Down The Rabbit Hole - Qanon, Conspiracy Theories & Social Media With Aoife Gallagher

Conspiracy theories have always been with us, but as the Covid-19 pandemic swept around the world in March 2020 they exploded in popularity as misinformation flooded to fill the vacuum of uncertainty. They quickly expanded to include everything from Covid conspiracies and paedophile rings to anti-vaxx sentiments, presenting governments and scientists with a tough nut to crack as they sought to convince ordinary people that they had their best interests at heart.
Aoife Gallagher is an expert in how such theories spread and flourish online and she joined me to talk about how such movements work and grow - and what might be done to stop them.