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Passengers Rise up Against Pakistan鈥檚 鈥榁IP Culture鈥
How social media turned on VIPs in Pakistan after politicians arrived late for a flight
The Fat Debate
The rise and controversy of the 鈥楩at Acceptance Movement鈥 online
#PantsDown in Kenya, and the 鈥楨vil Tongue鈥 Online
Pastors caught with their pants down trend in Kenya
Off grid conversations on Ebola in Sierra Leone
How Sierra Leoneans are discussing Ebola on private chat apps.
Nigerians discuss: bird, witch or victim?
How Nigerians 鈥渟aw鈥 a bird fly into an electrical wire and turn into a woman.
Using the F-word to Promote Feminism
How young girls swearing have sent a new feminist campaign viral
Clowns Strike Fear in France
How online prank videos sparked a clown craze; Myths of a female Kurdish fighter
Killing spree in Brazil, and 鈥榳e are not Madrasi鈥
How to impose a curfew before committing murder; and the north-south divide in India
Silenced Online in Libya and the Russian 'Rotten West' Meme
The Libyan activists targeted online and killed. And the 'Rotten West' meme in Russia.
Ebola songs and Ragging in India
Africa鈥檚 own song to highlight Ebola and a fight for Justice in India
YouTube Star LeFloid and a Filipina Rescue
German celebrity vlogger, and a Filipina maid in Saudi Arabia
Yamecanse in Mexico and Serial Podcast Detectives
Outcry over 43 missing students, and unpicking a murder case
Irish Water Protests and Egyptian Spiderman
Spiderman in Cairo, Irish water protests, and the natural hair video
Recycled Shoe Photo and Russian Zen
An image shared in Pakistan, and coping with economic woes.
There are 23 Amazing Reasons This Radio Programme Will Change Your Life
The wave of digital upstarts that are transforming journalism
Social Media: Not What, but Where you Say it
A look into where discussions are taking place on social networks
Facing the Taliban: Videos call out religious extremism in Pakistan
Showing 鈥榝ace鈥 from China to Pakistan in the video challenges trending this week
Exposing racists and getting them fired, the vigilantes policing the internet
From policing to trolling. Can online vigilantes go too far?
#Freespeechstories: Arrested for a Tweet
Kenyan blogger arrested for causing public anxiety, and wedding crashers' stories
Mystery donor鈥檚 largesse to French gamers
The mystery donor 鈥榬ewarding鈥 French gamers, and named and shamed by Ecuador鈥檚 President
Disability as Inspiration: Positive or Patronising?
Does the use of disability as inspiration over simplify and patronise?
The Chapel Hill shootings hashtag; and moral policing Valentine鈥檚 Day in India.
Why was #ChapelHillShooting so quick to label the murder a hate crime?
Sexuality and sexual harassment in China and Turkey
Sexual harassment and sexuality, debates on social media in China and Turkey this week.
鈥淔rom today I want to live and be known as a boy鈥: the trending videos of transgender children
Stories of transgender children; Ukrainian and Russians students reach out on Youtube
Parodies of Islamic State
Is it ok to laugh at Islamic State?
Saudi Arabia鈥檚 Whistleblower
Who has apparently beeh leaking secrets about the Saudi royal family?
Space invasive comedy and Iraq鈥檚 鈥楢ngel of Death鈥
Who is the man Iraqi鈥檚 are calling the Angel of Death, Abu Azrael?
大象传媒 Trending in Mexico: 6 months after the Ayotzinapa 43
An audience in Mexico City debates whether recent protests add up to a 鈥楳exican Spring鈥
Social Media Versus the Government
In Mexico City we hear from some influential people on Mexican social media
Faces of Prostitution
Australian sex workers fight stigma, and proud to be rich in Mexico