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all of us here internationally we have. british lawmakers have social media. on hate speech. particularly. official. tweet. that wheat is still on you'll plant for why it seems i don't know the answers that question. what is it that we have to do to get you to take it down we are constantly looking at these policies nipping at these processes i will take that choice away and i will come back to you with a definitive answer as to why it is still there social media giants have been facing growing pressure to come back hateful and abusive behavior online in response

twitter has recently introduced new policies that target accounts calling for violence and the platform has been accused of being selective over who it decides to oppose. investigates. the twitter purge the social network has launched its campaign to root out hate speech will require offending tweets to be removed and repeated violations will result in poem and suspension among the first to go offline the account of the far right u.k. political group britain first known for offensive anti muslim post as well as personal pages of its leaders paul golding and his deputy j. to franzen donald trump came under fire for retreating her anti muslim post last month so far terms page a still up and running the white supremacist magazine american renaissance and its editor were also booted off along with the american nazi party space age racist and discriminatory accounts like these surely have to be shut down but the problem is so far the punishments don't seem to be being doled out with an even hand something

clearly shown by the number of users who recently posted scores of death threats and promises of violence to the federal communications commission chief over his campaign to scrap net neutrality in the us this user employed both racist terms and call for violence but the account is still active another tweet laying out a desire to kill pie is still readily available and it goes on from there active account school or fine and inciting violence even his wife and children were named and attacked and the past pie himself has called twitter out as one of the problems with an open internet company usually goes when you can. give your own service users because both of those. this is the. this is playing right. now twitter has admitted it will make mistakes in the quest to make the platform a safer place but so far it's hate purge seems more than a little messy and uneven the people at twitter just like other social media

platforms are under tremendous pressure because they just see themselves as sort of neutral players but in reality twitter is an active participant in the political process. on the side of the left hateful speech i just i just don't know where i don't even know where that begins and ends and it it seems like it's always up to someone else what what hate is just hate speech in and of itself the phrase itself is always used against conservatives it's never ever you never hear about hate speech from the left the restrictions are always on conservatives never on liberals and so i don't i don't take any effort to sort of police twitter or facebook seriously as a fair exercise. we have breaking news coming in this hour for you right here at r.t. international russia will remain from the upcoming winter power lympics that's according

to the international paralympic committee a russia was banned from all power in libya competitions in august twenty sixth over accusations of systemic doping select athletes though might be allowed to compete at the games as neutrals were let's bring in our teeth on your hawkins now to give us some insight on this thanks for coming in so quickly here daniel i understand that they were actually going to have a press conference on friday they canceled the press conference and just now they've released a statement here the final decision the suspension remains in place but a final decision in january for the paralympics of russia yes that's right it's worth noting of course rory the paralympics will be taken place in march twenty ninth so any final decision will take place very close to that date leaving very much a sort of i guess psychological impact on those athletes whether they will be fine allowed to compete or nor tobit out to compete as neutrals as you said they were planning to have a press conference on friday to give a full announcement we do have this one page statement here those saying that

effectively the status quo is maintained the only of the three options that really were realistic here either to maintain the ban to lift the ban or to copy what the international olympic committee have. done for the russian athletes for south korea which is to enable them to go under a neutral flag it's worth noting that is the case already for several team sports russian athletes are already competing as neutral athletes in alpine skiing biathlon cross-country skiing and snowboarding however all of the sports they do have this suspension still in place so really what the saying here the status quo does remain in place there is no change however potentially there could be something to come up in january which will change that status it's maybe perhaps a bit interesting that they were going to make their announcement on friday with this press conference now now forty eight hours before that they say there's no press conference they simply just just post

a piece of paper up on their website with their so called a decision here some people have said ever since the original decision from twenty sixteen that this whole idea that there was this systemic doping they called it a state administer program of doping across olympian athletes in russia a lot of people were saying it was politicized and now we see it breaking down again on the paralympics as well indeed well as philip craven. said which through quite a lot of control was in criticism he said russia not only has to prove that they have a clean sport a clean team because they have to prove that they are a clean country. clean nation now take that as you will that's obviously open to interpretation but there have been accusations here that there has been some form of bias toward the russian team given the course there have been incidents of doping in both the olympics the power lympics among many other teams from all over the world russia has been accused though of this systemic state sponsored mass

doping it does beg the question though which many people have asked the media even if you take the example of the olympics where the russian team have been allowed to compete under a neutral flag and olympic athlete from russia how does that do with the problem of doping on. one hand they're given a chance to prove that they are clean if they can prove that they passed the test if they are clean they are allowed to compete just not under the neutral flag just not under the russian flag so how does this deal with the problem of doping itself that's the question many analysts here have been asking and certainly one of the sports analysts that we've interviewed here on r.t. international without mentioning his name he has said that doping happens across all sports of the entire spectrum and when you get to the highest level in the in the olympics for example it's not going to be just one team if indeed it is just one team it could be widespread why why has russia why has russia been singled out in what is a global competition but apparently russia is the only country that fault india

that's that's the question many are asking and in this statement we have here from the international problem with committee you've got it in front of you there as well they they have several conditions that still leaves you met apparent you've got some bullet points here five or six of them the full reinstatement of the russian and doping agency by the world anti-doping agency that is one of the conditions here to have that full investigative mechanism into those doping allegations the provision of an official response specifically or adequately addressing the findings made by professor mclaren in that report of his last year at a governmental level we assume you're out of you know official paralympic committee level and confirmation from the russian ministry of sports that required changes to the russian legislation have been passed in order to allow for adequate for some of the if you member or last year there were actually quite a number of conditions set by the olympic committee for the russian. the russian of the committee to meet before any ban was lifted they met the overwhelming majority

of them. even though that hasn't been enough for both the international committee and in this case the international power of but committee to lift this ban so although hope. does remain until the end of january a decision that may well be taken that will allow that athletes to go and compete there neutrally certainly this is a psychological burden for those athletes you know will it be allowed to attend those games at all should they be training for those games it's something we'll find out next month but let's just remind our viewers the breaking news here on r.t. international the international paralympic committee up holding the russian paralympic committee their russian paralympic athletes are the final decision on the russian paralympic sportsman will be announced in january the russian president daniel recently said that doing a blanket ban doesn't make any sense a it's not fair but b. if there is an individual or

a few people who have broken the rules who are doping then hold those people to account but doing a blanket ban across the entire team is you know we're talking about athletes who have trained not just all year but some of these athletes have been training most of their lives their careers in sports how many hopes and dreams have just been dashed by the news that was just posted online today that's right maureen we interviewed many of those paralympic athletes last year last summer when you remember when they were suspended from rio. very short notice the taste and the heartbreak the disappointment was was evidence in in many of those quite emotional interviews that we did perhaps we can show some of them a little later but just going back to the fundamental crux of this year already which is dealing with doping. i mean. all those three options that were available even though they've taken the route proposed by the i.o.c. for the south korea games in march twenty eighth which is if an athlete

can prove that they are clean if they pass those reinforced measures which have been taken against the russian athletes the extent of the deeper testing they can attend under a neutral flag how does that deal with the problem of doping that's the fundamental question i don't understand if an authentic can prove that they're clean if they're really soon for a second you know perhaps there was some sort of mass doping program let's assume just one second that there was if an athlete can prove that they had nothing to do with it if they work which many many athletes will be able to do a majority of athletes perhaps will be able to do why take away their flag why take away their ability to represent their country that's i think that's what some people jump in and say look this is clearly being politicized the comment from the official you mentioned a few moments ago the official saying that the russian athletes must must prove they're clean and the russia must prove that it is a clean nation now if that's not political speak i don't know what is you're getting all these people here who are facing

a blanket ban hopes and dreams dashed and yet where is the sense that if you are tracking down people who are doping then why go about it this way something about this doesn't make sense. and as we've said this this decision was taken. games last year it's going to affect the winter games next year the paralympic games russia had appealed this the swiss federal court against the c.s. ruling that was upheld unfortunately in terms of legal options this is about it this is about all the russian paralympic team will be able to do now it's really down to a process of some sort of negotiation compromise between the russian parliament committee between the international parliament committee. they can come to some sort of agreement but really this is very much for blow to the last leaders who have been training for the last two years to is only as good it's a huge blow to the athletes it's a huge blow to fans of the olympics we're talking about a global community coming together for what is

a sport among one planetary family and a blanket ban if that's really going to happen will understand in january with the final decision but but you know some people call this a politicized statement here maybe than maybe it fits in with the vein of well you know russia hacked the u.s. elections russia hacked the cattle and elections russia hacked the boat as well all of russia is hooked on doping because everything in russia is. all right down this and stick around in the studio will continue to talk about this breaking news here on r.t. international thanks for joining us i'll be with you in just a moment. so just to remind you here on the channel the russian paralympic committee was first suspended this ahead of last year's summer games in rio. it was unanimous in its verdict. the i.p.c. governing board has resolved to suspend the reform paralympic committee with the media. this means that the russian paralympic committee loses all right some

privileges of i.p.c. membership back then russian athletes were left devastated at the news they wouldn't be able to compete in rio. this decision is a totally unfair it is such a blow to all of us paralympian we've devoted so much energy health everything to get ready for these games for some of us these games would have been the first for others to last now all around fleets are in shock they feel to blanket ban the entire limping team for it so they decided to go for us paralympians need of a point in the world there is no way to understand or accept this and of course this is a major blow for us paralympians are not the kind of athletes who can make plans for the next games our commission does not allow us to plan for tomorrow for this people left their houses and started training i mean they believed in themselves and now their dreams have been shattered with this single decision and.

this is our t. international with violent clashes becoming an all too frequent site between german police on the far left and tea for movement there's clearly a little love lost between the two and that conflict has now taken on a new dimension with both sides publishing online galleries of shame against their rivals it is prettier all of it takes a closer look at the continued animosity between the two. these days the german police don't have the greatest of relationships with the fall after the pontiff but the latter have certainly stepped up their tactics of late following the hunts for hamburg g. twenty protesters were in new commitments of fights against the states and teeth published photographs of fifty four police officers on a website saying that date was in the wrong for last year's massive diction here in berlin. it wasn't the new signal or the money. was

was was . was. was putting out these photos was revenge. for the police releasing over one hundred images of people they want to speak to in connection with the hamburg g twenty protests in summer because we encourage those who can provide relevant information who can identify if in this from the photos to contact us so the suspects are investigated. then myself and the t.v. crew saw what was happening up close to the police and protest as complements a chance in

a way that on sci fi she's that build of on sci fi chants going on all under the watchful eye if we move the camera over here over the watchful eye of a lot of police officers i think. they sold comes as the german cops of facing an investigation into whether they used excessive force in hamburg allegations are they used military weapons that aren't allowed in domestic policing the fighting between police and demonstrators this summer in hamburg was hardly the best advertisement for germany but it does seem that some of those battles are continuing to be for peter all of us. we

spoke with martin bolts or a member of humbugs parliament who believes both sides are using tactics that will only increase tensions. if you put pictures of demonstrators on the internet which can be used by everyone it's not a way to soften the conflict and it's not a way to soften conflict as well to put the pictures of policeman india internet the only way is to talk and not to try to criminalize either all demonstrators because in the retail reeks of the chief of police and the prosecutors and part of the political as well everyone who protested in g twenty has been nearly like a criminal we can see at the g twenty there was a very escalated police policing strategy that was the problem then there was with our daughter was chief of the police who is well known for its militaristic view on demonstration and that he's not able to do deescalate of police work sites

and this conflicts abuse basic human rights and a law that doesn't lead into nothing but into carlos. so who has the right to fish in the u.k. if you go by this sign at a lake and oxfordshire nobody from eastern european countries and particularly poland can indulge that is outraged one polish angler who is now trying to take legal action rather he asked the owners to remove the sign but his request was ignored it also had not responded to a letter from the equality and human rights commission either mr claims he's had no support from the local authorities. the sign has actually been reported to me by. and because i'm running for the last seven years which is education and integration to eastern european migrants they decided to. ask me for how i followed the rules of the went to the police police told me it's nothing to do with then i've appealed

and appealed has been upheld so it means they did everything in their power to you know to deal with them then in human rights commission they keep saying that they only advisory body so they do and it's been a part of giving advice you know i for exactly probably like many other people that if we seen a discrimination resign we're going to be able to go to the police and the sign is going to be taken unfortunately the realities of the friend and we have to cooperate within this reality we also try to get a comment from the fishery however an answer machine says the farm is currently closed mr launched what he's called a crowd just his campaign to fund legal action so far he's already raised nearly one thousand pounds. quite positively actually positively surprised. you know i have a lot of positive comments about you know about the fund raising and a lot of comments encouraging me to me and other you know to fight to get this sign

removed if they want to. they more than happy to do so because he's a private line but a specific group of people is a wrong thing to do and you cannot refuse your services to a person only because he was born in the country and this is not how ethical business work and this is i'm sure this is illegal. russia fake news channel have been up for discussion yet again this time of the u.k. parliamentary committee hearing the session didn't go off without some issues. i'm not on twitter because life's too short it's the same you're not used to say we just would like to offer to alter the. course he's holed up in the venezuelan to go through it with the reader. at the door but we need to research the. issue of the meeting was widely focused on russia's alleged meddling this time

in the referendum however when questions were raised about evidence a little was said to back up the claim. is your evidence that the russian government is seeking to interfere with the outcome of the referendum in catalonia . i don't have evidence i think i get the picture basically what you're saying is effectively that the evidence that you collect around the referendum doesn't show a great deal of impact. because that we have we have no no specific given. that we don't know. in the us hearings on russia haven't been all that different are following very similar playbooks. let me now turn to russia russia defeating says russia's blatant interference affiliated they were unusually loud these to pledge to spend their democracy and in the intelligence services were responsible for the hacking and leaking of information these outlets are t unsplit may made

their effort to have a say in effect creating propaganda any have said this is actually the crime of the century focus that we have we have no no it was specifically of those it says that a new. study says that is that we don't know do you believe that any of your companies have identified the full scope of russian active measures on your platform sen our investigation continues so i would have to say no certainly not with certainty. austria has found itself in broiled in iraq with italy offered offer to grant possible it's two german speaking people in the region and the move did not go down well with russia and has now revived the old hostilities. south to roll the stunning mountainous region on the border between italy and austria with the half a million residents of the area was part of the australian garion employer before

falling under italian controlled around a century ago. the region has to official languages italian and german puts the last twenty lim census reveals almost two thirds of german speaking. now the right wing freedom party a member of austria's new ruling coalition is fanning the flames offering austrian passports to south to relay and. the people of south get all will be able to apply for australian citizenship from two thousand and eight seem. at least in short blasting the proposal as ethnic nationalism a fanciful move crazy idea and shameful affront. most christians lays trying to ease the route but is it already too late. for. some men south to roll static. we've always defended that request of the double citizenship because for us it's very important as a link with our officer in model and some time ago

a protest was held at the brown a possible water crossing with people from the region demanding jools citizenship italian journalist and a cello for says the new austrian government has simply fulfilling campaign promises. move house and go to business if you wish you those who deserve some of the promises that they've got you because the. repression is the easiest to promise to these other was to make these two very good we were called to the. horses be the minority you know that he really is a part of the brotherhood is the also citizens and legal citizens you know both a member of the european union which resulted in equal rights in the basket which is very simple so there is no real interest of leaving the value of citizenship will be even be more suited to that should be good news for you not sure you just go to some of the. these conflicts and do it in the us with the feeling by

the ministers he's basically program is that these illegals to their supporters we are consistent and we do what we have promised you can be. it's not really very severe mental abuse she was in my according to me is not really want to work. at our breaking news for you this hour here on r.t. international russia will remain banned for an hour from the upcoming winter olympics according to the international paralympic committee although a final decision will be made next month down your organs joining me here live in the studio now with more details on this the announcement just coming out what about twenty eight minutes ago dan. is it a surprise announcement as i understand they work going to stage a press conference on friday and they just shelf the whole conference will own itself was a surprise for you but in terms of options that were really available only ever

really say three options which is either keep the status quo lift the ban altogether or follow the all you see decision for the olympics the winter olympics in south korea which is allow russian athletes to compete under a neutral flag lempicka athletes and. case paralympic athletes from russia they've obviously taken the decision to maintain the status quo although it is worth mentioning rory that russian power elites are currently allowed to compete under a neutral flag in several disciplines the alpine skiing discipline biathlon cross-country skiing and snowboarding why that couldn't have been extended to the others is a question for the committee now i just want to talk a little bit about the justification behind this this ban they're saying that russia hasn't met the conditions yet that were imposed on them to justify lifting off this blanket suspension it's worth noting russia has taken quite a lot of measures if you remember all of back to last year to the rio olympics scandal a blanket ban and then russia has taken quite

a number of. measures from criminalizing doping as an offense that's. now punishable with a jail sentence quite a hefty jail sentence and a fine reforming water reform risotto story the russian and the agency allowing international actors to come in and participate investigations eighteen out of the twenty quality areas set by the i.o.c. that obviously affects the power of the catholics as well that seemingly on this occasion hasn't been enough and this is certainly there you mentioned earlier rory a decision to be made at the end of january bearing in mind these games are taking place in march that's a big psychological burden on those athletes who are deciding whether they should train should prepare or not something that will very much have a cycle of psychological impacts on so you say so you so you saying that russia has been making these measures to to adjust to under the guidance of these olympic officials or you said eighteen out of the twenty measures were achieved although i understand some analysts said that some of the measures just weren't conceivable or achievable.