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Exactly — social media profiles, but mainly photos and videos uploaded from people living in morocco, living in spain. so in melilla, that little enclave and things like that, right? and thats the most important juice for us is those photos and videos, they are so core to what we do. well, suzanne, i mean, africa eye is celebrated for its open source investigations — the kind that ben and you have just been involved with. anatomy of a killing, for example, in 2018, which examined the shootin...

When it comes to twitter but i want to turn to a story from africa eye that was published this week. africa eye is a bbc team that has been pioneering award—winning journalism, often initially from information found online. and two of the team are here. you heard ben strick at the beginning — an investigative journalist who worked on the latest story — and suzanne is the director and editor. now, back injune, shocking video started circulating on social media showing moroccan and spanish b...

Wrought, is going to be a whole lot of leaving of twitter, including advertisers. and ill be sad, you know, illjust be personally sad. i really, like ben, who has really crucial reasons to be, of course, on this platform as a law professor, the kind of communities that we also create, computer scientists, you know, the ways in which we reach folks in our work. for me as an intimate privacy advocate, it will make me really sad. peter kafka, host of recode media. i saw a wry smile on your face at ...

The management of the platform. the letter follows the billionaire�*s sacking of half the staff, including the entire human rights team. those are our top stories this hour. now on bbc news, the media show. a warning — this programme contains flashing images. hello. today, were asking whether it matters that the worlds richest man now owns twitter. elon musk is the latest american billionaire to take control of an influential social media platform. should we care? and well also hear from jou...

Yes, lots of them didnt survive. and thats where theres a big suspicion that, yes, there were 23 people who had died on the day but actually, theres 70 more people missing. and so, the question is, what happened to those? who are they? where are they? and theres a suspicion that they probably passed somewhere further down in the day or the few next few days. and thats kind of where all of this gets fudged and and becomes really important. 0k. ben, when it comes to how youve told the story, you k...

Ben, out of interest, as were talking about twitter, how important is it as a tool for your reporting? look, for many of us, twitter is really a lifeline. you know, not only is it a way to share findings, but i think theres — theres a couple of reasons. first of all, collaboration. i never would have met some of the people ive worked with had it not been for twitter. second, its a world of sources at our fingertips, so that were able to contact those that we really wouldnt be able to actually ...

Exactly — social media profiles, but mainly photos and videos uploaded from people living in morocco, living in spain. so in melilla, that little enclave and things like that. and thats the most important juice for us is those photos and videos, they are so core to what we do. 0k. well, suzanne, i mean, africa eye is celebrated for its open source investigations — the kind that ben and you have just been involved with. anatomy of a killing, for example, in 2018, which examined the shooting o...

Thats the core — thats the core of the problem is that old—school media organizations or old—school way of doing journalism means youve got a reporter on the ground who you can trust to tell you whats happened. and with social media giving everybody a camera in their pocket, all of a sudden theres — theres people filming things everywhere. but again, theres the same problem that a journalist normally covers. who do you trust? what can you say? and the bbc as a news organization doesnt al...

Of law and author of the fight for privacy, protecting dignity, identity and love in the digital age. shona gauche from insiders uk bureau. benjamin strick, of course, and suzanne from africa eye. we will be back next week. in the meantime, you can head to the bbc sounds app and search for elon musk to find a whole radio four series about him. this will have other ramifications. but for now, thank you so much for listening. goodbye. hello. sunday will be a story of sunshine and showers for the v...

American billionaire to take control of an influential social media platform. should we care? we will also hear from journalists with the bbc�*s africa eye investigations team about how open source journalism allowed them to uncover the truth behind tragedy on the moroccan spanish border. ben strick is one of the investigative journalists behind the story. out of interest, as we are talking about twitter, how important is it as a tool for your reporting? for many of us twitter is a lifeline. n...