i. pace book says it is a publisher and has the rights of rock any content or person it's a legal case with an activist banned despite though. it is merely a platform and not responsible for what people post also to come in r.t. . pull the plug on a huge trade deal between latin america and the e.u. over fires in the amazon yet multiple european firms are already working with companies linked to the destruction of the rainfall and the american street brand sparks outrage by using the names of schools where mash shootings took place on the range of we get reaction from a relative of one of the. $25.00 grabbers will forever be changed

i think that shows we're type of person or if you decide to buy those clothes so i think you're going to decide to sell because. there is 10 in the morning here in moscow you're watching international now the facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has met with president donald trump as part of his d.c. tour the social media platforms chief is looking to defend his company amid mounting criticism by lawmakers over previously issues and also data protection where facebook has been facing a number of legal battles in a recent case where a band is the social media giants of defamation facebook argued it was a publisher and hence had the right to choose what content to put out previously the company had claimed it is a platform and therefore not legally responsible for things that get posted with

more his. so what have we got here. that's better plaintive ultra right activist laura luma who was taken off pretty much all major online platforms defendant facebook one of the giants which kicked her out we carefully flicked through these court papers which the defendant filed could fly and bury the lawsuit and here's what really caught the eye. to the extent miss lewis claimed targets facebook's decision to deactivate her accounts it is also deficient on the well established law made the facebook nor any of the publisher can be liable for failing to publish someone else's message 1st amendment provides absolute protection for such decisions what was it again neither facebook nor any other publisher protection by the 1st amendment so in this particular case

the lawyers of sucking co are happy to legally refer to their social network as publisher digging a bit deeper will reveal facebook has done that in the past as well when last year an app startup was crossing swords with facebook in court this is what came from the network spent the publisher discretion is it 3 speechwriter respect to what technological means is used so is it just me or something's wrong with how the platform we use every day identifies itself because when facebook bosses take questions in other places it seems they always try to distance themselves from the notion publisher which are you are you a tech company or are you the world's largest publisher because i think that goes to a really important question on what form of regulation or government action if any we would take. senator this is. a really big question i view us as

a tech company because the primary thing that we do is build technology and products as your sponsor for your content which made exactly the kind of a publisher. well i agree that we're responsible for the content but we don't produce the content and that's been the message for quite a while. we are a tech company not a media company. i do think we have to be the publisher and we definitely don't want to be the arbiter of the truth now just imagine what kind of legal trouble the tech giant may put itself in if it becomes universally recognized the company mr zuckerberg is running is a publisher not just a tech platform are they really ready to be responsible for anything disturbing or outright criminal that gets posted under the blue logo the examples have been out there in abundance. the

way. or what if simply someone decides to law and bully me with all kinds of offensive stuff right on facebook should i then also follow defamation suit against the network because they as a publisher alloted it's well known you can't have a cake and eat it at the same time will probably unless your last name is sucker burg. it is a prank that will be did ask if i spoke to comment on this story although so far we haven't had a reply we go to pin you know you from legal and media analyst like. what is facebook now when mark zuckerberg spoke before congress he said we're just a tech company i just make the platform available for people to say what they want to i have not publishing i don't put out of pinions i'm just

like a billboard in catskill way people get around the idea of of perhaps allowing defamatory or libelous statements in the light now they're saying we're publishers we have the right to have anybody on that we want well if you're a publisher under defamation law libel law you can be held accountable and liable for the longest time facebook push trying to have it both ways if i want to t.v. station and i say something defamatory about you or organisation the t.v. station the magazine they're liable to because they broadcast it they put this libelous statement out so what's it going to be facebook do you want to live overly that comes with being a publisher or do you want to just merely be a tech platform and if you want to be just a tech platform you have to make up your mind because you can't limit speech you can't act like a publisher unless you are

a publisher. in other news this morning austrian m.p.'s routing vienna's to veto a major trade deal between the e.u. and south america they are unhappy about the way brazil is handling the large scale in fires and some of the concerns have been expressed to you by france and germany however many businesses do work with that do you have a direct connection to the 5 society showed it to be in ski explains it's an environmentalist school worst nightmare wild flying is raging in the amazon destroying the world's most biodiverse tropical rain forest. our house is burning literally the amazon rainforest the lungs which produce 20 percent of our planet's oxygen is on fire as an international crisis i couldn't agree more manual macro we need to act for the amazon and for our planet talk kids and grandkids are counting on us the ones of the entire earth are factored and that's why we need to

find common solutions here leaders of the globe's most advanced countries pledged to do more at the g 7 the heat may have died down but the blame game certainly hasn't with some looking closely at where the amazon wu's may. europe's financial institutions the companies and the financier is housed in those countries are contributing to the forestation many of these companies are known to have unsuitable practices in their supply chain to be clearing areas for the expansion of agriculture especially pursuing cattle so yeah and cattle ranching account for 80 percent of deforestation major companies such as a.t.m. call gail j.b.s. are being financed by some of us biggest banks including b m p power of us don't spank and block walk they not only bankroll the debt

they're also major shareholders with a voice in how these companies are run so areas of the amazon are sometimes. to provide all earned for cows to graze or to grow crops to feed life stock these european banks are directly funding the forestation do it your bank he black rock in vanguard collectively more than a $1000000000.00 in debt in just the 3 largest saw in the 3 largest cattle companies operating in brazil are these even banks often vocal about their staying ability policies. are also being accused of hypocrisy environmental campaign group amazon watch contacted them about their role in the amazon was fired as well deutsche bank and blackrock didn't respond b.m.p. paragraphs had this to say the m.p. paribus has been strengthening the sector policies related to deforestation for

several years and this prompted his clients to protect natural active systems and preserve biodiversity to the best of their abilities that experts say is just simply not good enough we can encourage that is that family is here to take a role in requiring that their companies have certain standards the doubt deforestation commitments that they implement those commitments and then they report on their progress to address the forest issue with in their supply chains given that even if they're not producing these materials or directly clearing the forests they have a role to play in ensuring that that clearance doesn't happen without the traceability and the accountability of all actors involved including here in europe the fear is that our house will continue to burn. off powers what we have asked to comment on their links to the deforestation of the amazon a low so far they haven't responded. so several 100 people have gathered in the

nevada desert in the us under the rallying cry of storm area $51.00 was started as a joke or to break into the us military bases ended up writing about 2000000 supporters on facebook with many claiming the american government is hiding u.f.o.'s there one quarter of the story. it's the day we've all been waiting for a chance to discover we've been contacted by aliens over 2000000 people have already said they're going to storm area 51 a top secret u.s. military base it's notoriously connected to u.f.o. sightings and 2 teens have already gotten their feet wet trespassers caught near area $5012.00 men from the netherlands arrested after getting 3 miles inside the nevada national security site morning the truth is out there but so are the police busting 2 dutchman they say were trying to sneak

a peek at area 51 the legendary classified base in nevada supposedly home to little green men in their spaceships it was just a joke at 1st a facebook event encouraging people to storm the mysterious space. we will meet up in rural nevada and cooled neato in policies if we know who to run we can move faster than their bullets let's see the millions even the guy who came up with the idea wasn't taking it too seriously it was all fun and games until the f.b.i. came knocking on his door thinking he could be a terrorist it started out as from a pure stroke of imagination it's just meant to be funny i want to do something cool out there now that we have a bunch of people but i don't want anybody to get hurt still that hasn't stopped people from jumping on the bandwagon maybe most will just stick to being keyboard warriors and chicken out at the last minute ok but the authorities are not treating this as a joke which may just be adding to the curiosity. all joking aside we're taking it very seriously on nation has secrets and those secrets deserve to be protected

secrets well they've got to be important because extra security and barricades have already been prepared in anticipation of a hoard it also doesn't help that several videos have surfaced in recent years of supposedly u.f.o. sightings all captured by u.s. navy pilots. could be. and the navy only added fuel to the fire of speculation when it labeled those objects and identified aerial phenomena movie does ignatz the objects contained in these videos as only been 2 for an aerial phenomenon the unidentified aerial phenomena terminology is used because it provides the basic descriptor for the slicing observations of. objects that have been observed entering operating in the as space various military controlled training ranges government

secrecy always will fuel all kinds of speculation when you have a government that is not transparent it's going to lose the confidence of the people this was the lesson of the soviet union it's the lesson of the united states today where there is a lack of transparency where people know that they're not getting the truth from their government on a large number of matters area 51 and you of those in general have never gone away in the public imagination certainly not in the united states. there have been many sightings of apparent u.s. those in the vicinity of area 51 and people know about that and there's always been the stories so. i think it just captured the imagination of a lot of people we might not know how many people are really going to this area 51 of em but one thing's for sure. u.s. government is acting like it's got something to hide donald quarter r.t.

. still ahead the u.s. is threatening the solomon islands with sanctions on through recognized taiwan the chinese that's monk stories to come just after prince. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business. process for constructing this was to train as a biodegradable scaffold which is porous and when this is inserted beneath the skin when the skin is suctioned over the scaffold over

a period of about 6 months you have to shoot in growth and invest in occurring in other words the cells in your in your body grow into the scaffold it grows its own blood supply so now this is fully integrated as part of its own living. again without seeing the usa. has started bankruptcy proceedings that after it was slapped with a multi-billion dollar fine is a settlement for some 2 and a half lawsuits drug maker is accused of creating an epidemic that's claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people but nobody is likely to go to jail and

explain. purdue pharmaceuticals recently found liable for the opioid at the demick has filed for bankruptcy it's reached an agreement for a settlement with 22 different state attorney generals regarding its malfeasance and the lawsuits now some attorney generals are saying it's not enough it should not be about billionaires looking. to use the bankruptcy process as a vehicle to further shield their assets and escape accountability this proposed deal isn't worth nearly what they say it is it doesn't require the sac there is to pay back a dime of the billions of dollars they sucked out of pretty you through the sales. over the last many years now the opioid epidemic has claimed roughly 400000 lives so paying a big fine does seem a bit lenient right well you'll notice that none of these prosecutors are talking

about jailing big pharma execs and they can't it's a civil suit not a criminal case but that raises the question when a big corporation makes reckless decisions in pursuit of its own profits if they sold more they made more money but yes that's not the same ones. every other company in the industry and their actions result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people shouldn't they face some kind of very severe or real panel think attorneys general. various states where you. should be looking very seriously at the conduct of the jewels and consider the criminal prosecution if those individuals if the elements of the crimes that they've committed are clear if agreement was brought to bear on those responsible this type of conduct would be unlikely to be repeated well the u.s. legal system doesn't seem to work that way back in the early 2002 nears that

general motors put an ignition switch in a very dangerous spot where drivers could inadvertently turn it off by accident it was very dangerous and as a result 124 people died or other more the company actively tried to cover this up even works to darrelle a recall so what happened well the c.e.o. got grilled by the u.s. senate my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected by this recall. i am deeply sorry but did anyone go to jail no g.m. got fined 900000000 dollars and haddocks production closely monitored by the government for 3 years but did anyone go to jail for actions that resulted in taking over 100 innocent lives no there are principles in. corporations that are in this country but around the world who are criminal liability because of their power and the money they do to me and some of the people in these companies who contributed the. description of doing it in the united states knew that they were

likely to be criminally prosecuted if they were doing a 5 they would twice or 3 times or not engage in that behavior but for average americans who kill people or commit violent crimes the penalties are not so soft the united states has the biggest prison population of any country in the world it's also the only western country to still practice the death penalty and sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole are handed out in the united states all the time jurors heard 2 days of testimony about goals because difficult childhood goldsby himself asked the jury for mercy but 8 jurors still favored the death penalty it might be based on what you did you do not have to serve at the ceiling so the rule of american justice seems to be kill one person in a fit of rage you're going to jail maybe even for life but kill hundreds or maybe even thousands of people in pursuit of bigger profits for your shareholders well

just pay a fine and don't lose too much sleep over it happen r.t. new york. countries have recognized taiwan as chinese they are the island back to a sovereign state in the pacific ocean and also the solomon islands the us though has reacted the theory to the last decision and threatened them with sanctions is what american vice president mike pence to say. the decision by the solomon islands to change its diplomatic recognition from taiwan to the people's republic of china has consequences they're hurting is sturrock strong relationship by doing this is a setback and it's prioritizing short term gain with china over a long term commitment with the u.s. the u.s. now says its assistance to the solomon islands is under review but cutting aid is not the only measure washington is threatening to impose u.s. senators also want to cut access to american banks and now i will begin exploring ways to cut of ties with the solomon islands including potentially

ending financial assistance and restricting access to u.s. dollars and banking or back in the 970 s. the u.s. actually recognized taiwan is chinese as well then president richard nixon tried to boost economic ties with beijing but things are now very different with the u.s. and china engaged in a bitter trade war constitutional law erik's a rock concert as the u.s. is looking for excuses to destabilize the asian region. the united states at this point is beginning to resort to old cold war tactics if you will of which side are you on and trying to get people to make sure that certain countries are aligned with. countries of their choice in opposition to beijing so that they can still continue to make arguments and keep. keep things

a little disruptive in the region peaceful asia with relationships between all the nations is a huge financial threat to the united states because that bloc being more cohesive will result in their domination around the planet if you will rather than u.s. economic. domination and so it's a very unique dance. u.s. street where brand be strong has released a collection of hoodies featuring the names of schools where deadly shootings have taken place they say was prompted that range of people the keys in the firm the frying to profit from the tragedies when the new collection unveiled in new york think she's not only the school names but also imitation put it helps survivors and relatives of the victims of cold the line disgusting and disrespectful.

disgusting profiteering over the lives of our nation's children living artistic about this at all be sure this is really where we are as humanity and with what looked like bullet holes in the sweatshirt our lack of empathy for others is horrifying how this can be fashion as a joke to someone is beyond disturbing mystery wants to profit from murdering children nothing edge upon the bass opportunistic and cheap but such awesome free p.r. shut them down all the designers behind those who needs to climb that message is actually ironic and is meant to save and power survive as the past decades have seen a dramatic rise in mashing things in the us especially in schools. where

we spoke to the brother of a sandy hook shooting victim he thinks the fashion firm is capitalizing on the tragedy. i don't think it empowers anyone to show bullet holes and to show the names of the schools that have experienced shootings you know this is a very raw subject for a lot of people i think that the best way to get back at this company is not to sue them it's to let them sell the clothes and let them find out for themselves that no one is interested in this i really think if you decide to wear a clothing item that is. exaggerating the shooting trying to bring it into society and trying to bolt holes in your clothes and exploit the shooting that you know i lost my brother in 25 other families will forever be changed from i think that

shows what type of person you are but i think if they're smart they'll decide to take this live out of production and they will try to sell it to the public to save face for themselves frankly i think what they did was a p.r. stunt and again it's just a group looking to capitalize on tragedy. like a will will end this hour with a quick look at the climate protests that are being staged around the world today in fact these are live pictures from an event in kenya happening right now where a demonstration is in full swing as you can see from these pictures is more than 5000 events are being held globally the finale will be a march through new york city led by the prominent young activists correct if the bird demonstrates is a calling on world leaders who are gathering for the u.n. climate change summit to take immediate action repent what they say is the global catastrophe rallies to get underway.

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sounds like something out of a science fiction but not for my guest i guess believes that human bodies absolutely without modern technology is my guest today performance artist stelarc. stelarc it's really great to have you on our show so here performers of performance art is actually blending biological body with technology and you're doing all kinds of exciting stuff pushing the boundaries. i read you say on one hand the cell very exciting. on the other hand you know we should be careful so which one is that are you embracing the future or does it frighten you oh on noir the utopian road to stud been in my ideas i've seen. the problem with technology is how to manage it new technology generates unexpected information

new calling. possibilities so we always extend sort of comprehension of the wolves what a body is how a body operates what it means to be human. so for me technology is is generally a plus but i'm on this. just to really understand more about you there's this inventor in canada called steve mann. so he is also experimenting with merging his body with machinery for quite a while now but he's more honest scientists. yes side of it like he's doing it for sake of science no you you're an artist not a scientist as for what it what you do right now is it just a commentary to what's happening or is it also advancing science in a way.