sometimes, but again, you probably don't wanna watch it because it might just change the way inside the distressed images from 11 on where at least 9 people have been killed. and more than 2800 injured after patrons used by hezbollah exploded lebanese officials and the militant groups are blaming is round. the meta pulls the blog on our t across those platforms. after the us state department issued a rallying pride for a world wide suppression of our networks, a prominent canyon politician says it comes as no surprise considering washington's control over the media giants med lights up each month. it's it's, it's not new. so i'm in terms of but the funds think based on the agenda it's, it's, um it's, it's one of the united states publishers. it's

a big months and that's not, that's one thing. it finds the interest of the united states in file and the south african media review is not missing its words saying the r t band proves that so called western freedom of speech only applies to those to pay the oval office the live in moscow. this is our t international. i'm rachel ruble. we start with breaking news from 11 on. we're at least 11 people have been killed and more than 4000 injured after their pagers suddenly exploded. the wireless communication devices had been widely used by hezbollah and many of its fighters were victims of the attack. lebanese officials and the militant group are blaming israel. we spoke to freelance journalist mohammed, it shows the dean and they root the gave us more insight into the situation there.

the last because now i have called down even the possible behind me is caused by my hospital and they sent me things a donation of. but as they said, as we are not such a re and wrong a minute ago, we still see people coming and going to, especially the officials of the government. officials of the approximate his law was all about all over live i'm. i'm nothing the specific area as was a very 7 i'm in i'm i'm president effect by using pages for the 40. busy that sort of thing that have found it very well, but there was a lot of panic happening since people who don't know what exactly was happening. because of the closer set, the people that it was like, the bands or the flag or even explosions is a close, is where i planted the car. but the, but after the after, when, when they realize what happened, people who came down

a little bit and sent it to me as, who has the people who are the injured ortiz, middle east, farrah chief maria, from ocean and correspondence. yes. and i can do use of july, they bring us the latest updates on the attack. especially israel hasn't claimed responsibility. there are no comments coming from the idea of either these really arm is literally silent. and we also hear that israel's national security council has called on his really ministers to refrain from commenting on via tag. and as a result, nothing coming from is really politicians either. while the attack comes, has pensions boil at these really lebanese water, where we are right now is really officials more and more often make it clear that a stronger military response is coming from is really side. and here's what the country's defense minister had to say. the one who just weeks ago claimed, but israel is not ready for another front in the north. the possibility for an

agreement is running out as hezbollah continues to tie itself to home us and refuses to end the conflict. therefore, the only way left to ensure the return of israel's northern communities to their homes will be by a military reaction. it is clear that we might expect even further and more dramatic escalation. some is where the media now speculates that within the next hours we might expect mess of strikes from the lebanese sides. meanwhile, northern communities prepare a for a possible retaliation. like here, i'm right now in the city of kids, which one i love one on is just behind those mom. behind me, i have to say that it hasn't been said pearson's last look forward. what his bullet joined him. austin, confronting israel. but it still could be much worse and worse local residents, those who are still staying here very much concerned about these escalation that is still coming. and as a result, we have a situation. when officially the full scale operation has not been approved or

declared. it's not, there is no war, but it is guessing that direction in leaps and bounds. this is the largest cyber attack that hezbollah has faced in its history. and ever since the start of the conflict between israel and gaza getting back to october of 2023, we have the has the officials as well as lebanese officials and provided a statement suggesting that israel was behind the attack. after examining all the facts occurring data and available information about the terrible attack that took place, we hold these rarely enemy, fully responsible for this criminal aggression which also targeted civilians and led to a large number of casualties including debts. the lebanese government condemns these rightly attack the responsibility for his railey attacks. long as with the international community and its 1st statements as the last side. that's an investigation will be launched, that they will get to the bottom of the nature of the attack. how it happened and

why it happened for the most part. but what we're looking at right now is a different strategy that is being used by these really ministry. we understand that living on the health ministry also issued a statement suggesting that civilians were also targeted as a result of this attack. so that really leaves 2 scenarios that are gaining traction on social media as well as the popular figure among analysts and cyber security experts, which suggest that it was either a cyber warfare attack that was targeting these devices. because the reality is that as well luck does have protocols in place to ensure that the device's self destruct, if they are ever apprehended bite, is rarely intelligence officials. so the 1st option would be that is really tapped into the transmitting signals and the towers that are essentially erected throughout the country topped into those targeted those devices. and as a result exploded. but the one thing that does remain constant is looking at the video footage that was provided and suggest that the devices were in one way or another strapped with explosives and not your typical electrical fire or battery exploding. and that really leaves the reason for the 2nd alternative, which is uh,

there is a probability that is really intelligence at one point i had access to these devices, tempered with these devices, and essentially designated deep i'd so the, sorry, uh, transmitted the destination protocol which resulted in the explosion of these devices, the one thing that does remain clear that as bullet has about to retaliate and we can only assume that is real world in one form or another retaliate to that retaliation further. central expired and we're out of control and risk inputting the entire region into further conflict. they are wanting a bus that are $211.00 on the most trouble i'm on. he is one of those who have been affected by that last the force he sustained injuries and he was sent out to the hospital audio. we're not short still, was he i carrying a b page or that exploded or he wasn't the vicinity of the the last out we are of course are waiting for comments from the running officials to elaborate on this. but his wife took to social media. she wrote on x on her x account that he

is feeling well now she wrote that her husband was exposed to injuries, minor injuries, as described by his wife, and now he has survived the incident. of course it came as part of that large scale, a cyber attack that targeted of hundreds of pagers or communication devices carried by hundreds of hezbollah members. but of course, now iran has also reacted with the different and wanting officials are starting to react uh the one in a foreign minister. i bought that off. he called his 11 his counterpart um and he extended his condolences and called the incident a terrorist act by as well, that will not go on answer. so this is not, not, not a game that will lead to coming down to a situation in the middle east under as a one is talking about revenge as well and live in on have been exchanging fire and

the on the liberties is really border. and the situation is not going to end. and as my colleagues said, this is going to put the region on the brink of a regional complication. last has condemned to the cyber attack and blamed the washington for providing cover for israel to commit such actions of this terrorist operation comes within the framework of the comprehensive zionist aggression on the region and the arrogant and hearty policy adopted by the occupation government and is armed with american support that provides cover for its fascist crimes. we affirm that this criminal escalation will only lead israel to more failure and defeat. right, let's cross live now to former pentagon senior security policy analyst, michael maloof. michael, was your reaction 1st to this attack. it was obviously highly coordinated. were you surprised that something like this could happen?

well, it's a, it's an unusual way of going about it. but this is a symmetric warfare, just like who, who could have told we could have predicted that drones would be able to defeat the tank some. what have you on the battlefield up in ukraine. and now we're seeing that uh, in this conflict as well it's, it's all the, the, the unusual, the 21st century upgrades. no, i'm not surprised it. i just didn't. i was not aware that this was going to be at the approach. but it's one that really got attention and it has entered quite a number of high level husband officials. and um, and i think that this will, this is a probably you to something bigger that's about ready just to descend upon a loving on. yeah, it is concerning about the potential escalation that could follow. michael, there are various reports speculating what caused the page or explosion. some say, a cyber attack. well, others climate special chemical substance was possibly implanted in the devices by

most sod which led to the destination. uh, what's your reaction to those explanations do any of those make sense as well? i'm not a technical expert, but they all sound sound exotic and the, and an interesting to me, but i would, i would probably agree that there was probably more explosives involved. i have seen one report in which it was confirmed that the pagers were actually made in taiwan these uh, it was made by the gold apollo as the device was gold. apollo, a our 9 to 4. and that uh, this was uh, made by the apollo electronic page and company. and so i want and the relationship between israel and taiwan is very, very close. and we've given the potential for us cover it's, it's conceivable that there could have been us collaboration. and the system is a very uh,

intricate and clandestine intelligence operation that clearly was successful. and this the image have widespread impact. and i think that there will be retaliation em escalation. yeah, you know, the us was clicked to come out and say that they didn't have anything to do with it, which i thought was, was interesting that they felt the need to get out in front. but they think it's possible that an operation like this could be carried out without us involvement. it would be a little more complicated, but i think with us over side it gives uh, let's say if the, if these pages were from taiwan, they gave him a little more encouragement because of the, the amount of effort that the united states has put it into protecting ty, one, so it's in their interest to do that. i'm just, i something just doesn't compete with me though. i it would have seemed to me that husband would have checked these um, these devices before they distributed the uh and as it was, uh, those were all of the, the secretary general of, of, of hezbollah, had warned,

against the use of, of us much smartphones and what have you picked out of concern for this very thing . now that i'm told that the older the older pagers were okay, but they probably didn't have the enhanced in encryption that this one probably did . and, and that's probably what made them change over to a christian, but this is how they communicate, and they coordinate with across the country using this an investment that now means that with their communications down, it makes husband loves really vulnerable in terms of any coordination of any potential attacks, and that's why i'm beginning to think that when you, when you take out communications command control and what have you, that's the time to strike. and, and that's the very 1st thing we go in and hit is to neutralize command control, missile launch sites and all that stuff. interesting. okay,

we're going to live with our farm, canada, and the senior security policy analyst of michael maloof. michael, thank you to my pleasure. thank you. well, the us government is out to get us and like 2nd bird is happy to oblige his men of platforms have joined to washington square, say it against our network. it's shutting us down across the facebook and instagram . this comes after the state department called for a world wide ban of russian state media over alleged election meddling and meta is obediently towing the line. after careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against russian state media outlets versus the gardner r c and other related. and these are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity. the earlier today, just hours before our instagram and facebook pages were taken down, meadows policy details were unexpectedly alternate, and this comes just 2 months after the previous update. however,

changes to the terms had previously occurred only once every 2 years. and as no surprise at the latest amendment came after, the orders were passed down from the us state department, as ortiz, marina cost. right? that explains, it's hardly surprising that of course we saw meta doing this just literally a couple of days after the announcement by the us state department and the sanctions that they announced. but we've known about the legs between the 2 has been very well documented from former c i a and f b i. agents working there to direct calls for censorship, which we'll get to in the 2nd. but let's 1st see how this all started. the united states, united kingdom and canada, are launching a launching a joints diplomatic campaign to rally allies and partners around the world to join us in addressing the threat posed by r. t, and other machinery of russian just information and corporate influence. each government, of course, is going to decide how it responds to this uh, threat. but we are, is every,

every partner to start by treating are these activities as they do other intelligence activities by russia within their borders and a couple of days, right after that metal moved and of course deleted all of our content before it was a shadow band. so if you were, for example, in countries other than you are, other than the united states, you could access it even in those countries using a vpn. but now there's nothing to access the content has been completely deleted and won't cut or do you don't like us find band that in your own country, even though it's a social media platform. but what your sections do you have over africa or for example, countries like a brazil india. it's a social media platform. it should be up to the social media itself. but this is not what we're seeing here. and again, washington is basically telling americans and europeans what they can and cannot watch. so at the same time when the world is watching or reading metal websites or social media platforms, they need to understand that what they're seeing there is basically washington's version of what is happening, which is of course,

not necessarily the truth. but let's talk about monks that the bug, cuz his platforms have previously done the bidding for the american government. he even admitted it himself, but he's been said as some concept that they asked him to service anyone really surprised that he is going along with exactly, and this is what we do here on this triangle. every time a whistleblower comes up or, or news comes out that this is what they're doing. we talked about it, which is exactly why washington doesn't like this channel and wants to shut down our t as well as other news networks. and what they're doing is making sure that the voices are in heard with mark soccer berg just now. he's admitted that he actually regrets . so coming to a government pressure sensor and conference in 2021. senior officials from the bite and administration, including the white house, repeatedly press, star teams for months, defense or certain call read 19 content, including humor and said tar, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree. i believe the government pressure was wrong,

and i regret that we were not more outspoken about it. and of course it's not just covered related. it's not exclusive to facebook or instagram mehta. we've seen this on other platforms as well. so what it shows you that again, this is what's happening and it's not just, i'm talking about it. we've had all the people on the whistle blowers that reveal just how and better they are across own networks in the us would spread their message around the world. here's more. facebook is totally dependent on the us state department, the, the set, the intelligence services and, and to some extent, that the long range strength of the pentagon to protect facebook data, monopolies, protect its advertising revenue to protect it from laws like the digital markets act and digital services act the which is so and then this is come out as well. and i was at the state department when i was called bikes, 9 google lobby, as you know, told me that the, that the, the number one threat to google's business model over the next 5 years is the digital market's act and digital services act. they need the protection of big data,

the state department for favors for their profits, and so they playable with the state department, censorship demands in order to preserve that. but they are under the barrel of it. and people like mark soccer board right now are feeling like they're there, they're there which and because they gave the state department and they gave the body ministration. everything they asked for in terms of censorship demands and they're still being bullied by them because it's their way or their highway there is no in between. and again, one of the main reason is that the us state department doesn't like our t, like the side is because we are apparently she popular and they're losing support for the ukranian effort. and instead of accepting that as reality, that people can have different opinions and maybe more people are deciding with russia right now. know what they're doing is leading us to make sure that our voices are in the heard. but of course, this is 2024 and people can get their information in many different ways. archie is editor in chief margarita. so money on has commented on the situation saying the

band is no surprise to anyone since metal also serves the us state department. the bed was entirely to be expected. they're prep shutdown of our accounts and bo facebook and instagram, along with those say back to goodness ations masquerading. his information platforms was no surprise. i wouldn't my teeth and tongue down from saying they should have never been allowed into russia. from the moment they were permitted in, they should have been expelled as they serve merely as the left heel of american intelligence agencies. and what is often called the american deep state. naturally, the bank comes up to the deep state represented by its funding. the state department labeled us as the well stop spies and america's primary fellows and something. i generally appreciate the key reason the world does not uniformly support ukraine is the primary reason they believe the internationalization of russia has failed, and by numerous countries, either remain neutral, opened the back russia, the impact of r t. they may have closed yet another door in us,

but will find another entrance window, or even a crack in the floor will continue our work no matter what vice chair of the canyon communist party. booker, i'm all a says meta is being used as a tool to promote us gemini, or was, is important to us knowledge that sound about the platform to mentor at phone is not in utah, old time. so it's also drives the interest of the united states empire. and the united states, imperialism from time to time. have used each domain on leverage on um, on the part of information to drive its own. and how to do send insights, monique tendencies. you know, on the phone at the global level. so the money mobile turn into the out feeds. uh that was actually put through like the pollution, not a means to democratize information, chatting on, and that was one. so, you know,

the mentor platforms, including facebook, has been cutting itself on, but they only talk about the freedom of the price as long as then, the normal defense payables. then the united states, imperialism, and things. the, the one seems to be the end of the cold war and the united states. you know, that sort of declaring that there was a beat of the quoted will be able to use the leverage in terms of information. and this information on the wall is now when seamlessly being jolene. and that is why you see such an option. it's like trying to, you know, bond sutton, media outlets tried to control how information says do the submit, disseminated this is actually dictatorship of, uh, you know, to spend to actually create the plus side and, and not into that. one idea is more popular than to add them onto clips on a morning style or an indian beams out of an otherwise bit lesson. so this is sort

of them what you bit of the mentor platform in washington. this pressure has so far failed to convince many major powers. india is one example which is reportedly refusing to back the u. s. according to new delhi officials quoted by the media, the country doesn't support unilateral measures without un approval. you'll, here's what the american envoy in the, in, in capital said earlier, the governments of the united states, the 1st to the government of india and the governments of other countries to make their own determination of and accreditation procedures for these entities. the us would welcome all countries and taking similar actions as the united states government has following the news of met his ban on archie, the south african media review organization on the line to that western freedom of speech is applicable only if an outlet stands fits the convenient narrative. the media review network condemns the brazen violations of press freedom by meta,

the parent company of what's up facebook and instagram. the self proclaimed bastions of free speech and freedom of expression, have chosen to use social media outlets to play geo politics against russia. freedom of the price is only applicable in the west if one chooses to maintain service to the forces of empire metal banding of r t and others as testament to this fact, freedom of the press has always been a mess. the media review network is off the view that the decisions depend russian with the office sort of in the as the media office is a serious one. and my soul is be subject to a high degree of which city. and in this case, particularly they do know subscript to me, but we do know that to me it has policies and practices, have long silence voices that do not reflect the values and the belief of the west africa for us to submit to has been at the center of numerous control business for us from is handling often use a data treats roland,

spreading misinformation in this information. so that's okay. so not so long ago. the cried mix of platforms that i still flooded would face use and misinformation a space should be leading up to the election. we saw at that time if the speech advocacy group finding a request, asking me a tough to disclose information about the submitted identified during the elections . the dates i permit said at the misses it took to mitigate misinformation across all its platforms. but mit denied the request of all giving that to as a you is based company, it is not subject to set us to can do have a system to this matter. and as a goal peroration organized and existing under the laws of delaware in the united states of america. and does not have a legal presence in self africa, according to the metal ink is not subject to the promotion of access to information act. so on the african continent, and as a case has resurfaced to admit tasks of face the whole set top it was the ration,

find the victims of the 2 great walls, which facebook field beating over 600000 dates and the displacement of millions across the field. yes, the amnesty international group in it, the old you at the time said this mentos facebook became a washer with content, inciting by this, an advocating hatred needing to the dates in the country. as of that was not enough very recently. it's nice to address you to me and so what a mess the funds of about $220000000.00 that you address, save that to me. it has repeatedly violated in states of protection commission laws, including denying nature is the right to solve the determination and saving off nigerians personal data. at the time that you have is made it clear that the fine wasn't just a slap on the wrist if it's a message that even big tip companies like mid tough content, no local news, if it's a zip, nice area if you'll pat. and so that's the can many of the african countries are

saying you might be a global science, but in our back yard, if you play by our rules. and the more concerned you problem is that to me, it just seems to be bolding and unpleasant patching on the african continent. and right now, what's this decision? mid is confirming what is known about at the political bias in width and social media platforms. because this now is being interpreted as an efforts to suppress alternative viewpoints like it has done of the african country, south african parliament and member and nobody owns the and upon god told us the statements from washington or patronizing and people have a right to choose what they watch the people must be able to make choices based on an informed decision or whether it's going to be exposed to all the information that expose them to multiple multiple perspectives on each. but you're not surprised because even before we mentioned that we have tons of optic allstate

using this information with abilities, we're not verified with that intentional crime to money of late from the mentor platform. in particular, especially facebook because the microsoft office can be and especially, or to not be citizens, the photo this media platform. so to try and manipulate outcomes to time on your plate as posters. because some of the modification that takes place, it's about opinion polls, which are not verified. authenticated, which you find on this platform, which condition people to have a teacher outcome of the election. which says for example, does not support a westdale true wisdom agenda would be demonized. using those platforms and as long as that happens to a lot of people are not the u. s, it's not appropriate. it's okay. as long as we provide a punitive view to what the us wants to put forward as another to globally then, then all the principles of democracy so called fly out of the needle in favor of trying, trying to protect and pulling people out on the one to protect him dangerous. james

reuben, who is the coordinator of the us state department, global engagement center, put out a statement. let's take a look. a listen real quickly to what he had to say. what we're hoping to do to this diplomatic campaign is to inform the world, and that's where we hope to have success by informing the world of who these people really are. what they really do, how they use their, their offices and their t v capabilities to try to get governments around the world to change their policies. other countries will make decisions for themselves. but we certainly hope when they make those decisions. and that's what we're doing about it. we're trying to expose so that we can disrupt their activities by helping other governments come to their own decisions about how to treat is this, this non television station activities and the propaganda and lies that come out of our t. it's incredibly popularizing to other countries say you don't have capabilities to got a hold intelligence. you require require the services of the brother america to be

able to do that. but the other. ready issues if they have an issue with meta and rather a t s and then because why they must have been global agenda to try and block or do a t instead of them dealing with that issue internally and having even having bilateral engagements if they can with that i should have to actually to kind to the contents what they want. we want to make the problem. i want to know. do you want to actually pretend as if, if the, we have a disagreement issues with the last year. the whole world must have been an issue as to say with our to international. i'll be back with much more news in about half an hour. i'll see you then by the well, interestingly enough, that was one of the most valuable things that i wanted.