and he joins professor ofjournalism at cardiff university and hejoins me now. thank you for coming on news watch. should bbcjournalists notjust be on social media or is there a clear line that they can stay the correct side of? is line that they can stay the correct side of? , ., , . ., , , side of? is unrealistic to suggest that they should _ side of? is unrealistic to suggest that they should be _ side of? is unrealistic to suggest that they should be on _ side of? is unrealistic to suggest that they should be on social - side of? is unrealistic to suggest i that they should be on social media at all because social media has such at all because social media has such a big place in our public consciousness in public debate. but they did to be extremely careful when they're on social media and they cannot behave in the way that many of the people in many on social media behave because they have a responsibility towards the bbc its values and to be impartial. that is where the difficulty arises because the informality of platforms like twitter in particular and

by richard, formerly a director of global news of the bbc and now professor of journalism at cardiff universitynd hejoins me now. thank you for coming on news watch. should bbcjournalists not just be on social media or is there a clear line that they can stay the correct side of? is unrealistic to suggest that they should be on social media at all because social media has such a big place in our public consciousness in public debate. but they did to be extremely careful when they're on social media and they cannot behave in the way that many of the people in many on social media behave because they have a responsibility towards the bbc its values and to be impartial. that is where the difficulty arises because the informality of platforms like twitter in particular and the activist that we see on twitter contempt bbcjournalists to cross that line. i think that although it is inevitable for the bbc journalist to be on twitter to communicate and further journalism there, it is a disproportionate place in many of the biggest staff, journalists minds because of most of the population is not on twit

formally herself director of news at the bbc and now professor ofjournalism at cardiff university and the difficulty arises because the informality of platforms like twitter in particular and the activist that we see on twitter contempt bbcjournalists to cross that line. i think that although it is inevitable for the bbc journalist to be on twitter to communicate and further journalism there, it is a disproportionate place in many of the biggest staff, journalists minds because of most of the population is not on twitter and frankly, most of them are never going to see it and it does occupy a lot of time and attention from bbc news journalists they think maybe there needs to be reset a little bit. what about the issue of what you retreated years in the past before you work for the bbc —— retweet. there are a couple of issues there. if you tweeted something in the past before you worked for the bbc you didn't have the responsibilities towards the bbc values as you did when you are a member of staff. but equally, social media is a public platform and if you want to work for the bbc or o

me is a research fellow at the george washington university program on extremism. he joins me now from cardiff in the united kingdom via scott, could help you with us on the program. sir. is this a good idea from the belgian government when there's so much concern and suspicion in the public arena against those who have links with i? so i do think it is a good idea. because number one, for example, regard the women. some of them may have been involved in the let me say all the speaking and so in that case they do need to be held accountable. and it's difficult to do that. they know be serious when you have a digital system that's not nicely recognized. the issue will be really apply the children and the issue when you can really separate them from their mother. and i think in that case you do need to bring both the women and children. oh no, you understand we only get worse over time. the longer problem to faster. yeah, i'll get point to splitting mothers and children away. but then the question is, should these individuals be re pat created when there is across europe, so much political angst

all right, let's bring on, i guess, joining us on skype from cardiff, aimen jawad, l to me, me a research fellow at george washington university's program on extremism and joining us from beggars close to bravo spain. chris phillips, former head of the u. k. national counter terrorism security office, a warm welcome to you both. thanks so much for joining us on inside story today. amy, let me start with you today. you have been to at least one of these camps and syria . i believe it was in 2016. what did you see there? how dire were the conditions and from your perspective is the repatriation of mothers and children the right strategy. thank you by me. yeah, i just to clarify, i was in, it was during 2018. so that's the more recent period i was in the camp in a nice area which is just north of 50 and a, it was a separate section of the camp dedicated to the foreign mostly foreign mothers. they were also iraqis, considering that by in georgia of suspected i s members to be members who will be held in tension. they conditions were very dia and i didn't see how sustainable to keep holding these women and children in these can indef