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from moscow thanks for joining us tonight here on r.t. international i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. your straight in government has accused facebook of abusing its power to the social media. in the country. talk to the story. rough start to the day if you are a news junkie or a millennial and facebook is the open in the morning because on sunday all of a stray a wake up to find that it's go to news platform how to pull the plug on any and all roekel and international stories not obviously sparked shock but also outrage now this is all because mogs are not a fan of proposed legislation in the country which would force attack and social media companies to pay news publishers to repose that content facebook says this is on fat i'm not willing to negotiate and so on this really bold blanket ban a move which has infuriated the australian government facebook. sections were

unnecessary they're way heavy handed and they will damage it's reputation here in australia their decision to block the strains access to government sites were completely unrelated to the media code which is yet to pass through the senate facebook's actions to unfriend australia today cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services. as they were disappointing i am in regular contact with the leaders of other nations on these issues we will not be intimidated by big seeking to pressure our parliaments as he votes on our important news media bargaining code so what we just heard that and this is what's really got people tugging on facebook now the proposed legislation is about news but facebook has gone beyond the media and it's blocked pages that really can and do affect people's lives so the bureau of meteorology blocked far and much as the saga says

which post updates about deadly bushfires they've been taken down to charities including women's shelters or legal services for aboriginal people as well as very crucially state health departments which pay a really big role of course in the ongoing pandemic now some of those pages have been restored but it's too little too late straight to like ah this is preparing its code that 19 facts in roll out and now hospitals are worried that they will not be able to get out information to the people extremely concerning to find this morning that since vincent's melbourne's facebook page has been blocked these during the pandemic and on the eve of crucial covert vaccine distribution we hope this situation can be rectified very shortly now a facebook spokesperson said that the banning of non news organizations was a mistake but some would argue that the reputational damage has been done already this is just one example we've seen recently over the past few months governments and big tech facing off again and again but is this just sort. adding fuel to the

fire well absolutely particularly stateside how many times have we seen mark zuckerberg being pulled into those endless hearings and facing accusations that his platform doesn't tackle harmful content enough that it's engaged in censorship that it doesn't react quickly to allegations of abuse facebook in these circumstances often raises its hands and says you know what it's easier said than done it's a very difficult almost impossible task while the astray and situation now shows that actually it is that easy whereas apparently removing the live stream of the christ church massacre in new zealand wasn't for many this was the icing on top of the cake for a long time big tech face says allegations that it wields too much power the banning of course of the democratically elected president of the united states donald trump being the latest case in point so this latest situation just another example of silicon valley overreach and these actions will only confirm the

concerns that an increasing number of countries are expressing about the behavior of big tech companies who think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them they may be changing the world but that doesn't mean they run it but what today's events do confirm for australians is the immense market. of these media digital giants these digital giants loom very very large. in our economy. and on the digital landscape the hash tag delete facebook trending people are asking is it compatible with to crissy some thought that facebook was too big to fail but looking at the anchor reactions it might well have triggered its own downfall here radio host carrie harrison professor of liberal studies markel proximal and political commentator lauren chen gave us their take on the story.

although i don't like facebook by any means i also don't blame them for trying to put a stop to what i think is a very bad policy that in the end well only end up hurting smaller independent and perhaps even dissident sources in favor of a larger more establishment media sources these news organizations are disappearing that's really what's at stake and they really don't have any choice because they're not generating the kind of revenues necessary to run these news this content of which facebook reliance on it we have seen a whole cloth disruption of paid you know professional journalists guys that spent 30 years cutting their teeth and there are a lot of jobs because who's going to pay him $80.00 grand plus benefits to write a story when you can get to me on his you know no unfair if i know real credentials in journalism typing out something and make more money on those clicks so the question is for democracy is what is the threshold where people deserve to

have real information and should they have to pay for it should facebook profit on someone else's work without giving them some look you can understand facebook's desire not to give in and start paying for news stories like google did once the box opens there's $200.00 other countries surely saying we want some to facebook but you do to their shareholders right if we start saying all right facebook will have to pay to feature news articles and news links what's stopping other forms of content from doing the same this whole social media i guess ecosystem has really spun out of control in terms of how it is monetize and actually a i think more equitable if i can use that word solution to this would be to start talking about ways to break up the monopoly that facebook does have on advertising and also on user data basically the biggest problem with facebook is that they're utterly controlling that narrative and they're completely shutting out news that doesn't obey the narrative miss and this goes for almost. every issue down the line

that is of the importance today let's remember back in around 2007 i happen to be one of those lucky ones who interviewed this guy who started facebook he was a nobody was still on my space my space everywhere and he said that he wanted to create an ecosystem similar to a a well at the time if we all remembered dial up ale well it closed circuit environment where all your dating your shopping your opinions and but basically people who weren't able to have real friends in life could have thousands of friends make believe friends and call them their friends and you would never have to leave that world and it would do everything for you well that dream has come true and now all of us are sitting in the middle of it going well wait a minute it's either all capitalism where anything goes and we can all charge for everything or it's part capitalism or it's something but we're at that time of growth now we actually have to make the grown up decisions. scenes of americans are still without power days off the crippling wouldst winter storm swept across

southern states texas has seen a record broken with temperatures plunging to minus 18 for the 1st time in over 3 decades that's a vast blackouts on extensive damage to homes. this is this is a. very bloody. few. look it is the other imbra oh it gave you good to go to regular pay and be right here for a burger. despite the cold texas senator ted cruz is feeding the heat that's after photos emerged online claiming to show him flying to the mexican resort of cam coons during a crisis cruise hasn't commented on the pictures yet but i have caused a massive backlash on social media and he's not the only politician in hot water a local mayor was forced to step down after his response to pleas for help from

locals no one owes you or your family anything nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you drink trying times like this sink or swim it's your choice the city and county along with power providers or any other service owes you nothing it's pretty bad that you know it's texans you just came here for a whole other part of the country this would have been a huge issue in the league we'd see much for the section i like. to call the old. over you got all the blankets out would try to sleep together to keep us warm and then today when we got up there was no water we have no real update of when it's going to come on our phones bear we were. while authorities in texas struggled to get powell good back online some blaming the were launched on wind turbines for the disaster after they froze to hold on the side laying the blame squarely on the

local government. has this report without electricity texas residents are resorting to some rather desperate measures in the hopes of staying warm they are firing up the grill and the generators and some of the even tried to use their cars to heat their homes resulting in several deaths and over $300.00 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning people are dying from carbon monoxide poisoning we have had so many calls in so many incidents that we can't even track them all the major oil refineries of the state has shut down due to freezing weather that bright new future of green energy isn't working out so well in the present the wind turbines that accounted for almost a quarter of texas is energy last year have frozen to a standstill every source of power that the state of texas has has been compromised whether it be renewable power such as wind or solar but also as i mentioned today. access to coal generated power access to gas generator power also have been

compromised alternative energy sources have been a key aspect of the democrats' push for go friendly policies a key plank of our bill back better recovery plan is building a modern resilient climate infrastructure and clean energy future that will create millions of good paid union jobs critics are blaming joe biden and the democrats saying they pushed climate friendly policies a bit too hard and branding the outcome catastrophic live shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america if the last few days have proven anything it's that we need oil and gas relying solely on renewable energy would be catastrophic many of these sources have proven to be unreliable the united states may be a global super. power but at home it's a lacking power quite literally all of this critics say are symptoms of america in decline. aren't seeing new york staying in the u.s.

it's been confirmed around $5000.00 national guard troops are expected to remain in washington until the middle of next month they've been stationed there in the wake of the capitol hill riots. as more. one of the places that i actually lived in was a news anchor was an el paso texas where you had fort bliss that is the 2nd largest army post in the country when we pulled up to the gates here this morning it looks like i was walking into fort bliss there is a there's a whole street that's blocked off here that goes right into a checkpoint you'll see that these cars they go in they get check point by police by national guard and you see this is all happening literally just you know maybe 2 football fields away from our u.s. capitol you can also see to the left of the capitol here in our life we have almost like these little trailers that have been put on we have a lot of these members where they're actually staying there was 26000 troops here during the inauguration the numbers starting to go down but they want to have 5000

troops here scheduled again like you said till march 4th because you have a lot of cuban members talking underground and in sub read it's in you know you have a lot of these different you know social media other outlets and they're going to talking about possibly coming back again on march 4th believing that trump will be reinstated as the president again the fence looks like it goes down for miles now it goes all the way to the reflection pool in front of the capitol you know this is the people's house kids come here on their snow days to slide down the hill and now it's completely occupied by the national guard here i want you to look at the fencing right now normally you have barbed wire fencing you have barbed wire fencing outside of federal prisons this is razor wire this will kill you if you try to breach this fence here ok that fence that goes all the way around the perimeter of the capital $50000000.00 now again there's talks of having the national guard stay here until the early fall it's it's going to cost american taxpayers $2650000.00 per day to have $5000.00 troops here. to russia

sporting week over vaccine as are often gaza. have been preventing the shipment from getting to medical facilities that initial 2000 shots were tenants of people in poor health as well as medical personnel working in intensive care units and emergency services the following is a translated report from all says the shuttle. after coming under international criticism israel has allowed the shipment of the 1st batch of the russian vaccine sputnik v into the gaza strip through the qur'an border crossing it yourself. today the 1st batch of the russian vaccine has arrived it will be great help for all citizens certainly all of us will take the shot we hope other badges will arrive in gaza as well otherwise the street will simply crack under the pressure of the granddad. according to the health ministry the 2000 doses which have been shipped are intended for individuals in poor health and medical personnel dealing

with coronavirus infected patients in intensive care units and emergency services staff but they have had a lot of work the program will get underway on sunday morning in 2 centers in order to cover all the provinces of gaza the vaccination campaign will go on until we want out of jobs the health ministry affirms that the russian vaccine is one of the best and most effective among international analogs the russian vaccine will help cope with the consequences of the pandemic affecting medical facilities due to a lack of capacity. receive other batches of the vaccine in the near future which will allow us to inoculate the whole population express our deepest gratitude to russia to its president government and people what they did for palestine. the shipment comes after israel prohibited vaccine supplies to medical facilities in gaza the reversal of the ban opens up the prospect for future shipments of the facts into gaza yes or for more. people in gaza call israel's decision to hamper

the delivery of sputnik vivax into gaza blackmail that's amid thousands of sick people including children who need to be vaccinated urgently. for goldman sachs banker aeration sharp as officially been confirmed as the new shaman of the b.b.c. is known as an ambitious man with a. impressive list of contacts sharp as a background in finance and has worked for some notable institutions in the sector he's also known for backing the ruling conservatives by donating hefty sums decides that he's also been unpaid adviser to the u.k.'s finance minister during the pandemic and also worked for current prime minister barak when he was mayor of london the chairman of the b.b.c. is a position appointed by the queen on the recommendation of the government is the shop will take home $160000.00 pounds per year that's around $220000.00 for 3 or 4 working days per week british journalist and author francis beckett gave us his

thoughts on the appointment the position you see is the. one who. tries to maintain its independence and planes and prices. it has to animate so its relationship with governments. continually compromise its independence and it tries to pretend on no new former prime minister has used the power of control. of control of the german in quite the overtly political way that boris johnson has just used the trouble with the appointment into is not that it is a bank but that it is a banker with close ties to the conservative party i'm the banker. i can at least see all of. that she's

in line with the. protests continue. to be arrested. he's been convicted of slander of the crown and glorifying terrorism for nothing off the bright.

measures human beings to change nature so i think you know the most you yes because what was lost there is it was going to make people uneasy really why should we force the vote time just because major is in the throes. of the new brain why don't we get jews that. welcome back large protests continue in spain over the rest of catherine wrap up a cell who's been jailed for slandering the crown and glorifying terrorism and the musician was arrested on tuesday at the university of leeds where here and his supporters barricaded themselves inside the building hundreds of public figures

have spoken out in support of the artist while amnesty international described his into detention as an excessive restriction on his freedom of speech. in support of the 32 year old have been taking place across the country resulting in a clashes and riots. i. will back in 2018 public hersel was convicted by a spanish court over tweets calling the former king a matthew boss he also accused police of tours for and killing down strangers and migrants as hell fell foul of legislation covering spiny and right to freedom of expression dubbed the gaggle or by critics

a court ruled spanish law prohibited such expressions of opinion. a member of the cast of our national assembly we spoke to told us suppressing free speech is inexcusable. hispanic over many years including the fundamental rights activists have their right to free speech and free free creation through government is they called themselves the most progressive government in the history for spain and so for them their case of problem has been growing because is a clear sign that this is not true not this is one of the reasons why we only need and it's not because we want to build a new a new contrary with a more open and free laws we want to know more open system the system which. killed your creation

like the one i sell or others like. so of course we need this this change so we are fighting for this for a more free. one hour the of the fallout from last month's trading frenzy over game stop the american gaming company one of the key players in that story keith gill has testified to u.s. congress about the jaw dropping surge of the retailers shares that's after a lawsuit was filed against him accusing the investor of violating numerous industry rules early at laid out his defense the idea that i use social media to promote game stop stock to unwitting investors is preposterous i was abundantly clear that my channel was for educational purposes only and that my aggressive style of investing was unlikely to be suitable for most folks checking out the channel. well the lawsuit against kill was filed in massachusetts the earlier this

week claims he hid behind the status of an amateur while actually having licensed security credentials furthermore the suit accuses him of manipulative conduct harming the integrity of the market the trading friends your own game stop erupted in mid january or the company has was rather having a tough time because of the pandemic that saw traditional investors betting on its stocks dropping but i'm not a media traders rather on social media instead of interest in the company sending its shares prices soaring artie's very own financial guru max kaiser thinks the whole story shows what's been wrong with wall street for this whole time. what keith gill may or may not be involved with allegedly involved whether wall street bets that that's a symptom of a much bigger problem the collusion between the central bank had funs citadel capital which is a big fund with major players connected to the federal reserve bank and they're

engaged in massive fraud so this is a bit of a show trial with keith gill to distract and deflect attention from a massive fraud that's ongoing citadel central bank can griffith and others are involved in a racket and they are defrauding the american public they're manipulating stock prices and they're undermining the american economy which is why so many people find themselves in such dire straits why the infrastructure in texas as and been built and people are freezing to death because the money's been stolen and given it can griffith who has just bought a 250000000 dollars apartment in park avenue where that money come from comes from ben bernanke he sits on his board former fed chairman feeding him inside information it's not debate it's no debate about it it's clear we can see through the trading pick track record this is exactly what's going on. because one of us pandemic has pushed the thirty's most vulnerable to the brink many facing daily

vellum out of whether to feed themselves or take care of their medical needs in 2020 the number of people on the breadline grew 517-3000 while just under a 3rd of italians are now at risk of poverty according to be organization for economic co-operation and development we asked people there how they feel they're coping right now. on civil troll boy. my situation has worsened due to the pandemic i'm a small cross man who worked in fairs and since everything is now closed due to the i don't know how to go on i have to pay for some medicines but without anyone's help i often can't afford them between eating treating myself i choose the former you don't know what you have to pay for 1st between the house bills and medicines you don't really know what to prioritize so i decide not to treat myself. unless of finding it difficult to purchase drugs that always cost a lot i can't buy medicines the price of which is increasing more and more we're

now talking about a different code with very much they're saying that could be a new look so we don't have a better future to look forward so there is no hope. the new italian government is facing growing calls to change its strategy for dealing with the pandemic leading health experts insist the current tiered system of regional restrictions is ineffective government scientific committee this week ministers to follow other european countries in implementing stricter measures is what local pharmacists told us about the situation. if you go and it was done this year has definitely been a strange one the global pandemic has brought a number of sectors to their knees and among these is certainly the poorest people who are having the greatest difficulties finding drugs and dying of it so many people can't even afford to buy drugs at a reduced price donating medicines brings a smile to the faces of people who can be treated the crisis is devastating and there are people who even have to make a choice between eating and treating themselves.

and the lamb writes quite high in the year before the pandemic were open 3 days a week but now due to come it we have to open 5 days a week people don't work and can't even pay for mad since we collect medicines and then we give them to people who can't afford them people can't pay for them so we do what we want to for children to we are missing many things and we're also struggling. to documentary follows the lives of the indigenous trick you people in russia's far north east it's even in half an hour the latest headlines to join us again that. the british and american governments have often been accused of destroying lives in

their own interests or you see in this these techniques is the state devising methods to him to essentially destroy the personality of an individual. by scientific. this is how one doctor's theories were allegedly used in psychological warfare against prisoners deemed a danger to the state that was the foundation for the method of psychological interrogation psychological courtroom. disseminated within the u.s. intelligence community and worldwide among our allies for the next 30 years and how the victims say they still live with the consequences today. the post trauma era has begun or has it what role would the former president play within the republican party by all accounts trump intends to remain relevant in this is the case what is the future of the populist wing of the party and in fourthly if indeed the g.o.p. is now the party of the working class will the party leadership in phrase this new

direction. simply said drew can disperse interested on a percentage he either. didn't want to create. or just wasn't it would mean the. couple. who blow up the national health. care system like another.