in the store is this shape the week a campaign to boycott facebook has launched an australia waltrip plonks its news feed in the country the tech giant made the move over a proposed law 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 the biggest problem with facebook is with their utterly transformed narrative i think this whole social media i guess ecosystem has really spun out of control in terms of how it is monetize doesn't fall after millions without power basel foreign teams in the southern united states struggle to cope with crippling not went to school. until black lives not activists are arrested for attacking

a conservative john lister was covering our bradley we hear from the reporter. i feel that being conservative media is is now very physically threatening to journalists america is descending into something that you know i would never have imagined to really experience in my lifetime. and i welcome to our national on to the week which will do a recap of the big headlines of the past 7 days. well one story that got people talking a campaign to boycott facebook launched in the straight it this week on top of the tech giant blocked its news feed in the country over a proposed law to make social networks pay publishes for content congress has called it an abuse of power or to simon right brings us his take. australia's government is really 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 and explain that so this morning if you visit a nice sciex 100 straley me aside by the social media platform you'll find there are no posts you can view washington news articles wiener 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 is a good one that they pay to produce the stuff but big tech like facebook benefits for free facebook gave the 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 what i believe but 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. news australia ministers are angry because they say facebook is among other things restricting access to health information during a pandemic. to which i 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 immense market power. of the media digital giants these digital 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 'd 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. doctors can do with google that will see his media outlets get paid for their content one australian he's really cool and the market brainwashing going you know what there is always. a bigger and when addition to news posts facebook also blocked a number of government pages including health departments so margins and services aren't trained unions the company later said those accounts had been inadvertently impacted on the city international weight and claiming facebook's move on information was consigning and in the statement said facebook's willingness to block credible news sources stands in sharp distinction to the company's poor track record in addressing the spread of hate for content on the platform. and canada's back to strain there and it spat also is considering similar legislation to make facebook page news publishes and says it 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 going to disappear and 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 the narrative and they're clearly shutting out news that doesn't obey the narrative and this and this goes for almost every issue down the

line that 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 that time if we all remembered dial up you know well it closed circuit environment where 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 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 people

and left millions of americans without power clean water for days texas has seen temperatures plunge just now was minus 18 degrees celsius that's for the fos time and more for 3 decades and so had to rolling blackouts and extensive damage to homes this is this is it here and over. here. is oh very nice play this. and that is the other imbra oh the again you through to the 2 to wriggle the parent being here for the birth of. meanwhile texas senator ted cruz has come under fire after he from a to the mexican resort city of cancun during the disaster he described the decision as a mistake when he returned the next day but that didn't about the twit to storm the

followed and he's not period fishel in hot water was forced to step down off to his response to residents pleas for help. no one owes you will your family anything nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you trying times like this sink or swim it's your choice the city and county along with power provide any of the service owes you nothing it's pretty bad that texans just can't we're told every other part of the country this wouldn't but been a huge issue in the late weeks in march for this election turned so nicely. too cold to build whatever you got on the blankets out we 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 well while authorities in texas struggling to keep power running some plain when tough it's

a complete and fries from the disaster. that laid the blame squarely on local government reports 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' 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 generated power also have been compromised alternative energy sources. have been a key aspect of the democrats push for ecofriendly 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 pain union jobs critics are blaming joe biden and the democrats saying that 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 superpower but at home it's a lacking power quite literally all of this critics say are symptoms of america in

decline caleb are seeing new york when 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 the lingering concerns of phylis. america's front from. 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 checked pointed 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

per day to have 5000 troops here. to black lives matter activists have reportedly been charged with harassment and attempted assault footage of pay is to show them a ta can't conservative john list who was covering that rally. wrote i don't think that there was something going on that these this is. wrong with her drug czar who supports her was very true she's a pushover to the border patrol. that translates. 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 kept my camera on and i said no 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 now very physically threatening to journalists well tar out was covering the rally when demonstrators identified as a conservative because tough they can be had when a hard trump supporter i did not see that john those 2 loves independently also claims that example i can use it but you need to talk out i one point of protest even appears to rob us we have plenty of hot 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 a saga of unity or peace but it's act the detriment of you know $75.00 plus 1000000 americans who had 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. right 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 republican 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 actually from the left on to the right you see censorship that's going on and it's not even. occur. well me lawyer for me ok new quarantine much as introduce this week might make travelers think twice before heading over the england now requires traveling to 3 rottenest of countries to pay 1750 pounds that's around $2400.00 to quarantine for 10 days in specially designated hotels there are tough penalties for anyone who

flout the rules fines of up to $10000.00 pounds and a maximum prison sentence of 10 is for people who lie about where they've come from the edwards daschle reports from outside 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're going to be 2000 on about our order i don't know i don't know yet but this couple has not alone many flights being canceled and departure dates change due to complications of the cave in 1000 pandemic and it's not just the financial burden that's weighing heavily other rivals tell me the current policy is no safer than isolating a home. buyer.

i mean i like. being a feature. i want 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 corridor measures on any international arrivals regardless of which country they arrive from even in exceptional circumstances we were to. us we know almost in. it's when scotland. managed all chancel 'd just automatically once the 16th and that's. what you would be

if. your community of you were if you were going to england or if you were willing to. it's just if you were. a remote you know you know. just like you know feeling like captives thousands of arrivals have to wait before getting home to their families are together more anxiety it's already testing times. are to you k. . the raging pandemic has pushed its knees most vulnerable to the brink with some facing a daily deila of whether to feed themselves or take care of their medical needs and 2020 the number of people on the breadline through by 173000 while just under a 3rd of a tally and are now at risk of poverty that's according to the organization for economic cooperation and development we asked people how they're coping.

my situation has worsened due to the pandemic i'm a small cross man who worked in affairs 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 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 so i decide not to treat myself . to finding it difficult to purchase drugs cost of what i can't buy medicines the price of which is increasing more and more we're now talking about a different covert very much they're saying there could be a new look 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 the pandemic leading health experts insist the current system of regional restrictions is

ineffective the government scientific this week ministers to follow up the european countries in implementing strict up measures well here's what local pharmacist told us about the situation. if you weren't there was. 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. i don't know where it's quite high in the year before the pandemic were open 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 don't we can't afford them people can't pay for them so

we do what we want it would. for children 2 we're missing many things and we're also struggling. to russia sputnik the corona virus vaccine has arrived in gaza it's been stopping the shipment from getting to medical facilities that up but ultimately relented the initial 2000 jobs are intended for people in poor health and medical costs now watching in intensive care units and they have much unsee services the following is a report we translated from arabic. after coming under international criticism israel has allowed the shipment of the 1st batch of the russian fax in sputnik v into the gaza strip through the qur'an border crossing and almost. day the 1st batch of the russian black sea has arrived it will be great help for all citizens so all of us will take the shot of the other badges or arrive in gaza as well otherwise the street will simply crack under the pressure of the going 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 . program and get underway on sunday morning into the centers in order to cover all the provinces of girls the vaccination campaign will go on until we have 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. received a batch of something vaccine in the near future which will allow us to inoculate the whole population at the express our deepest gratitude to russia to its president people that what they did to the palestine. the shipment comes after

israel prohibited vaccine supplies to medical facilities in gaza the reversal of the band opens up the prospect for future shipments of the facts into gaza he also for more. in gaza call israel's decision to hamper the delivery of scrutiny via fax into gaza blackmail and that's amid thousands of sick people including children in need to be facts and he said urgently. that's all from me for today but don't know why because governor i will be here at the top of the hour. update as we.

join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

i'm afshin rattansi and you're watching another lockdown edition of going underground as nato nations are called mainstream media arguably ignores coronavirus vaccine colonialism of the rich benefit from the virus in part 2 will be speaking to a danish minister about how a vaccine wealthy countries building an energy island but 1st guinea is declared in a bowl or epidemic in its 1st outbreak since 2016 when over 11000 people died this after the w.h.o. criticized rich countries for over or drink over vaccines joining me now from a blue jay in nigeria is one of the world's top coronavirus health care professionals and senior atlantic fellow for health equity at george washington university dr if so for thanks so much athena for coming on i've been a 1st start off i know ever answering about it certainly here in the e.u. how bad is it in guinea in the rest of the west africa the w.h.o. put 6 countries on the ok thanks again option for having me on so i think it's

a lot of people out on sending any. of the high spend a lot will have been fed i think i could be the concrete guinea. africa you know. maybe it could be do with it but. because up of all the let's be let's all but i'm a composite to deal i've been i've been i'm exist it is also a plot that it did. the rest. just goes to show important vaccines are i just want to ask you what your reaction was i mean you probably knew it already when the doubly 8 shows a bore said there were only 25 doses in. in africa while millions for 29000000 yeah what was your reaction so i mean i was shocked to be honest i coincidentally be 25 there was actually

a unique aspect of that which i were punished you would know better but that does not the way to deal with a pandemic pandemic affects every country in everybody everywhere so that even if you and dog back to your businesses they are still at risk because where so we are stronger as our weakest link in responding to this find them in. conflicts that have pushed for equity for you know doing things the right way now you know bury their heads in the sand. to think about the president well. it was quite shocking to me to be on an upward point well ok that was january 25 doses for guinea 39000000 for the richer countries macro has just made an announcement we will give africa some of the leftover vaccines you must be really happy. no to be honest i'm not because coincidentally

a publication came from the economist about you know showing the fact that if which are conscious are not hard impact and they are billable boxes now if you don't everybody so it's not a question of which in africa for instance let me stick to africa should not consistently be at this event and not when your dumbass committee or people that you think about africa ever thought i think i've got some doozies from the the johnson and johnson back then it was deliberate that the presence of us in this one i was just 50000 those. we've got 3 of you know almost 50000000 people or more well as i say the rich countries say they're doing what they can and actually here in britain we're getting information that there is a vaccine kind of cold war china and russia are using coronavirus for their evil geopolitical intent.