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Firefighters tackle a bushfire in thick smoke in the NSW town of Moruya. Social media analysis suggests bot and troll accounts are involved in a disinformation campaign spreading false arson claims about the Australian bushfire disaster. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images Firefighters tackle a bushfire in thick smoke in the NSW town of Moruya. Social media analysis suggests bot and troll
‘So alien! So other!’: how western TV gets Japanese culture wrong
After all, BBC One’s Japan With Sue Perkins, which aired last month, was only the latest in a long run of British TV programmes inviting us to boggle at the east Asian country. These shows always feature a shot of the aforementioned Shibuya Crossing, items on AI and sumo wrestling, and a concerned interview with an undersexed young man (sometimes called otaku) and/or an overexcited young woman (so
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