the. way to start a new thread was usually. when the story is the shape the week a campaign to boycott facebook is launched in a strange blocks it's news feed in the country the tech giant made the move over a proposed rule to make social networks pay for news content we debate the issue. should facebook profit on someone else's work without giving them some of what. they're utterly wrong with merit i think this whole social media i guess ecosystem is really spun out of control in terms of how it is monetize dozens are left millions without power and water. means something the united states struggled to cope with crippling waiting to storms. and black lives not some activists are

arrested for attacking a conservative john this was covering the bradley we hear from their own people so . i feel that being conservative media is now very physically threatening to journalists america is descending into something that you know i would never have imagined 3 experience in my life. you know good to have you with us for the week here on our team when we look at the stories that really grabbed attention over the past 7 days. well one soft medical people talking a campaign to boycott facebook who watched in australia this week it's off to the tech giant blocked its news feed in the country over a proposed nor to make social networks pay publishes for content congress has called it an abuse of power simon right brings us his take. australia's government is fully coming to terms with the fact that facebook has told it where to go and

there's nothing you can do about it might use what happened social media giant facebook has followed through on a script restricting people in australia from viewing news content or desire streaming you know it's better to someone with an australian out than explain that so this morning if you visit a news science and astronomy side by the social media platform you'll find there are no posts you can't view washington news articles. winner is australia could just be there wasn't any news that day so the australian government wants facebook to pay for content which is shared on its platform but made by other media organizations those media organizations make the point and it's a good one that they pay to produce this stuff but big tech like facebook benefits for free facebook gave a completely b.s. response that making it pay for that stuff would be penalizing him for taking content that it didn't take or ask for which is a bit like finding a bag of cash on the floor and then saying well officer i didn't ask for it or take

it from the bank so i thought i'd keep it finished in a carry on yeah so about that carry on on the other hand media companies do start their own pages and upload their own content of their own accord and as mark zuckerberg says every time his company is accused of ruining life on this planet it's a private company so that's why i believe that the future is private. this whole news blackout thing i'm absolutely i mean who cares honestly if you've got a computer just go on through twitter or google instead. we're anti dot com last news australian ministers are angry because they say facebook is among other things restricting access to health information during a pandemic. to enjoy say don't get your health information from facebook what's wrong with you it's a not for time not dr quinn medicine woman. australia's prime minister seems

so close to grasping the reality of what's happened here scott morrison said that facebook. thinks they're bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them i promise that they don't think they're big or they know it governments have little to no power over these companies anymore. treasury gets today's events to confirm for all strings is the market. of the media digital giants these did you do giants very very large. in our economy. and on the digital landscape well let's not get carried away here i mean it's only facebook and the only people that use facebook now is your mom and her friends but the bigger issue is what happens when big tech decides to get together and define governments i mean even the protest about this stand to meet facebook is on another social media platform. or

murdoch just can't deal with google that will see his media outlets get paid for their content one australian he's really cool and the market in the brainwashing going you know what there is always. bigger and. well in addition to news posts facebook or so blocked a number of government pages including health department some marginson services and trade unions the company later said those accounts have been in it 1st impacted amnesty international way 10 claiming facebook's move on information was consigning and a statement it said facebook's willingness to block credible news sources stance and sharp distinction to the company's poor track record in addressing the spread of hate content on the platform and canada's back to string at that spot all too was considering similar legislation to make facebook page news publishers and says a will not be intimidated we put the whole issue up for debate. 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. 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 grand plus benefits to write a story when you can get to me on his you know no unfair of by no 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's 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 eco system similar to a a well at the time if we all remembered dial up ale well it closed circuit environment were all your dating your shopping your opinions and 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 will we actually have to make the grown up decisions. that he went to storm sweeping across the southern united states have now claimed the lives of

$58.00 people and left millions of americans without power and clean water for days texas has seen temperatures plunge as low as minus 18 degrees celsius for the 1st time in more than 3 decades that's led to rolling blackouts and extensive damage to homes this is this is it. is oh very nice flutey. and that is the other bro oh it's to get you through the 2 to wriggle appears to be here for the birds and meanwhile texas senator ted cruz has come on to file to help through to the mexican results or to cancun during the disaster he described the decision as a mistake when he returned the next day but that doesn't of up the twit to still

follow it and he's not the only official hope want to a no cool man was forced to step down off to his response to residents pays for how . no one owes you or your family anything nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you joining trying times like this sink or swim it's your choice the city and county along with power provide is all any other service owes you nothing it's pretty bad that you know it's texans you just can't prepare for cold every other part of the country this would have been a huge issue in the late weeks to much for this election time i see. 2 people with no water got on the blankets out would try to all 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 barely work. while foreign teams in texas struggle to keep our grades up and running playing to win tough compete for the tosca others

how that may be blame squarely on the government open. without electricity texas residents are resorting to some rather desperate measures in the hopes of staying warm they're firing up the grill on the generators and some of the even tried to use their cars to heat their homes resulting in several deaths and over 300 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' 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 eco friendly policies a key plank of our build 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 shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america in 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 superpower. at home it's a lacking power quite literally all of this critics say are symptoms of america in

decline. are seeing new york what elsewhere in the u.s. it was confirmed this week that around 5000 national guard troops are expected to remain in washington until the middle of next month the decision was reportedly made to. finance what is on america's. 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 sub read it 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 while 2 black lives activists have reportedly been charged with harassment an attempted assault footage of has to show them attacking a conservative child in us who was covering the rally. you don't know about these people here are your. drugs aren't guruji accord was a pleasure bar your bedroom she's a pushover you regarding the truth of your depth yeah that's right you think like that as you can see with what had happened to me it is very trying times initially when i saw they were harassing other journalists there and videographers and i went to stand with them as well and they they wanted everybody to be turning off their cameras with our 1st amendment rights which is freedom to the press and also being a public space i had my camera on and i said now this is public space and i'm reporting the news so my camera will stay on and that's when they started attacking

initially or being media and then the 2nd time they came around to attack me when they identified which media i was i feel that being conservative media is is because now very physically threatening to journalists. i was covering the writing when demonstrate so identified as a conservative will pull to. trumps for all time and to not see john list who was independent. more took. a one point test even appears to. me and her face. now in order for true peace to occur you need to have people to have that civil discourse it's not it's not true peace when the other side is voices are shut off and so is it may give up the saga of unity or its act the detriment of you know $75.00 plus 1000000 americans who have voted and do support donald trump at the expense of basically shutting their voices out so

that is not true unity when you're taking out your opponent it's not a fair fight america is descending into something that you know i would never have imagined to be experiencing in my lifetime i don't condone the violence that happened at the capitol i condemn them along with other the public in the conservatives because because terrorism and and and destruction and what is going on that has no place in america and i do feel that we are seeing more attacks and actually hearing from the left on to the right you see censorship that's going on and it's not even. occur. meanwhile a new quarantine measures introduced this week might make travelers think twice before heading and do it now requires travelers from 5 to 3 ride listed countries to pay 1750 pounds that's around 24 $100.00 to quarantine for 10 days in specially designated hotels there are tough penalties for anyone who flout the rules both

fines of up to $10000.00 pounds for those failing to quarantine and a maximum prison sentence of 10 is for people who lie about what they've come from . reports from out. side one of the facilities. foreign travelers and brits returning home from $33.00 red list countries are now forced to isolate and government mandated hotels in the u.k. for 10 days it's all part of measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus variants but not only are rivals like elaine and wagner are confined to the 4 walls of a small hotel room they've also got a thought they have to build themselves because. they want to know what we've got a big 2000 on it are our but i don't know i don't know yet but this couple what alone many flights being canceled and departure dates change due to complications of the cave at 19 pandemic and it's not just the financial burden that's weighing heavily other rivals tell me the party policy is no safer than isolating at home.

i mean i like. being in this. one. currently the government has almost 5000 rooms available across 16 airport hotels with another 58000 on standby but as has been throughout the entire pandemic scotland has gone one step further by enforcing hotel currently measures on any international arrivals regardless of which country they arrive from even in exceptional circumstances we were. almost in so it's when scotland. managed. 'd

automatically once the 16th and that's. what you would be if. you can already have. what you were going to england or it. well. it's just. you know you know we. just you know feeling like captives thousands of arrivals have to wait before getting home to their families are to have a more anxiety it's all very interesting time. you k. loved. the raging pandemic has pushed italy's most vulnerable to the brink quit some facing a day need tyler of whether to feed themselves or take care of their medical needs and 2020 their number of people on the breadline grew 587-3000 while just under a 3rd of a tally and are now at risk of poverty that's according to the organization for economic co-operation and development we asked people how they're coping on several

troll boy picture all the calls on the 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 curb it 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 and 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 them so i decided not to treat myself. with the initial finding it difficult to purchase drugs but was 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 there could be a new look then so we don't have a better future to look forward so there is no hope. for the new italian government is facing growing calls to change its strategy for dealing with. heating health experts and says the current system of regional with factions is ineffective

government scientific miltie this week ministers to follow other european countries are implementing stricter measures well here's what local pharmacist had to say about the situ. but you weren't there was about to go this year has definitely been a strange one the global pandemic has brought a number of success to the knees and among these is certainly the poorest people who are having the greatest difficulties finding drugs and dying of it soon 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. i don't know where it's quite high in the year before the pandemic were opened 3 days a week but now due to comit we have to open 5 days a week people don't work and can't even pay for medicines 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 with this. but meantime they fast by russia sputnik recurrent virus vaccine has arrived in gaza as well had been stopping the shipment from getting to medical facilities that may to relented the initial 2000 shots are intended for people in poor health but possible walk in intensive care units on the emergency services while the following is a translated report from pick. 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. 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 hope other badges or arrive in

gaza as well otherwise the street will simply crack under the pressure of the can down. 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 . a lot of a c. program will get underway on sunday morning in 2 centers in order to cover all the provinces of girls the vaccination campaign will go on until we run 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. to be able to 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 governments 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 to put more. people in gaza call israel's decision to hamper the delivery of sputnik vivax into gaza blackmail and that's amid thousands of sick people including children who need to be vaccinated urgently . that's iraq at this hour. coming away now while the partnerships. look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. i robot must obey the orders given by human beings except where such conflict with the 1st

law show your identification for should be very careful about artificial intelligence and the point is to create. great teams on theories playing with artificial intelligence we're going to be. a robot must protect its own existence. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only mostly. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

we're more politicized than ever or more polarized than ever the 21st century when speed is measured in megabytes per 2nd. electronic mail electronic money electronic media infinite possibilities for exchanging information i mean me and my misery nationwide freedom of speech and social media censorship a double standards should judge what can be said online. the internet audience know totals almost 4500000000 almost all of them are active social network users but one wrong. move from the pages deleted digital annihilation you don't exist anymore little god who runs the show on the web how can anyone stand up to the tech giants if he from the heads of state faced the

threat of being burned is there any limits to all that virtual tell you oh. these new clothes for a movie i was reasonable way. back . welcome to worlds apart do cultural ones come fast if you was to be easy to play cards seriously and yes even to. defeat at the 2nd failed impeachment you continues to be the joker in american politics lincoln smartly is likely to determine the

future of the republic and then the democratic party's bulls and rugby ukridge by these untruly player so what's on the cards for the next few years in american politics well to discuss that i'm now joined by michael johns a co-founder of the tea party movement and a former speechwriter for president george h.w. bush mr jones it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time and pleasure to be with you. i give you a card player by any chance. but really what they play. bridge and you know the joy of the games. i don't know if you are aware by these was the american the north american ag game of your current that is a response of. before introducing the joker in today more than deck of cards. just in this a ways i think donald trump introduced this new style of politics worldwide and now

that he is out of office do you think his game is over absolutely not i think he's proved in a transformational worse in american politics. it's true that he has led this movement this make america great again but it's also true that movement existed in a lot of ways and was looking for leadership on the presidential level to go back to 2008 with the mccain candidate sears you don't well with romney i don't think that these millions of what he called the forgotten men and women really felt represented the do feel and did feel represented in his leadership so i think he has a bright future as a force in american politics i'm not sure everybody on the republican side will agree with me and i'm on i don't want to over bring you or our be or is quite another for us but i think it's as.