are are a few biggies really besides your bogus a who says on twitter argue really meant to talk this much to each other. really think about. how quickly culture has transformed and whether we've really caught up to what we're doing right and until we again figure out and those actually what are much bigger questions while we do spend so much time on social media in this disaster and bring this back to you how do we regulated in a way that is you know over strikes misinformation that is often tending out to be dangerous having an impact on elections around the world while keeping the internet the sort of free and democratic and open to all ideas. i think what's what's happened is as years have gone by the amount of information that's being thrown out is increasing exponentially so the amount of

time that each of us can spend to words any individual piece of information decreases until we now are just browsing and so we're just skipping them swiping through hundreds or maybe tens of hundreds of articles every day and clearly we're not getting the whole picture somehow but the only way that you can get at the human aspect of this is is to is to change the way information is being consumed and this is again something that completely goes against the way the u.i. the or the. the way in which these platforms have been designed they're being designed for us to fall into the type of consuming more and more information because that's how they get that money from by showing us ads that that correspond to the articles that they are seeing and so maybe the technical level the only way to change this is to change the design of the search me about. from start

encourages slower reading more careful thinking and more critical of all that tells you that whatever sasha dreams you know what will tech companies do that especially if it's not the way they have made money so far. yes well i guess some part of their business model might need to change some point they will need to do that and you're on to you're already seeing that they're doing some of this so the fact checking the fact checking by now that it's coming on you tube is a is a good example is a good very initial baby steps are the example of you are encouraging critical thinking abilities so if you're if you're seeing a video in your suitcase think carefully about it sort of like the surgeons or it was forming that says you know cigarettes are dangerous and ok we agree not to have very long left in the program and i would like to ask mr and mr gets to very quick questions both with the indian elections coming up a minute lee you know the world's biggest democracy and the european parliament

elections coming up in may what needs to happen in both places for misinformation to not have a really negative impact on these crucial votes in the south or i'll start with you you have about a minute. yeah i think it's it's a very difficult question and it's important i think ensuring transparency in political funding of political ads is something that both google and facebook have been pretty proactive in announcing their initiatives for and so that's i think very important thing for ensuring the integrity of election related content on the platform i think i would like to see an expansion of. at least a conversation about expanding the understanding of what kind of content should get taken down from the platform because if for instance hate speech graphic violence and other types of speech are regulated wind maybe why not misinformation if it can be used in such a violent potentially violent way thank you very much mr good's you have about

thirty seconds. misinformation but for the by political entities is actually itself also information so it also kind of gives us some insight into a certain groups think about the public that they're responding to when they give the misinformation so the facebook or you tube or whatever just we're moving in this information actually kind of removes the fact that these groups which are allied to the first place which itself is a tradition that we need. to go thank you very much for that and i want to thank all of i guess for this very important and fascinating discussion it's great to get your expertise on this that's aria in new delhi nolan and it's an end ska day and michelle in south three and london and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion to go to our facebook page that facebook dot com forward slash a.j. and side story you can also join the conversation on twitter ahead of us at a.j. and side story from me as

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hello from doha everyone on come on santa maria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera after a day of rolling power outages venezuelans hit the streets once again to protest in rival branagh's anger and demonstrations across algeria to crowds continue to demand president bush if they could step aside after twenty five years of. the founder of the u.s. military contractor blackwater admits to al-jazeera he did meet donald trump's campaign team but that's not what he told congress. the minute. drives. and abused rejected and humiliated we need a nigerian human trafficking victim who managed to escape but has left thousands like her behind in mali. and on time how much with all the sporting killing the pakistan government asking cricket governing body to take action against india's national team indian players that war on the caps that during friday's game against

australia as a show of support for their military. rival rallies are underway in venezuela. president nicolas maduro and the opposition. both called on support has to come out in support heavy government security has been deployed along the opposition leader's route the rallies as millions of venezuelans have seen some of the longest electricity blackouts in recent memory has been restored in some cities but there has been damage done already to a crumbling health care system so here are teams on the ground in the region. yes he is in on the venezuelan border we'll be with him shortly let's start with you in caracas the protests how's it been going to reza.

now and then out of the people have arrived here too i mean do you have a code in cadillac i think of the marriott that used to be controlled most but a government by government supporters but now one why though the opposition leader has asked people to gather year to protest here initially it was expected that people would meet in three different points in cuttack up but the minute that there were i get the word that the tension here were three people already in the morning they were trying to set up what they did they were detained by the government thing why you go ask people to come directly to this place to protest against the government of nikola motherhood of all of this code that they have waiting in the middle of what many fate is the biggest power of power cut in the country three a massive power cut that has left venezuela mostly. even though it has started electricity has started to be restored in some parts of the country in neighborhoods like this one for example still has not been returned that has generated a critical situation not only here in the capital but around the country are you

when you say you were a doctor union as reporting that at least sixteen people have died because of this power outages mostly affecting hospital people on life support among other things that heavily dependent on electricity but what the interesting is that on this protest people have here right here in avenue that victoria government opponents are protesting but not far away right towards the end of kut acas there is another demonstration of those who are defending the government defending me for saying that the changes that need to happen in venezuela need to happen with chavez socialist revolution and they're also saying that the power outage that has affected this country was an act of that without you know tony by the from the united states but also from the opposition of course people here deny that government opponents are saying that the situation in press of infrastructure in venezuela has continued to deteriorate over the years that the power cuts show the

lack of investment that havoc that they have that it only adds up to an extremely critical situation with shortages of food of many things with millions of people that have left the country and that's why they're pushing for change with the sun to raise the but there are rival rallies going on supporters of both sides is there a risk so why don't come here with these protests given that i mean there have been attempts to maybe not attempts to arrest him before but threats so. well it is unlikely that we'll see any type of clashes between. supporters and the opposition basically because they're separated by the police earlier today we were right here and there was lots of tension. people wanted to take over this part of it as a part of the bin pride definitely so with the aged with heavy smoke with supporters of cavite and that's why they did not want good people to demonstrate in that part

of the city but they started to push you know we members of the police and the party you decided to leave this area behind they abandon the area and that's why the opposition is protesting in that part of that i got right now what we know is that one way you don't expect it to arrive any minute now we don't know exactly where years mostly because of communication there's been a power cut that is also affecting telephone lines among other things and that why people nothing was happening and that it. was right there any minute now ok we'll come back to housing when that happens to. cross the border on the colombian side of the venezuelan border his on the sun. how much is all that anger that we see teresa illustrating in caracas reflected way you are. whatever happens in the capital gets reflected here on the border but the reality

is that for a lot of people who live close to the border with the most important thing being able to find food. in their towns and cities i just came back from the border where thousands of people were crossing along the. routes close to the main bridges between. them carrying bags filled with the goods they need to bring back into all these people are not participating in the protests that were called by the opposition now we know that a group position supporters did try to. stay in the main city in this state. right on the other side here in the came. clashed with the national guard that's what we're being told by

a local reporters there and they were easily dispersed by the police and the national guard with the use. gas they were trying to set up a stage there and they were able to do so so there's no doubt people go people are extremely angry as much in the capital as they are here on the border many of them are saying that they need to think about their family first and they are not participating in these protests tell us more about the situation because you know the united states has been particularly sending a lot of is simply all just stuck there on the border because nicolas maduro doesn't want to. that seems to be the case there's more than six hundred tons of goods that have a arrived in most of them by the united states we're looking at food. also.

that are necessary in hospitals such as. there's no real menace in here so far because this story has not been set up properly to keep especially since they don't know for how long the. elements will remain here at the border we understand that the opposition is trying to move these. on february twenty third when they try to do so and also clashes continued here for days now the situation has calmed down since but essentially because there hasn't been any new attempt to move this in the country the. border remains shut legal crossings remain closed by stop people from crossing into the as we have reported in past days now the. focus now on trying to open

humanitarian corridor to facilitate the entering. those who are sick and need to reach hospitals in. many kids that go to schools but that hasn't happened yet so many are. using these dangerous illegal paths that are controlled by the military. many. paramilitary. group. so this situation remains call right now and the border is definitely very volatile to change quite. yet. we move to other news and algeria's government is taking action to quell the largest anti-government protests nearly thirty years education ministry has ordered colleges and universities to close their campuses two weeks ahead of the scheduled spring break young people played

a big part in the mass demonstrations reflecting the high youth unemployment protests intensified last week and president of the disease put to flicker announced he would be seeking a fifth term in office more now from hashem who's covered the region extensively for he says what role are gerry's military decides to play will be key as the protest movement gains momentum in algeria the big question is what will be the army's next move the army being the most powerful establishment in algeria that will depend on many factors we have to wait and see what happens on the thirtieth of march when the constitutional court will. approve those illegitimate to run for the presidential elections and i think that could ignite more anger in algeria the general sentiment now among many people in the protests the opposition is that the elections should be postponed and they say that they don't think that

the environment could be conducive to and instability in algeria i think of the momentum continues over the coming weeks the army will definitely have to step in now they're cautiously monitoring the situation on the ground and they're looking for that balancing act they don't want to be seen siding with. and of the same time sounding against the algerian people the two statements made over the past few days by the. army chief guy backfired he asked people who warned people against any acts of instability but for many people this was an act of intimidation trying to tell the people if you decide to continue to protest the army might interfere so i think they are trying to gauge with way the wind is going to blow in the coming days in algeria but this is quite a remarkable moment in the modern history of algeria the country has gone through

a series of political crises nine hundred sixty five the those who fought for the independence of algeria disagreed about how to move forward and the pave the way for the first military coup in algeria in one thousand nine hundred one the army had to step in and block the political process in a syria to prevent the islamists from abroad in the country an act which still continues to divide the years you have those who say it was a wise decision by the army and those who say that was the moment there has prevented algeria from building a strong vibrant democracy and this explains why now the army is very cautious about how to move forward but i think if the momentum continues to build a gas president abdelaziz bouteflika and his bid to run fourth fifth it could be the moment for the army to step in and look for another turnout of eric prince the founder of the private u.s. security company blackwater has admitted to meeting members of the trump presidential campaign in august of twenty sixteen even though he told congress he

had had no connection with trump's team at the time in question by matthew hutson on al jazeera as a head to head program the blackwater founder said the public transcripts of the congressional hearing could be wrong. what you didn't tell congress is that on august third twenty sixteen you were at a meeting during the campaign at trump tower with don jr trump son which stephen miller then a campaign advisor to trump with george nader a former blackwater colleague of yours who acts as a back channel to the saudis there moralities you're supposed to be convicted paedophile and also joel's imo an israeli expert on social media manipulation how come you didn't mention that meeting to congress given it's so relevant to their investigation. i did as part of the part of the investigations i certainly disclosed in the any meetings the very new i had on the congressional testimony you gave to the house we went through it you didn't mention anything about august twenty sixth meeting in trump tower they specifically asked you what context you have and you didn't answer that. i don't believe i was asked that question you

asked whether any community for communications or contact with the campaign you said apart from writing papers putting up yard signs know. what you said i've got the transcript of the conversation here. i mean i might have been i think it was at trump headquarters or the campaign headquarters might be our august third twenty sixteen usable and is really due to a back channel to the emirate in the saudis don't junior steven miller were there to talk about iran policy through that about iran policy do you think that's something important to disclose to the house intelligence committee while you're under oath you did you didn't we just went through the testimony there's no mention of the trump tower meeting because twenty sixteen were not. i don't know if they got the transcript wrong. or they got the transcript wrong so we could i don't know i remember i remember certainly does dismiss is that we didn't get you because we know that robert muller he hasn't been able to establish collusion it but he has got a lot of guys for lying to the authorities and not telling the whole truth is that a problem now even if you accidentally didn't tell them that could come back and

haunt you. i fully cooperated i haven't heard anybody i haven't heard from anybody in more than nine months i mean i mean members of congress after they discover this media have talked about certain witnesses not telling the truth but you believe you told congress about this meeting even if not in the transcript just to be clear i believe so. let's talk to share tansey about this in washington she had is the most important part of that exchange perhaps between matthew hutson and erik prince when he said to him robert muller has got people for lying in the past i.e. the cover up over the crime. exactly and what's what is interesting about that exchange is how prepared erik prince seems to be for being off about that given this is something that has been rumbling away since last may when the new york times broke the story that this meeting took place at trump tower at eric prince's instigation in direct in direct conflict to the testimony he

gave to congress so it's all that he seems to think well maybe the transcript is wrong because this is about a question that's been circulating for some time well no no no one question the transcript in the past it has to be said as to erik prince did not did not mention this meeting to congress when he appeared before the one that's a felony and he could go he could go to prison for that he also said that no one's contacted him and nine months actually from what we understand the house justice committee has asking for more for more documentation just in the last few weeks as part of their inquiries now into the people around all of the people alleged to be around donald trump so it is it is rather striking that that he seems to be so unaware of the control of a c. about this about his testimony to congress and the new york times you know the new york times report last year which said that it appears that he perjured himself he talked about the house committee the sheriff i guess the most important thing going forward is that that is now a house controlled by the democrats and they are unlikely to take the foot off the

pedal when it comes to anything to do with donald trump and robert muller in the russian investigation. right not just not just the rusher investigation but all sorts of issues related to donald trump whether it be his campaign his charity his business and family members these are all now issues that are being investigated the democrats clearly believe that this drip drip of investigation of of hearings of subpoenas of and so on will lead to an atmosphere that will make the electorate think twice perhaps about voting for it all drop no no real passion for impeaching donald trump beginning impeachment proceedings which would obviously fail because the senate is controlled by the republicans i mean there are there is a question as to whether that might backfire for the democrats and people just have sort of subpoena fatigue you congressional investigation fatigue not really care that much by twenty twenty but this is going to go to run and run i have a feeling that this the prince's performance that what might actually bleed into

some of this it's also been that he was saying it was talking to iran we didn't know about that before the new york times suggested he was just simply talking about social media campaign strategies for the trump campaign i guess there's no it is able cation anything any wrongdoing was any anything against the law what happened at this meeting. it is but as you say the cover up can be and we were the only crime chaper towns in washington thank you for that she had. and the full interview with erik prince on head to head with. over one hundred hours g.m.t. on sunday and then online dot com. here's what else is coming up on this news hour with break that coming up living abroad are wondering well what little mean for them. and the women's world football champions launch a lawsuit over gender discrimination sonorous along with your sport and later.

the deadline for civilians to leave the syrian village of fast approaching the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say they will resume their assaults on ice on saturday after they polls the fighting to allow civilians to get out more than sixty thousand people mostly women and children are now seeking shelter in the kurdish run whole camp and living in cramped conditions in the camp is now said to be at breaking point the capture of will mark the end of isis rule in parts of syria and iraq the un's refugee agency chief has been experiencing firsthand what life is like for syrians who fled the fighting for the program the visited refugees in lebanon and says the u.n. won't pressure them into returning home. they're worried they're they're fearful of security they are thinking about their destroyed houses of their lack of jobs in all these are very important human factors that need to be addressed but i think that if we continue to work on the syrian side maybe more people will make this

decision in more confidence it is very important you know very well our position that any return be not only safe and dignified but also voluntary that people have to make that decision by themselves and should not be pressured or pushed and i think that continues to be our position but of course for those who return they will be they will be supported by us and we're certainly not as has been said in the past but these not being said anymore we're not blocking any return we would be it would not be our job to do that respect and also the co-chair of the a u.b. for refugees initiative which focuses on the refugee crisis he says security is the main issue preventing syrians from going out. they're thinking about going home. most of them want to go back to their home around seventy percent of

the syrians in the region and countries around syria hosting the refugees around five point six million of them are hosted in the neighboring countries of syria want to go back eighty eight percent of those and lebanon want to go back but they cannot go back at the moment when we ask them about their you know ability to move in the next six months or a year this percentage drops significantly and for valid reasons things are not yet clear when it comes to ensuring security back home thirty percent of the housing stock is destroyed the economy is in very dire situation in syria the syrian pound has lost eight hundred percent of its value so there's a lot of question marks that are being asked by the syrians in the region at the moment in the countries hosting them but they clearly the security question that needs to be you know. and they they need to make do get assurances that when

they go back home they're not going to get into the gate or maybe get checked or maybe taken into the prison the british home secretary said the job is under pressure from fellow conservative party members it's been criticised over his handling of the case of a british teenager who went to syria to join i so shamima bacon she had asked to return to london with her baby but the infant has since died at a camp for the internally displaced people in northeastern syria conservative lawmakers are saying more could have been done to help the british government had actually stripped her of her citizenship for joining us. now a funerals been held for palestinian protesters near the gaza border tom died from his wounds after being shot in the head by israeli forces the health ministry says more than forty people wounded during the fiftieth week of demonstrations out of stimulus have staged a protest since march last year calling for the lifting of an israeli egyptian

blockade imposed on the area since two thousand and seven. students protesting in sudan's capital khartoum despite a state of emergency very they're angry with the government for detaining protesters demonstrations have been going on since december on friday president bashir ordered the release of all female protesters officials say thirty one people have died in protest related violence so far human rights watch there puts the death toll at fifty one. morgan in the. fall of the directors of president bashir thirty eight women have been released from prison according to the door for lawyers association now let's remember we don't know how many women have been arrested in the first place the government has not given a clear figure to how many women were detained since the protests started more than eleven weeks ago in fact the government hasn't given a clear figure to how many people both male and female were arrested but what we do know is that thirty eight women so far have been released that number does not include the women who have been sentenced to jail for their participation in trials

and that number does not also include the women who are pending charges because of their participation in protest over the past few weeks now again we don't know how many women were arrested in the first place but activists say that the number could go as high as one hundred fifty women who have been arrested we've spoken to family members over the past few weeks and they have expressed concerns about the well being of their female relatives who have been detained some of them tweeted out on social media and on facebook that they are very relieved to have their family members back and that they are very happy to know that they are doing well and that they will be taking them for basically medical check up to make sure that everything is ok with them but again this is not mean the end of the process the president has repeatedly said that he wants dialogue and this could be part of his initiative to try to show the protesters and the demonstrators that he's trying to pave way for a dialogue but people are saying that they don't want any talks with them we have spoken to many demonstrators over the past few weeks and they say that is not going to be the solution their calls for more protests tomorrow and in the coming weeks and they say they will not stop until the government steps down something the

president said he's not going to do and he's already are now. it's the state of emergency that is set to last for a year and most of the people who've been arrested over the past couple of weeks have been charged have been charged and pride in our courts in something called emergency courts which were set up to make sure that the people who've been protesting have basically are being charged and due process takes its course so it's not clear how long this will go and where it will end but at the moment we have protesters and demonstrators will very determined to continue until the president steps down and we have a president and a government that seems to be very defiant and not willing to step down until elections come next year protests on the streets of paris for the seventeenth successive weekend of wearing a new color the pink vests have joined the yellow vest fuel tax protesters to march along the best known street in france the. following international women's day they're promoting women's rights and protesting government economic policies president in one year marker on so-called great national debate aimed at ending the

protests. itself next week so we have you on this news hour why some young men.