Corporate Diplomacy
After battling the so-called Islamic State, Kurds find a new foe in Facebook.
A Kurdish activist in Stockholm runs a popular Facebook page devoted to saving the Syrian city of Kobane from Islamic State militants. But the page is under attack from Facebook administrators. We find out why Facebook targets the Kurds, and hear how the social media giant determines what is appropriate to publish.
Also, the Volkswagen scandal as seen from an American dealer's point of view. We look at a new industry popping up in Guatemala that employs ‘searchers’ to connect adopted children with their birth parents. And we meet Christian Ray Flores, the man who supplied the soundtrack for Boris Yeltsin's Rock the Vote.
(Photo: The ‘Save Kobane’ Facebook page. Facebook routinely takes down its posts. Credit: Christopher Livesay)
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The man behind Boris Yeltsin's presidential anthem
Duration: 05:29
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The VW scandal from a US dealer’s point of view
Duration: 03:30
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Searching for birth families in Guatemala
Duration: 06:20
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- Sat 17 Oct 201504:32GMTBBC World Service
- Sat 17 Oct 201513:32GMTBBC World Service
- Sat 17 Oct 201519:32GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sat 17 Oct 201522:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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