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zuckerberg, insisted they were investing billions in safety and trust. here s our technology editor, zoe kleinman. today s vast social media empires are managed by a handful of big names meta, snap, tiktok, discord and x. their bosses faced angry lawmakers in washington for a tense grilling about why children continue to be exposed to harm on their platforms. as a mother, this is personal and i share the sense of urgency. words cannot begin to express the profound sorrow i feel that a service we designed to bring people happiness and joy has been abused to cause harm. it may have been heartfelt, but the senators weren t buying it. mr zuckerberg, you and i the companies before us, i know you don t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. mark zuckerberg from meta, which owns facebook and instagram, came under the heaviest fire. these results may contain images of child sexual abuse, and then you gave users two choices get resources, or see results anyway. mr z
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand where there s huge uncertainty about the country s future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. that s after they defeated their military backed rivals in a general election. but thailand s upper house the senate is dominated by the military and they could yet block a reformist prime minister. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. stunned by their success, thailand s youngest and most progressive party came to celebrate at the place they call democracy monument, built to commemorate a democracy that many thais say they have never had. today we have politics driven by hope in this country. they were told by an mp who, like so many in the party, has spent time in jail for his political views. this caught the public s imagination with the boldness and clarity of its manifesto. yes, the new era. you look very happy. yeah. i m startin
announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand. there s huge uncertainty about the country s future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. that s after they defeated their military backed rivals in a general election. but thailand s upper house the senate is dominated by the military, and they could yet block a reformist prime minister. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. stunned by their success, thailand s youngest and most progressive party came to celebrate at the place they call democracy monument, built to commemorate a democracy that many thais say they have never had. today we have politics driven by hope in this country. they were told by an mp who, like so many in the party, has spent time injail for his political views. move forward caught the public s imagination with the boldness and cl
While were waiting for that i see mrs. Muhammad ali in the audience and i wanted to thank her for her focus on this issue. [ applause ] appreciate her presence with us here today. Thank you. So one of the reasons that i thought we would show the video from radio free asia is to make a point. Theres very Little Information outside of these types of coverage that are coming into the outside world and more importantly, the burmese people themselves. In myanmar, there is no coverage of this information, so people do not actually know what is happening. The generals that run the country have a different narrative. So theres very little recognition of the reality. In order to get to that reality, it is very important that we get reporters in on the ground, that we get usaid into myanmar, that we get the United Nations back in some way into myanmar in order to cover because as long as that presence is there its a check to these types of atrocities. Now, there are few more pressing demands wit