now on bbc news, is the media show. after the torrent of racial abuse that england s footballers suffered after that penalty shoot out, you might wonder why they d want to be on social media at all. do the benefits of direct access to the fans and being able to tell their own unedited story outweigh the really horrifying negatives? and what about the platforms themselves? why can t they quash the abuse more effectively? it is an example of much broader issues around the power and accountability of social media giants, and that is the subject a behind the scenes book written by two new york times journalists about facebook. so, let me introduce you to our guests. firstly to new york and to sheera frenkel. sheera, you ve called your book the ugly truth, which means, i guess, that you re not secretary of the mark zuckerberg fan club. i wonder what facebook makes of you. have they been in touch with you directly about what they think of the book? in the weeks leading up to the pu
hello. after the torrent of racial abuse that england s footballers suffered after that penalty shoot out, you might wonder why they d want to be on social media at all. do the benefits of direct access to the fans and being able to tell their own unedited story outweigh the really horrifying negatives? and what about the platforms themselves? why can t they quash the abuse more effectively? it is an example of much broader issues around the power and accountability of social media giants, and that is the subject of a behind the scenes book written by two new york times journalists about facebook. so, let me introduce you to our guests. firstly, to new york and to sheera frenkel. sheera, you ve called your book the ugly truth, which means, i guess, that you re not secretary of the mark zuckerberg fan club. i wonder what facebook makes of you. have they been in touch with you directly about what they think of the book? in the weeks leading up to the publication of the book, fa
than half a century. hours before kickoff, thousands are already gathering on wembley way in support of gareth southgates team and he had this message for them: we will be doing everything we can, your support and energy has given us a huge lift and it will on sunday. there s excitement too in italy, they are unbeaten in three years and are confident that they can beat england tonight. at wimbledon, it s the men s singles final. novak djokovic aiming to win his sixth wimbledon title he s taking on the italian matteo berrettini. the uk s vaccine minister says the government is confident that plans to lift a range of covid restrictions will go ahead onjuly 19 in england. but he also said masks are still expected to be worn indoors. the fortification of the vaccine programme has allowed us to cautiously move to step four and the prime minister will say more about this. let s take your life to new mexico and show you the sign of a very special spaceship. mexico and show you t
hello. join us in the world of tiktok. if you don t know what it is, well, where have you been? it has more than 800 million users worldwide, including 1a million in the uk and the rest of the media are now taking note. hollywood studios are casting tiktokers, record labels are snapping up tiktok singers, facebook and youtube have jumped on the short form bandwagon with features that look strikingly similar. but tiktok is not without its critics they say it s been used to the spread disinformation and violent content. remember how the trump administration accused tiktok of spying on us on behalf of the chinese government? well, today i m trying to understand how this newcomer on the block has endeared itself to millions and provoked such fear in others. let me introduce you to my guests. richard waterworth is tiktok s boss in europe. before that, he worked at itv and at youtube. rich, hello. hello. what is the big trend in uk tiktok today? is it the euros, maybe the new s
each the national past time in the form of baseball s all-star game becomes a hostage to the politics of the day. we will talk with the house minority leader in just a bit. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from philadelphia. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. the president argued that wednesday made it easier to vote early or boy mail because there was a global pandemic. that was good, but that when republican lawmakers try to limit certain pandemic era provisions, because they say they are concerned about voter fraud, that is historically bad. this is election subversion. it s the most dangerous throat voting in the integrity of free and fair elections in our history. peter: the president s problem is with states hoping to tighten election laws and require voter i.d. including texas. they want to make it so hard and inconvenient that they hope people don t vote at all. that s what this is about. texas republicans can t do anyth