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Snapchat Surgery

Millions regularly tune in to gory videos of live plastic surgery operations on snapchat. It鈥檚 raised questions about how young women are being advertised to on the app.

We look at the new Snapchat subculture where millions of people tune in to gory live videos of plastic surgery operations. It鈥檚 raised some worrying questions about how young women are being advertised to on the app.

Plus why has a British author鈥檚 account of her time in Zambia outraged Africans online?

Produced by Kate Lamble and Anisa Subedar

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大象传媒 World Service except News Internet

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