other social networks existed like myspace, but mark zuckerberg s site really took off. it s less popular than it used to be with young people but the company insists it s still growing. it s the biggest social network in the world with 2 billion daily users. the most being in india and the us. two, facebook made the internet political. it was instrumental in movements like the arab spring as has become a key place for campaigning and debate around the world. for good and bad. in 2018, facebook agreed with the un report that it said it had failed to prevent its platform from being used to incite off line violence against the range of people and me in my. facebook made personal data valuable. and less personal. facebook proved that collecting our likes and dislikes is extremely lucrative. facebook s parent company, meta, is an advertising giant and takes the lion s share of global digital had money alongside google. it s also proven what can go wrong with all that data collect
to avoid a wider conflict in the region. we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interests and our people. and we will respond when we choose, where we choose, and how we choose. earlier i asked our north america correspondent would any us attack may take place? we don t know us attack may take place? - don t know exactly when this military action will be lost, it apparently depends on the weather and on intelligence, but we understand that these strikes will take place over a number of days and today will include a range of targets. they include iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria. now, it is those two countries from where these militant groups, the iran backed militant groups have been operating and it is those groups that washington has accused of being responsible for the deadly drone attack on the us base injordan on sunday. that was when as you said, three us service members were killed, dozens more were injured and ever sinc
britain s postal service, the royal mail, is being held to ransom in a hacking attack by a gang with likely russian links. hello and welcome. lisa marie presley, the only daughter of rock and roll legend elvis has died. she was 5a. the news was confirmed by her mother priscilla who said in a statement: it is with a heavy heart that i must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter lisa marie has left us. we can now speak to entertainmentjournalist perez hilton who was a friend of lisa marie presley. he joins us from los angeles. thanks forjoining us on such short notice with this sad news. lisa marie was a successful musician in her own right but also a friend of yours. i right but also a friend of ours. ., ., ., yours. i got to meet her at her request. yours. i got to meet her at her request. i yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don t yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don t know - yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don t know if -
the issue and get a handle on the issue. the specific ransomware that has been used is a piece of ransomware cord lock bit, which is associated to criminal gangs that have links to russia. the bbc sjoe tidy has seen the ransom note that was sent from the criminals to the royal mail. it read, your data are stolen and encrypted, and it is believed as typically works in these sorts of things that criminals are asking the royal mail not to publish things online because they can be some very sensitive stuff in there. the sources have told they believe the bbc of the royal mail has workarounds. the bbc of the royal mail has workarounds. asides from the hassles for workarounds. asides from the hassles for before workarounds. asides from the hassles for before christmas i workarounds. asides from the i hassles for before christmas we had strikes, and things had to be in before christmas because of strikes, this is a big security trend, ransomware, across the world. unfortunately
say this is probably sea change in how crypto itself is viewed by investors and viewed by markets. let s not forget as well, as you know very well, there is a fed tightening cycle, money is becoming more expensive, which means there will be less speculation, so i think those two factors together, this issue with ftx and the fact that the fed is now recalling demand from the economy, making it more difficult to get your hands on credit, those two together i think will mean that people look at crypto a little bit differently now.- look at crypto a little bit differently now. look at crypto a little bit differentl now. ., ~ , ., ., differently now. thank you for “oininu differently now. thank you for joining us- it s been a tough year for cryptocurrency enthusiasts. bitcoin started 2022 with a high of $64,000, but has since lost 60% of its value. the sector also saw a series of high profile collapses, including the recent implosion of the exchange, ftx, as we ve been reporting for you