Last year, facebook said that it plans to boost its team of moderators by more than 3,000. And google says itll increase the number of people monitoring content to a total of ten thousand. Meanwhile twitter has already removed around a million accounts related to terrorism. Its a pressing issue for governments around the world for example germany can now Fine Companies over 60 Million Dollars if they fail to take down extremist material. Elsewhere in the uk, senior ministers have suggested the tech giants could face punitive taxes if they fail to do more in the fight against terrorism. With me is mike weston, founder of radiate b2b good morning. It is a very tricky one, isnt it, there is no clear right or wrong here on how to monitor and remove material is it enough when facebook, twitter, youtube say they are boosting the numbers of those monitoring . youtube say they are boosting the numbers of those monitoring . I think it is very difficult to determine what constitutes an offer. However much you shut down accounts and remove content it will spring up somewhere else and there is no clear evidence that the policy of shutting down accounts and removing content actually prevents that content from existing somewhere on social media. It is like trying to squeeze water out of a waterbed. At this hearing they will try to discuss issues at play and it is a fine line between regulating and monitoring and freedom of expression, freedom of speech, a difficult one to tackle and as we have heard some governments in parts of the world have come up with their own measures to try and encourage these companies to try and encourage these companies to do more. Yes, and i think there is no doubt that the companies are showing some signs of willingness to do more as you said in your headlines. There are more people being thrown at the problem. It is not just about people. Being thrown at the problem. It is notjust about people. It is using ai notjust about people. It is using alto notjust about people. It is using al to figure out what content is available. The biggest question is whether it is right to shut these things down and even within government in the us there is no clear sense of which is the right path to go. There are republicans who say that you deny yourself free speech by being a terrorist, tepco made that point in december 2000 and 15. On the other side of it you have the argument that actually although the argument that actually although the content is in century most people are fireproof and so you are legislating against something which doesnt necessarily prove to create terrorists. So where do you think we will end up in terms of how to tackle this issue . Because, you know, our pm here theresa may has been very vocal about the fact that she expects these companies to do a lot more where will we end up . Will it be issues of definition, legal entities, what is extreme, what isnt, how quickly Companies Pull things down, will we end up there . I think we will, we will see these companies doing more and more because the minute that their reputation and their finances are being affected by the debate they have a real incentive to do something and so i think we will see more. But i dont think you will get toa more. But i dont think you will get to a point where you get it 100 of the time and to an extent it will be like a dog chasing its tail. You are never going to snuff out the content that comes through. Social media is not a force for good or bad it is something that allows people, it is a megaphone and that is going to be very difficult to shut down. A megaphone and that is going to be very difficult to shut downm a megaphone and that is going to be very difficult to shut down. It is a megaphone that the us president utilises an awful lot and anyone would argue that he is not helping the debate. Thank you for your contribution. And of course we want you to get involved in the conversation, tell us what you think about the issue with regards to extreme material on social media. Now lets brief you some other business stories ford has reported preliminary adjusted earnings for 2017 that missed market estimates. And its its 2018 earnings forecast largely fell short of analysts expectations as well. The automakers shares fell more than 2 in after hours trading. The price of bitcoin extended its sharp tumble of the past 2a hours, dropping more than 7 on the Bitstamp Exchange on wednesday, spooked by worries regulators may try to clamp down on the highly volatile trading in the digital currency. 0ther cryptocurrencies displayed similar falls. Nestle will sell its us confectionery business to ferrero for almost 3 billion as it focuses on healthier products. The Italian Company beat out hershey and others for the candy unit, which includes brands like crunch and butterfinger. The maker of nutella will now become the worlds Third Largest chocolate company. Nestle says it wants to focus bottled water and baby food for future growth. While las vegas may be synonymous with gambling, the country where people rack up the biggest gambling losses is actually australia. According to the economist magazine, it is all down to so called pokies or electronic poker machines. Australia has more of these machines than any other country. For more, lets go to the bbcs phil mercer in sydney. Phil, just explain how big a problem this is in australia cause many around the world would think actually, where we live in the uk, you cant get to these machines u nless you cant get to these machines unless you are over 18 . Well, these machines, there are 200 thousands, slot machines, poker machines, pokies, they are evident in many pubs and clubs in virtually every state and territory across australia. In Western Australia they are restricted to casinos. So, here, if youre old enough to go to the pub, that means if you are over the age of 18, you can have free access to these machines. As we say, 200,000 of them across the country. Now, australians love to gamble. There is the melbourne cup horse race that stops the nation every november. There is great enthusiasm for the stock market in this country too. It is the slot machines that concern campaigners most. They believe they are a pernicious influence on Australian Society and some of those campaigners believe that the pokies have the same addictive qualities as cocaine. So they believe that it is a very serious problem, a very serious gambling problem, largely fuelled by these slot machines. So what is the government trying to do to counter this problem, and is it working . Well, campaigners would say that the State Government here in australia are among the biggest attics of them all. They are addicted to the revenue they get from that form of gambling. But when you speak to representatives of the gambling industry in australia, and it is worth an absolute fortune, they say that if you and i, sally, were to go down the road to a gambling machine here there would be lots of warnings, they say they are taking their corporate and social responsibilities very seriously. But campaigners believe thats not enough to stop an epidemic of addiction. All right, phil, thank you very much indeed. Six years ago, Carolyn Radford went from the world of fashion to be chief executive of League Two FootballClub Mansfield town. It was making deep annual losses and her mission was to stem them. To fit in to the male dominated world of soccer, she first tried to be tougher than the boys. But she found she got better results with a more feminine management style. If you are working in a male oriented business i would say dont try to be one of the boys, where a address to work and you can be feminine, and still get great results. Going to the stark contrast of being involved in football, which is very masculine, a very different experience. I think my first managerial style was very, very inauthentic to huay, it was very macho, it was me becoming tough, you know, making irrational decisions because i wanted to be seen to be tough, trying to keep up with the boys. I felt that taking the female approach would be better and i wasnt afraid to then wear a dress to work. And to be natural and smiling and bubbly. People would warm to me more and want to do a betterjob. It works really well having a woman that can be caring and compassionate and said, come on, lets get the team raring to go again for the next match. Carolyn ra dford. Again for the next match. Carolyn radford. Lets show you the markets, we mentioned bitcoin grabbing the headlines. These markets have been hitting record levels they are today. We have earnings coming out, quite a few Big Companies this week. But here in hong kong and australia and also elsewhere in asia we are seeing declines today. Thats it for Business Briefing this hour. Stay with us, i will see you in a moment. Theres been a mixed response to the announcement of a 70 billion pound plan to improve road and rail links across the north of england. Transport for the north says the scheme will reverse a long term gap in funding. Danny savage reports from leeds. The hills of the north. Beautiful, but a physical barrier between the conurbations either side of the pennines. Travelling by car can be painful. The few routes over the top are often congested. As for the trains, theyre frequent but relatively slow, and can be overcrowded. Improving transport links across the pennines is nothing new. This is the Leeds Liverpool canal built more than 200 years ago. But instead of taking a few days by water, the hope is, for example, getting from leeds to manchester by train down to about half an hour. After years of discussion about improving things, theres now a plan the northern cities agree on. There used to be a train tunnel between sheffield and manchester. Thats long gone. But a new road tunnel, like this one in norway, is proposed, and could halve the current journey between the cities. And a new Trans Pennine railway line will link leeds and manchester by bradford. But remember, this is a 30 year plan and is still only at the idea stage. Former transport secretary, john prescott, walked out of the launch in hull today, unconvinced. Itll have no powers. It can talk to the treasury along with the strategic bodies, but it cant make a decision. It doesnt get any money. Its a bloody fraud. And its the government that will have to be convinced to stump up the money for these ambitious projects to upgrade northern transport. Danny savage, bbc news, leeds. Six oclock, breakfast on bbc one with dan and louise with plenty more on the bbc stories today. This is the briefing from bbc news. The latest headlines protestors in barcelona have demanded the release of catalonias separatist leaders ahead of the reopening of the regional parliament. Three separatist parties are attempting to form a coalition government, following snap elections in december. 20 countries have called for the strict enforcement of sanctions against north korea, the latest bid to curb its nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes. But two key players, china and russia, are not involved in the meeting in vancouver. Cape town could become the first major city in the world to run out of water, possibly as soon as april, because of the worst drought in living memory. The worlds social media giants attend a hearing in the us aimed at tackling the spread of extremist material. Remember, the bbc news app has lots of detail on the stories were covering but many more stories and analysis as well. Theres a lot to look at, including this one, trumps cognitive ability is normal, that was the conclusion of the doctor to the president , you can see him there shaking trumps hand, saying the 71 year old president shows its no abnormal signs following a cognitive exam. Theres more detail online. Now its time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. We begin with the china daily, which reports that chinese president xi jinping spoke with american President Donald Trump yesterday to reaffirm their position on the Korean Peninsula situation. China is not attending the north korea crisis summit in vancouver today, but says its important the International Community stays united. The Financial Times leads with carillion crisis, as does most of the uk papers this morning. They reveal that carillion was left with just £29 million when it collapsed this week. And the metro, its headline reads taking the piste, which is a dig at former carillion boss richard howson, who it says owns a six bedroom ski chalet in the alps