fingers pointed at russia 1st and then iran and china later on and all the while congress has been spurring on the assault your companies announced a series of successful disruptions. that resulted in the removal of pages groups and accounts my instinct is to apply the diligence of your security team to credit you with taking the problem. social media giants might find it easy to declare war on an authentic activity it thinks might be going on abroad but when they know that their own government is itself using underhanded tactics to advance its agenda who knows if the same standards will apply we've asked facebook and twitter for their reaction to the developments no comment as if it. will turn to for germany party or a.f.d. is celebrating the anti immigration euro skeptics came 2nd in state elections and brandenburg and saxony significantly increasing their influence on those parliaments. it becomes one of the party's biggest victories harbor if the next steps are not clear the ruling christian democrats have already confirmed they won't work with the f.t. the outcome will become clear lat

fingers pointed at russia 1st and then iran and china later on and all the while congress has been spurring on the assault your companies announced a series of successful disruptions that resulted in the removal of pages groups and accounts my instinct is to applaud the diligence some of your security teams credit you with taking the problem very seriously social media giants might find it easy to declare war on an authentic activity it thinks might be going on abroad but when they know that their own government is itself using underhanded tactics to advance its agenda who knows if the same standards will apply whistleblower and former cia officer john kiriakou says the new policies could prove damaging to social media companies this is an old trick used by local police departments to infiltrate protest groups to see what opponents of the police are doing. it's something that's been adopted now as a harassment technique by immigration services here this is american exceptionalism isn't it it's ok for the united states because we're the good guys it's not ok for anybody else because they're

fingers pointed at russia 1st and then iran and china later on and all the while congress has been spurring on the assault your companies announced a series of successful disruptions that resulted in the removal of pages groups and accounts my instinct is to applaud the village him some of your security teams and credit you with taking the problem very seriously social media giants might find it easy to declare war on an authentic. activity it thinks might be going on abroad but when they know that their own government is itself using underhanded tactics to advance its agenda who knows if the same standards will apply but we did ask our facebook and twitter to comment on this story although so far we haven't received a response. so for 2nd day a vigil for the victims the most deadly terror attack in modern russian history is being held $334.00 were killed mostly children during a siege in which over a 1000 people were taken hostage at a school in the north of town of beslan down hawkins reports now from the site of the massacre 15 years ago. september 1st 2004 was meant to be a day of joy a

fingers pointed at russia 1st and then iran and china later on and all the while congress has been spurring on the assault your companies announced a series of successful disruptions that resulted in the removal of pages groups and accounts my instinct is to applaud the diligence some of your security teams and credit you with taking the problem very seriously social media giants might find it easy to declare war on an authentic. activity it thinks might be going on abroad but when they know that their own government is itself using underhanded tactics to advance its agenda who knows if the same standards will apply on course there will be did ask facebook and also twitter for their reaction to this story although so far we haven't received a response. the alternative for germany or the party is celebrating this morning the anti immigration euro skeptics came 2nd in state elections in brandenburg and also saxony significantly increasing their clout in those parliaments peter oliver has more now from berlin. well starts off in brandenburg it was a win for the social democrats in a campaign t

fingers pointed at russia 1st and then iran and china later on and all the while congress has been spurring on the assault your companies announced a series of successful disruptions. the resulted in the removal of pages groups and accounts my instinct is to applaud the village and some of your security teams and credit you with taking the problem very seriously social media giants might find it easy to declare war on an authentic activity it thinks might be going on abroad but when they know that their own government is itself using underhanded tactics to advance its agenda who knows if the same standards will apply or we have asked facebook on twitter for their reaction to the developments no comment from them though as yet. so that's some reaction instead from the whistleblower former cia officer john kiriakou kindly joins me on the line not supposed to join this this move that we're talking about here do you think it's an effective won't will immigration services actually capsules people have been a bit careless by using such techniques do you think. you know certainly not then this is

kind of distain for rules and decorum a lot of our politicians actually have when they get into that spurs issue of powers like no by security guards person. well that yeah i mean it's just a very strange. thing because it's i mean it's it's such a long.