and continue the internet. censorship and freedom of speech co exist. this all important question is being tested. how should miss information be define? who should be allowed to make this determination? today it's about vaccines. will it stop there? a pathway for this allen live on oxy. facebook denies a whistleblowers claim that its spreading hate and weakening democracy, while us senators call for the topic controls on big tech here on our team. but if it, how the tide has turned again, the social media giant a decade off that they were hailed for brittany about the arabs wearing a default american lawyer gets a 6 month prison sentence off to winning a case. but ecuadorian villagers against the oil giant chevron. he was convicted for refusing to give an american judge access to his client, a ruling that's drawn condemnation from critics including pink floyd star,

roger waters. what is the little full and is it available to all of us, all members of society, irrespective of the text, the phone pockets, or, or connections, politically, also in the program with us republicans cried double standards as a marine is court martialed for slamming the biden administration's handling of the afghan to pull out 2 years off to another officer was praised, but standing up to the trump administration. and finally, franz threatened to cut power supplies to the united kingdom. i made a post of wretched route, over fishing rights. ah, it is mid morning on wednesday here at moscow and a very warm welcome to you. this is auntie international life in the russian capital with me will restitution. so facebook is in damage control mode over claims

of spreading hate and division. and employee tied to whistleblower has testified before the u. s. senate after leaking a trove of company documents, and then a rather lengthy response on his page c. e o. mugs, okay, bug a 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 teams are profitable for their company? i would assume so those dangerous algorithms that they admit are picking up dead that they stream sentence the division, their product. it is often destructive facebook's products, harm children, stoke to vision 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 helping to bring democracy to the middle east during the arab spring. social media play a role. social media is much broader than sending $144.00 characters or twitter for updating your styles. post on facebook. those are use your giving facebook a lot of credit for this or yeah, for sure. i want to me like look at that one day and thank him. actually indeed, social media did have some very pronounced impacts on the arab spring. earlier, my colleague neil harvey discussed the shifting opinions on facebook without a contributor, nico house. it does seem a little bit peculiar that in 2011 with countries like tenicia libby on egypt.

facebook was that 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 are 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, isn't it very different based these days? so 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, just the sac. he 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, i'm 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 organizes and protesters a do you think the u. s. government fiscal has the, 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 and is to hold them to the standards of

a publisher. ah. whereas enabling escaping a lot of accountability for the for the how they selectively apply their rules. i like their editorial list. but they, but the federal government hasn't done anything about it. now on the other side of that fence, they do have the capability, the force of the sensor more to. but it does seem like they've had 2 dates for every time. one of these is, this is happened. facebook seems to sensor 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, throughout tuesday, hearing us senators cold for tougher controls on facebook and other social media giants. but there are plenty of questions about how the government might use or perhaps even abuse, traction control all t host defense swan has more on the congressional hearing and our admiration free agree. what they're essentially saying is government needs to get involved and government needs to decide what content is allowed and not a lot 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 instead, trying to manipulate them and push 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 he would have in a public square or is 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 now to a david and goliath story for you are human rights activist and full. my lawyer,

steve danziger, has been sentenced to 6 months in prison on charges of criminal contempt it's offer . he waged a decades long crusade on behalf of ecuadorian farmers on indigenous people against chevron. earlier he even $19500000000.00 judgment against the oil, john, and equitable of a pollution in the countries rain forest. the reason i marked up is because we were successful. okay. i along with other lawyers helped indigenous peoples america or when a historic $9500000000.00 pollution judgement against chevron for the deliberate dumping of billions or goals or cancer causing waste into the amazon. i don't think i was charged 2019 placed on a house or rather than even dis bought last year. now as for chevron, it refused to pay the multi $1000000000.00 fine, claiming misconduct by danziger and the ecuadorian, judiciary, and 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 his friend, a pink floyd co founder roger waters. he thinks the latest ruling against the lawyer sets a wiring president. the questioned 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 depth of our pockets or up or up 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 cell phone 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 the pollution case was 1st brought against

a texaco which chevron bought in 2001 i. chevron denies any wrongdoing, sang texaco was responsible for minor pollution, which it cleaned up. but don't like a supporter say the oil giant still should be held accountable. stephen and i have become friends through all of this, i met him back then and immediately you. it smells fishy, the whole things melt, roll to me and a israel. and it is wrong and it will be go on. it will go on being wrong and tell chevron pay those $30000.00 ecuadorian people there. it's now about $12000000000.00 with interest with interest and damages. it's gone up to about $12000000000.00 that eroded reparation. and they needed a die, you know, poor pads the nino who represents the amazon watch said that he said,

what was the quote. he said this is like very, very slow motion, mass murder, it is what shepherd hook up are guilty of and it is a u. s. marine who is now faith in court martial. a court martial hearing, i should say, off there, criticizing the afghanistan pull out, has now been released from confinement. ne caleb moulton takes a closer look at stuart shallow story and how it compares to another service man who was hailed as a hero for speaking out against the trump administration. $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 say, 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'm vindictive, 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,

he testified at 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, write 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 prison vancover tenant colonel alexander vin minute hero. for speaking out against his men, he even has plenty capitol hill in uniform. so how is this different, especially since you just said the president welcomed the candor and the advice of his military adviser? 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're 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 promotes it 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 dentist in that we c p, an exercise here today. it's a very dangerous precedent. the squint or gets the dull standard by democrats, 1st of all it, but also manifested tremendously by the mass media. there tends to be predominantly left 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 anything republican, as the case has been a min was, was treated with kid gloves now. and as consequence, or he gets off scot 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? kayla mopping, r t. new york. france is threatening to cut across channel electricity supplies to the u. k. it's over a post bricks it fishing dispute. ah, things are shallow to whiskey reports from paris on a fight that threatens 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 rover 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 its wood. it only approved 12 out of $47.00 as a result of that paris 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 you k depends on our energy exports. they think they can live alone while also beating up on your, on a, given that it doesn't work. they engage in aggressive one upmanship. we negotiate a comma nicely or 9 months,

and all dots are not littleton 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 would be 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 roof or fishing licenses, we are going to block the ports. we'll make sure that they'll be no in ports 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 over fishing licenses. now the u. k, for its part says look, we've done nothing wrong. in fact, we're keeping to our commitments and we're keeping the agreement over fishing licenses. we have granted 98 percent of the license applications from

e u boats to fish in our waters. so we do not accept the we are not abided 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. the 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. can 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 are beginning to bite. there is a real threat coming from france at the moment,

and it does seem as if forest johnson has some really tough decisions to make. he is essentially caught between the devil and the deep please say. and your program continues in one minute. oh.

join me every thursday on the alex salmon? sure, well i'll be speaking to guess what the world of politics sport business i'm show business. i'll see you then ah ah, into the 2nd half off today's program for you now here one odds. he and natural gas prices in europe a so doing again to new records, adding 15 percent in just the past 24 hours. and it's for the continent on course for a major and used energy crisis ahead of the winter heating season. let's learn more

now across life to europe, ortiz peter, all of a, joining us on this program. peter, good to see you. price is a, they keep going up as a winter looms as does the holiday season. the house is now impacting households. well, what we are going to see is ultimately a rise in the the, the trading price of gas be reflected in the right, rises in the prices that people pay to heat and light their homes. what we've seen on wednesday is the, the price of gas on those markets hit record highs. it's currently at $1550.00 per 1000 cubic meter. sorry, that was opened at on wednesday morning, a record breaking number there. and it comes as the european commission say that there's a 25 year high in demand for gas gas, not just used for, for heating. it's also used for generating electricity here in europe. so

a crucial part of the energy infrastructure we're seeing writing demand coupled with rising prices. what we do have though, as well, is issues over the nord stream to gas pipeline. now this infrastructure project that would take russian gas directly under the baltic sea, straight into germany. it's been beset by controversy over the last few years. it was the subject of sanctioned by the united states. they've gone by the wayside now and the green light was given to, to put the project into its final stages. it's currently going through the, the check sensitive occasion that needs to be carried out. in fact, just this week, the 1st string of the pipeline, it consists of essentially 2 tubes that if they go together, if a massively over over simplify it, the 1st of those as strings has been given a, it's x rubber stamp by the danish energy authority. the danish energy agencies pipeline recalls goes through danish waters. it now moves on to the the 2nd string

in order to get that up to code and approved in the way that it needs to be. what we are seeing though is the germans. i think we need to see those are certifications or results. we need to find out exactly what it has been approved to do. but while the germans either demanding that information, what we're hearing from people on the streets across europe is they're concerned about how much their energy prices are going to be are determined. i'm really shocked. i'm aware of what is going on, and i have to say we are upset, an absolute shame of the italian state, instead of protecting its citizens, drama, does exactly the opposite. instead of saving the citizens already condemned by the cobra in the pandemic. i mean, despite this general economic crisis that has raised the tariffs of goods such as electricity and gas, what a shame, the increase in electricity, gas, and petrol is 40 percent. so i would say this, who might think many people have lost their jobs? many people have been penalized by the pandemic, and we'll have great difficulties and they will not be easy to have it on what

a drama called 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, as people are tired of out if they can't even pay these bills, things will get worse and worse. there are basic good things you can't pay for gas or electricity that much. i fear that very bad things can happen. job people can become violent, gallagher, i'm done with him. prepped frost bichon. but all this is the 2nd increase this year and a significant one. people on average or lower income will truly feel it. i feel angry because there are more increases to come with rates go up in january and in spring nod stream to when fully operational would be capable of providing 55000000000 cubic meters of gas to europe. it certainly seems like there's a demand for it. or at ortiz, better all over in berlin. thank you. now the u. k. home secretary has announced an inquiry into systematic failures within the police force,

and that ultimately led to one woman being murdered back in march. recent tragic events have expose unimaginable fe is in placing. there will be an inquiry to give the independent assign, needed to ensure that something like this can never happen again. pretty patel was referring to the case of sarah everett who was kidnapped in south london 7 months ago and mowed by a policeman. remains were discovered in a woodland outside the city in june, constable that way and 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. she thinks senior officer should have picked up on the alarm bells long before this latest crime happened. if you look at wine cousins, he was labeled, his nickname was the re paste. he took prostitutes to awaiting a colleague and a prostitute actually came to his work place to collect some money. how we say 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 is behavior. and that is the problem. you can increase more women that you have to deal with the culture. and the culture is very talk, say, earlier pro revealed at 27 officers in london. metropolitan police force have committed sex crimes since 2016. the offences include rape and the possession of indecent images of children. now 2 officers were jailed in april a month after cousins, crime and calls are mounting for deep changes inside the way the force actually operates the last 5 years. so its hunters allegations of domestic abuse against offices and 52 percent found guilt of sexual misconduct. cab 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 that trees

rotten it's been going on for too long enough is enough. and the commissioner really has had 5 years in office. it under her watch, the organization has been labeled, institutionally corrupt. because it daniel morgan case, institutionally 6. it's misogynist. any 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 late in the metropolitan police service in the reforms that it needs. yeah, this conversation continues right now at r t dot com. just look for the r t u. case section of our website in the meantime, your wednesday morning program continues at about 11 am moscow time. that is in 31 minutes. ah,

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