here's our media editor amol rajan. history are engaged in a very modern conflict. tim cook of apple and mark zuckerberg of facebook are in an ideological and commercial argument about how open the internet should be. and it's coming to a head with apple releasing the latest update to the operating system on its iphones, what is known as i0s 14.5. until now, if you own an apple phone, all of the apps you have downloaded have automatic access to something called your unique identifier for advertisers. this is a building block of digital advertising allowing companies, if they want, to track your activity across other apps and so build a detailed picture of your behaviour, your location, interests, spending habits and much else besides. with i0s 14.5, apple is going to flick an enormous digital switch and only allow companies to track your activity on their own apps unless you give explicit permission. in other words, presumed consent will be no more. facebook has launched an extraordinary pr campaign against apple, takin

i am amol rajan, and welcome to world questions. this is the programme which brings together questions from the public around the world and puts them to the experts. for this edition, we're looking at information and misinformation. how have the big institutions, governments, health organisations and the media informed and misinformed us about the pandemic? and has the rise of what is sometimes described as fake news, though there are reasons to be cautious about that term, of course, impeded the battle against the spread of covid—19? i'm joined remotely via zoom by a panel of leading journalists, academics, health experts and a representative from one of the big social media companies, who will take questions from members of the public, from all corners of the globe. let me introduce you to our panel. from new york, zeynep tufekci is with us. she is a technosociologist who has written extensively about covid—19 and won plaudits, both for her analysis of the pandemic and for her work covering the technology giants. zeynep, it's good

amol rajan reporting.mars. today's trip was the most ambitious yet, the little chopper rose to a height of five metres before speeding off laterally for 50 metres. the ingenuity team have been pushing the helicopter�*s limits by adding instructions to capture more photos of its own. let's look at a quick look at what is happening in downtown los angeles on the red carpet. the 93rd academy awards taking place partly at the usual home of dolby theatre but also at this time at union station. you are watching bbc news. after the weather we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are polly mckenzie from the think—tank, demos and the executive chairman of the cicero group, iain anderson. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. the sunny, dry theme to the april weather continued through the course of the weekend. this was the picture in wiltshire on sunday, so similar to many areas, blue sky overhead butjust quite dry and in fact quite c

here's our media editor, amol rajan. good news from an awful pandemic. be online but weren't now are. that said, 11% of lower income households and 18% of over 65s are still not online. most of those not using the internet at home have asked someone else to do something for them online. home—schooling has been a big feature over the past year, and the report shows that of all school—age children, just under 1% had no internet access in the home, but 17% have not had consistent access to a suitable internet device for home—schooling, often having to share a device. that figure is much higher, at 27%, in households classed as the most financially vulnerable. that lack of access to a device has meant that 3% of schoolchildren have been prevented from doing any schoolwork at all over the past year. traditionally, we thought about digital exclusion as being a question of who has access to broadband and who has not, but the research paints a more nuanced picture for us, which i think is a bit of a wake—up call. for example, almost all school—age children have

anti—social media, breaking news, faking news — this is the programme about a revolution in media, with amol rajanc�*s media editor. a handful of tech entrepreneurs in silicon valley have become the editors in chief of the internet. mark zuckerberg of facebook, jack dorsey of twitter, we talk about them and their companies all the time, but we very rarely hear from them. well today, we will. because steve huffman is the ceo of reddit, a multibillion—dollar company which is the seventh most visited website in america. so, what is reddick? is this what the internet should look like, a free space for free speech? a news platform where anything malicious orjust plain boring dwindles away? what we learn from the company's battle against conspiracy theories and white supremacist content. and how did a social media site come to take on and humble wall street? steve, welcome to the show. my pleasure. i'm honoured to be here today. let's start at the beginning of your illustrious career. you're two roommates in uni on the american east coast who came up with and coded a social media site that is today wort

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antisocial media, breaking news, faking news — this is the programme about a revolution in media, with amol rajanbbc�*s media editor. hello. in 2012, the washington post was perhaps the world's most famous local newspaper, whose new editor needed to make cuts. within eight years, the paper had become a global powerhouse, with ten pulitzer prizes under its belt and over 100 million monthly website views. the paper had a new owner, jeff bezos, the world's richest man and it had one of america's most lauded editors at its helm. marty baron had already been the editor of the miami herald and had seen his years at the boston globe get turned into an oscar—winning film called spotlight. sometimes it is easy to forget that we spend most of our time stumbling around in the dark. suddenly a light gets turned on and there is a fair share of blame to go around. back injanuary, marty baron announced that he would be stepping down as editor of the washington post, which he duly did. marty baron, welcome to the media show. thank you. many of our audience will have a vague sense of your achievements, maybe they

here's our media editor, amol rajan.men in history are engaged in a very modern conflict. tim cook of apple and mark zuckerberg of facebook are in an ideological and commercial argument about how open the internet should be. and it's coming to a head with apple releasing the latest update to the operating system on its iphones, what's known as ios14.5. until now, if you own an apple phone, all of the apps you have downloaded have automatic access to something called your... this is a building block of digital advertising. it allows companies, if they want, to track your activity across other apps and so build a detailed picture of your behaviour, your location, interests, spending habits and much else besides. with ios14.5, apple is going to flick an enormous digital switch and only allow companies to track your activity on their own apps unless you give explicit permission. in other words, presumed consent will be no more. facebook has launched an extraordinary pr campaign against apple, taking full—page adverts out in

amol rajan takes a look at social media, anti—social media, breaking news and faking news. of the duke of edinburgh's sons have paid emotional tributes to their father after attending a service to remember him, held at a royal chapel in windsor. the duke of york likened his father's death to losing "the grandfather of the nation", while the earl of wessex said that while they were still coming to terms with the loss, it had been fantastic to have heard the "extraordinary tributes and the memories that everybody has had and been willing to share". earlier, a remembrance service for the duke took place at canterbury cathedral led by the archbishop of canterbury justin welby. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. in church services in front of socially distanced congregations and online, prayers were said for the duke and for the queen and the royal family as they mourn his loss. at canterbury cathedral, a special service of remembrance was led by the archbishop, justin welby. for his royal highness the duke of edinburgh, there was a remarkable willingness to take