International thomas certainly got. A google and facebook Business Models threaten human rights by being based on surveillance this is according to a new Amnesty International report the Group Alleges that the tech giants violate privacy and freedom of expression. Has more. Amnesty international released a report outlining how facebook and google abuse human rights that its increasing dominance over the new Global Public square controlling the main channels the companys surveillance based Business Model forces people to make a fenced in bargain whereby they are only able to enjoy their human rights online by submitting to a system predicated on human rights abuse their report accuses google and facebook of violating the right to privacy on an unprecedented scale as well as freedom of expression not only does it represent an intrusion into billions of peoples private lives that can never be necessary or proportionate but the companies have conditioned access to this services on consenting to processing and sharing of their personal data for marketing and advertising directly countering the right to decide when and how our personal data can be shared with others it also accuses facebook of head and when you pull ation for political ad targeting the use of microtargeting for political messaging can also limit peoples freedom of expression by creating a curated world view inhospitable to pluralistic political discourse amnesties report has only confirmed what has long been known as both tack giants have been caught red handed countless times the worlds eyes were opened to the risk these tech platforms posed back in 28 by the facebook temperature Analytical Data scandal data from 87000000 peoples profiles were harvested and used to micro target and manipulate people for political campaigning purposes and it looks like were still havent learned all the lessons last week a report on the wall street journal revealed that google partner it with Health Care Provider ascension to secretly collect and store medical records on millions of patients across 21 states all after the company failed to convince customers to hand. Over their medical data voluntarily meanwhile facebook has vividly denied the latest allegations made by the Amnesty International a persons choice to use Facebook Services and the way we collect receiver use data all clearly disclosed in acknowledged by users cannot meaningfully be likened to the involuntary enough and unlawful government surveillance so is there a way for users to keep their data safe well the reports as there is but it will take out a radical overhaul of the way big tackle operates it calls for the Alliance DataProtection Laws to make the system more humane but is there a place in real life for an internet that has human rights at its core both companies have been challenged on numerous different occasions about their behavior people could look at a number of separate incidents or you could see it as a larger i think call issue paula to do with their attitude towards users and towards dates but also because their Business Models have been built around the fact that they need to collect that data to offer to advertisers and in order basically to power their business but i think we need broader agreement at a societal level in both continents and elsewhere around the world about exactly how much power wig willing to give to companies with this amount of data its a concentration of dates or in a few hands that is the major issue here its only when we have that level of collection of data that it really becomes a threat to our human rights basically or it can also become a threat to many other rights include a freedom of speech. Israels or Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu has been indicted on charges of bribery fraud and a breach of trust the decision comes amid an ongoing political crisis with israel facing a 3rd general election this year alone netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and says that he will appeal the decision you had hoped to avoid the indictment by passing legislation however that proved impossible after his failure to form a Coalition Government following septembers election this is the 1st time a serving israeli Prime Minister has been indicted. Now Benyamin Netanyahu has been serving as israeli Prime Minister since 2009 and it is not his 1st time in the job he previously held the top position from 1961909 is well known for his close relationship with donald trump and with the help of the u. S. President he has achieved a number of his goals. This is the store for. The it will be for our course for general because. This resident ladies and gentlemen this is. Truly no story. He has the ability to ask the knesset the Israeli Parliament 40. Doesnt seem like there will be a majority in the. Knesset to give him the immunity from prosecution and if he fails to receive that immunity then hes good. For easiness says and these ready to go system of course you will. Keep going otherwise hes the most do you anything but he is the 1st every israeli Prime Minister to be indicted while hes. Allegedly corruption is that he was serving you know face and i think in terms of the long term legacy this is something that. For many many years because this is a game changer the seeds of the changes the political contributions of all of the players in these. Leaked documents in the u. S. Have revealed the extensive lobbying by drug maker produced pharma to market its widely prescribed pain killer and downplay the risks the drug has been blamed as a major factor in americas Opioid Epidemic and the revelations were made by the investigative media outlet pro publica and they include allegations that produce hired sympathetic experts to appear in leading Media Outlets pretty funded think tanks are also accused of writing misleading articles while a negative coverage was often challenged by medical and. With alleged ties to the drug maker with more his art has come up. For do farmer the corporation that created oxy cotton is generally blamed for the crisis due to their efforts to reorient the medical community and change the narrative regarding the dangers of addiction lets go over a specific example of how they went about doing this in 2004 the New York Times ran an article containing this wildly misleading statement regarding the danger of addiction contrary to media portrayals the typical oxycontin addict does not start out as a pain patient who fell unwittingly into a drug habit the author of that article is sally said tell a fellow at the American Enterprise institute specializing in medical issues coincidentally the American Enterprise institute received 50000 dollars a year from Purdue Pharma since 2003 plus an additional 800000 dollars for special events according to documents received by pro publica but it gets better what study did said tell site in order to defend a funder of her institute the National Household survey on drug abuse found that among nonmedical oxycontin users 98 percent has also used other addictive pain relievers for non medical purposes and more than a 4th had used herring well what they dont mention is that that study was actually carried out by employees and consultants of Purdue Pharma now sallys to tell says she has no idea that her institute was funded by purdue the New York Times and the American Enterprise institute have denied any wrongdoing but sallies to tell didnt just defend the profits of purdue in the New York Times she also did it elsewhere she was quite a media star when it came to propane killer opining. Oxycontin does not cause addiction its abusers are already addicts. The real Public Health damage here comes from the peach campaign conducted by zealous. And Public Interest advocates to demonize the drug itself this is tragic because oxycontin has been a godsend for millions of patients. Only a minority of people who are prescribe opiates for pain become addicted to them and those who do become addicted and who die from painkiller over dues is done to obtain these medications from sources other than their own physicians but media spin was just one step for do also funded other organizations to push its agenda of more prescriptions for pain killers the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Pain Society promoted this for example studies indicate it didnt over development of addiction were no way to use the relief of pain is no furthermore experience has shown a known addict can benefit from the carefully supervised judicious use of opioids for the treatment of pain for do it rich these donations were made but it defends its position per view has been contacted over the years by policy experts at a variety of think tanks who are seeking additional context on industry issues for their work our engagement has always been appropriate and aimed at providing a science based perspective that the company felt was often overlooked in the larger policy conversation over 400000 americans have lost their lives to opioids since the year 2000 and many more lives have been ruined by addiction and r. T. New york the Bolivian Senate has approved the 1st step towards fresh elections that as the country remains deep in the political turmoil it follows the resignation of the democratically elected president of a morale as he claims he was forced out in a coup there have been violent clashes between his supporters and the Security Forces who have been granted impunity by the care taker government talking to former ecuadorian president Rafael Correa morales said is resignation was primarily aimed at stopping for the. From the outside is easy to judge everything i myself as you know became a victim of a coup attempt then you immediately supported me of course its scary when you see snipers when the police get out of control this is a rational fear to be brave does not mean to be afraid of nothing as we brave need to control yourself and do what you need to do and in bolivia the Police Rebels and the Army Commander demanded that you the president elected in the democratic elections resign and you took this step was in a mistake would it be better to resist to remain is some friendly region to you for example in the province in chappaqua and wages struggle from there. I dont know but i think that the most important thing at the moment was to stop further violence the next day our supporters no longer knew what was happening or what happened to whom who died and who did not they were scared so technically you continue to be the president of the country. If my resignation was not approved then yes from a legal point of view. And the Constitutional Court are the same one that allowed you to run for election recognize the government of this lady what is her name and yes and as genuine as this is yet another go i go its simply unbelievable you dont even know whether to laugh or cry with such selfproclaimed president s but the Constitutional Court recognized the government of this and yes what happened to this court did they intimidate it to need to understand this because it may turn out that their decisions have nobody is forcing anyone. Yes they threaten a lot of employees of various state institutions or threaten them if they are intimidated that if they do not obey their will be attacked at their homes with their families i believe that this is pure fascism of course jews were also persecuted during nazi it. A selection of nazi memorabilia has gone under the hammer in germany the move has sparked a backlash from jewish leaders in the country. To. Those items any items that have anything to do that could come to be used and i think for any resource should be kept away archives of governments but items it is nothing to do that does not do for Research Point of view completely to be destroyed and the things that relate to the little future up and see anything related to to al qaida leaders and even related to any other mass of water of those people heritage should be kept is should be out of question at all or if you did it a service would not offer any person who seeks to live close to the light and so for in kind the leaders of the world as i says you know theres no question to ask you can will be under watch in order to make sure that there is a racial world leader to do something durable in the future those people have to be on the watch to make sure that the do not have any tension to take days to reach of the next level but this is why we believe we have to be on the watch while the European Jewish associations official statement claims the items black historical value and will be bought by those wishing to glorify the fascist regime the auction houses director claims most of their customers are museums and professional collectors who quote deal meticulously with the subject. The u. S. Congress has passed a bill in support of hong kong protesters President Trump is expected to sign it into law despite a delicate trade talks with china the move has angered beijing. Dont go. Home kong part of china and Hong Kong Affairs are chinas internal affairs the United States should immediately stop interfering or it will be heed by negative consequences china will have to take strong contra measures to defend its National Sovereignty security and development interests. While the bill called the hong kong human rights and democracy act will allow sanctions to be imposed on those officials who press human rights in the city will also require an annual assessment of hong kongs autonomy under the current chinese one country 2 systems the city has its own government and is in charge of its own Economic Affairs if any issues are flagged up hong kongs special trade status with the u. S. Would be revoked with the territory having been wracked with protests for months it is already led to some economic consequences in a number of companies have started to quit hong kong with the city losing its crown as the most lucrative for luxury swiss watches and some companies have even relocated to singapore amid the social unrest. Demonstrators are demanding the protection of a democratic rights and official investigations into police brutality. Our professor of politics at east China Normal University in shanghai just of Gregory Mahoney believes this can only lead to a situation where hong kong loses. Is well aware the nicest government is famously and unapologetically mettlesome another countrys affairs often with catastrophic results for stakeholders we have to recognise i think that any China Sentiment in the us appears to be chipping in to a level of seen a floating madness at this point and frankly it increasingly recalls the same sort of culture that was fostered in the us yes the soviet union during the reagan Years Congress is pandering to the sentiments of one of the few areas where the 2 parties can agree with each other so its kind of ironic that the american political system which cant Work Together to solve its own problems wont this wont stop them of course from meddling with others ultimately while it may reinforce protesters in a battle they cant manage. It will probably create a situation where all. Already had a number of negative consequences for hong kong there have been some talking about not entering the market others leaving the market one thing though that you know we see that chinese i. P. O. s have not have not been deterred and its not yet clear this will encourage or discourage them from our listing and hong kong but i think we can also look at the announcement yesterday in china of liberalizing the Financial Services sector and mainland as a media tactic the possible offset and some major announcement yesterday and today with a more. Violent clashes have broken out in the haitian capital as hundreds of protesters that demonstrated against the visit of the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations reports say at least 2 people were injured. Police used live ammunition rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds protesters were attempting to disrupt talks between the u. S. Envoy and haitis president country had been crippled by protests in september demanding the president step down over a corruption scandal. High profile Media Outlets have been forced to backtrack on their reporting about child imprisonment at u. S. Migrant camps out of the trumpet ministration reporting was based on a u. N. Experts claim that 100000 migrant kids were being held at u. S. Border f