you're watching data news up next shift living in the digital age i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour until then as always our website dot com you can follow us on social media too at d.w. news can find me at rebecca racist thanks for trying. to. get some help billions. it's a power. it's about the foundation of the new world order the silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. putting her up and there's a short morning looking win for except some money from the new superpower will become clinton john mccain is the state. the chinese state has

a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th d.w. . 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 the. u.s. president trump pretty much government. he used 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 on twitter for

a long time but now social media has suddenly put the brakes on by blocking its accounts private companies are banning the world's most powerful men from speaking out what does it mean when digital corporations have this much influence in the twitter account at 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 up 12200 tweets in 2020 alone often with alarming content. so. i want him 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 sun and sing donald trump facebook and twitter how to accomplish what police and

politicians basically failed to do prevent a further escalation in violence social media outmaneuvered the president but this raises new questions you should social media posts people locked 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 of us 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 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 alleged censorship and headed for alternative platforms like the new we yap and paula and it wasn't politic particular that many radical drum supporters rallied to storm the cup. 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 hang them and tighten the noose. says he wants to crash the system and throw politicians behind bars. the group on the work says that when democracy becomes. the only option. and of course there have been plenty of. flying around. also in the firing line of these alternative

platforms the media and major social networks believe that they've been infiltrated by communists and that. magically suppressing the truth anyone caught in these circles could be led to believe. against the patriotic americans. these opinions were in that apple and. immediately. 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 hang my then viral on twitter with a 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 unbiased news and an

alternative to the big play is the place 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 and i have pollack counts a liberal groups on the ill too and have web as well tim berners lee is on me we advise a report 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 partner have surged in popularity founded 2 years ago this twitter alternative recorded more than half a 1000000 downloads and the single week the 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 vaccine. 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. you know we. reach uncommon rules. so if. you have an opinion whether a vaccine is affective or not and you are

a nerd posting hate 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 conservative pool google he believes that democrats stole the u.s. presidential election we watched them open in me we account he firmly believes that facebook and twitter want to stifle voices like hanks. throwing them but i was so hard for going through british portrayal i was a liberal served to our want them. i want to hear what they have to. have a discourse we're referring to each other to prove. one of us was always. but so far here bill's attempts to find a spectrum of political opinions on the new tentative social networks have been in

vain the only finalist suggestions he received some parlor rightwing conservatives like fox news presenter hannity phil robertson from the reality t.v. show duck dynasty and donald trump when twitter burned trump he swiftly joined 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 have 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 world view to keep them on their platform for longer and make more money from the controversial and shocking clips are rife because they hold the user's 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 s. one that 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 me. their position is impossible publishes would be history it would mean big changes for uses 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 feeling 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 their proposed changes would affect 3 key areas which continue to be removed to whom to section $230.00 apply and how will companies known its online content in breach of regulations a 3rd category is to try and impose some kind of perceived rule 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've gone to why it was removed. perhaps with these extra more transparent widely 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 want to keep tech giants in mind but they will drive startups and smaller companies into financial ruin with computer you have 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 have to. we take away services like rather that let us talk to each other and explore conversations without 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 shop nop fact check 1st i was social media listen to people's opinions that contradict our own and report hate speech to the operators it's with i want time. what do you think you support complete freedom of speech or do you think content should be moderated is it ok to ban someone after they've been walked or is that censorship that isn't all on facebook you tube on d w dot com that's all for me so your next.

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