will be more of her brand of compromise oriented conservatism the new leader now has to unite his party and make the case for continuity. this comes from him but in the reputation of chancellor merkel both here and internationally can be summed up in one word trust we need this trust as a party it's high but you can't just pass trust on trust for has to be earned by. these us for trial one more small alibi to. broad support for politicians is all the more important in a time when democracy is under threat lash it not known as a power and policy expert mentioned this international perspective. fateh want us. trust is something fundamental for us in america it is broken. then the president has polarized he has sown division mistrustful wouldn't by

a systematically lying and destroying trust democracy could logon hearts how to highlight one for trial one screw out some and slash it has been criticized for his handling of the corona crisis in his home state today he said after the country will need to modernize press ahead with green transformation and maintain strong links abroad that's near for germany that i imagine is a good european germany is a leader in the world as well it's excellence as a model and its humanity it wouldn't mention is tight. the question now will be whether it is the man to run for the job of chancellor in september that is not certain and potential rivals are already waiting in the wings. let's get more now from the author of that report our political correspondent simon young

he's here with us simon what gave lash at the edge to win over his 2 opponents well william in the end i think what really gave you the edge was he's proven electoral success he's a moderate he's a miracle loyalist but what he's also cause is an election when under his belt back in 2017 he led the c.d.u. to victory in north rhine-westphalia and people remember that they looked at him in this important election year there are 6. regional state elections and the big national election in september coming out conservatives are worried about how that's going to go forward they're doing well in the polls at the moment but things can always change i think reliability was the thing that last ran on and reliability seems to have been what's won it for him particularly in the final

runoff against the arch conservative free drinks merits some say he was a bit too much of a sort of a tough guy. in lash it is a team player and that was what people seem to like or see what people thought about him stay with us while we listen to a couple of thoughts of germans on the street. i'm very pleased i've always liked him as a politician in north rhine-westphalia i welcome it i like it. he's a good man and politics here in distilled off to absolutely ok. for government experience alone is not enough it's also a question about how progressive and how good the experience if i could imagine something else. i know for sure you know what it's made on the mind of a good reason he wouldn't have been my choice he's too inconsistent for my taste always changing in the 1st wave of the current virus he wanted to ease restrictions

. as if it were a bidding war and then when that westend he saw about it didn't well he didn't and i don't like that it's not the right approach so let's mark this for. a couple more voices their viewing airing their thoughts about lashon of course was just a $1001.00 delegates are giving their vote you know partially to logic so how does he stack up now when we look towards the chancellor candidate in the months ahead. well indeed that's a big question and lash it might want to stand himself as the person to follow angle americal in the chancellor rhee that's possible but it's not a foregone conclusion because unlike in some other countries there's no automatic rule that says the leader of the party that gets the most votes must themselves be the chancellor so who else could it be will lash it ran together with yet spawn the

health minister on a sort of joint ticket for this leadership and got a lot of backing from spawn a lot of people think yes spawn could be a featured future chancellor but there's another possibility as well that's the bavarian state premium on because. he so far has a said whether he wants that job but a lot of c.d.u. c.s.u. conservative supporters think he would be really the best choice of all so far he said he's going to wait until the state elections in mid march and he thinks that the party should make a decision until then he calls it maybe waking waiting to see if the last little sponsors slip up between now and then this online party just alone at its you know share of challenges how does what we saw today and over this weekend reflect challenges in germany or the image it's trying to project well of course the party congress had to be held online really because of corona restrictions but it did

give the party an opportunity to show off its digital skills and they did that pretty well i think it's important because they want to stress that germany's future lies with digital skills perhaps moving away from manufacturing in the decades to come so it all went pretty well not too many glitches and i mean lashing himself said it set a benchmark for other counties all right simon young thanks very much. let's turn to some of the other stories making news around the world. rescue efforts are ongoing in indonesia after friday's earthquake on the island of samoa see people are still feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of houses knocked down by the powerful tremors weekend 40 people have been killed and 600 injured. many u.s. health secretary alex as art has announced he'll step down citing the recent storming of the capitol by donald trump's supporters due to the coronavirus pandemic will

remain at his post until president elect joe biden is sworn in his announcement follows the regular resignation of several other officials from the trump ministration were that we were not getting any orders india's covert $1000.00 vaccination program is getting underway the country aims to inoculate one quarter of its 1300000000 people by july 2 vaccines both made in india have been approved for emergency use india has recorded over 10000000 cases of covert 19 uganda's long serving leader you're wary of amy has been declared the winner of the country's presidential election following a campaign marred by violence international observers said they could not determine if the poll was free and fair due to their limited access the internet was shut down across the country and the main opposition candidate has rejected the results . soldiers and police around the winds residence with event to protect

the opposition leader or to intimidate him and keep him under unofficial house arrest is unclear in a phone interview wind sit he could not leave his compound he described the results is absolute fruit and pledged to soon release video evidence to back his claims. from. uganda has been under a government imposed internet blackout for 4 days election observers said that was just one of the problems faced. most of the polling station visit to open it late is it is out of my functioning or the by you may take you up to the verification. of polling. and late

10 what. you wearing the 70 support is celebrated on the streets of the capital campana after the electoral commission announced he'd won a 6th term in office one of africa's longest serving leaders is set to stay in power the 76 year old became president of uganda in 1986 back then he said that leaders who overstay their welcome were at the heart of africa's problems. correspondent julia sweig on boys on the line for us from kampala joining us what's the latest you're hearing from most of amy on his win and claims of fraud i collected i can give you from uganda from compiler that's present your employer is yet to be traced to the nation after winning it 6 times is expected to accept their victory but it's counted above ground 0 of the wind reportedly still here that is

called the police and the military mentioned here and i are on his way to get there's a monk side especially among the supporters of the opposition who say that their nation has been proud of you i have a record you could you know so we look for if you want to make clear proving you want to be clear we understand you once declare you've gone without but the electoral commission are the ready for sure that no one should declare parter. so what can we expect in determining if this election was indeed free and fair 30 mg it does very clearly are but i had left were talking about free and fair election how don't give you background the what's been happening here you've got that the opposition us to a very strong for months and months even before the election they have played they don't recall this in their legs of commission and it's a great that they are rejected the results that are of a mixture of omission that is the increase of their democracy goodness on this who

knows how many of their survey development partners like the u.s. and e.u. is how to put to give the a.b.c.'s an old us to do to substantiate some of these allegations but what we know is that the opposition say that the election was the korean fair. all right we're going to leave it there for now to smuggle in kampala thanks very much and in an unusual anniversary is being marked this weekend it's the 100th anniversary of sawing a person in half an illusion only of course it was performed here to great effect by the world famous american magician david copperfield 100 years ago on january 17th you'll lose an illusionist. put a woman in a box in london and saw that right through it creating the classic magic trick magicians from around the world will get together online on sunday to celebrate the sentence centenary of that landmark reform.

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discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. w world heritage 360 get the maps now. 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 on ship. u.s. president trump pretty much. he used twitter to speak directly to his almost 90000000 followers among them with fans and foes people in politics and 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 banning the world's most powerful man from speaking out what does it mean when digital corporations have this much influence. the twitter account and to real donald trump pad 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. i want with just a few words on twitter 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 silencing donald trump facebook and twitter how to accomplish what police and

politicians basically failed to do prevent a further escalation in violence social media outlet neavitt the president but this raises new questions should social media posts people but if so which posts and who gets to decide 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 fast with many other platforms within his reach it won't be hard to make his voice heard. or he could just set up his own form 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 alleged censorship and headed for alternative platforms like you we and paula and it wasn't politic that many radical drum supporters rallied to storm

the capitol this is what it looked like. they made fun of politicians and threatened them with violence. violent hate speech has been trending on the platform with calls to kill the pedophile at least hang them and tighten the noose with social media users who want to crash the system and throw politicians behind bars. the group on the gap network says that when democracy becomes. the only option. and of course there have been plenty of me. flying around. in the firing line of these alternative platforms the media and major social

networks believe that they had been infiltrated by communists and systematically suppressing the truth anyone caught in these circles could be led to believe it's all a big conspiracy against a patriotic american. these opinions were. immediately hosting services. the network is now temporarily offline. against what they say is a politically motivated decision. this particular platform being held to account at the same time. then viral on twitter with the capital storm. and extreme conspiracy videos as widely available on you tube moderating content is a tricky business and not exactly a success story yet. market themselves as mediators of news and an

alternative to the big players. where users have freedom and the uses take this one step further as this post shows. 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 the most a family trumps biggest supporters many opinion leaders and republican politicians now have pollack counts a liberal groups on the ill turn it of web as 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 should

a 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 polish have surged in popularity founded 2 years ago this twitter alternative recorded more than half a 1000000 downloads and a single week to social network me week climb to 3rd place in the apple and google app store 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 vaccine. they warn against vaccinating children even though that that 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. you know we. reach uncommon rules. so if. you have an opinion about whether

a vaccine is affected or not and you are not posting heat content inciting violence . breaking the law then that's none of our business so social media is what section $230.00 is all about it protects freedom of speech. this is also important to consider pulling google he believes that democrats stole the u.s. presidential election we watched him opening me we account he firmly believes that facebook and twitter want to stifle voices like his. are drawing them i was sole charge of going to appear in. court i was a liberal serve true i want them to. i want to hear what they have to search here of a discourse we're referring to each other rather to prove. one of us was always. but so far here bill's attempts to find a spectrum of political opinions on the new turn it have social networks have been

in vain the only finalist suggestions he received some parlor are right wing conservatives like fox news presenter hannity phil robertson from the reality t.v. show duck dynasty and donald trump winterburn trampy swiftly trying to ponder these new social networks are also quickly becoming dangerous echo chamber. echo chamber 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 showing 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 as 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 s. one that has cyber security expert describes as the 26 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 me. their position as impartial publishes would be history it would mean big changes for users to. we met 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 feeling like they have too much power and that they're really not power in a poor way and section 230 is viewed as the tool that they rely upon in order to engage in this abusive activity that. 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 $230.00 apply and how will companies monitor online content in breach of regulations a 3rd category is to try and impose some kind of perceived 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 contravene up to tell the people who come to a room why it was removed. helps 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 though saying they won't keep tech giants in line but they will drive startups and smaller companies into financial ruin with competing with another fine example how do we have a user edit 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. we take away from this and like write it that let us talk to each other and explore a conversation that 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 that is isn't about what can and cannot be said should not lie with private companies and we as uses need to shop and up fact check 1st our 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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