that was james clayton, and i am joined online now by one of the members of the new facebook oversightidger, the ex—editor—in—chief of the guardian newspaper in the uk. you are one of 20 members initially announced on this board. are you happy with the mix of members that there are? that is a very interesting mix in terms of geographical location and diversity of outlook, diversity of ethnicity. you have got an interesting bunch of lawyers, human rights activists, academics, journalists, troublemakers. it is interesting, if you want a quiet life, you would not have chosen this board. what did facebook say to you to persuade you to take this job? we are facing a crisis of truth, of... of trust, of knowing what is true and what is not true. and as somebody who... kind of passionately believed in the dream and the opportunity that the internet offered, it has been very sad to see it get into a certain degree of trouble. so the idea of having a kind of independent board of people who could help what are basically a bunch of highly talented engineers think through the moral, legal, editoria

here is james clayton ain.orter if you look at tiktok's business model, it is in countries around the world, and they want to have a big presence in th west, in europe, in the u.s. and of course i wanted to have a huge presence in india. inthan market now looks very difficult forns tiktok, ering it is banned. the u.s. is looking increasingly difficult. where will this end? if you work for tiktok, even if you are on tiktok rightow, it is a worrying time. because really, at any point w, if you look at what pompeo said, if you look at the fact that trump does not particularly like tiktok, you remember tt rally that tiktok has claimed was tagged by them signing up in droves when they had no intention of actually going. if you look at the potential therefore some of tiktok's biggest markets to be affected here, it is clearly a aery worryingnd nervous time for tiktok. ros: let's bring in james live from washington, d.c. what did you make of the decision to pull out of hong kong? >>s is certainly a very remarkable mov

james clayton has been investigating.d reality that racism is alive and well online but it might surprise you that some of the biggest companies in the world are selling racist material and products online. our investigation has also found that online retailers‘ own algorithms often promote racist products, which they are then benefiting from financially. to the degree that algorithms can learn, they can also be taught to be more responsible. 0therwise, these companies essentially just throw their hands in the air and say "yes, we are going to make it easierfor you to be an extremist". the black lives matter movement has been an awakening for many — not just people, but companies too. after george floyd's death, chief executive after chief executive stood up and declared themselves and their organisations behind the movement, including amazon's jeff bezos and google‘s sundar pichai. but have these companies been practising what they preach? i wanted to find out, so i decided to do some online shopping. first up, the undis

that was james clayton, and i am joined online now by one of the members of the new facebook oversightusbridger, the ex— editor—in—chief of the guardian newspaper in the uk. you are one of 20 members initially announced on this board. are you happy with the mix of members that there are? that is a very interesting mix in terms of geographical location and diversity of outlook, diversity of ethnicity. you have got an interesting bunch of lawyers, human rights activists, academics, journalists, troublemakers. he laughs it is interesting, if you want a quiet life, you would not have chosen this board. what did facebook say to you to persuade you to take this job? we are facing a crisis of truth, of... of trust, of knowing what is true and what is not true. and as somebody who... kind of passionately believed in the dream and the opportunity that the internet offered, it has been very sad to see it get into a certain degree of trouble. so the idea of having a kind of independent board of people who could help what are basically a bunch of highly talented engineers think through the moral,

that was james clayton, and i am joined online now by one of the members of the new facebook oversightr, the ex— editor—in—chief of the guardian newspaper in the uk. you are one of 20 members initially announced on this board. are you happy with the mix of members that there are? that is a very interesting mix in terms of geographical location and diversity of outlook, diversity of ethnicity. you have got an interesting bunch of lawyers, human rights activists, academics, journalists, troublemakers, he laughs it is interesting, if you want a quiet life, you would not have chosen this board. what did facebook say to you to persuade you to take this job? we are facing a crisis of truth, of... of trust, of knowing what is true and what is not true. and as somebody who... kind of passionately believed in the dream and the opportunity that the internet offered, it has been very sad to see it get into a certain degree of trouble. so the idea of having a kind of independent board of people who could help what are basically a bunch of highly talented engineers think through the moral, legal, e

james clayton, bbc news. let's talk now to dipayan ghosh.r of a project at harvard kennedy school, looking at digital platforms and democracy, and many people will know your terms of disservice, worth noting the subtitle is how silicon valley is destructive by design. so when the companies say they are big but not too big, you would disagree, i think? absolutely and i used to work at facebook in the privacy and public policy team there. and i think facebook for example, in addition to these other four companies, has and all of them have gotte n companies, has and all of them have gotten too big. that is to say that they are dominant players, they are monopoly players, they are monopoly players with, in some cases, over a0%, over 50%, and players with, in some cases, overli0%, over50%, and in some cases over 90% of their market share in internet search or e—mail or social media or e—commerce, in places like united kingdom and united states. and i have gotten too big, they have used that power... is not wrong to be too big but it is wrong to g

our tech correspondent james clayton has been watching the hearing. four titans of tech run the companies that are worth nearly £4 trillion. today they were grilled over whether their companies are too big, and whether they stifle competition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the states. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, with more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and youtube is run by this man — sundar pichai. around 90% of all internet searches are on google. and apple is run by tim cook, the most valuable of the big four and the company behind the iphone and its software. the big question is, do they own a bit too much of the internet? that's what us legislators wanted to find out today. thank you. before i begin, iwant to add my points... zuckerberg on the hook first and asked whether rather than compete with competitors, they simply bought them, notably instagram. zuckerberg accepted that they were a competitor. in the space of mobile photo

that was james clayton, and i am joined online now by one of the members of the new facebook oversightr, the ex— editor—in—chief of the guardian newspaper in the uk. you are one of 20 members initially announced on this board. are you happy with the mix of members that there are? that is a very interesting mix in terms of geographical location and diversity of outlook, diversity of ethnicity. you have got an interesting bunch of lawyers, human rights activists, academics, journalists, troublemakers... he laughs it is interesting, if you want a quiet life, you would not have chosen this board. what did facebook say to you to persuade you to take this job? we are facing a crisis of truth, of... of trust, of knowing what is true and what is not true. and as somebody who... kind of passionately believed in the dream and the opportunity that the internet offered, it has been very sad to see it get into a certain degree of trouble. so the idea of having a kind of independent board of people who could help what are basically a bunch of highly talented engineers think through the moral, legal,

james clayton, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news.uk's secret intelligence service has been announced. richard moore, who is currently political director at the foreign office — and a former ambassador to turkey — will become the new chief of mi6, known as ‘c‘. he will take over from sir alex younger in the autumn. a railway bridge has collapsed after a freight train caught fire and derailed in arizona. it's being reported that between eight and ten cars from the train left the track at tempe town lake, just west of the city of phoenix. firefighters fought a huge blaze and traffic had to be diverted. police have not yet reported any injuries. the hajj — the annual pilgrimage to mecca — is officially under way, on a much smaller scale than usual. normally more than 2 million muslims would take part in the five—day pilgrimage to the holy city, but international visitors have been banned this year because of the pandemic. the united states continues to struggle with covid—i9. the latest stats from johns hopkins university shows 61,700 ne

and as james clayton has been finding out, it is now being used as a political platform.like facebook and twitter before it, a dark side is emerging. tiktok is a platform where you have fun and be creative. it's whole philosophy is based around music, lip syncing and, of course, dancing. it's not supposed to be a political platform. it was not supposed to be any platform other than music. and that's how it started. tiktok banned political ads last year, but its content is increasingly political, blurring the lines between comedy, entertainment, and politics. tiktok uses laid claim to sabotaging donald trump's tulsa rally, reserving seeds in droves they would never use. now people have started sitting up and taking notice of the platform's political power. the big question now isjust how influential can these videos be? and are they the future of political advertising? tiktok is easy to use and fun, giving uses creative tools to make imaginative content. and exactly the same tools have been applied to political videos. there's a green screen option so you can be your own p

here's james clayton again.el, clearly it is to expand into many parts of the world, they want to have a big presence in europe, in the us, and a huge presence in india. the indian market now looks very difficult for tiktok considering it is banned. us is looking increasingly difficult. where will this end? and i think you you work for tiktok, even if you are on tiktok right now, it is a worrying time because, really, at any point now, if you look at what pompeo said, if you look the fact that trump does not critically like tiktok. .. that trump does not critically like tiktok... your that trump does not critically like tiktok. .. your member that that trump does not critically like tiktok... your member that also rally that tiktok, it is claimed, ta nks rally that tiktok, it is claimed, tanks the attendees from... the potential there for the biggest markets to be affected here, it's clearly a very worrying and nervous time for actor one. —— for tiktok. let's bring in zhaoyin feng from washington, dc. what did y

james clayton, bbc news. bit like the space race again: who will be first to produce an effectivve vaccine against covid—i9? the russian government now says it's on track to approve a coronavirus vaccine in august, well ahead of other countries, including the us, uk and china. but as alanna petroff reports, human safety trials for the vaccine have been very limited. in russia, researchers are racing for a coronavirus vaccine. within just two months, the state recruited military volunteers and tried out their vaccine on 18 individuals. they say it's safe. they say it works. now, it's being fast—tracked for approval in august. russia's deputy prime minister presented her latest vaccine plans to president vladimir putin, saying two were very promising. the first was developed with the ministry of defence. translation: the vaccine state registration is planned in august 2020, and another clinical trialfor 1,600 people will be carried out after registration. the launch and production is expected in september 2020.

and as james clayton has been finding out, it is now being used as a political platform.r before it, a dark side is emerging. tiktok is a platform where you have fun and be creative. its whole philosophy is based around music, lip syncing and, of course, dancing. it's not supposed to be a political platform. it was not supposed to be any platform other than music. i mean, that's how it started. tiktok banned political ads last year, but its content is increasingly political, blurring the lines between comedy, entertainment, and politics. tiktok uses laid claim to sabotaging donald trump's tulsa rally, reserving seeds in droves they would never use. now people have started sitting up and taking notice of the platform's political power. the big question now isjust how influential can these videos be? and are they the future of political advertising? tiktok is easy to use and fun, giving users creative tools to make imaginative content. and exactly the same tools have been applied to political videos. there's a green screen option so you can be your own presenter, pointing d

let us investigate with james clayton, bbc‘s silicon valley correspondent.u would expect, intimate disco. it seems to be going on here? is it a move to steal money 01’ here? is it a move to steal money or damage twitter? what is happening? it does not appear to be is happening? it does not appearto be in is happening? it does not appear to be in international party, but the scale of this thing is absolutely huge. i will give you a list here. kim kardashian, barack 0bama, joe biden, elon musk, kanye west, michael bloomberg, to name a few. what was being sent out, eve ryo ne few. what was being sent out, everyone was being asked on micro it does appear to be come at the moment, a scam, and twitter have said, we are a pairof us get twitter have said, we are a pair of us get —— we are away. this is obviously a huge structural hack. the mine only boggles and what they could have said. these are hugely influential people. people like barack 0bama, joe biden, so a huge, unprecedented attack. i've never heard anything like it. and at the moment, twitter have locked

and as james clayton has been finding out it is now being used as a political platform.t like facebook and twitter before it, a dark side is emerging. tiktok is a platform where you have fun and be creative. it's all philosophy is based around music, lip syncing and of course dancing. it is not supposed to be a political platform. it was not supposed to be any platform other than music. that is how it started. tiktok banned political ads last year, but its content is increasingly political, blurring the lines between comedy and entertainment, and politics. tiktok uses entertainment, and politics. tiktok uses laid claim to sabotaging donald trump's rally in tulsa, preserving seeds in droves they would never use. seeds in droves they would never use. now people have started sitting up use. now people have started sitting up and taking notice of the platform's political power. the big question now isjust platform's political power. the big question now is just how influential can these videos be? and are they the future of clinical advertising? we will win our freedom... th

the bbc‘s james clayton has the story.r titans of tech run companies that are worth nearly £4 trillion. today they were grilled in the us capitol over whether their companies are too big, and whether they stifle competition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the world. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook as well as instagram and whatsapp. together they have more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and youtube are run by sundar pichai. around 90% of internet searches are on google. apple is run by tim cook. the most valuable of the big fourin the most valuable of the big four in the company behind the iphonein four in the company behind the iphone in the software. the question is, do they own a bit too much of the internet? that's what us legislators wanted to find out today. zuckerberg on the hook first and asked whether they simply bought competitors rather than compete with them, notably instagram 7 he accepted they were a competitor. in the gr

the bbc‘s james clayton has the story.se four titans of tech run companies that are worth nearly £4 trillion. today they were grilled in the us capitol over whether their companies are too big, whether they stifle competition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the world. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook as well as instagram and whatsapp. together they have more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and youtube are run by sundar pichai. around 90% of internet searches are on google. apple is run by tim cook. the question is, do they own a bit too much of the internet? that's what us legislators wanted to find out today. zuckerberg on the hook first and asked whether they simply bought competitors rather than compete with them, notably instagram? he accepted they were a competitor. in the growing space of mobile photos and camera apps, they were a competitor. he was also asked whether he wanted to buy google at one point. it will be a while before

our technology correspondent, james clayton, has been watching the hearing.ay they were grilled in the us capitol over whether their companies are too big, whether they stifle competition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the world. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook as well as instagram and whatsapp. together they have more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and you chop are run by sundar pichai. —— and youtube. around 90% of internet searches are on google. apple is run by tim cook. the question is, do they own a bit too much of the internet? that's what us legislators wanted to find out today. zuckerberg on the first and asked whether they simply bought competitors rather than compete with them, notably instagram ? competitors rather than compete with them, notably instagram? he accepted they were a competitor. in the growing space of mobile photos and camera apps, they were a competitor. he was also asked whether he wanted to buy google at one point. he was also asked whether

and as james clayton has been finding out, it is now being used as a political platform.merging. tiktok is a platform where you have fun and be creative. its whole philosophy is based around music, lip syncing and, of course, dancing. it's not supposed to be a political platform. it was not supposed to be any platform other than music. i mean, that's how it started. tiktok banned political ads last year, but its content is increasingly political, blurring the lines between comedy, entertainment, and politics. tiktok uses laid claim to sabotaging donald trump's tulsa rally, reserving seats in droves they would never use. now people have started sitting up and taking notice of the platform's political power. the big question now isjust how influential can these videos be? and are they the future of political advertising? tiktok is easy to use and fun, giving users creative tools to make imaginative content. and exactly the same tools have been applied to political videos. there's a green screen option so you can be your own presenter, pointing different facts and figures on