or in. your suit of the pacific as this was the last stop the top portion of additional forces. party investigates the links between the us government and facebook is the social media giant introduces its new general council which includes a legal adviser at the us state department. tuesday season i nationwide day of mourning ensure lanka following the weekend's bombing attacks the atrocities and i know to have killed three hundred ten people and an alleged member of a far right militia group is before a federal court in the us he was arrested by the f.b.i. after a video came to light showing migrants being detained at gunpoint near the mexican border.

hello there she's going to eight o'clock in the morning here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. now questions are being raised over the growing links between facebook and the u.s. government that is the social media giant announced it's hired the state department's legal advisor as its general counsel and vice president of communications according to the company's statement jennifer new state will oversee facebook's global legal functions when you step has already enjoyed a long career in the u.s. administration she was she has been the state department for more than a year and at the beginning of the two thousand she served in the justice department under president george w. bush you said was also part of the team which drafted the controversial patriot act this document expanded government surveillance powers in the wake of the nine eleven attacks or the new appointment comes amid unprecedented pressure on facebook

to tackle the spread of misinformation and fake news on its platform. dan of takes a closer look now at the firm's fact checking and wifey's over its trustworthiness and growing. for the past two years facebook has been trying to convince the public it is taking a stand against fake news the program has been battered by controversies from criticism over how it's implemented to claims the impact it makes is little to none so how does facebook fact check new spokes well it doesn't instead of defectively has outsourced this function to a seemingly obscure journalism school. the pointer institute is a nonprofit based in florida it's nondescript anonymous in almost every way except for the fact that any fact checking service willing to partner with facebook has to

get pointers approval and this is the type of testimonies they uploaded on their you tube channel journalist to this important player does for journalists is invaluable it's just so hard to separate. who i am as a reporter from. your point it was down for me. the. world spends so much time. training researching and informing journalists that look at journalism as a true wow i wonder how many more journalism students are out there talking about their school like it's a sect they joined but so far pointer has licensed around sixty partners from all over the world good to go to fact check for facebook and many of them have a bit more in common than appetite for truth the thing they share is who they get

their money from fact checkers from the u.s. the u.k. africa latin america the philippines and the pointer itself have been funded by the open society foundation and a media network either. one of them or both together they've donated millions to fact checkers so what are they and why are they so eager to invest. now the open society foundation was founded and is run by none other than george soros who invested more than thirty two billion dollars into the foundation and this open society foundation is known to do exactly that open societies or meddle in the affairs of countries all over the world having proven to be a political weapon of saurus as for the the media network it belongs to another

billionaire pierre media the creator of e-bay and just like soros is brainchild the network has been deeply involved in geo politics providing a steady flow of money for america's soft power ventures from funding opposition in other countries to creating puppet media outlets and there are plenty of other donors bestowing their wealth upon point and co not excluding the us state department i expect to be there will be a very close interplay between the facebook checkers and the state department and that they will be really very respectful of the state department's point of view after all they're one of their paymasters so i think they will go out of their way not to contradict anything the state department says and to basically try to then discredit anybody who might be criticizing them so fortunately this is the antithesis of what most people think of when they think of freedom of media or freedom freedom of information now point and it's platoon or fact checkers say that

one of their binding values is impartiality but sometimes that veil is quite easy to see through and i mean let me bring up one chart for you it was showcased at a separating fire. from fake news panel by point i mean by different nisshin here the mainstream media and mainstream nubes are presented here as a victim and it is presented as an inherently one hundred percent truthful entity just cannot be fake news here and that's despite the fact that mainstream outlets have repeatedly embarrassed themselves with faulty reporting from c.n.n. to buzz feed ironically the outlet behind this graph but after all these stories record suggests neither the us government nor the sorest like bunch spend their billions out of pure philanthropy and what this is clearly aimed at is to restrict the availability of alternative sources of information what they do is defend the

establishment narrative and try to discredit alternative to this to the point of views which then they will declare to be non-factual or if they move according to their own fact checkers which are very very biased. now a national day of mourning has been declared in true lanka following the spate of bombings on easter sunday which left three hundred ten people dead officials say they believe an islamist group allegedly behind the atrocity receive support from broad authority is also apologized for failing to prevent the attacks after receiving several warnings. they measure their intelligence agencies even on the for the very international intelligence agencies informed us that such an incident could take place there detailed reports named christian churches and tourist destinations as the main targets as the government we are responsible for all the story and we apologize to everybody. and it seems it's not the first warning this

one can government fail to act on in an interview with bloomberg a prominent sri lankan muslim leader said he had also warned officials three years ago of the increasing threat posed by the group believed to be responsible for the weekend's atrocities. on monday there was a further explosion in the capital colombo special forces had been trying to defuse explosives in a van used by the attackers it's not clear whether anyone was hurt there it came after police discovered almost ninety detonators at a bus stop in the city. the government temporarily blocked social media in the wake of the attack saying it was done to stop the spread of false information my colleague neil harvey discussed the move and its implications with the journalist vincent part and derek brothers. so you saw it happening with the social no warts

all over the world more and more going around at a concert and what could happen. to free use of the snowball it's all over the tool of social media over the last decade has been used in a number of great ways you can look at the arab spring you can look at the growth of the independent alternative media in the united states and really around the world governments of the world as well as the tech companies and some of the media are promoting and portray in social media i have difficulty accepting that they are simply doing this out of the kindness of their hearts and out of to keep the you know the people from having access to graphic content i do think that it benefits governments of the world once they start censoring certain parts of the internet companies all are going to happen to. create. some government but want to prove. their hate of speech to explode after

one or two situation of we can't just say the government's making it up can we have seen the darker side of humanity does emerge in in the wake of terrorist attacks and we saw it in christ church people have been charge for rain posting what was considered to be the offensive material that was the live streaming it was a hateful deliberate posting of material in some cases and even with the not a damn fire we saw a lot of you know positivity and condolences expressed but we also saw people mocking the tragedy so the negative element it is a reality is that. i mean sure it's a reality but i mean i feel like i don't know if we have quite right yet reached adulthood if people are so afraid of reading offensive things or angry mean comments on the internet or you can see much more graphic things on hollywood films and on you know the nightly news but those things are allowed to continue to be on the web i think that this is really for my take a bigger picture. sure is that this is various governments around the world you

know and we're seeing new zealand through our maybe we'll see it in the u.s. and u.k. and elsewhere they're taking the opportunity when they see the opportunity to seize more power of the internet i would make the argument that increasingly deliberately fake information is being spread now how on earth do you try and organize control these situations and filter the information. but this is nothing new for a law. soon all the time. people trying to create through information not. want to intrude. it's not nothing new for jurors generally it's always through that simply trust. real or not so that we can do the same job. and allege member of the far right militia group which has been detaining migrants gunpoint near the u.s. border with mexico has appeared before a federal court mary mitchell hopkins was arrested on saturday by the f.b.i.

over allegations he is a convicted felon in possession of firearms and ammunition the agency also claims he had previously planned assassination attempts on barack obama hillary clinton and billionaire george soros all of which he denies while it's being claimed hopkins was part of a group called the united constitutional patriots it's said to be predominantly comprised of military veterans armed with guns and tactical gear and operates in new mexico it claims its mission is to help border patrol guards protect the u.s. in the past week alone it has detained more than three hundred migrants. their field having this crazy little break here in a camp. thanked for the group does claim it's done nothing wrong and that there is a crisis at the border the lawyer for hopkins also questioned why the f.b.i. only got involved after the video's release the actions of the militia group have

provoked widespread anger. regular citizens have no authority there este i did in any way in this individual should not attempt to exercise authority in results for law enforcement we do not condone private groups that take in force went into their own hands interference by civilians in law enforcement could have safety and legal consequences their actions undermine the efforts of our state to get new mexico families safe this is no place in our state we cannot allow racist armed to vigilantes to kidnap people sick in the silence my colleague dan hawkins or early discuss the difference between protection and prosecution with international affairs expert george severely and also the political analyst david perkins. how is this a situation that's to be encouraged or defended in any way well it all this economy

courage and defend it on the other hand it is an understandable response to and on except it will situation. waken us to the fact that the law and also little carriages are not doing the job that they are supposed to do it's not necessary to come here and step across the border in order to get an asylum claim considered much comfort and ease is given to them to do that without crossing the border so my problem with the whole issue is is that they are being its own leads to do it they're being encouraged to do it by the left by the democrat party in america it's political something has to be done about this asylum i mean it is it is absolutely ridiculous that people come in illegally they borrow a child somewhere use that child as a problem apply for asylum and then because children we also agree.

that you simply walk across into the country i mean this is this is a this is nonsensical someone said the militia might shoot someone guys running around with guns is dangerous a lot of people in america have been shot by illegal aliens so what's next here you know vigilante groups in cities vigilante groups in other places take you'll throw to into their own hands without any sort of training without any sort of. experience be of about forty million military veterans with firearms training in combat experience or many of them trained in managing groups of hostile people one way or another we have as citizens people who are willing and able to do what the government is unwilling and apparently unable because of gridlock to do i don't worry about the american people i'm an optimist we have three hundred or four hundred million guns in the hands. one hundred twenty to one hundred fifty million american citizens no one was shot in america today no one was shot in america

yesterday likely no one will be shocked america tomorrow the american people i'm talking about of the people who know and revere and understand the constitution they haven't really done anything terrible i mean all ain't done you say properly handed people crossing the border illegally and then having apprehended they called in the professional at the border patrol to have a nice day ready to caught and killed if they have a gun there ready to shoot and kill. still to come in the south seas been hearing from a prominent bodyguard in jim and he reveals why the names become an ip sends if the criminal plans that's among stories to come just after the break. the housing crisis was

a result of securitizing mortgages that were resold to dozens of times like goldman sachs was betting as their own clients and they were engaged in massive fraud again bailed out by timothy geithner it is friends and now they go of that controlled demolition of the housing market is that all housing is concentrated in a few as like blackstone as a gift from their friends of the central banks and the result is medieval it. seems wrong. but i. just don't hold. any belief yet to shape out this day that's ok and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

again i mean has become home to some of the biggest criminal clans in the world it's according to one of germany's most prominent body. has been speaking. about the problems this is brought am what he thinks is to blame for the increase in criminality. to have a nice day ready to cut and kill if they have a gun ready to shoot and kill. there is a law everyone has to abide by. as i don't mean there are families like. checa. these are big families. well known in the criminal world but you can't say all of

them are criminals and many have nothing to do with it. oh. it will be. because i was. because i was present off. so i've been in this is in the since nine hundred eighty two there's one though almost every family even if i don't know someone they've heard about me they know i'm a fan of multiculturalism i always speak very positively about it wasn't because many found themselves in the criminal world here as a result. we have to give these guys some credit the german government hadn't done enough to integrate and then obvious going to many of them couldn't get a job license for years and that's why they resorted to criminality.

these clans are closely tied together they're like a hole you won't see anything like that in germany. they can bring together forty to fifty people in just half an hour. to visit i found a business in one thousand nine hundred ninety four that's when the klan started expanding their influence pushing aside local german groups and taking. under control the oil spill and farmers now totally controlling us or including drugs prostitution and she has a lot of money. what

do your government policy completely filled your thirty's totally on. the situation you're trying to minimize the damage but it's not an easy thing to do. at least you've given the opportunity to be independent and i don't plan my classes . i will prices have a six month high after the u.s. announced it would scrap and exemptions on iran or imports and sanction those who fail to abide by the new rules signing the sanctions is illegal they were threatened to block the strait of hormuz the world's oil route which transports a fifth of all international oil and added that if threatened it would not hesitate

to protect and defend the strait this comes after secretary of state might pump a confirmed washington would not extend the way as it had previously granted to eight countries. today announcing that we will no longer grant any exemptions we're going to zero going to zero across the board seems like washington d.c. is looking to escalate its campaign against iran to isolate iran now in his announcement palmdale bragged that iran has already lost about ten billion dollars and he said and his remarks that he emphasized basically that nobody should be doing any business with iran that any nation or entity interacting with iran should use its diligence and err on the side of caution the risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits if you don't abide by the stop the sanctions now it's been about a year since the trumpet ministration unilaterally withdrew from the j c p o a p

five plus one nuclear conclusion that basically pulled the united states out of the nuclear deal that had been. made it with iran and now we see that there have been eight countries in the world they were granted waivers from the u.s. sanctions and allowed to continue buying iranian oil in exchange for the fact they were reducing those countries were china india japan south korea taiwan turkey italy and greece those waivers are now being taken away by the united states is announcing there will be no exceptions there will be no iranian oil they are saying no one should do business with iran and the countries who want to make up the difference should either buy crude from the united states or they should buy it from saudi arabia or the united arab emirates both the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have assured us they will ensure an appropriate supply for the markets and of course the united states is now a significant producer as well i can confirm that each of those suppliers are

working directly with the runs for more customers to make the transition away from iranian crude less disruptive now the people's republic of china which imports quite a bit of oil from iran was certainly not happy to hear this announcement children who always opposes unilaterally think she and loam u.s. jurisdiction china's cool peroration with iran is open transparent and legitimate and should be respected now turkey has also voiced opposition to this announcement saying it rejects this unilateral move from the united states we're waiting to hear from the european union which has long been an advocate of the nuclear deal and a critic of the way trumpeted unilaterally withdrew the united states from it so we're waiting to see further reactions that we've seen the reaction on the international oil markets this is a dramatic move from the united states come up and reports now will ripley video agency took to the streets of toronto get the reaction of kools to washington's latest me. i get more behind if you want to. know what we have

to get out of this took our supreme leader says we should do you this is an opportunity over the last ten years we have found ways that allow us to keep exporting some not at all worried in this respect. runs on oil exports put pressure on ordinary raining and it's us who are bearing the brunt turkey has come out strongly against the u.s. decision it says the move will only jeopardize regional stability and bring harm to local rain ians meanwhile japan says it's not overly concerned and doesn't believe it will impact its economy iranian foreign and nuclear fares experts say be believes washington is forcing taran to adopt a more combative stance. the u.s. is seriously escalating this unilateral economic warfare against iran jeopardizing economic well being of iran and eating and people putting iran

against the wall and therefore one should naturally expect a stiffer reaction from iran which me in the form of implementing their threats industry out of. the us is edging courser to war with iran using all kinds of excuses. for world jewish congress has condemned a tradition carried out in the small polish town approach nick the organization regards the easter ritual which involved people hanging and burning a jewish effigy as anti semitic hundreds of locals including young children took part in the good friday folk tradition which involves burning the figure cutis the effigy with a black hat sidelocks and a large you know it was made to look like a hasidic during the ceremony has strong condemnation no from polish politicians and the catholic church however there were others who defended it.

in the world of political correctness which is a form of new totalitarianism who cares about image they will fight it anyway because we are what they hate conservative catholic loving our own country and aware of our own history i honestly don't see what the big deal is it's an effigy it's not like they're committing ethnic cleansing or illegally occupying land captured in offensive words such as golan heights the scriptures say that judas betrayed jesus maybe it's not is that sickly pleasing but understandable a writer for newsweek magazine mark schulman believes this tradition is part of a revival of anti semitism through act poulder. here you have you know the catholic church has banned ceremonies like this but here we have it coming back in a small village and where it's pulling back some of the roots of anti-semitism and again one of the biggest groups of anti-semitism has always been that jews killed

jesus and of course the catholic church has taken that back and changed and changed their view on that but a lot of polish catholics and others refuse to accept that there's always been anti-semitism in poland obviously there's been anti-semitism in all of europe i mean it's not a question of that but it's come back from many many years in poland it was an attempt to completely say it was not acceptable in any which way but now we've had members of this government to have been toying with anti-semitism let's put it that way it's become much more acceptable to be anti-semitic and so we're seeing the rise of antisemitism. and that brings you up to date with world news and how things are looking so far this morning here or not hey we're back again in half and.

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