[000:00:00;00] blue oh top headlines with this our here on our team and facebook denies a whistleblowers claim that its spreading a hate and weakening democracy while us senators, coal for tougher controls on big tech dis, bought american lawyer who fought the oil, giant chef rolling out of pollution and the ecuadorian rating forest now gets a 6 month jail sentence on content charges. the ruling certainly draws condemnation from critics including pink floyd, stop roger walters. what is the law, paul?

and is it bailable to all of us, all members of society, irrespective for the depth of out of pockets or of, or of connections politically. also in the program a us marine faces a court martial for slamming the biden administration's handling of the afghan, pull out the we look at the case of another officer who was treated very differently. office standing up to the trump administration. also, france that threatens to cut power supplies to the united kingdom and made a post wretched route over fishing rights. ah, it is not am on october, the 6th, and a very good morning to you from all of us here at auto international in moscow on rural restitution. facebook is in damage control mode over claims of spreading hate

and division. an employee turned whistleblower has testified before the u. s. senate, after making a trove of company documents, and in a rather lengthy response on his page c, e. o. margaret. okay, bug denied. prioritizing money over the platforms uses. we care deeply about issues like safety, well being and mental health. it's difficult to see covers that miss represents our work and our motives. i don't know any tech company that sets out to build products that make people angry or depressed. the moral business and product incentives all point in the opposite direction. a spoke exploited teens. do you think that teens are profitable for their company? i would assume so those dangerous algorithms that they admit are picking up the other the stream sentiments, the division, their product. it is often destructive facebook's products, harm children, stroke division, and weak in our democracy. the damage to self interest and self worth of inflicted

by facebook to day will haunt a generation. it is pulling families apart. and in places like ethiopia, it's literally fanning ethnic violence. it is a very different picture from a decade ago when platforms like facebook and twitter were being lauded by liberal commentators for bringing democracy to the middle east. that was during the arab spring social media play a role. social media is much broader than sending $144.00 characters or twitter, or updating your status post on facebook. those are use your giving facebook a lot of credit for this or yeah, for sure. i don't want to me like you can make one day and thank him. actually indeed, social media did have some very pronounced impacts on the arab spring. earlier, my colleague neal harvey, i discussed the change of opinion towards facebook without a contributor, nico house. it does seem a little bit peculiar that in 2011 with countries like tenicia libby and egypt,

facebook was not only celebrated for put like for helping spread the news about the protest. but the algorithm seemed to be for perpetuating the protests and propelling them for that millions of people were able to react and noticed what was going on. now, interestingly enough, about 3 of those countries to protest there actually benefited united states interests. so what it seems like is on the like, now that the script has been flipped 10 years later. censorship actually benefits the united states. so i guess you could say it's pro democracy, i guess if you want to call facebook, you know, a democratic institution, i guess you could call it that because the government seems to be on the side of censorship. facebook as readily pushes the ship. is it a very different base these days to what it was years ago? does less freedom of conversation, freedom of exchange, freedom of discourse. ah, there seems to be no consistent application of rules or principles or guidelines on any of these platforms. and i would say that at least on the surface now, it looks like the government, at least their opinions have much more influence. i mean, just

a couple of weeks ago, jim pa, sanky was actually saying that it was time to come down harder on facebook and regulate them more fast for this whistleblower who's actually represented by a firm that the sac he actually worked for. or as a senior advisor, not even not even a year ago, is now sitting in front of the senate after going on 60 minutes getting a lot of air time. so i would say at the bare minimum, what it looks like is there is a lot of coordination going on behind the scenes in one way or another that everybody seems to be involved in, except for the people who are most afflicted by which i would say is the average working class individual and maybe potentially activists organizing protesters. and do you think you ask of an fiscal has it, has it the powers at its disposal to, to limit to rain in facebook? i think the thing that they need to do the rain facebook in is to hold them to the standards of a publisher. ah. whereas enable escaping

a lot of accountability for the for the how they selectively apply their rules. i like their editorial list on what date, but the federal government hadn't done anything about it. now on the other side of that fence, they do have the capability, the force in the sensor more to what it does seem like they've had to. they fit every time. one of these is, this is happen. facebook seems to stead serve more on their own. so even though they have the power, they have an exercise it and they've been able to get faced with the kind of do what they want more and more without ever having to hold them accountable. and in legal matter, will that throughout tuesday, hearing us senators cold for tougher controls on facebook and other social media giants. if they won't act and a big tech won't act, congress hasta intervene. oh, urgently it is for congress to act against powerful tech companies. we should consider narrowing this sweeping immunity when platforms algorithms

amplified illegal conduct. we spoke to anti host ben swung about the congressional hearing. what they're essentially saying is government needs to get involved and government needs to decide what content is allowed and not allowed on social media in order to make it the word they like to use. safe problem is, is that there are so many tens of millions of americans who do not believe that government is trying to keep them safe, but is instead trying to manipulate them and put political messages on to them. should social media b, a public square where people are allowed to get up and speak and into voice their opinions and their worldviews and where rigorous debate can take place as you would have in a public square or his social media supposed to be contrived and controlled to the point where a few government entities and bureaucrats decide what is acceptable thought and acceptable belief. and i think that's the real core problem here. when government bureaucracy decides what is dangerous and what is not in the public interest, it breeds all kinds of corruption. and it reads

a situation where the average person doesn't have a right to speak or to think in any kind of public spare. and i think that's hugely problematic. i'm out there a bit of a david and goliath story, the human rights activist on former lawyer steven dawns ago has waged a decades long crusade against chevron of pollution in ecuador, rain forest. although he helped to win a $9500000000.00 judgment against the oil giant, but in the latest twist, donica has been now sentenced to 6 months in prison on charges of criminal contempt . the reason i marked up is because we were successful. okay. i, along with other lawyers helped indigenous peoples america, or when a historic 9500000000 dollar pollution judge. when we got chevron for the deliberate dumping of billions of goals or cancer causing waste into the amazon don't ago was charged in 2019 placed under house arrest and dis bought last year.

and as for chevron, it refused to pay the multi $1000000000.00 fine, claiming misconduct by danziger and the ecuadorian judiciary. a u. s. court blocked enforcement of the fine in 2014 saying the 2011 ruling in ecuador was one through bribery. madonica has plenty of outspoken supporters, including pink floyd, our co founder roger waters. he thinks the latest ruling against the lawyer sets of very worrying precedent. the question arises for his soul is, what is the law for? and is it available to all of us, all members of society, irrespective of the depths of our pockets or a, or a connections politically he spent 7791 days now under house arrest. and it's way too much punishment, because all he did was deny judge louis a kaplan access to his computer and his cellphone. to give those 2

pieces of equipment to chevron corporation who are the people who we are fighting this battle against on behalf of his clients. it would completely contravene all the rules of client privilege. if he had done that or they are pollution case, i was our 1st bought against texaco, which i chevron bought in 2001. now chevron denies any wrongdoing saying texaco was responsible for a minor pollution which it cleaned up. a don's ago supporter say the oil john should still be held to account stephen and i have become friends through all of this. i met him back then and immediately it smells fishy. the whole things melt wrong to make an israel and it's wrong and it will be go on. it'll go on being wrong until chevron pay those $30000.00 ecuadorian people.

that it's now about $12000000.00 with interest with interest and damages. it's gone up to about $12000000.00 that eroded reparation. and they needed a die, you know, poor pads the nino who represents amazon watch said that he said, what was the quote. he said this just like very, very slow motion. mass murder is what chevron hook up are guilty of. and it is a u. s. moraine jail got the criticizing. the afghanistan pull out has been released from confinement in our face as a court martial hearing, and has received an outpouring of public support with donations, flooding in to cover his legal fees. nancy's kellum often takes a closer look at a steward, shallows story, and how it compares to another sub boseman who spoke out against the government. $2000000.00 from over $27000.00 different donors. that's how strongly people are

feeling the case of lieutenant colonel sheller. these facing potential criminal charges over criticizing commanders over the withdrawal from afghanistan. now, his hearing has been delayed until next week, but his family is not very optimistic or we have been told to prepare that it could be a long prison term. sheller was an active duty u. s. marine, who's frustration over the bungled retreat from cobble lead to making videos, bashing biden. and the pentagon brass that quickly went viral. people are upset because their senior leaders let them down and none of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability are saying we messed this up. i'm not saying we've got to be in the in afghanistan forever, but i am saying, did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate bob graham airfield, the strategic air berries before we evacuate everyone. i am submitting charges against general mckenzie for his bad assumptions, not because i've been to it, but because the senior leaders need to be held accountable to the same standard as

us is now accused of breaking for laws, though there are not formal charges yet. now sheller is not the 1st military man to raise a voice about issues. lieutenant colonel alexander vin damon was on active duty when he 1st spoke up against the pentagon. brass feat testified trumps impeachment proceedings. as a pentagon whistleblower, he claim the donald trump had made a quid pro quo with the president of ukraine. he was anointed by mainstream media and the democrats as a st. this guy 0. this guy is a patriot. one of these 2 men, the president and lieutenant colonel whitman, devoted his life to duty and honor. right matters what an extraordinary statement from an immigrant who has served this country proudly his entire life. now the answers from the white house quickly turned evasive when they faced some tough

questions about parallels. person been called lieutenant colonel alexander vin minute hero, for speaking out against his men. she even has for the capitol hill in uniform. so how is this different? especially since you just said the president welcomes the candor and the advice of his military advisors, does the president also see with sheller hero? i dont have all the details on these circumstances. i understand that can be frustrating to you. um, but we will work to get you an answer on republicans or speaking up saying that they see a double standard if you speak out against the democratic president who get thrown in the brig. but if you are doing something against a republican president, your lord of the hero, this is double standard. lieutenant colonel vinland was celebrated by media while of tenant girls sheller is in prison for demanding accountability on the disastrous withdrawal. both challenged leadership, one was treated as a hero and the other punished. i remember when military leadership wasn't an oxymoron,

it's no wonder they can't see the obvious coming anymore. the best bureau cuts on the absolute worst wolf, i says, of the ones that get promoted and make the decisions. military leaders who criticize donald trump got talk, show appearances and book deals treated almost like heroes. while one who just criticized biden is facing a hearing and a potentially long term spell behind bars. the going to stay in that we c p, an exercise here today. it's a very dangerous precedent. the squint or gets the dull standard by democrats. first of all, it, but also manifested tremendously by the mass media. there tends to be predominantly less leaning in very much in the pocket b o, the democratic party, anything that was an antique trump was hailed. and so it's not surprising that anything republican, this is the case with minimum, was,

was treated with kid gloves now. and as a consequence, or he or he gets off scott free, having oh leet, classified information. the political landscape has certainly evolved from what it was a year ago. democrats are no longer celebrating those with the courage to speak up against those in power. being a hero isn't so much about what you do, but who you do it against. caleb mauppin, r t new york france is threatening to cut cross channel electricity supplies to the u. k. of or a post bricks. it fishing dispute or teacher shala to whisky reports from paris on a fight that threatened to offend a series of crucial agreements between the 2 neighbors. france could be about to slam the brakes on the relationship with the u. k. as this right over fishing rights is pretty much imploding. last week the u. k refused the majority of licenses that came from french, smaller fishing vessels to fish in it's wooded,

only approved 12 out of 47. and as a result of that, iris is furious. it's now saying the bilateral agreements that cover everything from security, border control to trade in energy are now under threat because paris says that london simply cannot keep its commitments under the brakes. it deal. bruton does not respect its own signature month after month the u. k. presents new conditions and delays given definite if licenses this cannot be tolerated. we know the u. k is facing this unprecedented energy crisis just like pretty much all of the countries across continental europe. and it could be a back to get even worse, because francis said that it could in the next few days decide to turn off electricity supplies to the u. k. well, how significant is that? pretty darn significant. according to you, k governments own papers in july of this year,

france supplies almost half of the energy for electricity for the u. k. to this really could see the lights being turned out. well, you mean it, both the u. k. depends on our energy exports. they think they can live alone while also beating up on your own. and given that it doesn't work, they engage in aggressive one of them ship. we negotiate economy nicely, you know, 9 months and all shots are not little done and add to this pretty much perfect storm, a threats that are coming directly from the french fishermen themselves. now we know that boss johnson has already wound the u. k. that really supply issues in the lead up to christmas, that with energy, that's with petro, that also with products in stores and now french fishermen the same. you know, what, if you do not a move or fishing licenses, we are going to block the ports. we'll make sure that there'll be no imports and no exports between europe and the u. k, which really could add to, boris johnson was and those are threats that the u. k. should also take pretty seriously, given that we know that the french one,

they like to protest and to they have already been tense stand offs in the last year over this issue about fishing licenses. now the u. k, for its part says look, we've done nothing wrong. in fact we keeping to our commitments and we're keeping the agreement over fishing licenses. we have granted 98 percent of the license applications from me you both to fish in our waters. so we do not accept the we are not a biden by traded cooperation agreement. we have been extremely generous and the french folks in, in, on a small category of boats and claim. and we have behaved, unreasonably, i think is not really a fair reflection of the efforts we have made. france as well as pulling out the big guns with those threats over energy. and bilateral trades has also asked for the european commission to take a much tougher stance when it comes to the u. k. over this and other issues that you commission, though, isn't sort of really wanting to get into the murky waters over at this particular

spot. it's saying what it's going to do is to ask the u. k. kind of explain its methodology and it will sort of go from that or limp from that. the reality is though, in this prose bankers it will as the issue surrounding that all beginning to bite. there is a real threat coming from france at the moment. and it does seem as if boris johnson has some really tough decisions to make. he is essentially caught between the devil and the deep blue sea for a full to come here on the program on our the international the u. k. is launching an inquiry into systematic failures that led through a police officer murdering of women. that story and many more we are back in about 60 say ah

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ah ah, i'm going to be to join us for this program. at the head of the u. s. africa command paid a surprise visit to libya this week to meet officials from both sides of a long running conflict. now, washington is pushing for a unified government in the water nation that is clearly still reeling from the consequences of a western backed uprising a decade ago. his richard met hust. so libya is again, one of these countries where the west goes and destroys it. and then never mentioned that again. in 2011 they were screaming about gadhafi, how evil he is high being up this bombing campaign. and then they go in and you never hear a word again. the never really was an arab spring in libya or syria like there was in egypt, tunisia we're talking about much, much smaller numbers and

a tiny minority of extremist groups backed by the west. so under the pretext of this arab spring in human rights, nature comes in to support the so called rebels. but the real goal here is to get rid of gadhafi takeover libby as resources. and of course under operation timber sycamore, the cia begins funneling tons of weapons and ammunition to syria, to support al qaeda and other groups there. so why could offi, oh, could off he was an anti imperialist. he believed in pan arab ism, and pan african ism in the 970 s. he tried to emerge libya with egypt and syria to form a unified arab state. in 2009, he suggested that africa adopt a single currency. the golden dinar. gadhafi wanted to give african countries their own currency. the libyan central bank, which was 100 percent state owned, had a $144.00 tons of gold, which he wanted to use for this purpose could off he proposed that african countries buy and sell their resources exclusively in this new pan african currency

. so that they can move away from the u. s. dollar. and the c a f, a frank, which is a colonial currency used in 14 african countries, but controlled entirely by front. the west new about this. you can see this in hillary clinton's emails, how they discussed this in great detail than you perfectly well that african countries having their own currency would undermine the i, m, f, and french, and american monetary imperialism. you can see this has nothing to do with the arab spring or the so called war on terror. western intervention has created more terrorism and instability in libya just like a did in iraq and syria. gadhafi was libby as lead for 42 years after carrying out and also to school. in 1969. during his tenure, he increased the literacy rate from 25 percent to 87 percent. libyans enjoyed free health care, free education, and a high standard of living basic necessities, like electricity and gas were cheap, and the country had a strong social safety net and welfare programs could off. we want to provide fresh

water for consumption in agriculture, after libya, so called revolution backed by nato. libya has none of these things any more. there are constant power cuts, the health care system has collapsed. there's no infrastructure. the standard of living has plummeted on top of that, you still have isis and all kinds of fighters running around all these various other jihadist groups and malicious. and that's what it's been for the last 10 years. the country has been one giant mess of armed groups fighting each other for control over libya and its resources. there are literally open slave trade markets . libya has lots of migrants from refugees who passed through trying to get to europe smugglers and human traffickers. know this and have taken advantage of the situation, selling people off into slavery in 2008 during a speech and damascus cut off. he spoke about what the u. s. did to iraq, and he warned other arab leaders that they might be next. america, north america, full to long side set him has saying against khamenei. he was their friend. cheney was

a friend of saddam hussein rumsfeld us defense secretary at the time. iraq was destroyed, was a close friend of southern has same. ultimately they sold him out and hanged him. you are friends of america. let's say that we're not you. but one of these days america may hang us back then they were laughing, but he was right. cut off. his words proved to be eerily true because 3 years later, the west would kill him and destroy his country. nothing could be more emblematic of how dirty and evil this whole situation is than hillary clinton jumping for joy . upon hearing of cut off his demise after he was brutally sodomite, lynched and executed by nato backed rebels. we came, we saw how he died. people don't like to hear this when you say that libya was doing better under qaddafi because it's incompatible with all the propaganda they've been fed. but this is the truth could off his biggest sin is that he dared to nationalize his own country's resources and threatened us monetary had gemini

and the international banking system. he was always a thorn in the side of western colonial interests. now people look at libya and say it's a failed state, but libya was not a failed state. libya was africa's wealthiest and most prosperous nation. it was a thriving, flourishing state until 2011, when the west deliberately destroyed it. okay, home secretary has it also an inquiry into systematic failures within the police force that led to a woman being murdered back in march. recent tragic events have exposed unimaginable faith in plaything. there will be an inquiry to give the independent side of the sign needed to ensure that something like this can never happen again. pretty patel was referring to the case of sara ever odd who was kidnapped in south london 7 months ago and murdered by a policeman. a remains were discovered in a woodland outside the city in june. constable when cousins pleaded guilty to raping and killing of a rod and was sentenced to life in prison. we spoke with

a former superintendent for london's metropolitan police, and she things senior officers, it should have picked up on alarm bells way before the crime happened. if you look at wine cousins, he was labeled, his nickname was the right paste. he took prostitutes to a wedding of a colleague, and a prostitute actually came to his what place to collect some money. how is it that none of that was reported? how is it that supervisors didn't know? so there is an environment where people are allowed to perpetuate this behavior. and that is the problem. you can increase more women, but you have to deal with the culture. and the culture is very talk, say. earlier a probe reveal that $27.00 officers in london's metropolitan police force have committed sex crimes since 2016 or the offences include rape and processing and decent images of children. a 2 officers were drilled in april a month off the cousins crime,

and called on mounting for deep changes in the way the entire force operates. the last 5 years, so $800.00 allegations of domestic abuse against offices and 52 percent found guilt of sexual misconduct kept their jobs. this isn't one by dapple. when it justice, accountability and culture change. this is not just, you know, that term which i absolutely hate one bad apple this it the whole barrel. if not the trees rotten it's been going on for too long enough is enough. and the commissioner really has had 5 years enough. is it under her watch? the organization has been labeled, institutionally corrupt because it daniel morgan case, institutionally 6, it's misogynist. and he already had the label of institutional racism. so the commission and now needs to move over. she's not the right person. we need somebody

who can re focus and bring new energy to leading the metropolitan police service in the reforms that it needs a larger wednesday morning news program here on archie continues at the top of the out. ah, a wrong one. all right, just don't hold any world. yes, to shave out disdain. because the answer to an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. imagine picking up a future textbook on the early years of the 21st century. what other chapters cold