Olympics commentators, Andrew Cotter.
Presenter: Katie Razzall
Producer: Simon Richardson
Assistant Producer: Lucy Wai
Published on Thursday, 15th August 2024.
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