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Marianna Spring

@mariannaspring

BBC’s Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent | Top Comment, Americast & Radio 4 podcasts | @BBCPanorama & current affairs | ARIAS & BPA winner

 London, England
Joined June 2012
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So happy to win Best Host at the British Podcast Awards!! For BBC Radio 4 investigative podcasts Why Do You Hate Me & Marianna in Conspiracyland - and Americast. Podcasts are a brilliant home for my social media investigations into algorithms, disinfo, hate & their consequences.
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Congratulations to @mariannaspring who has been shortlisted for a British Journalism Award for Technology Journalism. pressgazette.co.uk/press-gaz…
British Journalism Awards 2026 shortlist revealed

British Journalism Awards 2026 shortlist revealed

Press Gazette is proud to reveal the British Journalism Awards 2026 shortlist, supported by headline sponsor Starling Bank.

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I want to tell you about what I’ve been investigating for the latest episode of Top Comment podcast ! The decentralising of nudified ai fakes targeting women - and how I uncovered ones targeting me.
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Listen to and watch Top Comment on BBC Sounds, YouTube or wherever you get your pods ! You can find my other social media investigations for pods including Marianna in Conspiracyland & Americast there too ! And check my docs for BBC Two and BBC Panorama on @bbciplayer
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Working on a mini series about contraception misinformation - and new investigations for Panorama and BBC docs on the impact of algorithms and AI. Plus projects related to my book. Send me a DM or an email if there’s something you want me to investigate.
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Here’s what I’ve been up to this summer - social media investigations and analysis for podcasts and docs across the BBC ! Let me know what you want to be investigated next that’s popping up on your feeds - and follow me on Instagram and TikTok where I post more.
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Dan 💜@redwhiteg0ldSep 26
I 💘 Top Comment and recommend this podcast to everyone
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Here’s what I’ve been up to this summer - social media investigations and analysis for podcasts and docs across the BBC ! Let me know what you want to be investigated next that’s popping up on your feeds - and follow me on Instagram and TikTok where I post more.
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Here’s what I’ve been up to this summer - social media investigations and analysis for podcasts and docs across the BBC ! Let me know what you want to be investigated next that’s popping up on your feeds - and follow me on Instagram and TikTok where I post more.
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Thanks to everyone who listens, reads and watches - totally loving doing this all ! You can find my podcasts on BBC Sounds or wherever you listen - Top Comment, Marianna in Conspiracyland, Americast. And you can find my docs for Panorama and BBC Two on iPlayer.
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Laurie Kalus@lauriekalusAug 14
A new BBC investigation has uncovered a network of Instagram accounts selling assistance to Moroccan migrants hoping to reach Ceuta. We created a dummy account to expose the faceless profiles who are profiting. Full piece from @mariannaspring here... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89n…
Instagram accounts fuel Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross

Instagram accounts fuel Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross

BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.

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Here’s a flavour of what I do as the BBC’s social media investigations correspondent ! Revealing the real-world impact of conspiracy theories, algorithms, hate, ai fakes and misinformation across podcasts, documentaries, articles & more
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Jacqui Hames@jacquihamesJul 29
…and absolutely brilliant you are at doing it! 🙏@mariannaspring
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Here’s a flavour of what I do as the BBC’s social media investigations correspondent ! Revealing the real-world impact of conspiracy theories, algorithms, hate, ai fakes and misinformation across podcasts, documentaries, articles & more
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Prof Bob Davis@RokewoodJul 22
Replying to @Rokewood @BBCRadio4 @BBCArchive @BBCr4today @danny_robins
@BBCFreeThinking season went out on a philosophical bang, with a lively & expansive discussion of epistemological ethics—tangible today in so many of our controversies. @DrMatthewSweet talks to @QCassam, Havi Carel, Ian Kidd, Ebony Reid, @mariannaspring bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ym8…
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, The Ethics of Knowledge

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, The Ethics of Knowledge

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the ethics of knowledge.

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Here’s a flavour of what I do as the BBC’s social media investigations correspondent ! Revealing the real-world impact of conspiracy theories, algorithms, hate, ai fakes and misinformation across podcasts, documentaries, articles & more
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Totally love doing all of these and thanks v much to everyone who listens, reads & watches !! Please keep getting in touch about what’s popping up on your social media feed for me to investigate.
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More exciting updates on projects linked to my book & more coming soon ! Follow me on Instagram Mariannaspringbbc & TikTok mariannaspring where I post more.
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The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee heard from @BBC's @MariannaSpring on misinformation, deepfakes and AI-generated content in elections 👇
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More smart stuff from @mariannaspring - decline porn - bang on! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nlbz…
Top Comment - Decline porn (part II), VPN patriotism, and Charli XCX's finsta drop - BBC Sounds

Top Comment - Decline porn (part II), VPN patriotism, and Charli XCX's finsta drop - BBC Sounds

How coordinated foreign accounts are amplifying anti-immigrant rhetoric

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This story by @mariannaspring shows how easy the online media environment can be manipulated bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgp…
Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds

Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds

"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

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