british comedian and actor sasha baron cohen has accused facebook of spreading disinformation and amplifying hatred by running political ads without fact checking baron cohen said that if facebook it existed in the 1930 s. adult hitler would have been able to post anti semitic ads on the social media site . in japan foreign ministers from the g 20 group of nations are holding net final day of meetings now they've been discussing international trade and global governance as well as sustainable development goals south korea and japan have also announced that they will continue an intelligence sharing agreement that was set to expire. combi is government has ordered a curfew in the capital bogota off to widespread protests across the country against planned pension and labor market reforms now several people have been killed in clashes over the past 2 days and the country's president even duke is calling for a national conversation in an effort to calm things down. more clashes in bogota a 2nd day of widespread protests while police used tear gas in the alleyway as thousands gathered in front o

british comedian and actress sasha baron cohen has accused the facebook of spreading disinformation and amplifying hatred by running political advertising without fact checking it baron cohen said that if facebook had existed in the 1930 s. adult hitler would have been able to post anti semitic ads on the social media site of the. former u.s. national security advisor john bolton has accused the white house of blocking him from his own personal twitter account bolton has not posted anything on twitter since early september when he resigned from the role president donald trump has denied the accusation twitter for its part has declined to comment. colombia's government has ordered a curfew on the capital bogota to widespread protests across the country against planned pension and labor market reforms several people were killed in clashes over the last 2 days now the country's president event 2 k.'s calling for a national conversation and an effort to calm things down. more clashes in bogota a 2nd day of widespread protests while police used tear gas in the alleyways thousands gathered in

british comedian and actor sasha baron cohen has accused facebook of spreading disinformation and amplifying hatred by running political ads without fact checking now baron cohen said that if facebook had existed in the 1930 s. hit that would have been able to post anti semitic ads on the social media site. in japan foreign ministers from the g 20 group of nations are holding their last day of meetings they've been discussing international trade and global governance as want to say they will development goals south korea and japan have also announced that they will continue an intelligence sharing agreement that was set to expire. now in france activists in paris and around the country are taking to the streets to not against domestic violence $136.00 women have been killed by their partners this year in france this year alone now the country has one of europe's highest rates of domestic violence in today's demonstrations were taking place just 2 days before french president. unveils a new measures of a new raft of measures which are meant to tackle the problem. and for more on this now i'm

trial on history to raise fears about our digital future actor sasha baron cohen criticizes social media companies for allowing the spread of hate online also the. lighting up plame affair to performance from fans i had a south america's club football final details with me and just about. how we have still got some unsettled weather an awful cost across the middle east at the moment so areas of cloud just rolling across iraq pushing into iraq heading over towards afghanistan the possibility of some wintry flurries there over the hard ground we see some clouds was a possibility of a specialty of rain coming through beirut still getting up to around 21 celsius in the sunshine on sunday as we go on into monday little cloud just toppling across at least the side of the but it's rainy and we can run a. in cyprus for example italy's its way back across syria maybe you'll see getting into 11 in as well a little bit of clout say pushing up it was a caspian it should be dry cold enough 7 celsius the tower ronnell so into couples the little more cloud here but it should not see the snow at least e

drawing on history to raise fears about our digital future actor sasha baron cohen criticizes social media companies for allowing the spread of hate online also. we know with a comment well we don't know when it's coming and we need to calm down baby goodnight. and sport the headway boxing champion talks up his chances ahead of his latest title defense. we have still got some unsettled weather in africa asked across the middle east at the moment so areas of cloud just rolling across iraq pushing into iraq heading over towards afghanistan a possibility of some wintry flurries there over the higher ground we see some clouds was a possibility of a specialty of rain coming through beirut still getting up to around 21 celsius in the sunshine on sunday as we go on into monday a little more cloud just toppling across that eastern side of the but it's rainy and you can see there in cyprus for example italy's its way back across syria maybe you'll see getting into 11 in as well a little bit of cloud cheaper should have it was a caspian it should be largely dry cold enough 7 celsius for terror

a lot of good points from sas sasha baron cohen. >> silicon six, makes me think of sinister six.interesting callout somewhere out there there's a parallel universe where donald trump is a comedy star i wonder if this is about this age of data has kind of up ended some of the basic tenets on which governments and economies are based, has to be part of the trade war, you look at 5g, big data and ai and fear about one civilization dominating another. it feeds into the issue around what speech does to a democracy as well. >> i think that one of the questions, we're seeing this play out with twitter banning political advertising and google preventing microtargeting, to the point of the amplification of it, what the platforms enable you to do is have conspiracy theories, test them, hundreds of thousands of times until you are to a point of maximum emotional effectiveness, then micro target them to people that are susceptible, including swing voters you can target with misinformation i think to your point, jon, this is related to the data capabilities of these platforms. i personally th

. >> stephen: dish the dirt on sasha baron cohen. i'll start. really? i think he needs -- >> stephen: true story. >> he's got slight-- he needs attention, doesn't he? i mean, a slight attention seeker? >> stephen: a little bit. he's an actor. >> well, he's more than just an actor. >> stephen: he's a menace? ( laughter ) >> he has emotional issue s. >> stephen: he has emotional issues. >> yeah. >> stephen: that is what we call spilling the tea. brad pitt, "fight club." >> absolute gentleman. >> stephen: really? >> spill it. oh, you mean i've got it tell something-- no, no. he's a gentleman, and he looks as if he swallowed the sun, you know. she's just got this sortt ch a n the and/orior and the interior. >> stephen: good to know, good to know. and now just, like, give me the grease on this just pile of mess, daniel radcliffe. >> oh! the radcliffe. he's got nice manners, too. >> stephen: does he? >> yeah. loves poems. he writes them. >> stephen: he writes poems? >> he writes themselves. and he was really handy because i like my tea and my coffee a

one of those stories is about sasha baron cohen. only an actor and comedian, but, and then he went on to really give it to social media companies, especially facebook, for allowing as he sees it hate speech. we will talk about that topic and then get into a bunch of others. the news out of hong kong today, this fascinating meeting that got contentious on vaping at the white house. all that and more, top of the hour. liz: look forward to that. happy friday. thank you very much. all right. >>> ten minutes to go before the closing bell rings. today's "countdown" closer says she thinks puppies could mean big profits for your portfolio. more like puppy stocks. we will unveil this theory when "the claman countdown" comes right back. (people talking) for every dollar you spend at a small business, an average of 67 cents stays local. shop small and watch it add up. small business saturday by american express is november 30th. ugh, another electronic signature. you have to print, walk, sign, scan, recycle, walk, email yourself... really? mor

recently, sasha baron cohen gave a dire warning on the dangers of social media. >> before i was able an entire bar in arizona to sing throw the jewel down the well, it did reveal people's indifference to anti-semitism. when as bruno, the gay fashion reporter from austria, i started kissing a man in a cage fight in arkansas nearly start iing a ri, it showed the violent potential of home phobia. and when disguised as an ultra woke developer, i proposed bu d building a mosque in one rural community prompting a resident to proudly admit i am racist against muslims. it showed the growing acceptance of islam phobia. today around the world, demagogues appeal to our worst instints. conspiracy theorys onconfined a going mainstream. democracy, which depends on shared truths is in retreat and autocracy, which depends on shared lies is on the march. hate crimes are surging. as a murderous attacks on religious and ethnic minorities. one thing is pretty clear to me. all this hate and violence is being facilitated by a handful of internet companies that amount to the greatest propaganda machine in

twitter and you tube have been called the greatest propaganda machine in history and comedian sasha baron cohen made the comments at an anti defamation league summit taking place in the u.s. to reinforce his point he said if facebook had existed in the 1930 s. it would have let hitler by anti-semitic advertisement. democracy which depends on the shared truths is in retreat an autocracy which depends only shared lies is on the march hate crimes are surging as a murderous attacks and religious and ethnic minorities now wouldn't know these dangerous trends have in common i'm just a comedian and actor i'm not a scholar but one thing is pretty clear to me all this hate and violence is being facilitated by a handful of internet companies that amount to the greatest propaganda machine in history. but is because responded saying the actor has misrepresented its policies and that quote nobody including politicians can advocate or advertise hate violence or mass murder on facebook but its c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has been criticized for his decision to allow political advertising that contains lies on face

katie nixon joining us, sasha baron cohen known for insulting people in the name of comedy, he's targeting we will tell you all about it when we come back. or trips to mars. no commission. delivery drones, or the latest phones. no commission. no matter what you trade, at fidelity you'll pay no commission for online u.s. equity trades. at fidelity you'll pay no commission ♪ ♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. i take it once a week. it starts acting in my body from the first dose. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome

. >> slightly more serious subject, the second half of sasha b sacha baron cohen is out in print forming for regulation, saying the tech companies are propaganda machines we heard a speech last week at the anti-defamation league last week we already have widespread outrage about social media. >> i don't think he moves the needle so much to me, this whole incident, it is like holding up a mirror. people see what they want to see. casey newton pointed out that social media in fact helped create greater interest in the speech that he gave a week ago then the viral effect of social media got it to the point people wanted to read an op-ed from him, and the response on social media has been predictably chaotic. you want to see this as here's an example of the power of social media because it elevated his remarks, look at it that way. you want to say this is an example of the peril of social media, here's someone putting something thoughtful out online, and suddenly the response is a food fight, people are just going to -- it is just going to -- people are going to see what they want to see