​​Will Trump supporters accept the election result?

In a phone call following the 2020 election, Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Secretary of State to "find 11,780 votes" – a move which along with other alleged efforts to overturn the result led to criminal charges against Trump and some of his allies. ​​ ​​Sarah’s there, and she’s been hearing about legal cases over who can and can’t vote, as well as from Trump supporters who already have doubts about the reliability of the result. ​​ ​​She, Anthony, and Marianna discuss whether we could see similar events to those that led to the Jan 6 riots. ​​ ​​Plus, what are social media companies doing, and not doing, to try to prevent disinformation. ​​ ​​HOSTS: ​​• Marianna Spring, Social Media and Disinformation Correspondent ​​• Sarah Smith, North America Editor ​​Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent ​​ ​​GET IN TOUCH: ​​• Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB ​​• Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 ​​• Email Americast@bbc.co.uk ​​• Or use #Americast ​​ ​​This episode was made by Chris Flynn and Catherine Fusillo in London, and Purvee Pattni and Claire Betzer in the US. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. ​​ ​​If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. ​​ ​​You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers. ​​ ​​US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 ​​ ​​Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. ​​ ​​The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd ​​The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r ​​Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl ​​Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm

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