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Spider Dog

The story behind YouTube sensation Spider Dog. And #BurnIsisFlagChallenge – the social media fightback against Islamic State.

Spider Dog is the latest global YouTube sensation. Who is behind it? ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 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’s 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’s 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 ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Arabic’s Abdirahim Saeed

(Image: Dog in a spider dog prankster outfit, known as Spider-Dog. Credit: S A Wardega)

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18 minutes

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  • Sat 13 Sep 2014 10:32GMT
  • Sun 14 Sep 2014 03:32GMT
  • Sun 14 Sep 2014 22:32GMT

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