well. the pages of several highly successful. news projects we go through the roof. may be behind them. the social media platform is feeling according to british parliament us lawmakers accuse facebook of not reigning in political advertising and leaving people open to online breaches. coming up a senior french military officer could be said to face punishment. of the u.s.

led coalition campaign against the islamic state in. revenue maybe tuning in from this hour a warm welcome to moscow to r.t. international good to have you with us i mean and o'neill our top story. based media company has hit the spoke accusing the platform of unprecedented censorship after they suspended a number of media is pages which produces online shows and which c.n.n. is accusing of a deliberate attempt to hide these two russian i want all those shows it's called in the know viewed over two and a half billion times on the social networking platform alone. percenter filmed this message for facebook. what i would say to you is i understand that you're under immense pressure from various forces to suppress this or that content

based on political reasoning but do not succumb to censorship do not succumb to complying with various government funded outlets regardless of what government they're funded by to censor let your users decide what's good and what's bad. joining me now in the studio is ilya trying to to go through the story a little bit further high either. so what has actually brought mafeking media right into the spotlight all of this began with facebook revealing yes indeed the told was very emotional was they were revealing something that used to be a top secret c.n.n. shed light on the fact that a number of math media pages with posts of snappy videos on facebook have links to russia but what people watching these videos may not realize is that the russian government is paying for this soapbox wasted back then are

three new facebook pages and all part of a growing brand of russian backed influence campaigns. so runs four pages they are quite popular as you've mentioned with billions of views as the creators are saying but it wasn't indicated where their money comes from on the facebook page itself and so just as c.n.n. came out with their bombshell report so to say math fix team notice that their pages were being blocked even though there was no such rule that makes revealing the funding on facebook a must i discuss this with the c.e.o. of maverick and she tried to somehow speculate on why you this could have happened . there is a very sensitive divisive. noxious policy taking place right now in

terms of venezuela we don't know if this is the segment that triggered it the timing is convenient when someone calls out what's happening in venezuela as a blatant coup it ruffles the wrong feathers ruffled the feathers of think tanks that spend millions and millions if not billions of dollars to persuade. and to lobby their interests and so when someone there's a video that goes against that and that videos gets hundreds of thousands of views on a platform that has millions of views people start to notice and they get upset and i believe that's why we were targeted at least was the question is here. at any point attempted to hide information about its links about its shareholders even. well i just want to make it clear that fake does get some of its funding from the russian government and also one of my fakes owners is a subsidiary of r t but to answer your question has it hidden that they never try

to hide that and whenever they employ someone they always tell the people. the info about their parent companies. they're always know who they're working for and it's also a company that's officially registered in germany so anyone pretty much can check out the company registry there and find out all the necessary info about the founders the owners the funding etc it's all out there but if you just go back to what facebook did before. facebook took this action you'd expect them to get some sort of warning in that company but no warnings can nobody was told and this is what else we heard from someone else in the moffitt manage it . but they haven't even gone as far as having any kind of policy articulated about it at all so we were fully compliant with all facebook policies at all times

and there is no requirement whatsoever to display any type of funder information on facebook pages and it is common practice to not do so. c.n.n. weren't the first ones to start digging into these mouth fakes links to russia it was also the us funded german marshall fund they got involved first and this drew the attention of the likes of glenn greenwald you can see his tweets right now hopefully so it wasn't just him it was other bloggers and journalists who were impressed by what facebook was doing and also by the fact that c.n.n. was trying to report this story this way here's for example u.s. comedian jimmy door pages pushing the videos do not disclose they're backed by the russian government ok all right i didn't know you had to put who funded you when

you put you put up a video i didn't know that because we have lots of different funders at this show we have over three thousand people who voted us through patriotic we have probably another couple thousand people through pay pal so we have a lot of people that fund our show do have to name every one of them every time i put up a video so as you can see reaction from journalists bloggers and of course followers of these four pages this reaction is coming in but i'll tell you what for now people at math fake they still haven't gotten a reply from facebook and they're still waiting for that one to happen ok we wait to hear what is said they're really trying to bring us right up there thank you very much. but i have to say that we can actually force live now to the former mayor of london ken livingstone for his take and good to have your company and media c.e.o.'s sais that the audience is not interested in the parent companies of

the pages they follow is it a big issue in your eyes. i don't think it is that tall people are accessing stuff all over the internet much of it is rubbish an untrue but i think what we've got here in almost a sense another cold war with the western media totally hostile to the venezuelan government iranian government and so on and you can't really trust all the stuff you're all reading and anybody who's putting something on the internet putting the other side of the case pending venezuela or iran or nicaragua. that will upset the establishment and the. and that the internet is part of the western the strapless menow are people's perceptions changed the way when they find the parent company in one way or another the significance of that is

what do you think. well you know i mean we haven't asked media corporations in the united states of america here we have the b.b.c. virtually every country has its government backed media either directly or in directly and in most countries broadly the stuff that is in the media is supportive of that country and that government and anyone challenging these things putting out information people don't want to hear can find that that will be suppressed one way or the other but you know i do think facebook should be prepared to apologize for what they've done on this it's difficult to know what happens next though if this is the actual precedence and you know i'm looking i'm thinking of other media channels al-jazeera deutsch yvel in germany for example will they know

how to list their possible affiliates and funding sources or is it you know one rule for those who maybe aren't enough western speer on a different one for everybody else. well i think as i said it's almost like we're in another cold war and the western establishment is totally hostile that we complete double standards about this the simple fact is a virtually nobody is interested in who's funding this to a land media that they're accessing reading or watching and so on and i mean i said you know i waste my time finding out who owns this that or the other i look to see that's the truth and people will make up their mind on that i've found it very interesting i have several years. as i switch from say watching the b.b.c. to r.t. the news coverage is very different and i mean this as well i think it's often more

michelin artsy than it is on the b.b.c. well it is good to know we have one viewer and you can then sort of former mayor of london always good to have you on the program to argue. facebook is also facing pressure from the british parliament now a hard hitting report from the house of commons accuses facebook of failing to protect its users from data breaches as well as from the alleged russian decision for a mission campaign we hear a lot about reporting from westminster on this to see a churkin and brought me up to date earlier. well facebook is under fire following a damning over one hundred page report following eighteen months of work by a u.k. parliamentary committee now this is a report that looks at a handful of issues including alleged foreign and russian interference in elections but it's really facebook that gets a mouthful in this particular case from u.k. lawmakers described as a digital gangster that's ahead of and beyond the law it's accused of misleading

parliament treating it with content and quote intentionally and knowingly violating data privacy and competition laws and more facebook continues to choose profit over data security taking risks in order to prioritize their aim of making money from user data it seems clear to us that facebook acts only when serious breaches become public and making it even more personal here is what the committee chair had to say on mark zuckerberg specifically mark zuckerberg continually fails to show the levels of leadership and personal responsibility that should be expected from someone who sits at the top of one of the world's biggest companies well zuckerberg despite refusing to appear in front of this committee as many as three times really infuriating them for refusing to show up. basically respond via facebook statement saying that they believe they have contributed enough to the work that

the committee was carrying out. we share the committee's concerns about fox news and election integrity and our police have made a significant contribution to their investigation over the past eighteen months on string more than seven hundred questions and with four of our most senior executives giving evidence well accusations are very well but in terms of what specifically this committee now wants is a code of ethics to be introduced as well as a possible legal action in case of breach of that code they want a reform of elec torah laws in the u.k. and these platforms such as facebook being forced to take down dissent from asian and harmful content as well as having to take to pay taxes in the u.k. well now it has to be said that this committee before has previously been unhappy with not enough reaction and action from the u.k. government following their suggestions we'll have to wait and see if this time will

be any different we're back with more news right after this. one else seems wrong. why don't we just don't call. me. yet to see how does this come to. end in gains from it because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want.

to go right to the press this is like. three of the people. i'm interested in the. past seven here in moscow this monday evening welcome back a prominent french military officer who helped coordinate the fight against islamic state in syria could be set to face punishment for he published a startling critique of the u.s. led coalition's on terror tactics here's our partners correspondent charlotte to escape damning criticism from a senior french military official this is the guy in charge of french artillery

aiding could forces the syrian a rocky border he's criticized the u.s. coalition tactics saying that it's actually putting civilians at risk the battle of hygiene was won at least on the ground but by refusing ground in gage meant we unnecessarily prolonged the conflict and thus contributed to increasing the number of civilian casualties we have massively destroyed the infrastructure and given the population a disgusting image of what may be a western style liberation leaving behind the seeds of an imminent resurgence of a new adversary hundreds of people have died as thousands of how the rained down those attacks led by the u.s. coalition and it comes this criticism. as president trump is about to declare an outright victory against eisel in syria but the colonel doesn't think that's the case we have a no way won the war because we lack

a realistic and lasting policy and an adequate strategy how many how jews will it take to understand that we are on the wrong track colonel made those criticisms in the national defense review which has since taken down his article and it seems that the colonel is about to face sanctions for not getting permission to publish that article before his military forces it had a chance to look at it but his testimony adds weight to what we've already heard from groups such as amnesty international and for action against armed violence who's talked about the high cost of civilian casualties in syria as a result of the u.s. led coalition's actions and the way that it operates in that country now that's despite the fact that the u.s. says it doesn't target norm coleman battens the question is now is president trump is about to declare this victory over i still it's a victory many are saying including this colonel at what cost at what cost for the

people of syria we got the thoughts on this from french political journalist and commentator elizabeth believes the article was deleted because most of chiefs didn't like it. if you are in the army you are actually screws not to write anything but you know where does that leave this magazine and other magazines and websites in which officers do discuss this defaulters general is written by muesli serving officers and they give a sort of considered opinion it was deleted because there was a feeling that this office. of revealing tactics of was not mended to do so and also i think basically because some people got angry because he was saying this is not the right tactics for the french army and i think somebody was annoyed because it looked like it was not the exact line of. the chief of staff and as a result that given to decide to do an article that would have been practically

unknown. with ice on militants in syria facing imminent defeat the us president has called on european countries to repatriate over eight hundred of their nationals who joined the so-called caliphate so that they can be put on trial otherwise dollar trump say as the extremists will be released from detention in syria the comments come as washington seeks to dramatically scale back its involvement in the conflict looking through the story and your sedan off. for a while it seemed the british had the whole of leave or remain clash monopolised in the news which didn't last long though the americans are now somewhat piggybacking on this leave remain rao in their own way however over troops in syria it is time to give our brave warriors in syria. a warm welcome home bring our troops home u.s. troops will be withdrawn from syria we have won against isis isis has been defeated

the fight against isis and violent extremists is not over our goals are the same and we will maintain forces yet the generals who are openly grumbling about their commander in chief's order seem to be missing the point syria has become a whole potato in a game being played out in the highest echelons of power in the us and the new united states will begin to hand off the fight to our partners in the region no glory and no media friendly war victory potential just a burden so why not let others do the dirty work and tweet others mean europe of course europeans in turn say a they're not janitors to clean up after washington there is no prospect of british troops go in and to replace the american troops living and therefore be this is no way the us should be leaving a possible power vacuum is the stanwood is it

a good idea of the americans to pull out of sea remediate lee and so swiftly doesn't it make the possibility of iran and russia increasing their influence there . how can you be very firm on iran and at the same time abandon north eastern syria like that when we know very well that might end up boosting iran's presence in the area for me it's a mystery to washington tosses the potato right back and up the stakes to not only the you should fill the void the u.s. leaves behind on the ground but also take back hundreds of nationals who once left to join i sold a trump a mystery thought he was pretty convincing openly scaremongering europe into submission twenty fifty one hundred thirty people were killed in paris twenty sixteen eighty six killed a nice. twelve killed and christmas truck bombing in berlin twenty seventeen thirteen killed in spain so does it matter what happens over there he'll yeah it

matters he was serious it's not some dark joke senator lindsey graham spent a whole minutes meticulously go through a list of all the horrendous terrorist attacks that have left europe scarred the thought that this could have the absolute opposite of fact never crossed his mind apparently these attacks. every do we do way that we handled the situation there i'm not saying that this justifies the reason they're in the country i'm just saying that to put these acts as an arm to really engage militarily this is just putting more pressure on the flames and is not going to solve the problem the only thing that you're going to have by more military engagement syria is more terrorist attacks it's as simple as that. this whole round makes one truth glaringly obvious neither trump nor europe each for

reasons of their own do not want to be serious cleanup crew on or in this case has no game so why not take credit for all that is done and run away. very much a related topic was just speaking up by there is a fierce debate right now in britain over the possible return of a nineteen year old i saw members wife. is a british origin and spent four years in syria she wants to return to the u.k. to raise a newborn baby. i think a lot of people here have like sympathy towards me for everything i've been through they never did anything. and i never come out of. syria if you run away to join isis likes i mean my bedroom i will use all my power to stop you coming back it is the case we can't make people stateless but without getting to drawn into the specifics the approach that we take as

a government which is the responsible one is to ensure that we protect the british public well begun left the u.k. in twenty fifteen along with two other teenage girls she was fifteen pictures show them on an istanbul bus terminal seeking transit to syria she said one of her friends later died when her home was bombed begum had previously given birth to two children who died from malnutrition as well over the spot all that she says she doesn't regret fleeing to syria and that her experience of terrorism firsthand made her a stronger person we asked people in the london neighborhoods where back i'm used to live about whether they think she should be allowed to return home or not. the teacher ship it out for life and here is a new one has. a major part in any country i think they need. to think this is something that's really really serious and for example for young people after all terrorists of. yours are to be monitored followed on the

social side should be really just considered hot and like i said there's a real person. how would you feel if he was to meet into your neighborhood and it sort. of wouldn't be out of the solutions terrorists probably wouldn't talk to you knowing something that's unlikely as we discuss the controversy where to her and who has advised the u.k. home office on counterterrorism and also former military intelligence officer philip ingram. she's an individual who chose to leave the u.k. of room free will swear allegiance to a full street on a terror organization and the terror organization wanted to destroy the very way of life that she had run away from and the terror organization has stated them has killed people in the u.k. she still remains loyal to us she has condemned it she hasn't felt any remorse for

what she's done so you have the british government's choices whether they put any effort in to bring your back and my personal views of them think they should have been real difficulties when she came back and she would be a burden on society i believe she should be allowed back because she was groomed to the child not as an adult she was brainwashed with fully aware that we are here is our line propaganda is remarkably powerful that we should show her some level of mercy in turn and i think it would also be out of a pay just for us if she were to come back because we could perhaps unpick the influence that they were able to have on her and possibly divert or at least of you know obstruct other people who were going. the future new mystery the why we should better back in the u.k. citizen can become stateless on that basis she should be allowed back and say well we don't know of any crime she's actually i think we have the capability to ensure that she is fully integrated into somebody's life. crosstalk counts its days next

on the u.s. led cuckoo against the government in venezuela is advancing or is it faltering peter and guess that made all of us starts in moments. the job of journalists photo journalists any type of videographer writing journalists is their job it's much more dangerous every year because so many people now see what we do is threats you know threats to whatever their narrative is whatever the propaganda is and you know the like anything in our

culture and the iraq and afghanistan wars had to be sold to the american people. and twenty four to you know bloody revolution to correct the demonstrations going to be relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it still loyal to a pretty meaningless book to do a clue in the new bill is that on the schooling you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four. those who took. invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sport this i'm sure. i'll see of that.

plus leave the bias no keep the slime view or some new the focus on the rest of you so he's. going to get what. you see in the. most good moment in. your. morning.

hello and welcome to cross all things are considered i'm peter lavelle is the us led against a legitimate government in venezuela faltering also as russia turkey and iran search for peace in syria washington beats the drums of war against a rant and much much more on this edition of crossfire. crosstalk ing some real news i'm.