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Trending: #PantsDown in Kenya, and the ‘Evil Tongue’ Online

#PantsDown in Kenya, and the ‘evil tongue’ online

04/10/2014

#PantsDown in Kenya, and the ‘Evil Tongue’ Online

BBC World Service - Trending, #PantsDown in Kenya, and the ‘Evil Tongue’ Online

Pastors caught with their pants down trend in Kenya

#Pantsdown in Kenya; the ‘evil tongue’ online in the Jewish community; Hong Kong rich girl slams taxpayers on Facebook; and more trends from across the world.

#Pantsdown has been tweeted thousands of times by Kenyans following a film in which a church pastor is caught in a compromising situation with a woman who isn’t his wife. The video on YouTube has had over 250,000 views and there are other similar films out there. Now Kenyans are using #PantsDown to discuss the morality of the Anglican church. Anne-Marie Tomchak speaks to one blogger who believes the films are scams, and asks a pastor whether members of the clergy are being targeted. 

We find out how the daughter of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive has enraged people in the region by thanking tax payers for her luxury fashion items on Facebook. We also learn about the power of lashon Hara - Hebrew for ‘evil tongue’ or gossip - after a video about a rabbi buying lamb started spreading online.      

Anne-Marie Tomchak is joined in the studio by India Rakusen from the Trending team and down the line by Ruth Nesoba from BBC Nairobi and Heather Chen from BBC News Asia.  

(Photo: Man with jeans pants down. Credit: Shutterstock)

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