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Does College ‘Party’ App Yeti Encourage Criminal Behaviour?

Duration: 18 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service East AsiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

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An alleged sexual assault has surfaced through the controversial social network Yeti – Campus Stories, also dubbed a college ‘party’ app. How does it work, and why are so many students using it to upload illicit material?

And – a video that suggests an Egyptian man died after being tortured by police has been widely shared on Facebook. It’s the latest in a spate of recent deaths that have spurred people to speak out against the government on social media. Now some are drawing parallels with similar events that triggered the Egyptian revolution in 2011.

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