What happened to the people who fell down the rabbit hole into a world of conspiracy theories? How far have they fallen – and how far will they go? In this 10-part series, the BBC’s Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring

Marianna Part 3: 'I get hate from all sides'

May 16th, 2022 22m 30s

Photos of Marianna Vyshemirsky, wrapped in a duvet and with her forehead bloodied, have become some of the iconic images of the Russian invasion. Marianna, who was about to give birth, was caught up in the bombing of a maternity hospital in Mar

Roddy: 'We don’t trust the media – so we became it'

Apr 29th, 2022 16m 11s

Citizen journalism – reporting by self-taught people, often on the ground – can play a vital role in the coverage of conflict. However, not everyone who contributes to this coverage is as 'independent' as they’d like their followers to believe.

Tetyana: ‘My son is the Snake Island hero’

Apr 22nd, 2022 15m 57s

On the first day of the war, Ukraine gained a new patriotic hero and Tetyana thought she had lost a son. But the story wasn't quite as it first seemed.Tetyana’s son, Roman became world famous for defiantly swearing at a Russian warship which ha

Sergei: ‘It’s my duty to keep telling Russians the truth’

Apr 14th, 2022 21m

After Russia’s first independent radio station was taken off air by the Kremlin, the journalists who worked there are finding ways to get round censorship of the war in Ukraine.Sergei Buntman helped to found Echo of Moscow which for more than t

Marianna Part 2: The view from the other side

Apr 8th, 2022 18m 3s

Marianna Vishegirskaya is the pregnant woman who has unwittingly found herself at the centre of one of the most disputed events of the war.In a previous episode we looked at how Russia falsely accused her of helping fake photos of the aftermath

Rob: ‘Covid was a hoax, and so is the war’

Apr 1st, 2022 17m 17s

What does the invasion of Ukraine have in common with the coronavirus pandemic?On the face of it not much at all, but disinformation about the war is also fuelling existing conspiracy movements around the world.Covid denialists who claimed the

Marianna: one baby, three photos, and a web of lies

Mar 24th, 2022 19m 32s

When Russia bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol, it claimed that a wounded pregnant woman was faking it. Her friends told us something different. Images of Marianna Vyshemirska fleeing the aftermath of the attack caused an outcry around the

Masha: The influencer who is a secret weapon

Mar 18th, 2022 15m 27s

Masha is one of the most famous faces on Ukrainian TV and a huge social media star.But the Russian-speaking celebrity has taken on a new role. Her Instagram posts about skin care tips have been replaced by patriotic propaganda.The former Eurovi

Maxim: Homeless and trolled

Mar 14th, 2022 14m 35s

When social media star Maxim was shelled out of his home, he didn’t expect to be called a liar by some of his followers. But did the hostility come from real people - or automated accounts?As the battle for Ukraine rages, another conflict is be

Kristina: ‘My cousin thinks we’re bombing ourselves’

Mar 14th, 2022 16m 31s

What do you do when you’re Ukrainian and your cousin in Russia refuses to believe her country is attacking your home?After spending days huddled in an air raid shelter, Kristina and her family managed to flee the capital Kyiv with just the few

Introducing War on Truth

Mar 11th, 2022 1m 53s

What’s fake, what’s real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine. BBC disinformation reporter Marianna Spring speaks to people caught up in the battle for the truth.