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Israel-Gaza conflict: The social media battles

How your social feeds shape your view of the war, with our Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, and our Disinformation & Social Media Correspondent, Marianna Spring.

The Global Story brings you trusted insights from 成人论坛 experts around the world. Today, why the battle on your social media feed matters, with our Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, and our Disinformation & Social Media Correspondent, Marianna Spring.

It鈥檚 been seven weeks since Hamas, which governs Gaza and is labelled a terrorist group by the US and many other western governments, murdered 1200 people in southern Israel. Israel鈥檚 response has left Gaza in ruins - an emphatic symbol of its military prowess.

But this war isn't only being fought on the ground. There鈥檚 a battle online to control the narrative and influence opinions on losses and suffering, rights and wrongs, facts and fake news. Host Katya Adler gets insight on the big picture from Lyse. And Marianna reveals the findings of her latest investigation into what you might be seeing about the war on TikTok, X and Instagram.

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Today鈥檚 episode of The Global Story was hosted by Katya Adler. It was made by Neal Razzell with Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty. The technical producers were Matt Dean and Emma Crowe. The assistant editor is Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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