Marianna Spring
@mariannaspring
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BBC’s Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent | Radio 4 podcasts | @BBCPanorama & current affairs | #Americast host | ARIAS & British Podcast best host
London, England
Joined June 2012
So happy to win Best Host at the British Podcast Awards!! For BBC Radio 4 investigative podcasts Why Do You Hate Me & Marianna in Conspiracyland - and Americast. Podcasts are a brilliant home for my social media investigations into algorithms, disinfo, hate & their consequences.
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A truly inspiring event with @BBCWorld's Global Women yesterday which provides news and services in a staggering 43 languages! Some of the BBC's best @KirstyWark @BBCNawal @mariannaspring @annaefoster reminded us of the important voice, reach and impact of BBC news right across
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This is well worth a listen to from the excellent @mariannaspring
@GabrielCyShemi
https://t.co/Ov5sN3HS8g
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Can coroners' courts cope with conspiracy?
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Required listening from @mariannaspring, via @BBCRadio4, @BBCSounds - she puts the work in, breaks new ground, such an important voice.
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Can coroners' courts cope with conspiracy?
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Brilliant again from @mariannaspring. The circumstances restrain rage against even these disordered parents. But the mother is a public menace & must surely risk crossing the line of legal sanction
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The inquest following the death of Paloma Shemirani raises the question of how to prevent young people from health misinformation
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'Why we struggle to protect the young from conspiracy theorist parents' A powerful piece by @mariannaspring
https://t.co/3rEOPXscwS
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The inquest following the death of Paloma Shemirani raises the question of how to prevent young people from health misinformation
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Why it’s a struggle to protect young people from conspiracy-theory obsessed parents This by @mariannaspring is such a tragic case about Paloma Shemirani who died of cancer after her mum advocated ‘alternative’ treatments like coffee enemas
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The inquest following the death of Paloma Shemirani raises the question of how to prevent young people from health misinformation
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Today on The Global Story podcast — a wildly fascinating story with @mariannaspring How American conspiracy theories helped radicalize a mom an ocean away … with devastating consequences. https://t.co/NRvGTCPd7z
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Podcast Episode · The Global Story · 09/30/2025 · 26m
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In which I interview my colleague @mariannaspring about her fantastic reporting in which she chronicles how a British mom was radicalized by conspiracy theories that have roots in America.
Are conspiracy theories America’s biggest export? 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story
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Increasingly this misinformation is being exported around the world. @mariannaspring is the BBC’s Social Media Investigations Correspondent and tells the story of how suspicion of science in America helped radicalise a British mom with devastating consequences. 🎧🎧
Are conspiracy theories America’s biggest export? 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story
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Super interesting doc on Charlie Kirk, pulling no punches on his views and importance to the GOP. Top-class work from @stuartdenman and team https://t.co/Zc475doI5A w/ contributors @mariannaspring @Bonn1eGreer @lewis_goodall @hasanthehun @elizabethpipko @marko_sukovic - and me
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead in Utah. But what shaped his views and how did he rise to become one of the most important right-wing influencers in the United States?
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Well deserved by @mariannaspring 🤩 imho
London #Press Club Awards 2025. Shortlisted for Specialist Journalist of the Year: Vicky Spratt, the i; Marianna Spring, BBC News; Abul Taher, The Mail on Sunday; Stephen Wright, Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday. @victoria_spratt @mariannaspring @Abul_Taher @DailyMail
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In my latest BBC Panorama investigation & Marianna in Conspiracyland podcast series, I first revealed how sons of a prominent British conspiracy theorist blame their mum's beliefs for their sister’s death. Thanks for millions of views, listens and reads. https://t.co/cUNNpH7HjT
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Paloma Shemirani’s brothers say she refused chemotherapy because of their mother’s beliefs.
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London #Press Club Awards 2025. Shortlisted for Specialist Journalist of the Year: Vicky Spratt, the i; Marianna Spring, BBC News; Abul Taher, The Mail on Sunday; Stephen Wright, Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday. @victoria_spratt @mariannaspring @Abul_Taher @DailyMail
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Gabriel Shemirani blames his mother’s conspiracy theories for the death of his twin Paloma at age 23. He talks to @mariannaspring about his campaign against health misinformation. Read the full article in the paper tomorrow, or online: https://t.co/aXdjB80tNa
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Gabriel Shemirani blames his mother’s conspiracy theories for the death of his twin Paloma at age 23. He talks to @mariannaspring about his campaign against health misinformation. Read the full article in the New Review tomorrow, or online: https://t.co/VkerBmn4jS
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Important reporting 👇
In my latest BBC Panorama investigation & Marianna in Conspiracyland podcast series, I first revealed how sons of a prominent British conspiracy theorist blame their mum's beliefs for their sister’s death. Thanks for millions of views, listens and reads. https://t.co/cUNNpH7HjT
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@GabrielCyShemi @SebastianShemi Investigating real world consequences of social media - misinfo, trolls, algos - is important. Follow-up from me on this investigation coming soon as I’ve been attending the inquest about Paloma. Plus a BBC Two doc on social media algorithms, Americast, more book updates coming!
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Grateful to Paloma’s brothers @GabrielCyShemi & @SebastianShemi - and friends - for trusting me to investigate what happened to their brilliant sister. Big thanks again for millions of views, listens & reads & all the media coverage. And to top teams who brought this to life.
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