Spider Dog
The story behind YouTube sensation Spider Dog. And #BurnIsisFlagChallenge 鈥� the social media fightback against Islamic State.
Spider Dog is the latest global YouTube sensation. Who is behind it? 成人快手 Trending's Anna Meisel heads to Poland to meet the man who has terrified over 80 million viewers, made a fortune from his films, and claims he just wants to make Poles smile more. But why鈥檚 he so unpopular with the local police?
#BurnIsisFlagCHallenge and others burning the ISIS flag have started a big debate about how to challenge the image of Islamic State radicals. The US government has released its own anti-IS video too. So what鈥檚 behind this social media fightback? We hear from one of those who started the flag-burning campaign in Lebanon. Presenter Mukul Devichand is joined in the Trending Studio by 成人快手 Arabic鈥檚 Abdirahim Saeed
(Image: Dog in a spider dog prankster outfit, known as Spider-Dog. Credit: S A Wardega)
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Controlling the message: US government uses Islamic State images
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The Spider Dog Sensation in Poland
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- Sat 13 Sep 2014 10:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online
- Sun 14 Sep 2014 03:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online
- Sun 14 Sep 2014 22:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online
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