we are stealing tong line media company caught up in a facebook crackdown moffitt media agrees to update its information on the planned full mind is now waiting for the social media giant to lift that suspension facebook's decision to suspend the accounts is being lambasted as an act of censorship by the head of the international federation of journalists. plus fueling discourse the german chancellor of course is outraged by suggesting outside influences behind a wave of student launches protesting climate change also ahead. every official who is helping to keep our minds they are risking their future. they're risking their lives to us intensifies its efforts to topple nicolas maduro with donald trump warning venezuela's top military officer them die

a consequence is if they don't wise up against the trouble countries president. very well welcome this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital i make you erin. the firm behind a series of suspended facebook news pages is waiting to hear if they'll be allowed back on the site of the agreeing to the social media giants did longs to make it clear they're affiliated with both siri facebook took moffitt media's pages down without warning a few days ago russia's foreign minister described the move us policy of a broader campaign to clamp down on russian news outlets yes yes without a doubt i think this is another example of the suppression of russian media and of freedom of speech it's very sad speaking to the press this tuesday russia's foreign

minister sergei lavrov a common to listen to facebook suspension of several r.t. affiliated accounts including in the now ph we should originally was a show aired by r.t. and as you heard the minister called the situation and no other example of international pressure on russian media for of also said that in such situation it's best to create controversial working conditions for foreign media working here in russia and i also had a chance to ask the minister whether he believes there will be any a measures taken in response to this incident and this is what set a gay lover of sad just to be honest i'm totally against any retaliates three measures to limit media activities i think the fact that we're not doing that not only shows our resilience but also all strength we are an open society so the gay lover of also said that he discussed this incident during his negotiations with the chairman minutes left and he drew his attention to numerous incidents of such sort

that involve russian media mr lay chalk said that further examination on oh a c.e.o. level will be conducted. to see understands and supports the rule of independent media and does its best to create a serious circumstances for their existence and has missed a lot i would contact the tories see representative by. ask him to give his view the president of the international federation of journalists sounds also hit out of facebook over its suspension of those r.t. length pages 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 have j r t senior correspondent lara gassy has been delving deeper into the story and explains why 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 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 why are they doing this. a lot of legitimate argument why they voiced seeing legitimate arguments critical of us foreign policy a 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 marshall fund and facebook working together to selectively censor is highly disturbing but this is the inevitable outcome of breaking facebook to censor here is a taste of the u.s. media acting just like state media. reporter of course ran a colleague's video 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 the suspected reason is that it didn't reveal its russian funding which no one doesn't facebook and never had we did not violate any rules there is no rule that you have to post anything about your funding or personal finding 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 u.s. has to put these labels are 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 space that page doesn't do it it's just not standard industry practice to disclose your funding on facebook you can't help but feel for the food media i know many of them they work to make quality stuff funny videos serious videos investigations the poor the sauls into their work only because the side the winds the thesis 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 many of these are now a like this is my baby. i spent the last four and a half five years of my life growing this channel. the last year trying to build

a team 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 there 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 internet was if more people wanted to see something that we 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 the book there's anger as hurt feelings of being picked on bullied but it's also understanding. and a simple human p. facebook if you're listening what i would say to you is i understand that you're

under in 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 out that's regardless of what government they're funded by to censor what your users decide what's good and what's bad do not get in the in the business of dictating. what constitutes good speech and bad speech it's a slippery slope. and it could be to disaster in the end earlier we spoke with russian analyst employment don't think the program in the now has done nothing different from other media outlets. the end of day facebook has kind of turned itself into a tool of you know the u.s. government at this stage i mean i mean for them given the fact that they're based in america given the fact that america is their biggest market it's awfully preferable to be on good terms with the u.s. government to be on bad terms but it's very interesting that they're particularly

you know going after stuff connected to russia everybody knows that a nice a particularly is associated with north sea and has been based in russia for many many years nobody was hiding it as far as i know i mean of course i mean it's possible that a casual punter might not necessarily realize that it's connected to to russia in some way but like at the end of day war and hiding it they were not and they were not doing anything different than i knew of the various codes of you know the b.b.c. or the american state broadcaster you know radio free europe or voice of america are doing what they've been pulled up in other other outlets have not. facebook's been in contact with the russian media explaining that it's a dating it's pages on its platform with launch audiences and waiting for information to be disclosed concerning location and funding however a screenshot taken from in the now is page one of the accounts that was blocked shows that location data was actually for vide it as you can see he's deputy director for creativity and innovation i've across he gave us his thoughts on the

crackdown and what it says about the current political climate. i think that the malicious element of it obviously comes from the tipple from the german marshall fund and the follow up to. through c.n.n. to the atlantic council are not necessarily sure facebook even knew what was going on although i daresay after people like mr and others voicing in on it there might well be some flags raised in facebook that hadn't been raised before who should always keep the door open and hopeful but having said that it's quite clear that russia is out of control the narrative around russia get the paranoia of the conspiracy theories were around russia going to starting to seem to be on the one hand i certainly had executives who senior executives who work with those social media platforms eighteen months ago tell me behind closed doors that that narrative was out of control that there was nothing you can do and they did mean anything personal but we were on the r.t. side we're going to suffer. veteran u.s.

senator bernie sanders is officially throwing his hat into the ring for the twenty twenty presidential election he's pledging to quote complete the revolution which he started in twenty six states and has the details. the independent senator from vermont has announced that once again as he did in two thousand and sixteen he will be running for the democratic nomination for president of the united states here's some of what we've heard from bernie sanders concerning his twenty twenty presidential run. i'm running for president i would tell him pain is not only about the feeding donald trump our campaign is about transforming our country let's recall that in two thousand and sixteen bernie sanders who calls himself a democratic socialist ran for president ran for the democratic nomination on a platform of calling for free healthcare for americans free education for americans raising taxes on the wealthy and he was quite popular among younger

americans his rallies were very widely attended bigger than both the rallies of hillary clinton and the rallies of donald trump let's take review of some of what went on when bernie sanders ran in two thousand and sixteen for the democratic nomination. and during that campaign it was revealed in e-mails that were made public by wiki leaks that in fact the democratic national committee headed by debbie wasserman

schultz had been working to undermine bernie sanders they had been coordinating with the media and doing everything they could to secure the nomination of hillary clinton for the presidential nomination of the democratic party. now as a result of that many bernie sanders supporters were very very demoralized and frustrated and yet despite the fact that many of bernie sanders supporters were disgusted and said they would never vote for hillary clinton bernie sanders did in the end but endorsed hillary clinton when she was nominated by the democratic party this is bernie sanders giving his blessing to the nomination of hillary rodham clinton an are you. do everything ari can to make certain she will be the next president. in the aftermath of the twenty sixteen election in which donald trump was elected president we've seen the ideas promoted by bernie sanders become increasingly popular among the democratic party many new democratic socialists have

been elected during the midterm congressional elections and his calls for universal health care and a green new deal raising issues of climate change have become increasingly popular saw another democratic presidential candidate elizabeth warren confirm that she agreed with the assessment that the twenty sixteen primary was rigged against bernie sanders this is a list with warren do you agree with the notion that it was rigged yes this is a real problem but what we've got to do is democrats now is we've got to hold this party accountable so many bernie sanders supporters have got to be wondering if indeed this year it will happen will bernie sanders be able to get the nomination for president and will he run against donald trump in the final election for president of united states in twenty twenty. germany's chancellor angela merkel has sparked outrage among environmental activists by implying recent student protests against climate change but triggered by outside influences on teens in europe

correspondent peter the reports. protests demanding action on climate change of scene of young people out on the streets of cities across the world including here in germany. was. i. hear. but politicians including those who have 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 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 moto puts us alongside hybrid war for one of sept that we are a self organize movement of students apparently the chancellor concert magine that 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. 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 or 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 but they will inherit. it all trying to live a stark warning to the venezuelan government on monday the us president stressed his country's commitment to regime change in the south american nation and called on its military to rise up against president nicolas maduro. and today i have a message for every official who is helping to keep the bureau in place they are risking their future they are risking their lives you must not fall over

tours orders to block humanitarian he's the commander in chief of the national bolivarian armed forces donald trump from miami. they believe what they own our country the days of socialism and communism are numbered not only in venezuela but in nicaragua and. donald trump in miami which is tired rhetoric question the right of a free country to adopt the ideas of christian human socialism our socialism in an almost nazi style speech it's been almost a month since opposition figurehead why don't declare himself interim president of the impoverished country he's locked in an ongoing power struggle with nicolas maduro and is continuing to clash with the socialist leader over his refusal to allow u.s. aid into the country down cohen takes up the story. trump called on the venezuelan military figures to accept amnesty from one quite go saying that if they don't then

they will lose everything now up to this point the 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 not big obstacles and delivering what he says is 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 when the pats a big is the u.s. military has brought shipments through the venezuelan border in cocoa 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 she not only mentioned menacingly she threatens. the rest of the country like you know this is

one of the gun laws and the lady from the united states pleaded it deserves in principle words for it going to meet the way the means to follow we all do you understand how to do any one of those in the world will want to bring the regime change. we will addition and the you know those that run the place and then to say this is the real president and this is completely. was what is it is not just the national sovereignty of the other because if the united states were to get away with the some scenes the doesn't look easy they'll be able to get away lead into we're still not who nationals from and the only country. saying. the u.s. and china are heading for another round of talks to try and take some of the heat out of that acrimonious trade issue that has begun in washington continue that dispute over the chinese technology giant huawei which the u.s. is accused of being

a security and espionage threat. well it seems that only while we's officials have been reacting to the latest accusations by the chinese government as well on monday the chinese government accuse the united states of blocking its industrial development after vice president pence has been saying that while we pose a threat to any of those countries who are considering using the chinese telecom firms equipment we're rolling out the next generation network may have energy to go be among the united states in a few of its allies are using double standards and deliberately misleading the public on the issue they use the issue as an excuse for suppressing the legitimate development rights and interests of chinese enterprises using political means to intervene in economic behavior it's hypocritical immoral and unfair bullying. and the united states is becoming more and more and the wall way the last tour of michael pill didn't seem enough to scare its european allies of thing away from the chinese firm the actually had to bring out the big guns and this time vice

president mike pence last week mike pence had a tour in europe who has been criticizing its european partners and saying that they haven't been doing enough and taking actions against well wait just like pump ale know mike pence has been urgently repeatedly saying that while we poses a threat the united states has also been very clear with our security partners on the threat posed by wall way and other chinese telecom companies we must protect our critical telecom infrastructure. and america is calling on all our security partners to be vigilant and to reject any enterprise that would compromise the integrity of our communications technology. or our national security systems vice president pence is trying to justify his position by using chinese law he believes that the chinese telecom firms are collecting data and providing it to the chinese or teligent services but the chinese government has long denied any of these accusations saying that the interpretation of this law is one sided and this

conflict in this long conflict has been going on for quite a while now last december the company's c.e.o. filming one shoe was arrested invent whoever was changing planes she was charged with thirteen counts of fraud and conspiracy by trying to bypass sanctions on iran and just last month the u.s. filed to criminal charges against the chinese telecom firm by trying to steal secrets for any of the u.s. telecom companies and providing it to the chinese state well the company has the night all claims and any connections to the chinese government but it seems that the conflict will not end any time soon we spoke to professor benjamin chaff from the paris business school who believes the same amount of scrutiny by the us should be applied to its very own tech companies if. this is the secure the threat to cyprus so the fight is as much for the uses of google and so i think us in this sense to stand. on these

some countries already make promises now that the. u.p.a. might be and it's run its course you have already already got to. send it off. because you know they are not working bali. it's a huge it's. why do. i see the recent estimates because to simply. be on the market here's. well the u.s. china trade tension seemingly easing down not the case when it comes to washington and the you brussels as it were tally eight if donald trump decides to slap tower of song cause being imported to america donald trump gave me his word there won't be any car terrorists for the time being i believe him should he remains in that

commitment we will no longer feel bound by our commitments to buy more u.s. sawyer and liquid gas i would very much regret that the european union will stick to its word as long as the u.s. does the same if the u.s. goes ahead with actions to tremendous or to european exports the european commission would react in a swift and adequate. in march last year the u.s. and it is the allies i have asked us not been brussels' with hefty import tariffs twenty five percent on steel and a further ten percent on other minium that prompted a retaliation with the e.u. targeting key american imports including the whiskey motorcycles and orange juice and brussels says is prepared to extend its tower of sift if trump makes good on his threats and learned of germany's that the left party be gentiles as thoroughly says the transactions amount to economic terrorism don't trump as them economic terrorists he is trying to strong arm european union countries into

accepting americans period products and i think he has realized something that many of the america leads have not yet realized that is that their country is no longer state of decline. and what he's trying to do is trying to force their products on two unwilling european customers terrorists on the auto industry are something that jump companies are very worried about but they should be because there's growing markets in the east there's a huge chinese market there's a russian market for auto companies to explore and that should be the focus because as we all know the american market is in decline and donald trump is only accelerating that perpetual decline. the russian defense ministry has denied reports that u.s. intelligence found that russia tricks the world while presenting

a ballistic missile last month the weapon in focus remains a sticking point between moscow and washington after america's withdrawal from the historic i.n.f. treaty r.t.c. closed all of reports russia has rejected the claims that it tried to call anybody by staging the briefing or showing a different message in the official statement the representative of the russian defense ministry general igor commission gov has stressed that russia has been very consistent in its approach to the whole route around the i.n.f. treaty and that was quite unprecedented transparency is said in the framework of free will transparency the russian defense ministry took an unprecedented step inviting all foreign military attaches to moscow for a briefing on january twenty third during which a particular missile was shown and not another missile as claimed the russian defense ministry offered the us to visit and see the nine m. seven to nine missile in a closed format but the u.s.

rejected i was at that briefing and i saw the two missiles shown by the defense ministry nato countries and the united states in particular did get an official invitation from russia basically russia saying that they are ready to give exclusive first hand. access to those missiles and really what the united states did they just up staying they decided to never go to more school to really for a chance to lay their hands on those two missiles at the same time and so now what we have is a month since their briefing an apparent leak of a classified documents submitted by you to intelligence agencies including the cia who are adamant that russia should try to stage a hoax showing and entirely different mess are so really but they still haven't provided any explanation as to why these two russia up on its invitation because

if they are convinced that russia tried to deceive everyone from the get go then would better chance do they have to catch russia red handed rather than come to moscow see them as. nestle round with it and then say look this is just entirely this is an entirely different rocket this is not where we're talking about so what we have now really is a stalemate because because of this mess of the united states decided to withdraw from the i.n.f. treaty which is largely viewed as a pinnacle of international stability and which is one of the few documents preventing a nother arms race between the united states and russia and saw after the united states pull out of the deal the russian president vladimir putin has said that well while on moscow's side the door for dialogue is still open he instructed the defense ministry and the foreign ministry to not initiate any dialogue any contacts with the united states regarding the deal so the ball is in america's court and

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