Can Social Media Cause PTSD?
Can social media cause PTSD? New research suggests that viewing disturbing images shared on social media can cause lasting trauma – a suggestion some PTSD sufferers find outrageous. We weigh up the...
View Article'You Are not Your Marks!'
Your exam results should not define your future - that is the message going viral in India this week, as millions of school students brace themselves for results day. We talk to its author, the...
View ArticleHow Effective is ‘Child-Shaming’ Online?
Why do parents ‘shame’ their children online? In the wake of a string of viral ‘shaming’ videos, we meet the dad who has made a film of his own, telling parents to put a stop to the practise. It has...
View ArticleThe Fake Iraqi Battle that Got ‘Hijacked’ Online
What happens when you make up war stories and publish them on Twitter? We meet the man who invented ‘the battle of the cheese bladder’ in Iraq, and fooled supporters of Islamic State and the Shia...
View ArticleThe Feminist Who Exposes Rapists on YouTube
In India, a woman discovered that men were sharing videos of rape on WhatsApp, a private chat app. In response, she uploaded the videos to YouTube to ‘shame’ the rapists, but was she right to do so? We...
View ArticleCan Rap Be Halal?
Deen Squad are two new Muslim rappers who take hit mainstream songs and re-record them with deeply religious lyrics. They have built up a global following online, but is their music halal? And how do...
View ArticleWhat Is It Like To Be A Woman In Nigeria?
Meet Florence Warmate and her friends from a tiny book club in Abuja. Inspired by famous Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, they sparked a global conversation about everyday sexism. Find out...
View ArticleShould you go online with allegations of domestic violence?
This week millions of Facebook users watched an emotional video by an Irish woman, in which she spoke out about alleged abuse at the hands of her partner. But is it necessarily a good idea to take to...
View ArticleHow Did A Stolen Mobile Phone Trigger Racial Violence In Malaysia?
When two men from the ethnic Malay majority were arrested for allegedly stealing a mobile phone, it triggered what some are calling a ‘riot’ in Kuala Lumpur, fuelled by a furore on social media. Two...
View ArticleManga Series Banned in China
In China, the hugely popular comic series, Death Note has been banned. It is a Japanese comic series that tells the story of Light Yagami - a teenager who discovers a notebook that allows you to kill...
View ArticleBangladesh’s Murdered Bloggers
This year three atheist bloggers in Bangladesh were brutally attacked and murdered - seemingly for challenging religious belief. The suspects are Islamic extremists. It comes after a polarised online...
View ArticleBangladesh's Murdered Bloggers
Already this year, three atheist bloggers in Bangladesh have been brutally attacked and murdered - seemingly for challenging religious belief. The suspects are Islamic extremists. It comes after a...
View ArticleHow Far will India's Dog Lovers Go to Save Strays?
Vikas Panday from BBC Monitoring tells the trending team how a threat to cull stray dogs has led activists to call for a boycott of the state of Kerala in India. We speak to activists in Kerala as we...
View ArticleThis Comment Has Been Removed…
Is it time to get rid of the comments section? This month the Daily Dot decided it wasn’t worth the trouble and closed theirs down. They follow technology site The Verge, Slate and several other online...
View ArticleDon’t Punch Me! It’s A Prank
Over the past year online pranks have continued to spiral and go viral. Pranksters like Vitaly, Joey Salads, FouseyTube and Prank vs Prank get billions of views but some of the videos have been pushing...
View ArticlePoliticians And Their Deleted Tweets
Websites flagging up MP’s deleted tweets have been banned by Twitter. But has the social network made the right decision? We’re joined by the founder of Politwoops who believes the ban has made the...
View ArticleThe Star Pupil who Scored Zero in Every Exam
Meet Maryam Malak, considered one of Egypt’s top performing students before she scored zero in all seven of her exams. The incident caused outcry in the country, and many believe corrupt officials are...
View Article“Catch a thief and leave him paralysed” – the call for Peruvians to take...
Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a surge of Facebook groups calling Peruvians to take justice into their own hands and sharing videos showing beatings of alleged criminals. We talk to the...
View ArticleNeo-Nazi, Feminist and Jihadi - All At Once
Joshua Goldberg, a 20-year-old from Florida, stands accused of inciting others to behave violently - from a computer in his parent’s home, using a string of false identities. We hear from the victim of...
View ArticleThe Women “Shouting” their Abortions
This week on Trending… We hear why women around the world are sharing deeply personal stories about having an abortion and publishing their experiences to social media. And we talk to one of those who...
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