Also in the programme the us military publishes the first images of the raid in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. Raging wildfires in california as a new blaze in the south of the state threatens the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london. Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so affects the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, le
Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so it will affect the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or Party Political broadcasts. Today there is a third front, the cyber war, and this digital blitzkrieg is the most complex and controversial of the lot. Data from the Electoral Commission shows the proportion of Campaign Money going to Digital Advertising is growing fast. The issue isnt just Political Parties. Its anyone with a political message to sell. Theres potent
Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on the 22nd of november, so itll affect the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor, amol rajan, has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or Party Political broadcasts. Today there is a third front, the cyber war, and this digital blitzkrieg is the most complex and controversial of the lot. Data from the Electoral Commission shows the proportion of Campaign Money going to Digital Advertising is growing fast. The issue isnt just Political Parties. Its anyone with a political message to sell. There
Now on bbc news, click. This week, its the 50th birthday of the internet. We will hear how it was switched on, how democracy could be rebooted, and how hard it is to tell apples from. Apples. Every single day, we upload four million hours of video to youtube. We send 682 million tweets. We post over 67 million instagram pictures. 4. 4 billion of us use the internet and collectively, we create 2. 5 exa bytes, thats 2. 5 million tb or 2. 5 quintillion bytes of data every single day. And a significant proportion of all of that data searches, news, messages, social media, video streaming, goes through here. All this is telehouse north, one of the most important parts of the internet backbone. Its one of four buildings here in london full of computers, cables, cooling equipment, and sheer geekery. The internet was built on many earlier ideas, but the big one happened exactly 50 years ago this week. The work had origins in 1969 when the American Defense department, specifically the Defense A
And washington wins baseballs world series. Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so itll affect the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or Party Political broadcasts. Today there is a third front, the cyber war, and this digital blitzkrieg is the most complex and controversial of the lot. Data from the Electoral Commission shows the proportion of Campaign Money going to Digital Advertising is growing fast. The issue isnt just Political Parties. Its anyone with a