that was james clayton in silicon valley.information that we haven't talked about yet, and that is wikipedia. and last week, the i3th—most visited website celebrated its 20th birthday. lara: the free online encyclopaedia now hosts 55 million articles. it can be accessed in over 300 languages and it's read 15 billion times every month. that's 8,000 times a second! as social media sites have battled disinformation, polarisation and accusations of censorship, wikipedia has fought hard to maintain the trust of its readers and to keep its role as a neutral arbiter and trusted resource. it does feel heavy to our community. we know we have a responsibility to get it right, and particularly in this era where there's so much misinformation, disinformation that circulates on social media, to be very vigilant about quality of the sources that we rely on and to be really thoughtful that, hey, we do have a place in the world. people trust us to at least try to get it right. and that's, you know... that's more than you can say for some pla

james clayton's been finding out more.one of a number of small start—ups on a mission to revolutionise the spirits industry. and meet martin and stu, the founders of the company. a couple of different samples and we're looking at the some of the attributes of aroma. this has more of that furfural than this one does, so this one is going to have a more nutty taste than this one does. another one might have higher amounts of vanillin than another one which means it's going to have a higher smell or taste of vanilla. so you can be that exact? exactly. and then those are things we can engineer in each subsequent iteration of our recipe. whisky making is a bit of a science, but here they've taken that to a whole new level. here's stu explaining the process from start to finish. we have three main elements that we use in creating those recipes. the first is the source spirit itself, the second element we use is the wood, and here what we do is we operate with what we call microstaves, which are small pieces of wood. and each mic

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well, james clayton has been to visit a team in california reducing the secret ageing process down ton to revolutionise the spirits industry. i met martin and stu, the founders of the company. a couple of different samples and we're looking at the some of the attributes of aroma. this has more of that furfural than this one does so this one will have more of a nuttiness than this one. another one might have higher amounts of vanillin than another one which means it will have a higher smell or taste of vanilla. so you can be that exact? exactly. those are things we can engineer in each subsequent iteration of the recipe. whisky making is a bit of a science but here they have taken that to a whole new level. here, stu explains the process from start to finish. we have three main elements that we use creating those recipes. the first is the source spirit itself, the second element is the wood, and here what we do is we operate with what we call microstaves, which are small pieces of wood. and each microstaves is roughly one 25,000th the size of a barrel and we start with adding an extra

that was james clayton in silicon valley. i'd imagine that report has annoyed a lot of people.ere is he? right. does anybody have a straw? oh, that's it. i don't know when we're going to see nick again! maybe next burns night, or the morning after. anyway, that is it from us for now. as ever, you can keep up with the team on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter. thanks for watching. we'll see you soon. bye— bye. lots of different weather has been happening across the uk today. heavy rain, lots of flood warnings force and some snow across wales and parts of the midlands. that is going to be causing some disruption as we head into the evening hours. in the north, high pressure is holding on. it's this area of low pressure that's been a troublemaker, pushing in that mix of rain, sleet and snow, may know that ground. over the next few hours, particularly across parts of central and northern wales, the higher ground, sleet and snow. it will fall as rain the likes of london and kent, and the south—west, expecting some heavy bursts to brain. way snow and i

james clayton's been finding out more. looking at some of the attributes of aroma. this has more of that furfural than this one does, so this one is going to have a more nutty taste than this one does. another one might have higher amounts of vanillin than another one which means it's going to have a higher smell or taste of vanilla. so you can be that exact? exactly. and then those are things that we can engineer in each subsequent iteration of our recipe. whisky making is a bit of a science, but here they've taken that to a whole new level. here's stu explaining the process from start to finish. we have three main elements that we use in creating those recipes. the first is the source spirit itself, the second element we use is the wood, and here what we do is we operate with what we call microstaves, which are small pieces of wood. and each microstave is roughly one 25,000th the size of a barrel, and we'll start by building a mixture of microstaves. so we can mix and match these microstaves to get the recipes that we wa

james clayton has been investigating what may be in store for them in the era of biden.a striking thing about many who broke into the capitol hill complex. take it back! let's go! armed with phones, many live—streamed their actions or took selfies showing off their entry into the inner sanctum of american democracy — theatre designed for social media. big tech�*s role in what happened onjanuary 6 cannot be underplayed. sure, donald trump used social media to stoke up the mob. sure, smaller players like parler and gab egged on the crowd. but conspiracy theories and extremism on mainstream social media is how many people wound up here. many companies, like twitter, for years have been protected by a tiny piece of legislation known as section 230. section 230 was written in the mid �*90s. it's been instrumental in the development of many of the services we know and love. the internet really wouldn't be the same without it. it's the reason we can upload any video we like on youtube or post freely on places like facebook and twitter. here's the crucial sentence. "no provider

that was james clayton in silicon valley.uages and it's read 15 billion times every month. that's 8,000 times a second! as social media sites have battled disinformation, polarisation and accusations of censorship, wikipedia has fought hard to maintain the trust of its readers and to keep its role as a neutral arbiter and trusted resource. it does feel heavy to our community. we know we have a responsibility to get it right, and particularly in this era where there's so much misinformation, disinformation that circulates on social media, to be very vigilant about quality of the sources that we rely on and to be really thoughtful that, hey, we do have a place in the world. people trust us to at least try to get it right. and that's, you know... that's more than you can say for some places. i have a lot of criticisms for how the social media companies have handled things, but they've asked for a toughjob, which is to say, "here's a little box, "say whatever comes to your mind. "what do you think?" and it turns out a lot of peop

james clayton has been investigating what may be in store for them in the era of biden. let's go! armed with phones, many live—streamed their actions or took selfies showing off their entry into the inner sanctum of american democracy — theatre designed for social media. big tech�*s role in what happened onjanuary 6th cannot be underplayed. sure, donald trump used social media to stoke up the mob. sure, smaller players like parler and gab egged on the crowd. but conspiracy theories and extremism on mainstream social media is how many people wound up here. many companies, like twitter, for years have been protected by a tiny piece of legislation known as section 230. section 230 was written in the mid �*90s. it's been instrumental in the development of many of the services we know and love. the internet really wouldn't be the same without it. it's the reason we can upload any video we like on youtube or post freely on places like facebook and twitter. here's the crucial sentence. "no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or

james clayton has been investigating what may be in store for them in the era of biden.ere's a striking thing about many who broke into the capitol hill complex. takeit take it back! let's go! armed with phones, many live—streamed their actions or took selfies showing off their entry into the inner sanctum of american democracy — theatre designed for social media. big tech�*s role in what happened onjanuary 6th cannot be underplayed. sure, donald trump used social media to stoke up the mob. sure, smaller players like parler and gab egged on the crowd. but conspiracy theories and extremism on mainstream social media is how many people wound up here. many companies, like twitter, for years have been protected by a tiny piece of legislation known as section 230. section 230 was written in the mid �*90s. it's been instrumental in the development of many of the services we know and love. the internet really wouldn't be the same without it. it's the reason we can upload any video we like on youtube or post freely on places like facebook and twitter. here's the crucial sentence

that is james clayton there, our technology correspondence.the white house as a result of the race there. both houses for the first time since 2009. that comes after the democrats jon ossoff and raphael warnock won the run—off elections in georgia omitting their party now controls the houses. you can see lots of detail on our website about this and you can see here raphael warnock there. that was a picture taken during his campaign. he beat kelly loeffler and he is the first black senator for georgia in its entire history. a slavery state, of course, in the us civil war. 4 million georgians turned out to vote for this extremely important run—off in terms of senate seats and jon ossoff beat david perdue. so that a significant development. these are life pictures coming from the us senate, the us house of representatives, as they continue to debate the pennsylvania election. hello there. there was some welcome sunshine in many areas on wednesday, but there's a definite wintery feel and look to the weather at the moment. not only do we have a wid

from san francisco, james clayton reports.erplayed. donald trump made fantastical election claims and smaller players like parler and gab on the crowd but conspiracy theories and extremism have gone mainstream thanks to big tech. these are just the views of anyone, these are the views of the future president. mr biden has been openly critical of big tech and especially facebook. in an interview with the new york times a year ago, he said... so yes, the big tech bosses in silicon valley are nervous. biden so far has kept his cards close to his chest, but what might he do? first of all, let's deal with section 230, the rule which essentially gives big tech to get out of jail free card, that they are not responsible for things posted on their platforms. that now seems certain to go. constitutional lawyer at the university of colombia jameel jaffer thinks repealing section 230 doesn't do what mr biden thinks it does. aha, 230 doesn't do what mr biden thinks it does.— thinks it does. a lot of the seech thinks it does. a lot of the

here's our technology correspondent james clayton in san francisco. as these back tech companies have done really well out of the pandemic. iii done really well out of the pandemic— done really well out of the andemic. , ., ~ ., pandemic. if you think about it, what people _ pandemic. if you think about it, what people have - pandemic. if you think about it, what people have been i pandemic. if you think about. it, what people have been doing at home. they've been on line, shopping on line, talking to people on line. we been doing this interview from my living room rather than studio. tech is done really well from the pandemic and that's what we've seen, these incredible quarterly results. from apple, over $100 billion of sales in just over three month stop facebook again, way up and where they were. but there is investor nervousness. the reason for that can be looked at, as well, in terms of the pandemic. there is an end to the pandemic now. people are being vaccinated. there is this idea that perhaps in the summer may be before then, things might st

james clayton is with us from san francisco and james, as all sang, for many critics of facebook, this power from donald trump long time with this really shows is that the powerfrom donald trump is slowly slipping away. they would not be doing this if there was a year or two beers left of doldrums presidency. got two weeks left and he‘s going to start being treated like a normal person because they literally have rules to give the presidency all sorts of power on twitter that you would not get as a normal person. so he has been able to tweet all sorts of things extremism and kinda get away with the because he‘s the president. when he is not present any more, you‘ll just be a normal player and if i‘m a normal person in a tweet stuff like that that incites violence, fake news, particularly around things like covid—19 or the election, i would be ticked off these platforms and donald trump now can expect to be ticked off of these platforms if he continues to do this. you say you might be kicked off the platforms but in reality, millions of people, millions of americans in the case of this

james clayton's been finding out more. and stu, the founders of the company. a couple of different samples and we're looking at some of the attributes of aroma. this has more of that furfural than this one does, so this one is going to have a more nutty taste than this one does. another one might have higher amounts of vanillin than another one, which means it's going to have a higher smell or taste of vanilla. so you can be that exact? exactly. and then those are things we can engineer in each subsequent iteration of our recipe. whisky making is a bit of a science but here, they've taken that to a whole new level. here's stu explaining the process from start to finish. we have three main elements that we use in creating those recipes. the first is the source spirit itself. the second element we use is the wood, and here what we do is we operate with what we call microstaves, which are small pieces of wood. and each microstave is roughly one 25,000th the size of a barrel, and we'll start by building a mixture of microstave

that was james clayton in silicon valley and i tell you, that is going to annoy a lot of people, thatirst tennis grand slam. the organisers of next month's australian open confirm they will be letting in 30,000 spectators a day in melbourne. in the face of rising dog ownership, tv star sir tony robinson joins with his own experiences and a warning. not to act on impulse. good morning. there is a big mixture of weather on the way today, with heavy rain moving northwards across england. probably turning to snow for some in wales and the west midlands. scotland and northern ireland having a day of sunshine and showers. it is going to be a very busy morning here at the bbc weather centre. join me for a full forecast a little bit later on. it's saturday the 30th of january. our top story... threats to impose controls on the movement of coronavirus vaccines across the irish border were reversed by officials in brussels late last night, after an outcry from policians in both the uk and europe. on friday, the eu appeared to undermine a key part of the brexit agreement when they said they coul

that was james clayton in silicon valley.l that, hey, we do have a place in the world. people trust us to at least try to get it right. and that's, you know... that's more than you can say for some places. i have a lot of criticisms for how the social media companies have handled things, but they've asked for a toughjob, which is to say, "here's a little box, "say whatever comes to your mind. "what do you think?" and it turns out a lot of people think awful things and say awful and mean things and so on, whereas we have a much easierjob — we are writing an encyclopaedia, that's it. and therefore we do have a responsibility to get it right. but it's a lot easier for us. everybody knows what a good encyclopaedia article should be, it should be neutral, it should be well written, it should have quality sources, it should be accurate. so, we all have a shared vision of where we want to get to, whereas in social media, there is no simple shared vision. it'sjust people yelling at each other. and people do go to wikipedia for inform

james brown. >> jesse jackson and adam clayton powell. >> yes and the chapter is that it is a meditation on how boomers be institutionalized liberal politics and be institutionalized civil rights and be democratized civil rights. give us a little bit of a sense that and the boomers many of them weren't actually involved in civil rights in the way that al sharpton got to be involved as he was involved as it child and a. she and was literally at the feet of civil rights heroes but you have this beautiful narration of when the southern christian leadership conference comes to chicago and confronts the daily machine and just tell us a little bit about that and how the boomers word democratizing our politics. >> i'm glad you liked mike telling of the etlc in the chicago story because i was shocked to learn when i read about that the local black leaders in the first thing he had done when the etlc announced after selma we are coming up north to chicago was holed up press conference and to say we don't want you here. we have our own system of power here and we are doing pretty well with this daily pag