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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.07,0:00:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you a story about a girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.52,0:00:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can't tell you her real name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.02,0:00:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's just call her Hadiza.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.56,0:00:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hadiza is 20.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.64,0:00:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's shy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.81,0:00:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she has a beautiful smile\Nthat lights up her face.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.96,0:00:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she's in constant pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.64,0:00:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she will likely be on medication\Nfor the rest of her life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.05,0:00:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want to know why?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.96,0:00:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hadiza is a Chibok girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.84,0:00:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on April 14, 2014, she was kidnapped
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.10,0:00:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Boko Haram terrorists.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.47,0:00:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She managed to escape, though,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.00,0:00:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by jumping off the truck\Nthat was carrying the girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.22,0:00:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when she landed,\Nshe broke both her legs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.54,0:00:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she had to crawl on her tummy\Nto hide in the bushes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.98,0:00:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She told me she was terrified\Nthat Boko Haram would come back for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.70,0:00:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was one of 57 girls who would escape\Nby jumping off trucks that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.36,0:01:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This story, quite rightly, caused ripples
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.92,0:01:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.32,0:01:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People like Michelle Obama,\NMalala and others
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.61,0:01:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lent their voices in protest,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.73,0:01:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at about the same time --\NI was living in London at the time --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.01,0:01:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sent from London to Abuja\Nto cover the World Economic Forum
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.68,0:01:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Nigeria was hosting\Nfor the first time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.66,0:01:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we arrived, it was clear\Nthat there was only one story in town.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.91,0:01:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We put the government under pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.78,0:01:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We asked tough questions\Nabout what they were doing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.36,0:01:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring these girls back.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.38,0:01:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understandably,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.13,0:01:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they weren't too happy\Nwith our line of questioning,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.96,0:01:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's just say we received\Nour fair share of "alternative facts."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.73,0:01:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.44,0:01:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Influential Nigerians\Nwere telling us at the time
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.66,0:01:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were naïve,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.68,0:01:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't understand\Nthe political situation in Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.90,0:01:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they also told us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.02,0:01:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the story of the Chibok girls
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.65,0:01:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a hoax.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.26,0:02:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, this hoax narrative has persisted,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.99,0:02:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are still people\Nin Nigeria today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.30,0:02:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who believe that the Chibok girls\Nwere never kidnapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.93,0:02:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet I was talking to people like these --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.40,0:02:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devastated parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.13,0:02:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who told us that on the day\NBoko Haram kidnapped their daughters,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.21,0:02:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they ran into the Sambisa Forest\Nafter the trucks carrying their daughters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.81,0:02:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were armed with machetes,\Nbut they were forced to turn back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.56,0:02:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Boko Haram had guns.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.34,0:02:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For two years, inevitably,\Nthe news agenda moved on,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.03,0:02:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for two years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.79,0:02:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't hear much\Nabout the Chibok girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.97,0:02:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone presumed they were dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.23,0:02:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in April last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.24,0:02:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to obtain this video.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.04,0:02:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a still from the video
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.80,0:02:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Boko Haram filmed as a proof of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.92,0:02:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through a source,\NI obtained this video.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.11,0:02:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before I could publish it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.67,0:02:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to travel\Nto the northeast of Nigeria
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.72,0:02:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk to the parents, to verify it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.32,0:03:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have to wait\Ntoo long for confirmation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.63,0:03:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the mothers,\Nwhen she watched the video, told me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.98,0:03:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if she could have reached\Ninto the laptop
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.71,0:03:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pulled our her child from the laptop,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.75,0:03:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would have done so.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.20,0:03:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of you who are parents,\Nlike myself, in the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.45,0:03:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can only imagine the anguish
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.30,0:03:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that mother felt.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.60,0:03:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This video would go on to kick-start\Nnegotiation talks with Boko Haram.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.18,0:03:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a Nigerian senator told me\Nthat because of this video
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.17,0:03:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they entered into those talks,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.19,0:03:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they had long presumed\Nthat the Chibok girls were dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.64,0:03:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty-one girls were freed\Nin October last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.36,0:03:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, nearly 200 of them\Nstill remain missing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.69,0:03:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I must confess that I have not been\Na dispassionate observer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.91,0:03:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covering this story.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.12,0:04:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am furious when I think\Nabout the wasted opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.23,0:04:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rescue these girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.44,0:04:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am furious when I think about\Nwhat the parents have told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.37,0:04:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if these were daughters\Nof the rich and the powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.17,0:04:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would have been found much earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.28,0:04:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am furious
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.31,0:04:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the hoax narrative,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.26,0:04:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I firmly believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.17,0:04:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caused a delay;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.30,0:04:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was part of the reason\Nfor the delay in their return.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.68,0:04:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This illustrates to me\Nthe deadly danger of fake news.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.22,0:04:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can we do about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.88,0:04:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some very smart people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.82,0:04:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smart engineers at Google and Facebook,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.31,0:04:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are trying to use technology\Nto stop the spread of fake news.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.40,0:04:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But beyond that, I think\Neverybody here -- you and I --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.17,0:04:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a role to play in that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.38,0:04:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the ones who share the content.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.70,0:04:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the ones who share\Nthe stories online.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.23,0:04:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this day and age, we're all publishers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.54,0:05:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.05,0:05:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my job as a journalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.38,0:05:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I check, I verify.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.44,0:05:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I trust my gut, but I ask tough questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.62,0:05:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is this person telling me this story?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.52,0:05:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do they have to gain\Nby sharing this information?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.04,0:05:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they have a hidden agenda?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.68,0:05:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really believe that we must all start\Nto ask tougher questions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.20,0:05:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of information that we discover online.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.67,0:05:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Research shows that some of us\Ndon't even read beyond headlines
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.43,0:05:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we share stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.56,0:05:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who here has done that?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.94,0:05:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I have.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.44,0:05:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.30,0:05:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we stopped taking information\Nthat we discover at face value?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.25,0:05:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we stop to think\Nabout the consequence
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.85,0:05:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the information that we pass on
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.32,0:05:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its potential to incite\Nviolence or hatred?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.60,0:06:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we stop to think\Nabout the real-life consequences
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.15,0:06:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the information that we share?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.10,0:06:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much for listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.93,0:06:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)