i. i i. i i i. i. i. party investigates the links between the us government and facebook and social media giant introduces its new general council which includes a legal advisor at the u.s. state department also to come. to cox and kill. the

roots to shoot and kill. a prominent bodyguard from germany reveals how berlin's become unhappy sense of criminal ethnic clans and why it is so difficult to deal with the issue and she sees a nationwide day of mourning in following the weekend's bombing attacks you trust the scenes and i know of killed three hundred ten people. there just gone ten i am 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 space 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 jennifer newstead poor . i received facebook's global legal functions she has already enjoyed

a long career in the u.s. administration serving in the state and justice departments was also part of the team which drafted the controversial patriot act which expanded government surveillance surveillance powers after 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 r.t.g. goshdarn off now takes a closer look at the firm's 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 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 paternalist to this important point or 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 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 point i mean by different mission 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 these story 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 disc 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. meanwhile reports claim that government and force and agencies have been using facebook to their advantage leading digital rights group called the electronic frontier foundation is urging facebook 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 e.f. is insufficient to deter what would believe is a much larger iceberg beneath the surface we often only discovered the existence of law enforcement fake profiles months if not years after an investigation has concluded well it comes after the law enforcement body reportedly used facebook in a sting operation to catch illegal migrants agents created a fictional college called the university of farmington which promoted the enroll meant of foreign students after checking the background of those that applied they ended up arresting around a hundred and thirty people where u.s. agencies argue the use of social media can be essential for investigations although 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 facing law enforcement guidelines page operating fake accounts is not allowed and we

swiftly act on any violating accounts but we discuss the issue with a social activist who says that such actions do amount to a human rights violations. the united states alliance horsemeat does not only buy only facebook lies it isn't it by elites our own federal state local municipal lots the federal government the local government even vigilante groups on the on the in the border states continuous violent. human rights were undocumented people in people seeking asylum here in this country i think it's become a here in the united states of america wants to be the owner controller of the internet but when you have an organization 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 the. meanwhile the issue of immigration is once again making headlines in germany michael courier is the country's most famous bodyguard having been world kick boxing champion in the early one nine hundred ninety s. and while he proclaims to be in favor of multiculturalism he has expressed concern over how current migration policies have led to criminal clans thriving in the capital assisted channel in germany spent a day with him in burnet to have a knife there ready to cut and kill if they have a gun ready to shoot and kill. to get to the reason more everyone has to abide by. their families like. remote. checker. or. these

a 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. and i've been in this business since one thousand 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 as a result. we have to give these guys some credit the german government hadn't done enough to integrate and then it's going to many of them couldn't get a job license for years and that's why they resorted to criminality.

these clowns 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 in my own business in one thousand nine hundred ninety four that's when the plan started expanding in there including pushing aside local german groups and taking. under control they are godfathers now totally controlling out or including drugs prostitution and she has a lot of money. because

if one only has an investigative group that deals primarily with organized crime among families of arab origin or individual members of these families as well as a group conducting intelligence activities including coming into contact with potentially dangerous criminal elements what your government policy completely failed you are thirty is totally under the situation it's all they're trying to minimize the damage but it's not an easy thing to do. i cooperate with the police given the opportunity to be independent i don't depend on any clan my clan. watching out in our 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 screen behind the atrocity received support from abroad is also apologized to for failing to prevent the attacks after receiving several warnings. imagine the intelligence agencies there being on the for the very pool 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 of our story and we apologize to everybody. and it seems it's not the first time either the warning has not been heeded by the sri lankan government 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 anybody was hurt here it came after police discovered almost ninety detonators of the bus stop in the city. for 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 harvey discussed the move and its implications with journalist voice and parts how and also derek brothers. a lot of so you start happening with the social no wars all over the world and more and more going around out of concern where it's what could happen. to. all of these noble 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 governments that want to prevent. 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 darker 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 so the negative element it is a reality is that. 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 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 different. we have

seen all the time. people trying to create free information about any feeling that happens even the ones from korea you know two nights ago it's not nothing new for journalists generally it's always through the same thing trust check to see the real or not so that we can do the same job. still to come this hour here on our t.v. u.s. has warned it will now sanction any country buying oil from iran after scrapping its previous wave as well have a look at the ramifications of that just after the break. when else seem wrong. roles just don't call. me

old yet to shape out to stay active. and engaged but equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart wait just to look for common ground. the housing crisis was a result of securitizing mortgages that were resold to dozens of times and then like goldman sachs was betting as are all 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 the housing is concentrated in a few hands like blackstone as a gift from their friends of the central banks and the result is maybe even less.

hello again that oil prices have soared to a six month high it 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 as illegal or around threaten 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 straits this comes after secretary of state want pompei it confirmed washington would not extend the way had previously granted to a country. that will no longer grant any exemptions we're going to zero going dizzy or cross the border 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 remain crude less disruptive while until now eight 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 and there says that ending these waivers is designed to deny the islamic republic is principal source of revenue or a preview agency took to the streets of tehran to get the reaction of locals there to washington's latest move. your modifying if you want to prosper. no

oil 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 ours who are bearing the brunt while 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 china is also criticised unilateral sanctions maintaining that it ceilings with iran had always been open and transparent meanwhile japan says it's not overly concerned and doesn't believe it will impact its economy or any in foreign affairs nuclear expert can be believes washington is forcing taran to adopt a more combative starts. the u.s. is seriously escalating this unilateral economic warfare against iran

jeopardizing economic well being of iran and the people. putting iran against the wall and therefore one should naturally expect a stiffer reaction from iran which may come in the form of implementing their threats industry that of hormuz saw the u.s. is edging closer to war with iran using all kinds of excuses. and other news the 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 the group 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. they're still coming this is crazy a little break here in a can. act 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 also 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 predominantly comprised of military veterans armed with guns and tactical gear which operates in new mexico claims it has done nothing wrong though in that there is a crisis at the border the lawyer for hopkins also questioned why 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 reduce should not attempt to exercise the thorough

results for law enforcement we do not condone private groups that take in force moves 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 keep new mexico families safe this is no place in our state we cannot allow racists armed with to kidnap people seek him asylum. when aussies downhole can discuss the difference between protection and prosecution with international george smoothly and also the political analyst they can see how is this a situation that's to be encouraged or defended in any way well it always sick on courage and defend it on the other hand it is an understandable response to an unacceptable situation. waking us to the fact that a lawyer and also michael corage is. 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 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 your oath or 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 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 of one hundred twenty two 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 as a people who know and revere and understand the constitution they haven't really done anything terrible i mean ollie. apprehended people crossing the border

illegally and then having a free end of a cold in the professional boulder patrol so that's how the news is looking here today and good to have a company with back again like at the top of the hour the headlines and more stories.

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a profile of you and that profile is real it's detailed and it never goes away turns out that google is manipulating your opinions from the very first character that you type into the search bar it will always favor one dog food over another one comparative shopping service over another and one candidate over another they can suppress certain types of results diced on what they think you should be see if they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion the free and fair election doesn't exist for the more growth we give them the sooner we are all. this been eyeing berlinger craftwork.