no like, what do we do? oh it's alice hope headlines here. one r t and facebook supper. it's one of the worst outages in its history. for 7 hours, millions of people were disconnected from the world's biggest social media network, along with instagram and was soft. ultimately providing a glimpse of a world without big tech. and another setback for facebook whistleblower reveals her identity off the bottom shell leaks suggesting the company prioritized profit over its uses, safety and a shocking revelation in france as a prob, flags more than $10000.00 cases of child abuse in the catholic church,

dating back 70 years an independent commission, it will be releasing as findings later today. also in the program for europe to energy crisis deepens with italy bearing the brunt record gas prices have left many just unable to pay their bills. jeremy, i really shocked. i'm aware of what is going on, and i have to say we are upset, an absolute shame. the italian state, instead of protecting its citizens, does exactly the opposite. it is raised the tariffs of goods such as electricity and gas. what a shame ah car tuesday and 9 am here in moscow. the past 12 hours have produced huge amounts of stories for you this morning. let's get into and welcome to the program. so, 7 hours without facebook, what's up and instagram over a $7000000000.00 personal hit for c o. mark zak, a bug,

a facebook services are now back online. off to a global outage. and an essay was to below, edward snowden took the opportunity to imagine what life might be like without the social media giant. the internet joins go flying today and never return. what happens tomorrow? a golden age dawns or collapse, and we dine on rats. so edward snowden, yesterday tweed out whether or not this, if all the tech giant swing down at the same time, would it be a good day or a bad thing for society in surprising enough you overwhelming majority said that it would be a great thing for society if the, the big tank giles were taken down permanently, i kind of tend to agree i would like of the ability to organize. but i guess if we still have telegram, we do have the ability to organize. so, but it was interesting to see how many people viewed detect jives going down as a positive dane versus a negative. twitter is picked up traffic significantly. somebody were joking about

saying, you know, if face to face one down of twitter goes on next. and they'll be posting all their rage tweets in food pictures on tinder instead and, and other people, of course that have tinder goes down along with all those other 3. well, they're not exactly sure what they're gonna do with their lives. because, you know, given all the shut down and things like that, people's love life is already hanging by a thread and of tender facebook and twitter goes and i have no idea. i any one's going to find her soulmate. and so it's pretty hard situation, but hopefully it does get reconciled because, you know, beyond the social aspect of facebook and instagram, there is a business aspect, and a lot of people's businesses are on these platforms and do communicate using these platforms. and it would be pretty sad to see people lose a good marketing tool. you know, we do want to see facebook held accountable, but we do want them to be held accountable in the right way. not something that hurts a lot of people out here we. i spoke with our journalist and commentator chadwick moore. he questioned how such a vast company can be so vulnerable to a simple technical glitch. facebook. oh is

a one trillion dollar company and i like these outages. happen a lot. it happened in april in june of just this year. you don't see google outages or any of the big companies apple happening quite so frequently. so it's a bit bizarre that facebook has a problem with this. it seems to be that all of their, these properties oculus, instagram, whatsapp, and facebook all run through some sort of similar server. facebook is now sort of saying they were making upgrades and, and, and program or gotten locked out, or something. sounds fishy sounds really strange. the fact that this and facebook always a privacy problems and they always have problems there and they always go offline, it went down to one. so it's, it's very suspicious. and it's also suspicious that facebook seems that they are problems and most tech companies with these issues and, and i would whistleblowers as well. i can, i can back this has a look at the dangers of these monopolies if they can blink out of existence so quickly. hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue was lost in 6 hours today till

these companies have it so much control, so much power. they are monopolies and look at how they could just wipe out revenue, whether the shut that was intentional or that was just the mistake i. this is the whole school here in our to international and our correspond. eagle is down on the joining out this morning here in the studio. this is a huge store in enormous destruction for facebook. you know, last night i turned on my social media quite late in the evening. nothing worked. it was like a breath of fresh air, like the whole world of social media had been silenced. well indeed, it was quite in, quite an experience now wasn't, and it was like going in some version of a cyber and a co chamber if you like. and just, you know, completely, you know, muting out the rest of the, the rest of the world. yeah, it was, again, it was quite an experience. and in fact, it was one of the longest outages that we've experienced and, well facebook has experienced in its history. so yet it was long and there were long, tense hours because nobody seemed to know what caused the outage. how long it will

last and well, we'll what we should all do with it. so well, it seems all seems back to normal now, but it wasn't easy because apparently when facebook service went down, they took along with themselves the site, the infrastructure inside the, the, the facebook headquarters or wherever their services are located. so engine is when they tried to get in, they found out that they have electronic cards, their passes simply did not work. so they had to literally forced their way into the server room to manually reboot them. so, and it took mark zuckerberg also hours to come forward and explain what was going on. have a listen facebook, instagram, whatsapp and messenger are coming back online now. sorry for the disruption today. i know how much you rely on our services to stay connected with the people you care about. so again, there were hours of radio silence before that statement. maybe because mark was trying to, well, put out a statement on facebook, not realizing it was down,

but that's just my wild guess. will. eagle 11 window closes perhaps another window opens any other services out there. taking advantage of this historic crash for facebook. well, short answer, yes, but it's not that simple because you might think that it was just facebook, instagram and you know, facebook sister companies essentially, but no. a lot of other companies, a lot of other businesses that do not necessarily rely on facebook as a social platform, but rely rather on their technical physical infrastructure like service. they all went down to from well tinder to netflix, to zoom, to literally websites of airline companies and world bank apps as well. so a lot of a lot of sites, a lot of services that were used to using they, well they went off line. but one apps seem to take advantage over it and mainly to take advantage of whatsapp not work. and that's the telegram messenger. they eserman their social media team, even had their fun on twitter before twitter went down as well. and while they try

to attract new users, i, i did well, they successfully did. so because it is estimated some 50000000 new users join telegram and it almost went down as well, but not because of the facebook thing, but because you had to process so many new accounts being registered. so yeah, and there were a few funny reactions on line to this whole may hm. unfolding have a look. we're working to get things back to normal. telegram you single grandmother the so the sat and the parents and home. so yeah, being a little tongue in cheek, the s m. m team there by probably, well, capitalizing on the whole situation. but in general, this whole thing, it underlines especially the fact that other businesses not, not well. a pankey linked which didn't appear to billing to facebook, that they experienced troubles. it really points out how much people on the general, massive massive companies rely on the infrastructure of one particular tech giant.

millions of businesses rely on facebook now and many other many others use facebook in order to, to connect to other apps. it sends a huge warning across the bile because here we have a major social network site. but you know, this shows us the extent to which we rely on digital technology across the board. and cyber attacks of sorts can bring down whole systems. and facebook is just one. it's a social networking platform, but a lot of businesses, as we've said, rely on it. but imagine a much more intrinsic infrastructural attack. i'm not saying this was a, a cyber attack. in fact, i have a theory about what happened. but ah, this shows you the fragility of the entire digital infrastructure that we're relying on. yeah, i think the guest, etc, that e got them. it's amazing that a company worth so much money and being so world wide can be taken down so quickly

with a technical glitch or right ortiz, he goes gentle. thank you very much. well, facebook insists that the service outage does not lead to any use of data being compromised, but it's an additional setback because just weeks after a form of product manager claim, facebook knowingly allows uses to spread hate and misinformation. our guests gave us their views on the story. but what's interesting about the leak documents that the wall street journal published is that they show quite clearly that facebook is in decline and knows it's in decline. and so you see all these desperate measures of attempting to attract pre teens and children, i mean even children. so there is a kind of convergence of several bad instances. i mean, not just to shut down, but to any trust effort to break it up, coupled with now what these lead documents show is and understanding by facebook

officials, that crest of the wave is now headed downwards. that facebook is not infallible. and what's up is definitely not infallible. what's that also came under scrutiny because there were reports that even though they claim that they use their messages, were encrypted. that they were actually sending some user data to authorities in order to help with different types of prosecution. so if there's a message to take away from this, i think it is absolutely that we should be very skeptical the claims that facebook, what's that you, all the subsidiaries are making about their ability to keep your, your data private. because clearly it seems like they can't, at least for the moment, i keep their sites even online. the facebook with the blower who leaked ball michelle internal documents has revealed her identity and her 1st ever interview. she slammed the tech john for putting a premium on a hateful, divisive ann polarizing content. there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was going for facebook. in facebook, over and over again shows optimized for its own interests,

making more money. francis hogan, i joined facebook so civic integrity team 2 years ago. taking the job on the, on the condition that she would actually be allowed to work on combating miss information. but she left the firm earlier this year and she took with her copies of internal memos and documents later leaking them to the media. and also to the police. now she shed a series of documents with the wall street journal, which then publish them over the next 3 weeks. while, according to the whistleblower, the so called facebook files show that the company prioritized growth over safety. and that rules for content posting a very different for celebrities, politicians and high profile use uses the former employee, branded facebook's response to flag information about human trafficking, for example, as quote week. and the revelations also suggest facebook knows as instagram app is bad for the mental health of teenager as well. we discussed facebook's internal priorities with journalist on commentator

a justin robert young. internally at facebook. there is a lot of question asking of exactly whether or not they're on the right side of history, let alone whether or not they are doing good in their day to day jobs. they are an ad sales company. they are there to do whatever you want them to do, so they can show you ads in between. it is the goose that laid the golden eggs for them. what facebook cares about is being able to give you the most amount of things that you are going to click on. because they know by their metrics that the more that you click and the more that you comment and therefore are waiting to see if somebody else comments, the more that they are going to be able to show you ads. in the intervening time, facebook has denied claims of inaction on harmful content and misinformation. the company said it continues to make significant improvements in tackling that problem . what a long running probe in france has uncovered at least $10000.00 cases of child

abuse at the hands of catholic clergyman. later today, a commission will be releasing its findings, dating back 7 decades investigator, the story aussie correspondent shouted dubin ski the lid only decades of abuse by the catholic church in france is about to be blown. wide open following scandals in other countries. an independent commission was set up here. it spent 2 and a half years investigating the clergy hotline opened in 2019 and it received more than 6500 calls from those who were victims of abuse or witnesses to it. the scale is horrific. ah

oh, from 1950 to 1970. the church is completely indifferent to the victims. they don't exist. the suffering inflicted on children is ignored. mm. while the full details of the report won't be released until late on tuesday, it's expected to seriously sent shock waves through the vatican. it will have the effect of a bomb. this report will show the collective responsibility of the church. we will finally have figures on the scale of the abuse collected scientifically. we have been waiting for this for years. some french priests have already been tried for abusing children, including bernard prey now now $76.00, he was found guilty last year of abusing boy scouts. his victims were aged between

7 and 14 accusations that go back to 1991. but the church allowed pri not to continue teaching children for his crimes. he was sentenced to 5 years in jail. the head of the independent commission says de of 22 cases have been reported to the police. 40 other cases have been flagged up to the church where some alleged offenders are still employed. however, for the majority of victims, that may be no redress. 9 out of 10 people cannot get justice because the statute of limitations has passed or the perpetrator has died. financial compensation has been suggested as an option by the french catholic church. but for victims a me amount of money will never be able to repair the damage that they suffered at the hands of peter files often protected and hidden by the church itself. charlotte,

even sky r t. paris, the french catholic church is not directly commented on the upcoming report, but it posted a prayer on twitter. on behalf of the victims full natural gas prices are still edging up in europe, off the hitting an all time record. italy is one of the worst affected, is it relies on gas for more than 2 thirds of its all and entire energy needs. not people, they're being hit by the soaring bills, and the fear is generally speaking. now that it's only just beginning are determined. i am really shocked, i'm aware of what is going on, and i have to say we are upset, an absolute shame the italian state, instead of protecting its citizens, does exactly the opposite. instead of saving the citizens already condemned by the coven in the pandemic. despite this general economic crisis, it has raised the tariffs of goods such as electricity and gas. what a shame, the increase in electricity, gas, and petrol is 40 percent. i would say it is too much. many people have lost their

jobs. many people have been penalized by the pandemic will have great difficulties . it will not be easy. what a drama about the future i see is quite bleak, negative. i would say that if things do not improve, there is a real risk of a social revolt. people are tired if they can't even pay these bills, things will get worse and worse, there are basic goods. you can't pay for gas or electricity that much. i fear that very bad things could happen. people could become violent dellagorzo. italy's government has warned that electricity bills could rise 40 percent over the next 3 months. the prime minister has announced 3000000000 euros of subsidies to keep gas and power bills down this winter. however, experts warning will not be enough, and many citizens want more drastic intervention and ground over. i bet you what i mean. the government should increase subsidies for the people. it should help people who have no money. it should make a policy not to raise these rates,

but i know it's too late now. it's very difficult situation. we only have one salary and we will have to make many financial sacrifices. it will not be easy. we are very worried. we will have to give up little things to maybe we did before, like going out for dinner, some holidays and some gifts. we'll have to give it up to pay for these increases. it's not fair, but unfortunately we can't do anything else. i still come in the program, he went on t, i've gotten a stones sinking into property after the taliban take over and us pull out the horrific practice. his emerging of families, selling that children will be addressing that story in about one minute. ah ah

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021 minutes pounced down here at moscow in the wake of breakfast at some in poland the wondering whether they should follow the you case example and head for the door. i've also was currently locked in a series of disputes with the e. u. as peter anava now reports politicians from the ruling law and justice party in poland talking about the country's future inside the european union. so even suggesting the potential of a polk set time for an honest assessment, whether the british policies better for poland, poland fought the german, occupies in the 2nd world war. it fought the soviets occupiers. we will also fight the brussels occupies with warsaw and brussels bumping heads over rule of law in poland. the polish constitutional court may well be set this week to rule that it's

domestic law, supersedes that of the european union. the problem for the firebrands and polish prime minister mateusz moreover skis party is that while savor, ruffling about the country's willingness to remain in the e. you may send out the message they want. it doesn't strike a popular court with the polish people. almost 90 percent of those polled. busy said that they are in favor of you. membership supports risen steadily over the last 18 years. poland has the lowest levels of unemployment in the e u. it's the 3rd most attractive member state for outside investment and inside the block it's an important supplier to others. here's what people have to tell are see, it's better if we stay in the european union. bond is one of the most subsidized countries in the e u. so by making our contribution to the ear budget and what we can get out of it, as well as receiving funding for various projects, this is a better option for us. we gain more than we lose. if the european leave prices for

european integration and a creation of a united states of europe, we should think carefully about that because the policy of some french or german governments. but also the european commission towards poland is harmful to us and cause his losses for us. we must be ready to implement our own bald exit plan. if such a departure would be necessary for us. nobody wants to leave the european union. if someone says they want to leave the you, they probably lost their mind. a lot has changed. our country looks different. thanks to the you. but this union should love us to currently it's been keeping us on the side. it's a bit to stays full opposition. activists don't think there's any real plan to take poland out of the you does orange as the spices will hit the wall if it keeps escalating. the dispute with the e. u. as soon as money's involved, a dell is just takes a bag, see it. and there's plenty of e u money already involved. warsaw is the largest beneficiary of the

e u. cohesion fund. and it's set to receive 75000000000 euro over the next 6 years . add to that tens of billions in subsidies and cheap loans. and the idea of warsaw quitting the e u club looks less and less likely. all of that is at risk. if poland continues to fight the european union on the rule of law case, warsaw hasn't received its covered aid money yet, while some other member states are already spending there's. that may be why the prime minister is putting himself over in a far more diplomatic fashion than some of his m p's on this issue. i think we will be able to clear all doubts without create an unnecessary tash and here, of course, there is no talk of pol exit while. glancing over to the united kingdom, the only country to leave the e u club may provide more of a cautionary tale and been careful what you wish for than any shining example of sunlit uplands. upon leaving the european union, peter oliver

r. t. berlin. afghanistan's banks are running out of cash and people are running out of food less than 2 months after the taliban take over. but foreign aid is also in short supply with western donors now reluctant to deal with a new government and aid groups or warning of a major humanitarian crisis. and i know this is not easy, but that needs to be some solution to the financial flows into afghanistan to ensure that at least salaries can be paid, and that a sensual supplies, power and bowl to being 2 of them can be procured. the absence of that will seriously exacerbate vulnerability for ordinary afghans. severe hardship, afghanistan has prompted some to take desperate measures. a hero nazi, we speak to a man who tried to sell his kids to feed his other kids his the story. they go up to cambridge anxious to get, had a good business and

a happy life and could do so. but then the war began, we migrated here, my savings were exhausted formula. some people got some aid here, but the others did not. my pockets are empty. now and i have no option left, but to sell some of my kids and to fight for the survival of my other kids with the money i get that way we get into the human face. when your stomach is empty, you can't think about the dark side sellers of energy. i'm forced to sell a few of my kids to feed others. there's no option left for the previous government did not help me, but i hope this new one will support me. i'm not asking for support for myself alone, but for all these people living here, like they are all from my tribe, they make all of us refugees. here are one family. i asked for financial help for everyone who has yoke far. let's get some other stories for you right now, making headlines all around the world. we start with the unrest in bolivia. ah, yeah, right. all continuing in the capital la pas over the crop used to make cocaine. at

least you tick asked the disposed, coca farmers who are bonded by throwing rocks. a several arrests were made. of farmers have been protesting for months of what they see is a government monopoly on growing the crop, which is legal, but heavily restricted and bring in some live pictures for you. right now is a major volcanic eruption is now into it's 3rd week. this is in la palma, in spain's canary islands. again, these a live pictures for you right now. authorities are closely monitoring the area off to part of the volcanic crater collapsed, unleashing a cascade of fast moving lava. now more than a 1000 meters wide. as we understand, at this point, lava flows have now destroyed more than a 1000 buildings. once again, these are life pictures right now from the canary islands. and in new york, hundreds of teachers have protested against compulsory vaccines. that's off to staff were put on, paid leave of failing to receive a short, a protest was held up banners denouncing what they called coersion.

a political gesture to become a familiar site at sporting events in america with athletes. taking the neil refusing to sing the national anthem, but now there's a new trend emerging with fans chanting obscenity against the increasingly unpopular precedent. ah, ah, ah. well the giant went viral law after appearing during an nbc broadcast of a nascar race in alabama. an embassy reporter who was interviewing dr. a. brandon brown said the child actually sounded like, let's go brandon. well, nascar shared the video and then all of a sudden deleted it. but that was certainly enough to trigger a barrage of jobs on twitter. this sounds literally nothing like let's go brandon can't wait for the cnn fat checks to tell us that the

crowd was in fact saying, let's go. brandon jonas have a difficult job to keep licking dems, and bite, and as per that channel bosses we spoke with george some only from the a global policy institute in london. he gave us his perspective on joe biden and why he's become such a figure of ridicule. american people like the presidents to have a so i a so for sure. and so by just doesn't inspire that. so that's one aspect of it that we're talking about. you know, sports fans, you know, young people, they cannot relate to a, a kind of a dog ring. ok, man, you know, on the brink of stability is policies on pocket. i think the, the afghan debacle is unpopular. i think people are getting very concerned about all the signs of inflation in the economy. i think the of the border. busy

which is completely out of control is very unpopular and i story continues right now online a few clicks away at r t dot com. it's right now. right now tony hop on the i here in moscow we are back soon with for with .