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Dating scams and how the World Service handles adult material

Listeners react to Love Janessa and how a BBC journalist exposed this online dating scam. Plus the podcast’s commissioning editor tells us how they handled adult themes.

Love Janessa is the podcast series that examines an online so-called “catfishing scheme” which deceives mostly men into falling for and giving money to an apparently beautiful young woman called Janessa. But, the seven-part series asks - just who is Janessa Brazil? We hear your thoughts on the series and we’ are joined by journalist Hannah Ajala who set out to uncover the truth behind this form of fraudulent online dating. Plus the show’s commissioning editor Jon Manel tells us how the BBC World Service handles adult themes.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
A Whistledown production for the BBC World Service

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9 minutes

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Mon 27 Mar 202302:50GMT
BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East

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  • Sat 25 Mar 202309:50GMT
    BBC World Service Australasia, Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & News Internet only
  • Sun 26 Mar 202304:50GMT
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  • Sun 26 Mar 202308:50GMT
    BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
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    BBC World Service News Internet
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    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa
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    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
  • Mon 27 Mar 202302:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East

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