00:00Hi, I'm Hamish McDonald. I'm a journalist, which means facts are my business.
00:05Where do you get your information from? Social media. Facebook. Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
00:11Social media is where so many of us now get our information.
00:15But can we rely on it?
00:17When tech makes it so easy to create a fictional story?
00:22Even though it's entirely fake. Struggling to know what's true and what's false.
00:28In this series, I'm going to explore how big tech is transforming our lives and our minds.
00:34The end goal is keep you scrolling. To change the way we see the world.
00:38We can't even agree on how to determine what a fact is.
00:40Facts stop mattering.
00:41Is disinformation really a threat to democracy?
00:44A world where people don't trust anything. Like, who is that good for?
00:48The tearing down of democracy began by tearing down facts.
00:52Join me on a journey right around Australia and the world
00:55to meet people determined to keep facts alive in this real-time information revolution.
01:01The third plan is now going to try to develop powerhouses and ¡ added valueting for the recent success of
01:07the future!
01:07The world whorokュere İstasy requires the world'sJEольgly that the world has found existing netищes.
01:09Because of course, they are inviting, for them that they are telling you,
01:15the world has their daily我就-basedconnection of history,
01:15that cannot get into action as a history as intended.
Comments