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records into us all but sure. the treasure map for modern globetrotters discover some of your record break insights on your next to. and now also in book form the the freedom of speech under threats in india, messaging platform, what's that takes the government to court and demands that online platform, say will force them to break privacy protection. look at the latest from delhi, about the controversial new media rules that took effect today. also coming up in the dispute over vaccine delivery shortfall, the european union takes legal action against british swedish manufacturer astrazeneca. and we'll take a look at why small companies and start us are me to feel the payment of the global

semiconductor shortage longer than the bigger competitors. i'm chris kolber. welcome to the program. a battle over media rights and freedom of speech in india is coming to a boil messenger service. what's up has now filed a lawsuit against the indian government. now in a new social media law deli, requires platforms to name legally accountable representatives and to release dissident years. this data, which lawsuit claims is a violation of privacy rights and try and in india constitution. the main battle ground for the dispute are the ongoing farmers protests, the country. the india is farmers are playing a key role in the countries that offer freedom of speech. they're protesting bitterly against the government's new agricultural law legislation. they say will ruin their livelihood. the farmers have also been using social media networks to mobilize their supporters, something the government in delhi doesn't like just as it dislikes the social media

criticism of its corona, virus policies. delhi has demanded that us big tech platforms, like facebook and twitter, close down certain accounts and delete some articles and hash tags. there's a lot at stake for the big tech giant. twitter has more than 70000000 indian users . facebook over 400000000 and facebook subsidiary, what's app? both over half a 1000000000 subscribers more than in any other country. they're impressive revenue streams and the conflict between the platforms and the indian government over free speech on the internet has intensified in recent months. it's getting to the point where the companies will have to decide just how much the indian market is worth to them. let's take a look at the matter with a journalist, nickel, and deli, welcome to the program nickel and good to have. you know, these of rules cuz these rules took effect today. what exactly is it that the

government is taking offense in here? like this according to the leads. you know, if it can be the platform, don't take, don't content after the keeping order within tickets itself or if they don't provide it for the law enforcement agencies based on the demand within 30 to us. and even if, let's say user file a complaint and, and the address that can be mentored within 15 days. and the member what's up for example has 500000000 users. then basically loop as he might be liable for the content. and this means that been, you know, with that many users and that much content platforms are not survived liability in india. so what if it is happening is that the government is trying to control on speech by enforcing more control over that once. and these laws on

the r applicable today, but in the past so, so such hadn't been, hadn't been enforced. so the government is to enforce the bitterly or use them as sort of the use of them as, as leverage to intimidate the platforms. so this is not a good time to be back home in india, and that's probably why what's up is going to go inside. what's up situation is much worse the odd expected to kind of look deeply janita or the information about originated up a message which will mean that they'll have to re architect that entire platform globally. they sort of compromise driven people use of locally. and that's why they've gone to court the demand from the government. it's unrealistic. and you know, the, any unbelievable that the indian government expected what, what's up to the architect that back home within just 3 months of these guidelines biggest? that's impossible. i mean, it just makes what consequences are companies facing if they don't adhere to these

rules, someone's going to go to j. so they had expected to hire the chief compliance officer who will have potentially criminal liability for any lawsuit. so for example, if 2 people, if i'm doing another for a commission and india does have criminal defamation dogs, then the phone would be liable for that. and therefore, the chief compliance officer that you know, a facebook and twitter into my car would also be liable for that same content. and i don't think platforms can survive that liability. someone's going to go to jail at some point in time. thinking and deli, thank you for your thoughts. thanks. christ. 9, the dispute over vaccine delivery shortfalls. the urban union is taking legal action against british swedish manufacturer. astrazeneca about the court is holding the 1st hearing in the case on thursday. the pharmaceutical company,

astrazeneca is accused of repeatedly and drastically falling short of the you vaccine deliveries initially promised. let's take a look at those in total that you order. 300000000 vaccine doses from astrazeneca, 120000000 of them do for delivery in the 1st quarter, but only 30000000 of those arrived now for the 2nd quarter. 180000000 barre agreed upon out of which that you expect 70000000 to be deliver. now from the commission point of view, esther seneca is in clear breach of contract here for more or less bringing our financial correspondent conrad booth and in frankfort to conduct. does the you have a case here, kind of looks like it doesn't well, you know, chris, the c e o of astrazeneca us because so we'll just told the financial times that the united kingdom really has been getting priority access to asked for as any cause vaccine he says,

this was part of the agreement with the university of oxford where this sex scene was developed. on the other hand, i think it's fair to say that the problems with the blood clots that occurred with very few of the people who got vaccinated with astrazeneca, because vaccine was very much exaggerated by some of europe's national health orth authorities. and also by part of the media, the benefits of astrazeneca vaccine by far outweigh the risks in the united kingdom . this vaccine really has saved many, many lives. and it has, that has been an amazing success. so, you mean, if the vaccines of competitors test gotten arrived, the view of the public on the scene would be much different than absolutely. and we shouldn't forget the university of oxford astrazeneca develop their vaccine on it. and on a pro bono basis on a non profit basis,

while the others biotech, pfizer, for example, make a lot of money with vaccines. it's true. this new technology, this m r n. a technology developed here in germany by biotech, in the united states by madonna is really fantastic, but it's also very expensive calling for thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other business stories making headlines around the world. trying to as replace germany as britain's biggest import market. this came after the trade with you fell sharply in the 1st quarter as the exit from the blocks came into full effect, imports and exports between and aeroplane. union fell 23 percent compared to 2018 years. the british government is considering rules to block certain companies from going public if they pose a risk to national security. this could take if this could affect the london stock

exchange i p o, for the tech sector, infrastructure and defense, the treasury says it is currently drawing a plan. customers of belarus is leaving airline have been queueing up for a refund after but a lot of the cancel the flights to your destination, including london and paris. on monday, european union leaders agreed to ban bellows and airlines from the box aerospace, after ryan air flight was forced to land and minced evaluation opposition. journalist was detained. a global semiconductor shortage is causing a headache for many industries. demand surgeons during the pandemic call, chip manufacturers completely off guard. my big companies like car manufacturers, computer and smartphone makers will get 1st dibs when the supply increases, but small startups will likely feel the squeeze for longer. w reporter emily gardena visited a startup to find out how they're adjusting good

list. drop tech favorable to x, produce a smart flu shots for restaurants. but to perform even basic tasks like this, robots need to be very smart. the brains of the operation are hidden inside here. tiny semiconductor chips. a lot of this robots control system has a full set of semiconductors that back, but the global chip shortage is causing problems. for developers. we've had to gower the internet to find the last few components that were for sale or completely change our designs to, to use parts which we are able to find. we started buying used components which was something that we hadn't ever done before. semiconductors are crucial to new technologies. the chips are assembled on 2 small green printed circuit boards, short p c, b. the circuit boards are usually manufactured in asia,

but the global shortage means companies must find other solutions. so this is a raw or that comes in from overseas that decks design on it. you see there's some spaces that are missing and those would be what we need to purchase ourselves and assemble on these components are very, very tiny. so it's a very technical process to get it assembled and there's not that many places that do it in the united states. so training our team members to actually hand rework the p. c. b, with our components that are in shortage, are essential to keeping us working during this time. only 12 percent of the world microchips on produced in the us, the vast majority of some conductors amazing asia with tie when he's power house to some see the world leader. chips are everywhere and most notably, and without chips, everything comes to a whole. the big question is,

how am on the factors going to respond to the shortage? the problem is, even if somebody conduct a manufacturer is about to ramp up production, it would still take a long time before the chips could reach the customers. if you already have space in your factory to put more capacity with time, you say, go and, and decided to buy and spend the money to buy the tools to the 1st time you can get away for out product is at least a year to start ups like decks never bought x, this means more hunting around online to find the missing pieces. you know, sometimes the things that we have to lower our expectations from what a product and do, simply because of the reality of supply chain. this robot is being prepared for shipment, but the semiconductor shortage means that the next ones might come out later and they might be less smart. and his reminder of our top star at this our messaging

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