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Weaponizing Social Media: The Rohingya Crisis
CBS Reports - S3 - E2
More than 700,000 Rohingya men, women and children have been ejected from Myanmar's Rakhine state, and now huddle in an enormous refugee camp in Bangladesh -- the biggest in the world. The fear that stoked this ethnic cleansing was inflamed by a surge in affordable new technology, and the social media platforms that came with it quickened the spread of dangerous propaganda.
CBS Reports: Season 3 - 13 Episode s
3x1 - The Wall: A Nation Divided
January 29, 2018
CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal travels to the Tohono O'odham reservation, which straddles 75 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. This little-seen corner of Arizona is an area rife with drug traffickers, coyotes and migrants looking to enter the U.S. Members of the Tohono O'odham tribe who live here have managed to keep their culture alive in spite of an international border that bisects their ancestral land and separates families on either side. But they fear the wall will destroy it.
3x2 - Weaponizing Social Media: The Rohingya Crisis
February 26, 2018
More than 700,000 Rohingya men, women and children have been ejected from Myanmar's Rakhine state, and now huddle in an enormous refugee camp in Bangladesh -- the biggest in the world. The fear that stoked this ethnic cleansing was inflamed by a surge in affordable new technology, and the social media platforms that came with it quickened the spread of dangerous propaganda.
3x3 - Grassroots in Alabama: An Emerging Women's Movement
March 24, 2018
CBS Reports traces the beginnings of a new women's movement in the American South.
3x4 - Replacing Humans: Robots Among Us
April 29, 2018
In Japan, a rapidly aging population and declining birth rate are creating a crisis. Without enough people to fill jobs and care for the elderly, could robots step up to fill the gap? Could they even become, as some robotics engineers hope, "better than human?" CBSN Originals takes you into the heart of Japan's looming population collapse, and examines the robot solutions they hope will preserve their unique culture.
3x5 - Adapt or Die
May 19, 2018
The climate cycles that have driven mass extinctions, are shortening and becoming more severe. The species that can adapt to environmental changes survive, while others simply die off. CBS Reports travels to the Galapagos Islands, a living laboratory in the crosshairs of climate change, to see if nature can outrun and outsmart climate change?
3x6 - Seeking Asylum: An Immigrant's Journey to America
June 7, 2018
America's border is seen by many as the dividing line between a fearful past and a safer, better future. CBS Reports followed Iranian migrant Shahab as he crossed the jungle passes of the Darién Gap, and now joins him once again as he enters America. Having risked life and limb to reach the United States, his future is no less uncertain.
3x7 - Expedition Antarctica
June 21, 2018
More than 30 years ago, Robert Swan became the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles. In 2017, he found himself back on the ice, trekking 600 miles across Antarctica with his son, Barney. But this time, the duo set out to complete the first-ever expedition to the South Pole using solely renewable energy. Their mission: prove that if these technologies can work in the harshest environment on Earth, they can work in our everyday lives. Along the way, they faced unexpected obstacles that threatened to claim Barney's limb -- and Robert's life.
3x8 - Out of Aleppo
July 22, 2018
Mohammad Shasho's family left Aleppo in 2013, telling their children they were taking a prolonged vacation. That "vacation" was an evacuation prompted by Syria's eight-year-old civil war, and it became a permanent exile. In a film produced by BYkids, we see the Syrian crisis through the eyes of a young refugee filmmaker.
3x9 - Cryptocurrency: Virtual Money, Real Power
August 24, 2018
In the world of cryptocurrency, money is power, sparking a gold rush wherever energy is cheap and abundant. A booming cryptocurrency mining industry is disrupting a small town in Washington state.
3x10 - Puerto Rico: The Exodus After Hurricane Maria
September 21, 2018
Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico devastated - almost 3,000 people died in its wake, towns were left without power or water for months, and hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans left, many never to return. David Begnaud returns to Puerto Rico for CBS Reports to examine the impact of that exodus and what the future holds.
3x11 - Burmese Python Invasion: Fighting Invasive Species
October 24, 2018
Across America, waves of foreign invaders are taking over. Introduced through human error or carelessness, invasive species like the Burmese python, lionfish and Asian carp have thrived at the expense of native species critical to a delicate natural balance that supports ecosystems and livelihoods. CBS Reports explores whether it's too late to tip the balance back in our favor.
3x12 - North Korea: The Art of Surviving Sanctions
November 16, 2018
Behind the Kim regime's scramble to stay afloat through cultural means.
3x13 - Esports: The Price of the Grind
December 20, 2018
The rapid rise of esports has been a dream come true for professional players—traveling the world and paid salaries to play video games full time for a living. But as money continues to pour into the industry, many young pros face grueling practice schedules and burn out early. In this episode of CBS Reports, we follow pro esports players Doublelift and Space as they compete for glory, get an inside look at what it takes to be pro, and explore the risks many are taking to stay at the top.