Zuckerberg asked governments to take up some of the responsibility for fighting harmful content. Unveiling new human centric online rules. And watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program australian m. P. s have called on the u. K. Government to stop Julian Assange as extradition to the us they visited the Australian Citizen in the london prison where hes being held ahead of an extradition hearing one of the lawmakers George Christensen told us about the wiki leaks founder deteriorating condition. Spike in this wake with professor mills mels of the u. N. Special repertory on torture. Come to the opinion along with a number of medical experts that Julian Assange was exhibiting the symptoms of psychological torture visited Julian Assange. And are going to side theres nothing that i saw or that actually. Discredited what those doctors and what mills melzer said he is exhibiting signs of disorientation. He did tell us about being kept in severe us a life and ongoing loss a large negative side technically within belmarsh prison the conditions of the subject to apparently. But when you kept by yourself 20 to 22 as a guy with that minimal human contact youre effectively oss alloted so all of that has led to i guess that depleted state of health for julian a songe and i dont think its fair or told to extradite an Australian Citizen. At of one foreign country into another foreign country to face charges for what for reporting on the facts. That those doctors around the world also condemned the u. K. s handling of the case warning a songe is being subjected to psychological torture in jail where the 100. 00 medics signed a joint letter urging authorities to take action and also called on the Australian Government to intervene to protect its citizen actually for such letter from doctors. You know all the Guardian Newspaper has published a feature article on plans to tackle media repression penned by britains special envoy on press freedom and clooney how one key detail has been left out when these links to julian songe arguably the most high profile media repression case in the world today to me proposed to sanction all those who take part in jailing journalists for their work including ministers and prosecutors but says nothing about the fact that no such action is being prepared over the treatment of the wiki leaks founder the article did not even mention that clooney was actually a songes lawyer in the 2015 swedish extradition proceedings against him many have been angered by the guardians convenient mission. Congratulations are in order to the guardians Patrick Wintour whos managed to write a whole article on global media suppression without mentioning the phrase Julian Assange the Foreign Office will no doubt continue to be delighted the u. K. Currently has Julian Assange is looked up at the behest of the us because he exposed war crimes the guardian publishes an article and press freedom failing to mention this unbelievably and unforgivably no mention of juliana songe journalist and broadcaster neil clark believes they have songe case is too shameful for the u. K. Government to bring up. When to the journalist apparently apparently we not 100 percent sure but apparently didnt see the need to actually brace the the case of the most famous persecuted journalist in this interview about the persecution of journalists its a massive elephant in the room its quite extraordinary how anybody could write an article about the persecution of journalists without mentioning Julian Assange for the establishment this whole case now is a big embarrassment. And a song its either someone who could be attacked or to be ignored is a place to be ignored and when youre talking about it in this context press the persecution of journalists is an armed person is a nonperson you know good journalist being persecuted oh lets talk about other countries official enemy countries that thats fine but not what weve actually got the guy just a few miles away down the road from us back at the jail for doing journalism. On a trip to brussels the u. S. House of representatives speaker has warned in new allies against weiwei nancy pelosi and says the Chinese Corporation is a major threat to security and should be barred from developing 5 g. Telecom networks in europe but plus a mention nothing about the far more wide scale and proving Us Global Surveillance Network are just come up and explained. Now that the impeachment debacle is all wrapped up guess whos going to europe in order to promote one of the trumpet ministrations key policies its the speech ripper herself nancy pelosi the speaker of the u. S. House of representatives is urging European Countries to drop plans to use while away as their 5 g. Carrier for the benefit of a few corporations you cannot sell the privacy of the people of your country down the river as i said before its like having the state police write the Chinese State police right in your pocket you see nancy pelosi just cares about your privacy odd that shes one of what Edward Snowden called the gang of 8 key figures that are overseeing surveillance in the United States is far and snowden he did there on the in the in disagreement with you he did violate the law in terms. Of for leasing those documents we dont know i understand. Odd timing as well its just been revealed that the cia was the secret owner of a Swiss Company that was offering people encrypt peoples privacy was compromised because the cia had a backdoor what the u. S. Government speculates that china might be doing they have been caught doing themselves while the e. U. Might be more apt to listen to a top democrat then to the donald it seems they still arent buying nancys song and dance her euro 2 were is a flop. Well he will be able to continue in france and will not be excluded from flying so we will censor such numbers restrictions protect themselves so we decided to ask people what they think of this supposed danger of china spying on them are they more afraid of china spying on them or the American Progress or us and im not so much worried. About china im worried about anybody in having access to our data to be more. Ready to spy on you know in the chinese it could come from anywhere in the world to us. And can you would guess just the u. S. Given say the alignment of interests that program for the u. S. Probably you know well the u. S. As far as im concerned. Can go to hell but i dont know trump along with them its a common pattern of Human BehaviorSigmund Freud called it projection nothing drives us crazy or thinking that someone else might be doing that naughty thing that we know we are doing ourselves a little up and artsy new york artist boom bust spoke to the chief Security Officer of wa usa about the campaign against the company. It was interesting the u. S. Government says that they declassified the information so we welcome the opportunity to see what the evidence is but we really have to look at this in the broader context of the ongoing geo political dynamic between the u. S. And china the u. S. Has some major issues with china and right now the u. S. Wants to hurt china so badly that theyre going to hurt america in trying to her way and thats really a shame you look back some years ago when i brought snowden revealed information about the u. S. Program prism and about the 5 Year Campaign of the u. S. Government to spy on wa wait operation shop giant where they monitored all while why not work for 5 years and could not find any Improper Communications and in the Prison Program they found that the u. S. Government used for example cisco equipment to spy around the world most recently the Washington Post crypto a. G. D. A Swiss Company that turned out is controlled by the cia so theyve been monitoring encrypted communications of all the countries in the world except for china and russia so the fact is it is important to recognize the role of the equipment vendors and the telecom and mobile operators there is a lawful backdoor by the telecom the mobile operators that is triggered by lawful action by governments such as the Us Government of china government we dont have that access we dont control that data. I. Had a facebook has visited the e. U. To call for more state regulation of social Media CompaniesMark Zuckerberg speech was seen as an attempt to find a compromise with brussels which says it is introducing rules requiring more ethical approach by Technology Firms facebook has also announced an independent oversight body that questions are already being raised about some partial impartiality a quarter has the details. For years political scandals and government pressure to regulate content have been a thorn in facebooks side does not just about innovation you need a regulation because theyve broken and then again what do we tell our constituents given whats happened here while we should let you self regulate i dont want to vote to have to regulate facebook but my god i will as the social media giant strayed away from its roots of connecting friends and family over the internet and began playing politics to grow its influence things started to get a bit hairy for the company facebooks fight against socalled russian bots and up targeting many accounts that had nothing to do with russia its campaign to flag political ads treat some organizations better than others and the army of Fact Checkers often seems more like a censor for certain political opinions facebooks critics are far from satisfied facebooks not just going to relax trump but intends to reelect trump this is a Global Company that has huge influence in ways that were only beginning to understand then theres george soros who even called for Mark Zuckerberg to be removed it seems facebook c. E. O. Has dug a deep hole for him self we didnt take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a mistake and im sorry for it it was my mistake and im sorry this was a major breach of trust and im really sorry that this happened now hes calling for more serious regulation of social media content as for who should step up to the plate well zuckerberg wants to pass that buck on to someone else. Companies like mine also need better oversights when we make decisions which is why we creating an independent Oversight Board so people can appeal facebooks come to decisions the director proposed for the socalled independent board goes by the name of Thomas Hughes and he says hes fully on board with the human rights and diversity agenda. The Oversight Board is committed to protecting Free Expression and human rights its composition will be global and diverse and whilst there will be disagreement at times this diversity lies at the core of this important innovation that sure sounds nice but you have to wonder how hughes actually defines those ideas especially since he was the leader of a british angio called article 19 its directly funded by the state department and the National Endowment for democracy think tank which promotes regime change in countries washington isnt very happy with can we really expect a judge jury and executioner of social media with that background to be independent what i dont understand is why these are not regulated like a public utility i am a conservative i dont like regulation of business almost ever except when it becomes obvious that they are being used by the public in ways that Public Utilities are used that they become something that is as ordinary or even in some cases more ordinary than making a phone call facebook is doing what we call shadow banking and in all likelihood of the only complaints i ever see about this are from conservatives why is that why is it that conservatives especially trump based conservatives are being shouted banned i want to know the answer to that id love to ask Mark Zuckerberg that question myself as long as thats the kind of regulating socalled regulating that Mark Zuckerberg and his team are doing i would say we need to look at some sort of regulating them like a Utility Company like a Telephone Company like a gas company other utilities that are regulated and need to be able to be used broadly across both sides of the political aisle. Still to come in the Program Michael bloomberg has rivals in the upcoming u. S. Democratic Party President ial debate are going to tell you why after this short break. In the United States president ial candidates debate the future of the u. S. And the world. Max kaiser and stacy her but dig into the burning questions of this election cycle. Every week. Tax student debt trade was corporate money universal basic. And more catch up with whats front running this sunday exclusively on. What politicians do. They put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president and you. Want to. Have to go right to be this is what the. 3 of them will be the. Interest of all reasonable why. You. Should. Welcome back u. S. President ial candidate Michael Bloomberg will sell his media empire if he becomes president that announcement came ahead of the latest round of democratic debates being held on wednesday in Las Vegas Bloomberg well for the 1st time face rivals who criticize the billionaire is massive spending on campaign ads its estimated bloomberg has splashed out more than 400000000. 00 on Television Radio and online ads thats 10 times more than Current Party front runner Bernie Sanders donald trump for example spent around 325000000 on his whole 2016 Campaign Spending has enraged sanders who claims it amounts to both buying. The say your blue burke. We all are is 1st see not at all look talk to your doctored up guys are so like sure but bloomberg was quick to hit back saying sander supporters aggressiveness can hardly be called democracy and he again used a slick video clip a technique his campaigns become known for to make his point. My calling and your farmer discuss voters views on Bloomberg Campaign with legal analyst jennifer to master a libertarian president ial candidate and political analyst to quote a lily. Dakota if i could start with you. Says that bloomberg is buying is that a fair comment i do think its a fair comment even if you look at the rules that the d. N. C. Has instituted this is a complete change of what theyve done so far this complete you know this late runners coming into their Campaign Spending 400000000. 00 with perhaps hes spending so much money and so that he can make up for the fact that he doesnt have any real grassroots support but i think it definitely amounts to vote buying its not so problematic that bloomberg of spending money on his own campaign the bigger problem is the d. N. C. What rules is the Democratic National committee Democratic National committee making with superdelegates and with Everything Else because the way the d. N. C. Seems to be operating is that youre allowed to run for president play if you have the money or if we at least approve of you its not against bloomberg its not its not his fault that hes need to spend this kind of money because thats the way campaigns are the Bloomberg Campaigns views would be massively unpopular with a lot of the Democratic Base and a lot of the American People and by fixating on this sort of minor non issue i mean in politics you ought to spend as much of your own money as you want to by trying to get people to fixate on this non issue the Bloomberg Campaign is affectively distracting america from the positions that bloomberg holds that are at odds with the majority of both the Democratic Base and the American People this is a very unpopular person with very unpopular opinions according to the Democratic Party base and also the general population hes polling you know i havent seen one poll where hes polling above 5 percent this is really showing the corruption of the d. N. C. What there is nothing illegal about what hes doing but i think really thats part of a larger indictment of the american political system more than anything else as well as the rules of the d. N. C. As has been stated that this is an indictment that was a perfect description of the american political system of course you can look at the Republican Party a lot of republican candidates had a. A lot of money back in 2016 and yes donald trump spent his own he was not favored to when he was not going to when Hillary Clinton had tons of funding between hollywood between lots and lots of billionaire billionaires so the American People could still vote but that also raises the question when there are lots of different candidates within one party like were seeing with the d. N. C. And i think the American People deserve to see who the candidates are and what their actual viewpoints are and how they stand on things democrats and republicans they control the president ial debates they change the the commission on president ial big debates has changed the debate threshold the do everything they can to keep their parties and independents out of the debates and you can see this in the way that they mistreat any candidate. That opposes a massive military overage so theyve shut out sanders gabbert all the 3rd Party Candidates who oppose it the United States is definitely an oligarchy and i think that most of the people of the United States know this a lot of these people who voted for obama and theyre voting for trump but both of these people received plenty of money from fossil fuel companies from Banking Institutions from Financial Institutions from all these different entities but in a true oligarchy not much has been done about it. British an Environmental Activist GroupExtinction Rebellion has been lying is the lawn outside Cambridge University college 3 activists have been arrested with others now in custody are reports digging up the lawn of a world renowned college stopping traffic and a whole week of protests is this a way to gain support this is normally one of the busiest roads right here in the center of cambridge but as you can see its pretty quiet today apart from the music playing behind me a mask because Extinction Rebellion have blockaded this road but what are the locals think about this is just fine it is an absolute that is and. So they do you say nation people theyre not getting anybody on their side they just annoy people. Trinity college is ties with fossil fuel Companies Investments of around 9000000. 00 pounds or whats driving the anger of the activists Trinity College has invested 9100000000. 00 pounds in oil and Gas Companies the most of any of the 45 oxbridge colleges they are complicit in the climate and ecological crisis Trinity College responded with this the college respects the rights of free speech and nonviolent protest but draws the line in criminal damage and theres liaison with the police and the police have had to control the up to. The right to peaceful protest which police have a duty to pursue. Tate needs to be balanced against the other responsibilities of the police to promote Public Safety maintain public order prevent crime and protect the rights of others but how has the actions of the group encourage the ports is this the moment where Extinction Rebellion mooses sympathy very. Practical. For all you can be. Saved on what they want to do 3 to 4 they should pack up and go. Thats over half of what should happen after coming here to cambridge today its clear that theres them a situation between the protesters and locals a full week of disruption and rebellion in the theory to r. T. The boy scouts of america one of the oldest u. S. Years organizations has filed for bankruptcy the move comes as the group faces numerous sexual abuse lawsuits im sorry im devastated that there were times in the past when we failed the very children we were supposed to protect i want you to know that we believe you we believe in compensating you and we have programs in place to pay for counseling for you and your family some of the organizations insurers have refused to cover payouts and sex abuse cases claiming that the group could have prevented the abuse of bankruptcy whole judicial procedures while the settlements are being negotiated plaintiffs lawyers fear this will delay resolution of the cases for years the justice that they so well deserved will unfortunately escape them in the end and that is a true tragedy membership of the organization has been on the decline for more than a decade now policy adviser and former scout john tell us why. I think you have a lot of factors i think fortunately a lot of the technology the video games and and those things have distracted kids sports seems to be a little less popular in scouting the numbers have been falling off pretty dramatically the idea that kids are are being molested and maybe the boy scouts are doing as good a job as they can of protecting them it doesnt look good for the boy scouts at all i think its really hugely damaging to the organization that what was once great i was a boy scout i was really born and raised in scouting it was a Great Organization and it is just unfortunate that theyve been hit this hard i think its really going to shrink in size dramatically i think a lot fewer boys are going to be involved. Germanys political crisis is deepening in the wake of an Unprecedented Alliance by the ruling christian democrats with an antisemite gratian party for a key Regional Election theyre all over as more. The times a set for changing for angle of the Christian Democratic Union party with theyre going to our announcing that she will step down as party leader and it she doesnt want to be considered for the election if chancellor next year it means big changes have to be made but instead of getting on with making those big changes some in the c. D. U. Party leadership are pointing the finger of blame at both poles of german politics saying theyre to blame for the c. D. U. Suffering if do you benefits a little from what the left party has been saying for 30 years maybe that everything is bad they can reap the benefits of that now who protest voters have gone to the a. F. D. The the bar coal into danger where the c. D. U. Allying themselves with the right wing a. F. De ultimately toppled come in an attempt to bring some stability to the central german state the left party proposed putting in place former minister president christine leivick necked of the c. D. U. Until new elections can be held to reader is far from having stable conditions which the absolute majority of citizens want the proposal of appointing the big nectars transitional Party Minister sees to open a nonpartizan way this is acceptable for the democratic parties in this Parliament GreatProblem Solved not quite a situation that came about after the c. D. U. Broke promises not to allying themselves with the right wing could only be temporarily solved if they were to break all the promises not to align themselves with the far left leaving the ruling party in a damned if they do damned if they dont predicament the situation in chile is very complicated for the c. D. U. It can only do this because path of its electorate. One sue have a clear message against the a. And theyre not providing that while another part of the electorate. Well they would much rather not. Vote for a party that is in line with what is going on behind the scenes its time for the succession to angular mirco and some people say that she has damaged cd irreversibly and that the party is now in a death spiral because of americas politics with angle of merkels preferred choice of party leader taking herself out of the running the future of the Christian Democratic Union party is currently a 4 way race and with uncle americal set to remain in the role of chancellor until late 2021 the real question has to be will whoever gets the job of c. D. U. Chairperson be willing to play 2nd fiddle to the chancellor until then especially after having watched a case toothless performance doing just that if they werent then well perhaps the reign of germanys 2nd longest serving postwar chancellor could well come to an end sooner than she would have expected with elections being called early peter all of a r. T. 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