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Trending: How Fresh is Neymar’s Banana?

03/05/2014

How Fresh is Neymar’s Banana?

BBC World Service - Trending, How Fresh is Neymar’s Banana?

Reclaiming the banana, shoplifting on social media,  and Kenya’s twar with South Africa

Shoplifting communities on Tumblr - #BBCTrending investigate the online ‘Bling Ring’. And, why the global anti-racism #weareallmonkeys might not be all it seems.

If you committed a crime, would you share it with the world? #BBCTrending investigates Tumblr’s ‘Bling Ring’; a community that gets its kicks from shoplifting. Presenter Mukul Devichand is joined by BBC Trending’s Hannah Moore. 

The anti-racism #weareallmonkeys has been tweeted almost 400,000 times in response to footballer Dani Alves eating a banana thrown onto the pitch. But is the campaign all it seems? BBC Brasil’s Bruno Garcez drops in to tell us more. 

Plus, Kenya takes on South Africa in a Twitter battle with #someonetellsouthafrica. Mukul gets a ringside interview with comedian and social media hit Erick Omondi to find out why Kenya’s up in arms on social media.

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