party investigates the links between the u.s. government and facebook is the social media giant introduces its new general council which includes a legal adviser at the u.s. state department. ready to call and if they haven't gone the route to shoot and kill also to come this hour a prominent bodyguard from germany reveals how berlin's become the center of a criminal ethnic clans and why it is so difficult to deal with the issue. and choose stacey's a nationwide day of mourning in sri lanka following the weekend's bombing attacks the atrocities and i'd like to have killed three hundred ten people.

just on nine o'clock here in moscow you watching r.t. international 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 and you stood will oversee facebook's global legal functions well she's already enjoyed a long career in the u.s. administration serving in the state and justice departments and is also part of the team which drafted the controversial patriot act which expanded government surveillance powers after the nine eleven attacks the new appointment comes amid unprecedented pressure on facebook to tackle the spread of misinformation and fake news on its platform artie's hugo's you dan of takes a closer look now at the firm. fact checking and fears over its trustworthiness.

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 news posts 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 applauded on their you tube channel journalist to this important pointer does for journalists is

invaluable it's just so hard to separate. who i am as a reporter from. your point i was down from. the. world. so it's time. training researching and informing journalists. look at journalism as a true wow i wonder how many more journalism students 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 or source 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 u.s. 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 criticising 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 fact from fake news panel by pointer and i mean by different nisshin here the mainstream media and mainstream nubes are presented here as a victim and it's 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 the story record suggests neither the u.s. 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 the dissident 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 meanwhile reports claim that government unfortunate agencies have been using facebook for their advantage leading digital rights group called the electronic frontier foundation is a social media giant to crack down on u.s. immigration and customs enforcement which has been creating fake accounts facebook's practice of taking down these individual accounts when they learn about them from the press or from. insufficient to discern what we believe is a much larger isenberg beneath the surface we often only discovered the existence of law enforcement fake profiles months if not years after investigation has concluded. well it comes after the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement reportedly used facebook in a sting operation to catch illegal migrants agents created a fictional college called the university of farmington promising them an

opportunity to remain in the country they ended up arresting around one hundred thirty people many of them were indian nationals the scheme triggered a furious outcry though from the indian government which said the practice amounted to entrapment when u.s. agencies argue the use of social media can be essential for investigations or they facebook disagrees. law enforcement or thirty's like everyone else are required to use their real names on facebook and we make this policy clear on our public face the law enforcement guidelines page or brits in fake accounts is not allowed and we swiftly act on any violating accounts but we discussed the issue with a social activist who says that such measures do amount to human rights violations . the united states alliance horsemeat does not only buy only facebook lies it is it by elites our own federal state local municipal lots the federal government

the local government even vigilante groups in the in the border states continuous violent. human rights for undocumented people in people seeking asylum here in this country i think it's become a period the united states of america wants to be the owner controller of the internet but when you have an organisation such great magnitude as facebook it seems to be complying secretly with u.s. spy agencies and law enforcement agencies you are going to get a bad out there are no good big in there there's only. a mile the issue of immigration is once again making headlines in germany that softer one of the country's most prominent body guards claims it's what led to berlin becoming home to some of the biggest criminal clans in the world michael kirk who was the country's first kick boxing champion in the early ninety's has been speaking to

r.t. about germany and his problems. not ready to cut and kill if they have a gun ready to shoot and kill. there is a law everyone has to abide by so. i don't mean there are families like. remo. checker. or. all of these are big families. well known in the criminal world but you can't 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. i've been in this business 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 german families 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 plan started expanding and their influence pushing aside local german groups and taking. control they lost godfathers now totally controlling us or including drugs prostitution and she has a lot of money. why not mock what your government policy completely filled your thirty's totally under the situation it's all you're trying to minimize the damage but it's not an easy thing to do.

i cooperate with police given the opportunity to be independent i don't depend on any clan my class. than alleged member of a far right militia group which has been detaining migrants at gunpoint near the u.s. border with mexico has appeared before a federal court larry 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 the billionaire george soros all of which he denies is being claimed hopkins was part of a group called the united constitutional patriots is said to be predominately 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's detained more than three hundred migrants. playfield

hamming this is crazy a little break here in the kim. thank you group claims it's done nothing wrong and that there is a crisis at the border the lawyer for hopkins also questioned why the the f.b.i. only got involved after the videos release the actions of the militia group they have provoked widespread anger regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone this is reduced should not to exercise the thorough 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 efforts of our state to get new mexico families safe this is no place in our state we cannot allow racist armed

to the july to kidnap people sick in the silence while artist dan hawkins only discuss the difference between protection and prosecution with international affairs expert george the merely and also 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 an on except it will situation in each of waking 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

your own needs 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 rate. 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 your thorough team to their own hands without any sort of training without any sort of. experience be of about forty million military veterans with firearms training and combat experience are 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 a done is they've apprehended people crossing the border illegally and then having apprehended they called in the professionals the border patrol discussion we had hey watching i take it to have a company this morning we're back with more nice just after the break.

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a gift from their friends of the central banks and the result is medieval. welcome back prices have surged to a six month high comes after the u.s. announced it would scrap any exemptions on iran oil imports and sanction those who fail to abide by the new rules slamming the sanctions illegal the iran threatened to blow the strait of hormuz and sorry the world 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. confirmed

washington would not extend the waves that had previously granted to eight countries. that we. no longer grant any exemptions we're going to zero going to zero across the board 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 this they'll be sanctions 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 iran's former customers to make the transition away from iranian crude less disruptive. countries had been allowed to continue buying iranian oil with that threat of sanctions from washington it was previously claimed these waivers would be a way of avoiding volatility in the oil market says that ending these waves is

designed to deny the islamic republic its principal source of revenue. say took to the streets of tehran to get the reaction of locals there to washington's latest move. yes modify it if you want to process but we. 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. all experts put pressure ordinary raining and it's us who are bearing the brunt for turkey has come out strongly against the u.s. decision it says the move will only jeopardize regional stability and bring harm to local iranians it's rejection of these unilateral sanctions was backed by china meanwhile japan says is not overly concerned and doesn't believe it will impact its economy iranian foreign and nuclear fares expert care of

a f a r c r b believes though that washington is forcing toronto to adopt a more combative style it's. the us is seriously escalating this unilateral economic warfare against iran jeopardizing economic wellbeing and people. putting iran against the wall and therefore one should naturally expect a stiffer reaction from iraq which me in the form of implementing their threats industry. saw the us is edging courser to war with iran using all kinds of excuses. now a national day of mourning has been declared in sri 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 received support from

a broad authority source who apologized for failing to prevent the attacks after receiving several warnings. to measure the intelligence agencies on the for the very international intelligence agencies. informed us that such an incident could take their detailed reports named christian churches and tourist destinations as the main targets as the government we are responsible for all the real story and we apologize to everybody. and it seems it's not the first warning the sri lankan government failed 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 there in

a van used by the attackers it's not clear whether anyone was hurt it came after police discovered almost ninety detonators at a bus stop in the city. and 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 lee harvey discussed the move and its implications with journalists and part how and also derek bruce. a lot of so you start happening with the social no wars all over the world more and more going to a concert and what could happen to. the 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 that want to prove. their hate of speech to explore after one or two situation of we can't just say the government is making it up can we we have seen the darkest side of humanity does emerge in in the wake of terrorist attacks and we saw it in christ church people have been charged for 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 the negative element it is a reality isn't it. i mean sure it's

a reality but i mean it's 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. the bigger picture is that this is various governments around the world you know and we're seeing new zealand maybe you'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 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 different or. we hope soon all the time. people trying to create three informational baldoni.

once are untrue you know it's a goal it's not nothing new for journalists journalists always do the same thing trust check to see real or not so that we can do the same job discussion we had here on r.t. a bit earlier thanks for watching this morning we're back again with more news in just over half an hour. the international memorial awards twenty nineteen are now open for entries the media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist what's real terms of media or part of the global news to talk to sometimes send us your published works and video. go to award dot altie dot com and then to now.

make this manufacture consent to step into public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the final merry go round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. ratings and salutation. spring is here in the united states talk watchers with

every spring comes growth and reflection see reflection is important my friends both personally and for a nation which is why we here in the united states of america need more reflection like the kind put forth by former us president jimmy carter we need more of this reflection if we can ever hope to see more growth again you see jimmy carter recently dropped a bombshell while discussing the differences between the united states and. china when he tragically and rightfully observe that the united states is quote the most warlike nation in the history of the world wow and tragically the numbers don't lie especially when you compare the greedy trillions we've spent on our weapons of war to the paltry sums we've spent on our own infrastructure and it's this failure and priority along with the greed and avarice that chokes our political systems from the city halls to capitol hill that has led to infrastructure crisis after infrastructure crisis like the dangerous lead in the water crisis of flint michigan back in two thousand and fourteen but where our politicians fail maybe our courts

and an army of lawyers can succeed you see in response to a lawsuit that approximately three thousand residents filed two years ago against the e.p.a. the environmental protection agency for its failure to use the safe drinking water act to protect them the hill and others are now reporting that a bed roll judge this week said residents of flint michigan ken soup and sue the federal government over its response to the city's drinking water crisis so today my friends let us begin our spring forward towards growth and reflection by seeking justice for our sins of the past and we do that by watching the hawks. like you know that i got. it.