for the only goal of the gang is strike moves up to the heady heights of 4th and deals another blow to labor who's going to slay the hopes. and that's it for me and the news team up next our technology show shift looks at the role social networks are playing on restricting free speech i will be back with more news at the top now i'm rebecca written don't go away. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a new telling the painter should put just one to the shadow and if you newspapers when official information as a journalist i had walked off the streets of many counters and there are always the same forward to social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption we can afford to stay silent when

it comes to the fans of the human to see the microphones 400 decide to put their trust in us. jenny harrison and part of the. twitter facebook the enormous power of social media has never been so clear since the rioters stormed the u.s. capitol in washington the platforms out of control and what role has opened up for new players like mv today. u.s. president trump pretty much got them to. use twitter to speak directly to his almost 90000000 followers among them were fans and foes people in politics in business and

from the press win win situation for trump and twitter for a long time but now social media has suddenly put the brakes on by blocking his accounts private companies are betting the world's most powerful man from speaking out what does it mean when digital corporations have this much influence. literature account and to real donald trump a 89000000 followers now all that's left of his beloved megaphone and weapon of choice is his twitter handle. trump fired over 12200 tweets in 2020 alone often with alarming content. with just a few words on twitter said trump was able to mobilize his supporters who recently even stormed the capitol in washington d.c. trump raised them on the popular social media site. by sun and donald trump facebook and twitter how to accomplish what police and

politicians basically failed to do prevent a further escalation in violence social media the president but this raises new questions should social media posts people locked if so which posts and who gets to decide and meanwhile trump tweeted from other accounts rallying support and planning further action. twitter has deleted his tweets and stated that any other account he uses will be subject to suspension with many other platforms within his reach it won't be hard to make his voice heard. his own platform well that's one way to stop people from silencing him many right wing conservatives had already jumped ship from twitter and facebook anyway because of blocking and the lead and headed for alternative platforms like me we. and it was a particular that many radical supporters rallied to storm the capitol. is what it

looked like. they shared photos of themselves in the capital. they made fun of frightened politicians and threatened them with violence violent hate speech has been trending on the platform with calls. to kill the pedophile elites hang them and tighten the noose which social media uses who wants to crash the system and throw politicians behind bars. the group on the gap network says that when democracy becomes tyranny being armed is the only option. and of course there have been plenty of misses and sexist insults flying around. also in the firing line of these alternative platforms in media and major social

networks you just believe the dead being infiltrated by communists and that global elites are systematically suppressing the truth anyone caught in the circles could be led to believe it's all a big conspiracy against a patriotic americans. these opinions were so extreme that apple and google remove the polyp from their app stores amazon immediately cut its hosting services to part of the network is now temporarily offline. against what they say is a politically motivated decision why is this particular platform being held to account at the same time the hashtag hang mike pence then viral on twitter shortly after the capitol was stormed. and extreme conspiracy videos are still as widely available as ever on you tube moderating content is a tricky business and not exactly a success story yet eps like palm market themselves as mediators all unbiased news

and an alternative to the big players a place where users have freedom and that uses take this one step further as this post trolls. but if you're thinking that only trigger happy right wing extremist proud these alternative platforms then think again the main investor in the network which was founded in 2018 is rebecca most of the mercer family. biggest supporters many opinion leaders and republicans. detentions and i have pollack counts a liberal groups on the ill to of weapons well tim berners lee is on me weezer advisory board the man who is generally credited with inventing the world wide web and a long time can pay not for internet. the call for freedom of speech is of course not just the right wing phenomenon. one conspiracy theory making the rounds is that microsoft founder bill gates unleashed the corona virus so that he could implant everyone with a chip understand michigan new world order. facebook and twitter have been removing

this content and banning the users who push it online like donald trump that is why tech startups like polit have searched in popularity founded 2 years ago this twitter alternative recorded more than half a 1000000 downloads and a single week to social network me we climb to 3rd place in the apple and google app stores because both are now content that is now banned on twitter and facebook there's been a flurry of posts and comments making role speculations about the side effects of the covert 19 vaccines. they warn against vaccinating children even though the best scene has not yet been tested on them and isn't approved for anyone under the age of 16. month weinstein is the founder of me we. know what we'll i was free speech and common rules. so if. you have an opinion whether a vaccine is affective or an

a and you are no posting heat content inciting violence. breaking the wall then that's none of your business social media is what section $230.00 is all about it protects freedom of speech. this is also important to consider this is cool google he believes that democrats stole the u.s. presidential election we watched them open to me we account he firmly believes that facebook and twitter want to stifle voices like his. drawing that i was so hard for going to a place for serial port i want the liberal server to i want them to do. i want to hear what they have to say they have a discourse we're referring to each other. one of us is always. but so far here both attempts to find a spectrum of political opinions on the new tentative social networks have been in

vain the only follow a suggestions he received some parlor right wing conservatives like fox news presenter hannity phil robertson from the reality t.v. show duck dynasty and donald trump winterburn trump he swiftly joined ponit these new social networks are also quickly becoming dangerous echo chamber. echo chamber that's something you hear a lot of the moment i think twitter facebook etc played a crucial role in dividing society for years they've been luring their customers into these bubbles song them only what aligns with their worldview to keep them on their platform for longer and make more money from the controversial and shocking clips are rife because they hold the users attention perhaps is no wonder that some users see the current intervention as an infringement of their freedom and are looking for other spaces where they're not silenced until now u.s.

platforms have not been required to moderate or censor content thanks to a law that was established in the $990.00 s. one that is cyber security expert describes as the $26.00 words that created the internet. silicon valley is home of social media networks and section $230.00 is the foundation they rest upon. it states that companies like facebook and twitter are not liable for the content posted on their platforms. this section of the u.s. communications decency act is seen by many as a carte blanche to publish anything and everything. but these sites might soon have this immunity to min. their position as impossible publishes would be history it would mean big changes for users to. women eric goldman in the heart of silicon valley mountain view he's

a law professor and trains lawyers to work with tech companies he says platforms cannot be held responsible for all content. section $23.00 it's become a euphemism for the broader phenomenon of tech clash there's a lot of anger towards the existing internet incumbents and feel like they have too much power and that they're really not power in a poor way and section 230 is viewed as a tool that they rely upon in order to engage in this abusive activity. there are several bills that address the $16.00 to $30.00 reform the proposed changes would affect 3 key areas which content can be removed to whom to section to 30 apply and how will companies known its online content in breach of regulations a 3rd category is to try and impose some kind of procedure on governance over internet services to say whatever content you're dealing with this is the way in which we want you to manage your content moderation operate on something like the

pact that says you have to provide people who want to complain about content a phone number and if you remove context to tell the people who come to the room why it was removed. perhaps with these extra more transparent one of the available channels of communication for reporting inappropriate content users would think twice before posting in the 1st place goldman is critical of the reforms saying they want to keep tech giants in line but they will drive startups and smaller companies into financial ruin we're competing with another fine example how do we have a user edited encyclopedia in a world where the operator that service is liable for whatever problems are created by their users it simply doesn't exist what's the world look like if we take we would keep. yeah we take away services like reddit that let us talk to each other and explore conversations we're not having anywhere else. the internet has of course opened up new horizons of possibilities but right now social media is

like an uncontrollable tidal wave of fake news and hate speech with serious consequences for all of us it's an almost impossible conflict to result but for me one thing is clear the decision about what can and cannot be said should not lie with private companies and we as uses need to shopping up fact check best of us social media listen to people's opinions that contradict our own and report hate speech to the operators it's worth i want time what do you think do you support complete freedom of speech or do you think content should be moderated is it ok to ban someone after they've been warned or is that censorship that is not on facebook you tube on d.w. dot com that's all for me so you next time.

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