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the stories we're closely following this. with. facebook. as a whistleblower of social networks. in the course of doing my duty i noticed other things that were going on i would see it appear on several different conservative pages. french sporting.
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we get reaction. so if she wants to wear it it's. me they have to cancel the sales it's not an act of secularism and that i will not to say. this. wherever you're tuning in from around the world. r.t. international my name's o'neill our top story there were high hopes in noise but both. come away empty handed from their much anticipated second summit the talks ending earlier than expected but the u.s. president blaming north korea's lifting sanctions for the failure to cut a deal it came as a surprise to many after they optimism. by both leaders before the talks.
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i think it is. the first summit was a great success and i think this one hopefully will be equal or greater than the first where you could have heard that in the paper that. you'll fill us in this. might be the best and. always have to be prepared to walk i could have signed an agreement today and then
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you people would have said oh what a terrible deal what a terrible thing he did you know you have to be prepared to walk we actually had papers ready to be side but it just wasn't appropriate i want to do it right i'd much rather do it right than do it fast. now noida eventually you know it sums up what became a fleeting second day of the summit. talks were cut short because no agreement was made the two were actually supposed to have lunch and have a signing ceremony which never happened the reason behind that was because the leader of north korea actually wanted the sanctions on pyongyang and tiredly lifted basically they wanted these sanctions lifted. in their entirety and we couldn't do that. they were willing to do new go large portion of the areas that we wanted but
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we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for the donald trump said that he could not give up entirely the sanctions that cannot give just whatever the leader wanted so what he said is that it was in a good time to actually sign a deal and sometimes that's what great leaders do they just walk away for something to happen later on to potentially get actually get a bit of a better deal and what's interesting also here to point out is that he also mentioned that it's been a productive time between the two but i guess as you also repeatedly repeatedly saying that the deal was made because of the u.n. sanctions that he didn't agree with now they didn't decide on what's going to happen on the korean peninsula whether they're going to dismantle all the or the nuclear facilities but what he did promise was no missiles will be flying over the korean peninsula in the time being now if there's going to be a third summit that not clearly see if it's going to happen but there was kind of open when that when it was mentioned another interesting factor to point out is that the two leaders of the regional leaders of korea and japan would be very very
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interesting the on their reactions on how what they have to see the outcome of this deal because if anyone has to lose it's pretty much them to also following some of the different aspects of the summits in the vietnam capital r.t. america scottie hughes. these are demands that are not the first time being presented to the united states this is exactly what i think if anybody would have thought that kim jong un would ask the united states after over fifty years of sanctions being put on north korea and it crippling the infrastructure of north korea right now so this is not this is not unexplainable or to think that this is what north korea would want i think what we have to look at what happened in the twenty four hour period following the dinner last night in the talks today you know yes president trump does say that you need to walk away and yes he did want a new coronation of the north korean plants but just prior to going in he put out a very optimistic tweet that i don't think is getting enough focus he talked about
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that he needed the help of china south korea japan and russia in order to make north korea successful financially and i think you can also say that would be for security purposes as well i think president trump realized in order to accomplish a true honest north korea did nuclearization he was going to have to have the help of those that surrounded the country. it's another headline stories this hour transparency group. expose what it claims is a series of two it's used by the facebook to target but politically conservative pages restrict their content without warning not being clear plus hate speech limiting live streams and suppressing the reach of those posts a process known as d. boosting here's the whistleblower behind the claims. handled copyright and trademark claims and in the course of doing my duties i noticed other things that
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were going on in accounts and that is why i came forward i would see it appear on several different conservative pages but what exactly did the former facebook employee find their correspondent nikki or and spoke to me earlier in the studio about the. the what has been revealed all this whistleblower is alleging to have uncovered four she described as methods of suppression being used by facebook tolls that would d. boost the traffic of accounts considered to be a conservative leaning meaning that their followers would receive notifications whenever these pages these accounts dates their profiles in some cases content was allegedly removed without even letting the users know now this insider who formerly worked in the intellectual property department of facebook has stumbled across these goings on she said when she noticed them unusual goings on with some accounts first i was wondering whether this is something that. i had
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a couple working theories i was like maybe this is an independent versus mainstream thing maybe independent thinkers on the left are experiencing the same kind of d boosting but i didn't see that i looked at. the young turks page i love that column capper next page none of them had received the same boost but you know she's not the only one that's coming out with similar allegations there's another facebook employee who is exposed how such tools are being applied to certain accounts that facebook deems to be offensive or contain hate speech conservative side of things but that's what she's pointing there's a lot of stuff being said on the left that is not involved in these posts it's not essentially what you see it's all one sided exactly and facebook is targeting certain post it doesn't particularly like with terms such as offensive in haste these terms of being used broadly things that are actually hate speech but that
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might. offend somebody. you know anything that is perceived as hateful even though no court would define it as hate speech now if these allegations are proven to be accurate it would be another blow for their facebook name especially seeing how it contradicts what the c.e.o. mark zuckerberg told congress when he said he didn't want his company acting on the political ideology of content we have reached out to facebook for comment on these alleged boosting tools they haven't got back to us so far he also said they're going. after the twenty sixteen election so it's conflicting kind of comments from . his point would be though how do we know these claims are actually credible when they're going out into the press that is a whistleblower or how do we know she's telling the truth what we do know that she definitely did work for facebook because although facebook didn't get back to as they did respond to another media outlet they told. must have been
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a disgruntled former employee so we know she definitely worked for them and they say that she was fired when they found out she was working with project what she brought it has been verified that this is happening on the conservative side of things but what we know while it wouldn't be surprising this is not the first time a social media giant has been ousted by project veritas as well last year we had the allegations with twitter when project veritas released undercover first to twitter employees staff apparent to admit to silencing conservatives they were saying how they used the algorithms to bury particular tweet was interviewing the worst of them were exactly so users weren't seeing what these a particular people were posting because they were being buried by these algorithms twitter at the time denied any complicity in the actions of its stuff but the most worrying thing here is that it exposes this impression that these social media
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giants like facebook and twitter that so many of us use pretty much on a daily basis could have political leaning or not has to resist implication. me years ago he would have been that important because it didn't have so much import in the lives of young people there are millions of people becoming voters sixteen year olds they put a lot into social media so this is why it's becoming a huge issue we're not going to hear the end of this for some time indeed the power of social media one example of how facebook is clamping done is that it's spun british anti islamic activist tony robinson from the platform also instagram as well. when ideas and opinions cross the line and amount to hate speech that may create an environment of intimidation and exclusion for certain groups in society in some cases with potentially dangerous offline implications we take action tommy robinson's facebook page has repeatedly broken the standards posting material that
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uses dehumanizing language and calls for violence targeted at muslims he has also behaved in ways that violate our policies around organized hate and tell her of us in itself has consistently denied those allegations his supporters online vocal as well containing the move as a politically motivated step to censor free speech others praise the ban for targeting hate speech social media companies have been stepping up efforts to block content that's deemed offensive but there is why disagreement over what point to online policing actually becomes censorship it's very clear that if you just joined the social media giant company pages and you set up your own page then you have to abide by their rules and regulations and one you don't peddle hate one two you don't tarnish you know. legitimize the. you know that racism and xenophobia towards just muslims are just innocent acceptable and the
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fact that you are called out for your hatred should be welcome this is censorship the online world is the new public sphere and it's wrong that major corporations like facebook like instagram have the power to remove opinions from public consideration and him drawing attention to what he sees to be the radicalization of britain and i don't agree with his position on that point but i think the really worrying thing is that these arguments about islam are now being pushed out the public square into a sphere where they're not being challenge to not being considered think that inevitably brings with it certain obligations to stand up and defend freedom of speech well it's not about freedom of speech i mean would freedom of speech comes responsibility so if you want to criticize and question you slam on muslims then that's ok in a free society and what isn't acceptable is to perpetuate the hatred towards one
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particular community looking at the crimes of just one particular community and then not expect there to be a reaction so i'm really glad that these social media companies i work with it's easy for people to now conclude that there is this mission on behalf of social media companies to and censor right wing opinions out of the mainstream you know the significant precedent for this now the idea that facebook is silence in the far right is laughable what facebook is doing is saying if you peddle hate and lies about a community if you tarnish a whole community if you are the k. or encourage violence towards that community then action will be taken and that's what's been done i'm not someone of the right but i recognise that that is a real problem because it gives all of these individuals a chance to say that their arguments are too dangerous to hear and if the public square is good for anything it's good for china. and beaming with all humans and
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the more we try and push this on the ground. ideas will go on challenge they'll reach people without interruption. they'll be communicated to people without having any contrary point if you put forward i think that is why send the ship is always so dangerous a quarter of an hour into the program so lots to come among are stories ahead why mixing religion and sports where is the finding people.
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you know these doing the stock buybacks which is you know used to be illegal so recently that's completely fraudulent and yes no governance or oversight whatsoever you know he's a more the more of the biggest are the biggest shareholder of wells fargo for example during that period when they were engaged in serial criminality when they were engaged in absolute fraud and he's a party to that so here's a guy who given unlimited credit at zero percent and is exempt from the rule of law still can't seem to make money for his shareholders which is. you're back with r t international venice wheel is deepening political crisis will
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see the u.n. security council convene in a number of hours to vote on rival resolutions from russia the u.s. washington has spent more than a month leading efforts to president maduro in favor of opposition leader won the white dole who declared himself to be venezuela's interim president who explained to me earlier the differences between those resolutions. when we look at u.n. security council resolutions it's important to understand what's in the core what the key priorities are and for the russian one it is the independence and sovereignty of venezuela and also the condemnation of outside interference now we're ready to give you an exact quote from the russian resolution draft expressing concern over the threats to use force against the territorial integrity and political independence of the boulevard in republican venezuela reiterating the need to fully respect the principles of humanity neutrality and polish honesty and
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independence for the provision of international assistance besides moscow once everything to be decided within the u.n. framework it is calling and it wants the u.n. security council to call for peaceful talks involving all sides under the un cars a touche and in moscow is also saying that they will definitely block the american resolution draft which they are calling a mix of demagogue accusatory rhetoric and ultimatums now if you look at what the americans are suggesting the pillars of the u.s. resolution draft are early fair and democratic elections and even as well and also an immediate green light for american humanitarian aid deliveries however the even as well in leadership is saying that they believe the only reason why the americans are trying to squeeze in there is to find a pretext for a military intervention and they're also worried that apart from the humanitarian
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aid the americans are trying to sneak in some sort of equipment or possibly even weapons to fuel violent unrest in the country these kind of concerns are being shared by moscow while caracas though is ready to accept humanitarian aid they're saying from the red cross and the you as well it looks like we are heading for another two. session at the u.n. security council and another deadlock when the american side will be vetoing the russian resolution and the same is almost certainly going to happen vice a versa. well it turned tension on the program to france where a major sporting goods retailer dropped plans to sell a sports version of the huge up there to catalan said it had hoped to build on this successful sales all of the government thought it had generated in morocco well short of. being telling us why the idea sparked controversy even before reaching
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the shelves. it's incredible how such a small piece of material can cause such a commotion but here in france that's exactly what's happened over plans by the retailer to catch on to stop a sports station off a hit job a muslim headscarf. as well as that poor ring of twitter outrage several politicians have called for point to catch. sport emancipates it does not submit my choice as a woman and a citizen would be to no longer trust a brand that breaks with our values the french health minister has also waded into the debates. it's legal but it's a vision of women that i do not share i think it does not fit well with the values of our country. fox is a secular country with
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a hit job as well as the christian cross have been banished from state classrooms and also from government offices no religious symbols outlawed and in fact they were common sight on the streets of france but many argue that face and body covering garments such as those worn by loosely women are seen as being a method to subjugate them but others including castle say such items make it easier for muslim women to take part in activities such as sport it's. good if i'm a woman should be able to wear whatever they like forbidden to seal this clothes is just ridiculous shocked me and that they have to cancel the sales it's not an act of secularism i will not go so far as to say islamophobia but it's very and to slam make sure people should dress according to their own tastes i don't think there's much controversy about this issue with you to merit a masters practiced so if she wants to wear it you know it's her choice but the
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backlash has been so big that even to castle staff say they have been threatening. our customer service team has received over five hundred calls and e-mails since this morning our teams in our stores have been in solid unfriend and sometimes physically before the product even caught out of the starting blocks the force of the opposition soared to capital back down it would no longer sell the sports he job here but it's a no win situation for the retailer which is also being criticized for pandering to collectively styria that reveals the level of islamophobia here in france. ski auti paris or write your own online activists. patricia shown you all from the french national rally party you heard her say on the issue too. we choose to cover up because it places our body on our terms
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independent of the male gaze it's necessary for us to have the different options available for different types of one it that's the whole point is that especially in industries like fashion actually take up some fully supported and decision to put the heat on the sport he chatted on the french market in this post it was only after there was a huge public outcry. that state crawled back so you know basically no has no scruples they don't know as a capitalist company they only want to make profits and they weren't forced they were forced to take the. oath their shows here in france because of the huge pressure from the public. moving domo trumps to score a state former lawyer michael cohen testified before congress on wednesday and failed to provide any evidence of collusion between the president and russia he did
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not get the warmest of welcomes out the hearing with congress members accusing him of being a liar while cohen himself told no punches when speaking about his old boss. today i am here to tell the truth about. he is a racist. is a con man. and he is a cheat mr trump knew of and directed the trump moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it and i have never asked for nor would i accept a card from president trump ladies and gentlemen how on earth is this witness credible he's a fake witness his presence here is a travesty and you have a history of lying over and over and over again he said we were in charge of the truth i don't believe that michael coleman is capable of telling the truth he lied to congress through fall. statements and written statements he lied to congress
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through his testimony he didn't gamble to fight his false statements by releasing him refuting his lies to the public with. little on what was being talked about there colin was a trump confident for more than a decade after his moment in the spotlight he will begin a three year prison sentence in the spring for tax fraud as well as lying to congress we discussed his testimony with former u.s. republican congressman michael patrick flanagan. as we call it in the united states when election season comes near we call it the silly season and in the silly season silly things happen this is a little early. something that you'd see in the silly season cohen is willing to use the word racist and criminal and liar and anyone who's willing to speak in that absolute in that strongest terms in washington will always have an audience on one
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side or the other there was just an angry man who wanted to be chief of staff who didn't get to be chief of staff who was furious he couldn't make a ton of money off the trump name after trump was elected president has decided after all that he needs to get even in a vicious new york stupid sort of way and so he's going to come to congress and lie some more he's been disbarred for lying to the state of new york despite of the polls his law license because he's a liar a man who took a promise who took that oath and then took another oath in front of congress and has lied constantly can't be trusted ever to tell the truth even if he is telling the truth it will require cooperation substantiation and some backup and none of that was provided today. there's a program next called warren buffett's big fat pile of cash must be max the kaiser reports starts in moments.
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so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this often spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. i do think the numbers mean something they've mattered the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime families each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be old rich eight foot six percent world market those thirty percent some with one hundred to five hundred three per second per second and when he rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the
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numbers over. the only number you need to remember one one business showed you know board the mid one and only boom box. we came here where you were before you came here when you live well. in many us states capital punishment is still practiced convicted prisoners can spend years waiting for execution but most of the time the victims' families they are very much in favor the death penalty there are some people because of what they did they have given up the right to live among us some even. proven innocent after years on death row and how many more exonerations is it going to take before we as a society realize that this is not working and we actually do something about it.
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max kaiser this is the kaiser report i remember without stop. or in buffett's performance would be horrible all right yes stacy was a well worn buffet performance last year berkshire hathaway shares fell big time and that is on the write down of kraft heinz investment the world's most famous investor had one of his worst years ever in twenty eighteen buffett's kraft heinz bet dragged down berkshire hathaway in twenty eight hundred conglomerate swung to a twenty five point four billion dollar loss in q four due to an unexpected write down at heinz and realized investment losses right so in other words the mergers and acquisitions you know they strip the company of all the value
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player right then they sticks tracked value they they they extract all the equity and they leave that debt and then the enterprise crumbles in the case of warren buffett you know these doing the stock buybacks which is you know used to be illegal until recently that's completely fraudulent and he has no governance or oversight whatsoever you know he's a more the one of the biggest are the biggest shareholder of wells fargo for example during that period when they were engaged in serial criminality when they were engaged in absolute fraud and he's a party to that so here's a guy who given unlimited credit at zero percent and who's exempt from the rule of law still can't seem to make money for his shareholders which is you know let's roll back a little bit because what you're talking about when you talk about private equity is that kraft tines kraft and heinz two major consumer products in america they sell food like products you know catch up and.

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