A woman what universe are we living in were facebook and twitter to determine what newsweek can consume and where we can consume it here i dont know i mean im not a shareholder in these companies i i dont know if anybody elected them were they elected to anything except maybe boards from the shareholders i mean this is an unconscionable situation an unprecedented one why should these private individuals be able to determine the the media landscape and and were basically as citizens we we were told were given the right to determine our political destiny but were not were being interrupted were being punished go ahead jim yeah i mean these are these media giants these tech giants are social media they are controlling the narrative and one thing that we really need to Pay Attention to is that yes they are private and yes they have the right to do it i suppose because they are private companies and people always point that out but they are being pressured by congress we have to remember th
Disputed territory too with civilian casualties reported in azerbaijan 2nd largest city. Coming to you live from moscow this is r. T. International my names donald quarter bringing you half an hour of your latest news stories welcome to the program now friends prosecutors say the man who did capitated a schoolteacher in appreciation suburb on friday was an 18 year old of chechen origin was born in moscow his family moved to france 12 years ago seeking political asylum in russia says in such cases citizenship is usually withdrawn meaning the country has no link to the incident the murdered history teacher had reportedly shown his class controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad earlier this month. Theres. Nothing i can think of the. Was. A to assess unique one of our compatriots was murdered because he taught freedom of expression the freedom to believe or not believe this you are compassionate was the victim of an islamist terror attack the national antiterrorism prosecuting in fra
For the drop. The nasdaq 100 extended its 2020 rally. More now with abigail doolittle, our Bloomberg Markets reporter. L ofe been following al the action. What do you make of stocks rallying at the close . Abigail what an exhausting week. A mixed close on the week between different indexes, making it just as exhausting. All of the volatility tells you what we were talking about yesterday. The uncertainty out there. Theres the nasdaq 100 on the week. You can see the huge ups and downs. This tells you investors do not know what is going on. Between this month and last month, not a lot has changed fundamentally for these companies. Just technical movement, that in august. E had at this point, you do have the on thep investors up 2 nasdaq 100. The best week going back to august. Largely driven by apple having its best up week since august 21. From a also up sharply percentage standpoint. Apple, from a waiting standpoint, as you know, between those two companies in early 20 nasdaqsset 100 o
Where will limits political ads before americans go to the polls in november that message from facebook the giant tech company says it aims to stop election misinformation but does this convince everyone will it work this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Facebook has announced steps to prevent its platform being exploited in the week leading up to the u. S. President ial vote it will stop accepting new political ads 7 days before november 3rd election but it will continue to show whats already in the system the social media giant has been criticized for allowing political as to be micro targets only seen by small and select communities instead of being debated by a wider audience its also accused of not doing enough to fact check articles on its platform so. C. E. O. Mark zuckerberg unveiled the new measures in a Facebook Post he says this election wont be business as usual and admits he has a responsibility to clear up confusion he says hes worried about divisions in the
A one east follows those trying to get in and out of moscow in a time of pandemic. Where well limits political ads before americans go to the polls in november that mastheads from facebook the giant tech company says it aims to stop election misinformation but does this convince everyone and will it work this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Facebook has announced steps to prevent its platform being exploited in the week leading up to the u. S. President ial vote it will stop accepting new political ads 7 days before november 3rd election but it will continue to show whats already in the system the social media giant has been criticized for allowing political as to be micro targeting only seen by small and select communities instead of being debated by a wider audience its also accused of not doing enough to fact check articles on his platform c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg unveiled the new measures in a Facebook Post he says this election wont be business as usual and admits h