unfortunately you. know she'll show. a legal case brought against facebook by so many bands could have liability implications for the social network which claims it can block to it likes as it is a publisher. more secure them painful to pull the plug on a huge trade deal between latin america and the new wave of fires in the amazon gets multiple european firms are working with companies linked to the destruction of the rainforest plus. a major international military exercise in central russia rentis its final state in china and india among the disciplines and an american street where brands each by using the names of schools. took place on this new range of goodies to get reaction

from a relative of one of the victims. i lost my brother over 25 other families will forever be changed from i think that shows what type of person or people side by those calls so i think they're going to do very poorly if they decide to sell because. i was midday here in moscow you're watching international facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has met with the 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 privacy issues and data protection in a recent legal case facebook claimed it is a publisher and is therefore allowed to ban who it wants but potentially that would also make it liable for what goes out on its platform responsibility its previously

tried to doj looking now at the potential implications. 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 to klein barry 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 up publisher digging a bit deeper will reveal facebook has done that in the past as well when last year and app startup was crossing swords with facebook in court this is what came from the network spent the thought discretion is if 3 speech rights are respected 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 are you responsible for your content which make exactly on 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 have simply someone decides to lawyer 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 a lot of it's well known you can have a cake and eat it at the same time well probably unless your last name is suck a bird in a prank or that we have facebook to comment on this story although so far we haven't received a reply we did get opinions from the legal and media analyst line. 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 i am not publishing i don't put out of pinions i'm just

like a billboard and that's the way people get around the idea of of perhaps allowing defamatory or libelous statements and the like now they're saying we're publishers we have the right to have anybody on there 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 was trying to have it both ways if i'm on a 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 theirs libelous statement out so what's it going to be facebook do you want a liability 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 austrian m.p.'s vienna's to veto a major trade deal between the u.s. and south africa they are unhappy about the way brazil is handling the large scale amazon files and similar concerns have been expressed to you by france and also germany however many businesses do work with firms that do have a direct connection to the 5 society showed it to be in ski explains it's an environmentalist worst nightmare wildfire 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 lines 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 would make. europe's financial institutions the companies and the financier's housed in those countries are contributing to that 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 amazonas sometimes. to provide all earned for cows to graze all to grow crops to feed life's stock these european banks are directly building the forestation do it your bank and he black rock in vanguard collectively more than a 1000000000 dollars 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 sustainability policies. are also being accused of hypocrisy environmental campaign group amazon watch contacted them about their role in the amazon wildfires deutsche bank and black rock didn't respond b.m.p. paragraphs had this to say. the parable as has been strengthening the sec to

policies related to deforestation for several years and this prompted his clients to protect natural ecosystems and preserve biodiversity to the best of their abilities that experts say is just simply not good enough we can encourage that use it finally is yours he can rule in requiring that the companies have certain standards they i 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 the hammer ought 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. or we did ask our daughter bank to comment on their links to the forestation of the

amazon although so far they haven't responded. back to central russia where a major international military exercises just entered its final stages apart from the hosts china and india are also taking part the drill aims to take cooperation between the neighbors to a new level in the face of ice like terror threats when among the spectators is president vladimir putin park and watching the maneuvers he's also meeting is good counterpart. the story is radical islamist terrorists of come to power in

a simulated central asian republic they formed a quasi caliph that if you will and the mission is to stop them to prevent them from seizing any more territory they come into possession of advanced weapons and being belligerent towards participating nations and participating in 8 countries representing a good heart full of the world's population china india pakistan russia as well as for central asian republics then mission is to stop the terrorists and to prevent them from taking any more territory to defend themselves the military contingency representing those 8 nations amount of 128000 troops as well as $20000.00 vehicles and tanks of all types of. air defense missiles systems as well as 600 aircraft including drones the military exercises themselves are stretched over

a 6 day period across a variety of different battlefields and today the grand crescendo the objective is to hold an enemy attack knock out their cruise missiles and at the end go on the offensive and crush them to the point of these military exercises isn't to show off any participating nations to some degree will face the threat of radical extremism and the point of these war games is to make sure that if worst comes to worse than these people come to power that the bug dissipating nations can present a united front and to stop an enemy that is due. it is remorseless merciless and capable of anything. like gas reporting there are several 100 people gathered in the nevada desert in the us under the rallying cry of storm area $51.00 what started as

a joke campaign to break into the us military bases ended up attracting about 2000000 supporters on facebook with many claiming the american government is hiding u.f.o.'s there from quarter. 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 512 men from the netherlands arrested after getting 3 miles inside the valid national security site this morning the truth is out there but so are the police busting to 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 all

meet up in rural nevada and coordinate own parties if we know who to run we can move faster than their bullets let's see them allianz 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 and started out as just 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 the 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. 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 is only been to find a real phenomenon the unidentified aerial phenomena terminology is used because it provides the basic descriptor for the slits observations of. objects that have been observed entering operating in the is 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 us photos in general have never gone away in the public imagination certainly not in the united states. there have been many sightings of apparent u.f.o.'s in the vicinity of area 51 and people know about that and there's always been the stories so. i think it has captured the imagination of a lot of people we might not know how many people are really going to this area 51 a vent but one thing's for sure u.s. government is acting like it's got something to hide donald quarter r.t. . still to come on american street where brands. by using the nines of school shootings have taken place in this new range of. just

off the. you know world of big. lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. seem wrong. to me but yet to shape

out this day become educated and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. poetry fama has started bankruptcy proceedings it's been slapped with a multi-billion dollar fine as a settlement for some 2 and a half 1000 drug makers accused of creating an epidemic that's claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people well then nobody is likely to go to jail this kind of muffin explains purdue pharmaceuticals recently found liable for the opioid

epidemic 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 oxycontin made more money but yes it's not the same as. almost 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 the attorneys general various states where the epidemic has played out should be looking very seriously at the conduct of them to. consider 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 that 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 there are 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 command or if some of the people in these companies who contribute to the o.p.'s description of a dent in the united states knew that they were likely to be criminally prosecuted

if they were identified they would think 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 to do use of testimony about goals because difficult childhood goals be himself asked the jury for mercy but 8 jurors still favored the death penalty admiring the would you did you do you do not deserve ever see the way 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. ok let's have

a quick look now at some of the climate protests that are being staged around the world today more than $5000.00 events are being held close to believe including in cities like sydney and new delhi the finale will be a march through new york city led by the prominent young activist griffith umberger demonstrators are calling on world leaders who are gathering for the climate change summit to take immediate action to prevent what they say. tashan. us street where brand be destroyed has released a collection of hoodies featuring the names of schools where they're going shootings have taken place this there was prompted that rage with people accusing the firm of trying to profit from the tragedies the new collection unveiled in new york think is not only the school names but also imitation bullets to survivors and relatives of the victims have called the line disgusting and disrespectful. disgusting profiteering over the lives of our nation's children nothing 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 murder children nothing edge of all the b.s. opportunistic and cheap but such awesome free p.r. shut them down well in response to the designers behind the hoodies have claimed that their message is ironic and is actually meant to empower the survivors the past decades have seen a dramatic rise they would mashing scenes in the us especially in schools.

where we spoke to the brother of a sandy hook shooting victim he thinks the fashion firm is simply 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 and 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 line out of production and they won't 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. international thanks for the company today don't forget you can also keep yourself updated on our social media pages and each check. they all see themselves as dying swans in their dreams.

but only one in the stands and will ever make it to the told. they're ready to give their lives for the chance to die on stage if only once. not even broken wings could do to them. for generations at the memory. but they sweat and tears on o.t. . this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of our global economy in the 21st century on january on washington christiane is on assignment today show will be a whirlwind tour of the world but we start with

a gloomy global warning. well it has been snowing and we very much fear that it's becoming entrenched you don't label. the o.e.c.d. has added to its outlook for global growth citing trade conflict in an uncertain future in europe jeffrey tucker of the american institute for economic research and the hands of sift through the strains on world markets and lose from central banks plus as it continues to rise what role will it play in business kristie i managed to catch up with. asia to get his take on our brave new world of artificial intelligence and finance get in the business mindset boom bust just starting now let's go. a significant downgrade of prospects for the global economy in 2100 leads our global report today as the organization for economic co-operation and development cuts their estimate for 2900 lobal growth always sees latest interim outlook cut the global growth forecast for this year to 2.9 percent from

a previous forecast of 3.2 percent the figure for 2020 was cut by 4 tonnes of a percent to a flat 3 percent the o.e.c.d. as chief economist suggested an increasing interaction and mutual enhancement or aggravation of downward economic trends telling the wall street journal quote our main worry is that the sliding economic growth 'd is becoming entrenched so faced. and the 1st message is that growth has been slowing and we very much fear that it's becoming entrenched at floor level. all the risks we look at are biased to the downsides you know them it's trade it's breaks it it's financial markets it could be all prices just this year in g.d.p. runs the risk of being one percent lower in china 3 quarters of a present each point lower in the u.s. and overall for the world about open.