it's morning in acts of censorship the head of the international federation of journalists lambastes facebook's decision to suspend several. other news the us intensifies its efforts to topple nicolas maduro with donald trump warning venezuela's top military officers of dire consequences if they don't rise up against the troubled country's president. was hundreds of activists occupy the british museum to protest its close links to b.p. british petroleum and decry the old titans role in the iraq war.

the good morning just past eight am moscow time this choose day my name is kevin zero in this is r.t. international top story this morning than an act of censorship or so the president of the international federation of journalists has described facebook suspension of several affiliated or caps on friday the social networking giant block for pages belonging to moffitt media which produces online news and which a c.n.n. report recently suggested was attempting to conceal its ties to russia is what philippa ruth had to say about the move closing a facebook account or any internet link from the media without prior warning can be considered as an act of censorship opposed by the i.f.j. r.t. senior correspondent deeper into the story and explains why you facebook's critics are crying foul. what happened was unprecedented

a channel with four million subscribers billions of views blocked or for its content not for saying anything malicious or untrue or hateful but just because of its nationality russian i mean c.n.n. which was behind in the investigation that led to this said it best so great viral videos great design you know and the content was pretty critical of the u.s. government of us mainstream media but nothing that would be totally out of the ordinary necessarily a lot of legitimate arguments but as we started digging into it we did find that the company which set up these pages over the past six months was actually backed by or t fifty one percent of it was owned by russia today the half was owned by a former or t presenter so why are they doing that's why they voiced seeing legitimate arguments critical of us foreign policy totally journalist the thing

to do criticize and discuss stuff right this is censorship selective biased unfair prejudiced and blatant regardless of what you think of ron you call it russia or anything else this trio c.n.n. u.s. funded german motional fund and facebook working together to selectively sense is highly disturbing that this is the inevitable outcome of breaking facebook to censor here is a taste of the u.s. media acting just like state media a buzz feed reporter calls rana colics videos for russia backed in the now and to us readers because they criticize us foreign policy for example the venezuela coup attempt censorship is the most commonly used word in reactions to this ban and there have been many understand there was no warning no infraction no strikes it was it seems a political decision. really important thread here on c.n.n.

does facebook in cahoots to censor political and critical of the us government if you say you're for free speech and free media should not be ok with this naturally . paid russia critics those that have made careers fear mongering over putin's overjoyed long pause thaw in that we started selectively babbling media who we don't agree with i have been lax this week in thinking donny for finally getting facebook to take down kremlin funded viral video propaganda garbage damn in the now news good riddance remarkable also is that facebook talked to everyone they wanted but haven't said a would reason do would justify the anything to the folks they blocked facebook hasn't contacted us at all the pages were just unpublished and it had an automated button we could appeal to which we did of course we have not heard a word from facebook and it's been over three days now the suspected reason is that

it didn't reveal its russian funding which no one doesn't facebook and never have we did not violate any rules there is no rule that you have to post anything about your funding or personal funding on facebook no one does it not any of the u.s. sponsored outlets not any of the qatari sponsored outlets no country not china not turkey not russia not the us has to put these labels on their facebook pages there is no requirement by facebook that people disclose their funding the b.b.c. doesn't do it the c.b.c. is facebook page doesn't do it al-jazeera as facebook page doesn't to it it's just not standard industry practice to disclose your funding on facebook you can't help but feel for the folks at my think media i know many of them to make quality stuff funny videos serious videos investigations the poor the sauls into. their work only because the side the whims faceless censors personally

i'm surprisingly calm because i've spent in there now as a project that i created from scratch it's in the now because my aims and he's in now way like this is my baby. i spent the last four and a half five years of my life growing this channel. last year trying to build a team of young professionals that really want to make good important contacts. so it's pretty big for me in terms of the broader picture it's huge oh it's huge all right their crime it appears was being too russian and this now seemingly is a crime enough to get your bad and the result questioned whether facebook should have the power to decide what people see and hear i mean the theory beyond the incident was if more people wanted to see something than they should be allowed to see it and of the when you do internet searches the things that come up when you put a question in you supposed to find the thing that most people are looking at but of

course of no started talking about changing the algorithms there's a lot of mass media would like to say to face book as anger as hurt feeling of being picked on bullied but is also understanding and as simple human plea. well facebook to provide an explanation claiming that after an update they now demand pages with large audience to disclose information on their parent companies in addition to the international federation of journalists are also contacted several other press freedom organizations for comment will bring in their responses as when we get them will score some thoughts from ken livingston to from a matter of london a political commentator he told us facebook's actions in thought a room innocent of cold war era censorship tactics. russia's been subjected to censorship that you my whole life i grew up during the cold war i member that law is we were told about what was in the soviet union all the time now we're seeing

the same thing basically any organization that's defending russia and nicaragua venezuela iran or. is likely to find what's being put out is undermine challenge and in some cases it will be suppressed i mean that's the sort of conflict that we're now in again in is as i said it's almost like we're back in another cold war anybody be broadcasting the truth about what's happening it's like you have that suppressed removed taken off. only every we've just got to carry on making sure we are able to access the truth outsells has on most of the western media we will never be told the truth. donald trump delivered a stark warning to the venezuelan government on monday speaking in miami the u.s. president stressed his country's commitment to regime change in the impoverished american nation and called on its military to rise up against as president nicolas maduro we seek

a peaceful transition of power. when all options are on that american i reiterate my gratitude to president trump and was a due to all the other countries of banking and corporates and by the way with constitutional venezuelan we didn't they are risking their future. they are risking their lives the eyes of the entire world are upon you you must not follow orders to block humanitarian law because again getting old is the national the very you know. he's the commander in chief of the national guard of the you know who else is the interim from miami. you should believe with the arrogance you temperatures today you now country so it's been almost a month now says van as well as opposition leader one goh i don't declared himself interim president he would recognize be able fifty countries but the situation meantime in venezuela is growing increasingly tense as the tons of aid to the u.s.

is trying to deliver on the colombia border being blocked by nicholas moore on his orders done cohen takes the latest for you. trump called on venezuelan military figures to accept amnesty from. saying that if they don't and they will lose everything now up to this point there's venezuelan military officers continue largely to support the elected president nicolas maduro trump says that they are risking their future and their lives and called on them to not make obstacles in the delivering what he says humanitarian aid now many are questioning if this is humanitarian aid at all including the international committee of the red cross who spokes person in colombia said it is quote not humanitarian aid and in the past days the u.s. military has brought shipments to the venezuelan border in cuckoo talk colombia and actually the billionaire richard branson has announced he will be staging a concert to pressure nicolas maduro to open the border to this so-called aid

earlier today the venezuelan government announced it will be holding its own concert on the border and said it wants to deliver aid packages the u.s. is causing. tens of billions of dollars of loss going to swell its economy and they're offering twenty million in crumbs this. is that the u.s. is demanding business well except the hypocrisy is that the u.s. is imposing a very heavy sanctions that is causing far more damage than any economic crisis in the country. the british museum has found itself facing a wave of criticism over an ongoing exhibition that it's close ties to the oil giant british petroleum in fact was occupied by hundreds of protesters over the weekend over a pretty boy whose goal that story. they say are to cleanses the soul but for these protesters the latest exhibition at london's british museum whitewash is the image

of a less than squeaky clean or oil company. the i am exhibition here at the british museum has been nor dead by critics it shows the in the workings of the assyrian empire and displays also facts from what is now modern day iraq many of which were taken during britain's colonial rule but the exhibition is sponsored by british oil giant b.p. which is accused of profiting from the war in iraq and contributing to climate change through its dedication to fossil fuels protest group or not b.p. says the group sponsoring cultural events like these the oil giant is art washing its image i was very upset and frustrated and shocked when i saw that this incredible exhibit was taking place part it was sponsored by b.p.

was a massive slap in the face for me b.p. was one of the biggest supporters of their war they wanted to go into iraq because it was an opportunity for them to make money and to get oil and as an iraq and as somebody who wants to learn more about my cultural history you know to have to face . moral conflict of being able to learn about my history because it felt as though purchasing a ticket and supporting the sponsorship would make me complicit in its in this form of neo colonialism secret memos that emerged in two thousand and eleven review that b.p. encouraged the british government's decision to launch a war in iraq. iraq is the big oil prospects desperate to get in there and anxious the political deals should not deny them the opportunity to compete the long term potential is enormous and now b.p. jointly runs one of the world's largest oil fields in iraq and the conditions are

allegedly in b.p.'s favor reportedly the oil giant still gets paid by the iraqi government even if circumstances like natural disasters or terrorist attacks affect oil production and that is exactly a form of neo colonialism and in of itself at all really rely unfortunately are on western companies like b.p. to invest in that the country as a means to kind of create revenue and to make money but b.p. is obviously going to have the demands and requests in their contract because they know that they have the power to do so and it was actually forced the iraqi government to comply with their demands because the government is desperate for money campaigners take issue with b.p.'s environmental record to humans who notice this and container ship the deep water horizon disaster indigenous resistance to a fracking in argentina protests against profiteering and pollution in iraq but

here's a cute. accusing b.p. of lobbying against clean energy in favor of fossil fuels in twenty seventeen another renowned british museum the tate didn't win you its contract with b.p. after three decades of sponsorship following environmental protests and the british museum is already under constant pressure from campaigners and foreign governments to return artifacts looted during britain's days of empire b.p.'s corporate sponsorship of exhibitions that display what men. the regard as stolen treasures only adds fuel to the fire there are those who say that corporate sponsorship is a reality if you want to keep the arts funded but the campaign is the british museum's acceptance of b.p.'s money is tantamount to accepting its business

practices to. forsake the morning or moscow next american business magazine forbes as most staunchly discovery seems when russians want to show off their wealth instead of buying luxury cars or homes or perhaps a yacht seems these days the pervert buy them and. wealthy russians really like to incorporate lemons into the lifestyle they communicate to people that they have means to be able to afford them they call it the bling of projects.

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a quote is an attribute. this confusion over alleged attack on just the black openly gay american actor he stars in lowering drama and part of course he. claims to mars mel attacked him last month while shouting racist homophobic slurs he also said the made reference to donald trump's make america great again campaign slope at the same time no police first far refused comment on the case which they're still investigating good luck ruth mason about the alleged attack many in the media there are no suggesting that it's a fabricated the story so he denies as involves the president and his campaign slogan has also been a way of venting trumbo rage to. we have a media that's saying it's a debate whether or not what has happened in just this moment is a hate crime it's absurd. isn't it. to

say you have to be fired else impossible and i feel this way right now the president and the vice president might cancel the question i couldn't be married if let's just be clear heartbroken and furious reading about the attack on juicy small it's i want trump and all my good lunatics to burn in hell homophobia existed before trump but there's no question that since he's injected his hatred into the american bloodstream we are less decent less human and less loving no intolerance no d.t. there were many who directly tied the us government to what they unequivocal labeled a hate crime and there were more who publicly stood by smaller condemning the attack as an established fact donald trump included actor from him who was allegedly attacked with resistant homophobic. so that i can tell you is. that. i think that's horrible. doesn't get worse as far as i'm concerned those who stayed

away from this bandwagon were made to feel like outcasts and the police intrinsically you fell in this category two by their nature they had to investigate interrogate snoop around and as they did it appears even the fundamentals of this case are not as obvious to them. as they are to the angry twitter army we can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police early in the case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation detectives arrested two suspects who smaller himself positively identified from of c.c.t.v. tapes as his attackers only to release them later without charge the trajectory of the case shifted said the police cryptically according to a source the police think their tack could have been staged by small it himself said c.n.n. that's an outrageous claim said small its lawyer as a victim of

a hate crime who has cooperated with the police investigation just a small it is angered and devastated by recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with some of his one stern supporters though may have been caught off guard by a fresh flurry of mixed signals house speaker nancy pelosi discreetly deleted her first tweet hoping no one would notice but it's the internet because they did others try to distance themselves from this case to the vicious attack on act a just a small it was an attempted to modern day lynching i'm glad he's safe is it time to revisit what you said about his remarks what is your feeling on potential faulty times in general all the information still coming out of withholding told the information actually comes out on the record sources it goes without saying that any victim of a hate crime deserves every bit of sympathy and more including small it if his story passes the test of a police investigation but progressive america seems to be living out the concept

of presumptuous guilt trigger happy and hell bent on bashing arguably the single most hated person in america donald trump. so with the police investigation into the events sometime going steve malzberg told us the media are rushing to jump to conclusions but pin that on donald trump anyway saying that he's created this atmosphere where gays aren't welcome and blacks aren't welcome and and you know it minorities are welcome so the whole thing is hatred of donald trump so these people are to range and they don't wait for the facts they didn't wait to see where these people charged was he really attacked what did they really say they just did it for any opportunity to turn it into donald trump's fault but the whole climate in the country has made the climate that way when in fact it's people who have

make a hacksaw and make america great again hats on who are getting hit and beaten and are afraid to wear those hats i wouldn't wear and i wouldn't let my teenage son wear yes truck packed or t. shirt into new york city or washington d.c. no way because i'm afraid that there would be violence. in germany chancellor angela merkel's sparked outrage among environmental activists have to claim the kremlin is behind their protests as your own correspondent peter all over with more of the this tuesday morning. protests demanding action on climate change of scene in young people and on the streets of cities across the world including here in germany was. was. here. but politicians including those who've previously been outspoken

on humanity's need to act when it comes to the climate aren't impressed the german chancellor going as far as to suggest that a third party may be at play here is if you believe the critics this hybrid warfare online is haunted attacked because you suddenly have movements that you wouldn't have thought would happen in germany children and all protesting over climate protection it's an important concern but you can't imagine that all german children after years and without any outside influence come up with the idea that they have to take part in this protest either those comments came just after chancellor merkel had talked about russia as a potential threat well her spokesperson had to step in in the end and clear things up to say that mrs merkel did support the commitment of those protesters but ideas and talk of hybrid warfare doesn't wash with the protesters or their supporters. longside hybrid war for one except that we are

a self organized movement of students apparently the chancellor concert magine the young people can organize themselves politically and stand up for their own future i find it tragic the we're not trusted to stand up for our own concerns it isn't just in germany that this is being suggested though in belgium a regional environment minister was forced to resign after she falsely claimed that intelligence chiefs had told her there was a shadowy hand behind the protests i know he is behind this movement have also been told that from stay security climate demonstrations are more. or the spontaneous actions of solidarity with our climate we have not reported anything about this neither verbal nor in writing in australia the prime minister was fairly blunt in saying the protesters were little more than a bit of a nuisance kids should go to school we do not support our schools being turned into power what we want is more learning in school and less activism in school these

young protesters aren't finding a receptive ear amongst the world's leaders as they try to save the planet they will inherit those centrist forces both in the us and in europe have been trying to deflect attention to russia whenever there are key issues that are coming up from the streets and from communities in their countries these are the same issues there's a vision movement is responding to that the occupy movement was responding to the anti a stereotype movements across the world have been responding to since the financial crisis it is basically the failure of the establishment to address the fundamental issues that were exposed in that crisis and it's also the anger at the fact that normal taxpayers who are now being faced with massive constraints on just living normal lives struggling desperately to pay for rent and bills and food and all the rest of it that's much easier to try and distract from the message by questioning what's going on behind the messenger. one of world's greatest tennis legends is rigged night in a row over transgender sportsman taking part in women's competitions just

a few months after big called out of century tweet about it all you know neil spoke to our sports correspondent jeff ski from morning. but even other to lower the eighteen time grand slam winner one of the best tennis athletes the world has ever seen is known for good comebacks and this is maybe just one of them off the court however this spat started on twitter in december when she tweeted out you cannot just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women there must be some standards and having a penis and competing as a woman would not fit that standard so that prompted a very angry response by a transgender world cycling champion rachel mckinnon from canada who accused the tennis legend of being transferred phobic and having an agenda against transgender people back then never said that she would take some time she was forced into an apology and she would have to study more on the matter she openly asli has studied

on the matter and came back not just with a statement but with the full article she wrote for the times newspaper where she said that not only she stands by what she said back then in december she also reinforced her beliefs and here's one of the quotes from there a man can decide to be female take hormones everything in sight and perhaps earn a small fortune and then reverse his decision and go back to making babies if she still desires it's insane and it's cheating so never to have a specifically stressed that in order to achieve fairness in a competition where transgender athletes are participating you know these days many sport are going to zation are reducing hormone levels and she said this would be not not enough this would not solve the problem so in order to do that men athletes would have to take this hormone treatment as early as at the age of puberty and she described that as unthinkable unacceptable and unimaginable she also stressed that there should be a very direct very distinct clear distinction between transgender athletes and

transsexual athletes with the latter in this case having no competitive advantage due to the you know the nature of their sex change which is surgical so having cited examples of boat. she also condemned what she described as vilification of athletes who wanted to be different relating to her own experience because as we all remember she was one of the first athletes to come out as a lesbian that was that happened back in a high profile and i did eighty one it was more than thirty years ago but never at the lower end of the article by saying that she only wants fairness in sports and that's the ultimate goal of what she wrote about and let's not forget this fresh spat happens amid. a legal battle between a south african runner her name is caster semenya she's fighting against the international association of athletics federations to counsel the limits of testosterone and blood that they introduced last year so it is clearly a very touchy a very controversial and emotional subject but looking at the reaction from both

camps it's not going to subside anytime soon. because they're talking to you know the nearly your own it's eight twenty nine coming up to eight thirty on the button my name is kevin always thanks for watching out international review that you did around the world working life q. moscow with more than exactly how. much he's gone into a nihilistic. traveling across america what makes america. this is a weak point which element only just. we're starting west with is going to headed east into this.