this is g.w. newsline from berlin tonight president trump fires the 1st salvo in his battle with twitter. turned to social media giants like twitter receive the press and had to climb ability shield based on the theory that they're a neutral platform which they're not. using these social media company of stifling free speech and now he's signed an executive order challenging the protections against liability that have been the bedrock for free speech on the internet also coming up in us sitting in pain and protest following the death of

a black man in police custody minneapolis has seen a 2nd night of demonstrations of looting protesters say they're angry over the death of george floor he died shortly after police arrested him on monday and condemnation of china after it approves a new security law in hong kong the decision is likely to further inflame tensions in the territory where protests escalate this week. i'm for golf it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order that could make social media companies legally liable for what users say on their platforms at the moment platforms such as things book and twitter cannot be held accountable for user generated content. trump signed the order after twitter fact checked his tweets

about mail in voting earlier this week trump accuses twitter of trying to stifle free speech and to influence the outcome of this year's presidential election twitter says the tweets had violated its rules on what it calls the keys social issue of voting. all right for more now i'm joined by even porter he's a sister professor at the school of media and public affairs at george washington university in washington d.c. and it's good to have you on the show so talk to us talk us through exactly what does this executive order do. it's good to be here the executive order has 2 things naturally it. removes protections that social companies social media companies have enjoyed which protected them from legal liability about the post of their users so before this executive order was signed in theory a user could post anything he or she wanted on social media and the company itself

would not be responsible if the material were libel or defamatory in any way under the executive order that's no longer the case now of course the executive order isn't going to be you know is going to hold up in a court exactly as it stands it's already clear that will be subjected to many aggressive legal challenges but there's a broader point here this executive order is about an aggressive retaliatory move that the trump administration is making in response to trump in fact check on twitter it's an attack on big tech companies that the faith picture matters here more than the smaller details of the executive order but they're likely to be rolled back and let me just ask you about what this executive order that the power that it has or does it have i understand you know the law that basically protects social media platforms from the post that you were on would you would post that comes from the 1996 communications decency act a law that was passed by congress so the us president he doesn't have the authority

to change the law only congress has that authority correct correct that's right this is a clear usurpation of congress is our enough already for that reason it will be challenged by many organizations and entities across the political spectrum already today in washington we're seeing groups from the left right and center voicing their objection to it. and the tweets in question that started this earlier this week that were flagged by twitter the u.s. president was claiming that mail in vote with ensure a rigged election in november but that's not true correct that is that is false right. there are some claims that are ambiguous perhaps. however as far as trump claims go there's no question trump was issuing a false a trump was advancing a falsehood and he was fact checked many public leaders are

a fact check constantly by aggressive fact checking organizations he didn't respond well to this fact check however and one of belt's social media companies should they be responsible for you know untruths being distributed on their platforms particularly in political campaigns. it's very clear that when fat checks are applied people respond across the political spectrum by becoming more accurate right so that therefore creates a disincentive for politicians to spread lies and misinformation ok social media companies can in should issue fact checks in order to convince people of the truth to let people know what's what and to separate that fiction's unfortunately we're out of time isn't border we appreciate your insights tonight thank you and there will be more about president trump's executive order that's coming up later in the business when we go to the u.s.

city of minneapolis which has been shaken by a 2nd night of angry demonstrations and looting following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody the mayor of the city in the state of minnesota has asked the governor to send in the national guard he's also called for criminal charges to be filed against the officer who arrested george floyd and u.s. department of justice says it has launched an investigation. minneapolis is a city on fire and outpouring of rage over the death of a black man at the hands of police this auto parts store is one of several businesses in the city that was set ablaze by angry protest is. elsewhere there was vandalism looting and clashes between demonstrators and riot police. in the minneapolis police department has praised its offices for showing restraint in their response. you know our officers.

did not do not intake nice people you know our officers were there they were present and reactionary and i will tell you that. it's amazing the amount of restraint. by. all of law enforcement out there america but it's the police's response in this incident that sparked the protests in this video taken by a bystander 46 year old george floyd is heard gasping for breath and petering with a policeman who has his knee on his neck you. know was the officer derrick children kept his knee on floyd's nick full several minutes even after he stopped speaking and moving floyd was pronounced dead at a hospital 90 minutes off to this encounter the lawyer representing his family says he was a victim of racism floyd had been arrested on suspicion that he'd used

a counterfeit 20 don a note at a nearby store. that was the allegation that he were. trying to. commit some kind of forgery which is worse a. crime. the police. use. excessive force when they can your opponent he just doesn't make sense and i'm all for it he's have said an autopsy will be performed to determine if the neck compression to his death the mayor of minneapolis has called for criminal charges against the officer who pinned down and the other police officers will with him at the scene have all been fired but that's not quelled the anger instead george floyd staff has sparked a fresh fear already in the us of a police treatment of black americans. or spoke with angela meyers the

2nd vice president of the minneapolis chapter of the and. it's a civil rights organization i asked her if she thought george floyd would still be alive today if he were a white man. i. know where a white man would not be on the ground we have seen with dylan reed we've seen with other white supremacist groups and even in minnesota and in massachusetts and in michigan and. the country there have been white. arms on both. ends with you know assault rifles and they have marched on the governor's mansion here in minnesota they have marched on capitals in kansas and in michigan and they have not been treated the same way they have not been a you in any type of way police have never put their hands on any white supremacists that are armed which i came across person who had an assault rifle and

i would be in fear of my life but yeah and who was in a lot of ways allegedly they're saying his alleged crime. or jury barry low misdemeanor not nonviolent crime he was on the ground and they really like he was not also was not resisting arrest. the nearby dragon. restaurant showing that he was not resisting officers officers chose to. minneapolis police department has banned and has not. called that is not. used in normal practice by police and now only that everyone who has been trained in martial arts. things like that they know that that is not only a way to murder someone to torturing them while murdering. there was angela meyers

there was the minneapolis. china is facing more criticism for its plan to impose a low restricting public protests in hong kong for democracy advocates say the law by leaves the freedoms of hong kong's special one country 2 systems status in a joint statement the united kingdom the united states australia and canada said the legislation would curtail people's liberties and dramatically erode the territory's all tanami diplomats say the u.n. security council will debate the issue on friday. disorder in hong kong's legislative council a democratic lawmaker has struggled to get past security guards with a bag he said it contained a rotten plant symbolizing what he said was the decay of hong kong's rule of law and way of life. the national people's congress approved plans to proceed with laws against anything china sees as

a threat to its authority over the semi autonomous region the law would allow mainland security agencies to operate openly in hong kong pro-democracy activists now feared for their civil liberties as the one who had been arrested for prizefight hall called police and they reach out for you times in the shadow of hong kong i've never imagined to be arrested by secret police is appointed by beijing. and it's other shows and as it is shenzhen want to show all beijing which would be a really terrible and i guess no differences of hong kong and china. china says the new law will benefit hong kong's long term prosperity and stability in the u.k. u.s. a strong and canada was swift to condemn the move we are deeply troubled about this step and we put out a joint statement and the decision now lies with china but if it follows through on this legislation and implements it it would clearly violate the autonomy of the

people of hong kong they have also been calls in germany to reprimand china over the incident obvious that we just cannot sit down and watch international law being broken by the chinese government and it's obvious that the implementation of the national security legislation would exactly bring this so it's obvious that the european countries have to come together as soon as possible to talk about consequences. of these new laws of china's latest move to question anything that undermines its national security they could take effect within the next few months . or the london based budget airline easyjet is cutting $4500.00 jobs that's 30 percent of its workforce but it's far from being the only airline suffering from the coronavirus pandemic the entire industry has lost significant altitude easyjet is another inevitable victim of the virus which has infected every single

european airline of course it's the workers who are suffering most as the businesses slash labor costs to stay afloat it's not just easy jet the rest of the industry is also slashing jobs ryanair and virgin aside to cut $3000.00 each with british airways to let go of $12000.00. outside of europe the story is the same and not just airlines but plane makers too some have gone out of business others reducing staffing costs wherever they can the biggest figure to date emirates is reportedly preparing to cut up 230000 posts some airlines including easy jet are already taking careful steps to reopen their networks so why cut jobs because damage has already been done trade body i.r. has warned that passenger demand could take until 2024 to reach preplanned demick levels for some airlines it's too late many are already bankrupt or in life support

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