evan greer from _ our children's children. evan greer from digital— our children's children.from digital rights group greerfrom digital rights group fight for the future speaking to us earlier. china has carried out exercises around taiwan, which coincide with a bipartisan visit to taipei by six us lawmakers. an army spokesman said they were directed at what he called "the wrong signal" being sent about the island by the united states. the biden administration has repeatedly talked of its — quote — "rock—solid" commitment to taiwan, but china regards the self—governing island as an integral part of its territory and a foreign ministry spokesman has condemned the us support for taiwan. 0ur news reporter azadeh moshiri is following the story. she explained why china reacted in the way it did. as far as china is concerned, taiwan is a breakaway province and president xijinping has always talked about the importance of reunification, has even said that force is an option to that end. but as far as taiwan is concerned, it sees itself as an independent country with its own constitu

evan greer there. russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has again suggested there's a danger of the conflict with ukraine leading to a third world war, but he said he expected it to end with a peace agreement. mr lavrov said nato was in effect engaging in a proxy war with russia, and that weapons delivered to ukraine from the west would be, what he called, legitimate targets. five train stations were struck by russian missiles in western ukraine on monday. the railways have become a key target for russian forces, as they're crucial for both bringing in supplies and evacuating civilians. meanwhile, unrelenting russian attacks continue in the eastern donbas region. there's been fighting there since 2014, between ukrainian troops, and separatists, backed by moscow. russian artillery has been targeting towns and cities, where mainly civilains have been sheltering in basements, short of food and water. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has travelled close to the frontlines. birdsong explosion the

we can now speak to evan greer, who's director of digital rights group fight for the future.r talking to us. the world has already been having a conversation about the amount of power that social media platforms wield. how do you think elon musk might handle the responsibility that comes with this power? you the responsibility that comes with this power?— the responsibility that comes with this power? you know, i think that's _ with this power? you know, i think that's a _ with this power? you know, i think that's a great _ with this power? you know, i think that's a great question | think that's a great question and one that no—one really knows the answer to. frankly, including elon musk. he is not an expert in content moderation and, frankly, his public comments on the topic make it clear that he hasn't thought about it much beyond of kind of i like free speech, free speech is good. and i like free speech as well, i'm a free speech activist, and elon musk is right about one thing, is that free speech is in danger, but the reges man in the world simply purchasing a platform

we can now speak to evan greer, director of digital rights group fight for the future. for being with us. what is your take on why elon musk wants full ownership of twitter? you know, i think _ full ownership of twitter? you know, i think this _ full ownership of twitter? you know, i think this is _ full ownership of twitter? mt, know, i think this is actually fascinating. it's exposing the underlying problem here. if we want a future with free speech online, it can't be a future where the richest man in the world can just purchase a platform so that he can change the rules to his liking. we need to restructure social media so that people have real choices, so that they can go to a platform that has privacy and content moderation practices that fit their needs. to me, this is not really about elon musk, it's actually about the entire tech industry and how we make it work for ordinary people. make it work for ordinary --eole. ., ~ people. elon musk has spoken about free _ people. elon musk has spoken about free speech _ people. elon musk has spoken about free speech when