Elon Musk And The Twitter Trolls

Conspiracy theories are swirling, and in this episode we answer your questions about the shooting - targeting the president and top figures from his administration - at the White House correspondents dinner in Washington DC.Justin and Anthony join Matt Chorley from 5 Live, where ...  Show more

The US president says the gunman who stormed a security perimeter at the White House correspondents’ dinner had written a “manifesto”. Investigators are continuing to examine a possible motive for the attack which appeared to be aimed at the president and his top aides. In this e ...  Show more

Can Twitter protect its users from trolling? The BBC’s disinformation & social media correspondent, Marianna Spring, is in the studio to tell us about her Panorama investigation into the platform and her Twitter exchange with Elon Musk..Also, Adam and Chris are joined by the form ...  Show more

Elon Musk has begun laying off staff at Twitter, a week after taking sole control of the company. He says he’s “freed the bird” but does freedom of speech on the platform come at the price of political stability and threats to democracy?Lewis speaks to a range of guests from the ...  Show more

As the midterm results continue to come in, the Americast team are taking over the Newscast feed for one day only! The team are in Washington DC, taking a closer look at the rivalry between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump.Americast is presented by ...  Show more

Elon Musk has given an interview to former CNN Anchor Don Lemon. He gets quite upset when Lemon asks him why X has gone to shit under his stewardship, and whether hate speech is still welcomed on his platform. Meanwhile, Trump is talking about a blood bath in Ohio and no one can ...  Show more