About Marianna Spring
Marianna Spring is a British broadcast journalist. Spring was appointed in March 2020 as the BBC's first specialist disinformation and social media reporter.
Russia sanctions UK politicians and journalists
... " The BBC journalists include Chief Executive Deborah Turness, presenter and analysis editor Ros Atkins and disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring...
Explaining the 'how' - the launch of BBC Verify
... We ve brought together forensic journalists and expert talent from across the BBC, including our analysis editor Ros Atkins and disinformation correspondent Marianna Spring and their teams...
Twitter blue tick: Multiple Hillarys and New Yorks as verifications disappear
...By Marianna Spring & Laura GozziBBC NewsTwitter s removal of blue ticks is forcing accounts to find new ways to prove authenticity as concerns over copycats mount...
How Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate
...By Marianna SpringBBC Disinformation and social media correspondentI had just finished my investigation into whether Twitter can protect users under Elon Musk s ownership, when - to my surprise - the man himself tweeted about it...
Andrew Tate: The self-proclaimed misogynist influencer
... AnalysisBy Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondentIt s been a rollercoaster of a year on social media for Andrew Tate...
Andrew Tate detained in Romania over human trafficking case
... His posts on other online sites promote misogyny and target women and have millions of views, with the BBC s disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring saying earlier this year his content had " raised concerns about the real-world effect it could have"...
Twitter Files spark debate about ‘blacklisting'
... AnalysisBy Marianna Spring, Disinformation and social media correspondentAt its heart, this is a row over whether social media companies like Twitter should control what we re exposed to on their sites - and how transparent they are about how they do that...
World Cup 2022: TikTok brings football fever to millions of fans
... A fertile time for online disinformation By Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondentThis World Cup certainly hasn t been short of speculation and debate online...