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here's our technology editor, rory cellan—jones. the most interesting elements this week. facebook, obviously. we have had a four month period in which we
here's our technology editor, rory cellan—jones. the most interesting elements this week. facebook, obviously. we have had a four month period in which we
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here's our technology editor, rory cellan—jones. the most interesting elements this week. facebook, obviously. we have had a four month period in which we have seen facebook, amazon, netflix and google. , fangs. they have gone up and google. , fangs. they have gone up in unison. an extraordinary accumulation of value in the market and then we have had two stumble. netflix with slightly disappointing results and facebook with that 20% drop yesterday. both of those are cases of extraordinarily inflated expectations. facebook, the day of its announcement of results, shares hit a record high. we have the trouble earlier in the year when shares dived on concern of cambridge analytica and they recovered from that and were scaling new heights so it isa that and were scaling new heights so it is a case of vertigo. more than 2.2 billion active users around the world and an increase in user numbers of 11% in 2017. for others that would be incredible. 42% increase that would be incredible. 4296 increase in revenues, 11% increase in users and the markets is terrible. because they expe
here's our technology editor, rory cellan—jones. the most interesting elements this week. facebook, obviously. we have had a four month period in which we have seen facebook, amazon, netflix and google. , fangs. they have gone up and google. , fangs. they have gone up in unison. an extraordinary accumulation of value in the market and then we have had two stumble. netflix with slightly disappointing results and facebook with that 20% drop yesterday. both of those are cases of extraordinarily...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: britain is preparing for the arrival of donald trump — what has been billed the most controversial visit ever made by an american president. it has been a night of celebration for croatian football fans, after their dramatic world cup win against england. they will face france in sunday's final. celebration in croatia but agony in the uk. we begin with the story dominating all the news here in the uk, including the i newspaper, and that is of course england's defeat in the world cup semi—final to croatia. the i sums it up simply with a picture of the captain, harry kane, and the caption "heartbreak. " and the front page of the guardian online features president trump's visit to the uk today. it says the trip will be heavy on flattery and pomp, and mindful to avoid any protests. the financial times picks up on the british government's brexit white paper, to be released today. they claim that prime minister may has given up on the hope of a tight new relationsh
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: britain is preparing for the arrival of donald trump — what has been billed the most controversial visit ever made by an american president. it has been a night of celebration for croatian football fans, after their dramatic world cup win against england. they will face france in sunday's final. celebration in croatia but agony in the uk. we begin with the story dominating all the news here in the uk,...
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our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. advert: if you believe in innovation from everyone, then welcome to android. it sees itself as a benevolent giant that just wants to help us communicate. the eu has a different view. google has engaged in illegal practices to cement its dominant market position in internet search. google's android operating system runs on three quarters of europe's mobile phones. it is free for phone makers, but the eu says that google applies conditions which promote its own interests at the expense of rivals. there are three complaints — that phone makers must preinstall google search in cut that phone makers must preinstall google search in chrome if they want to use the app store. they are paid to promote google search by installing it and not other search engines. and that they are effectively banned from creating alternative versions of android. as a matter of principle we could ourselves look up another search engine, but only 1% of us who has a android phone says, "oh, i do something else."
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our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, reports. this report pulls together the story of an inquiry which has roamed far and wide, looking into the scandal over cambridge analytica's harvesting of facebook data, examining the use of data during the eu referendum campaign, and the extent of foreign interference in uk politics. it's the language used which is most striking — there's talk of the relentless targeting of hyper—partisan views, which play to the fears and prejudices of people. it warns that our democracy is at risk and calls among the measures the mps demand are new rules to make online political campaigning more transparent, and greater powers for the electoral commission. they are also fiercely critical of the former director of vote leave, dominic cummings, who refused to appear before them. his decision to leak their report two days before they planned to publish it is unlikely to improve relations. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent. in the sense there are not surprises in the
our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, reports. this report pulls together the story of an inquiry which has roamed far and wide, looking into the scandal over cambridge analytica's harvesting of facebook data, examining the use of data during the eu referendum campaign, and the extent of foreign interference in uk politics. it's the language used which is most striking — there's talk of the relentless targeting of hyper—partisan views, which play to the fears and prejudices of...
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rory cellan-jones, many thanks. now with all the day's sport, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. there is a three—way tie for the lead heading into tomorrow's final round at the open. rory mcilroy and tommy fleetwood are the best placed british players on five under par, four shots off the top of the leaderboard, as is a resurgent tiger woods. katherine downes reports from carnoustie. flat calm out to sea, on the course it would prove anything but. justin rose set on moving day rolling. he just made the cut last night. today, he shot the best round of the tournament, but, like so many times before it was this man who set the contest alight. he's back. tiger on the rampage stalking a first major title since his glory days a decade ago. i've shown that i've been that close enough with the chance to win this year. what happened the last few years, this year. what happened the last few yea rs, i this year. what happened the last few years, i didn't want that to happen again but here i am with a chance of comi
rory cellan-jones, many thanks. now with all the day's sport, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. there is a three—way tie for the lead heading into tomorrow's final round at the open. rory mcilroy and tommy fleetwood are the best placed british players on five under par, four shots off the top of the leaderboard, as is a resurgent tiger woods. katherine downes reports from carnoustie. flat calm out to sea, on the course it would prove anything but. justin rose set on moving day...
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our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has the latest. advert: if you believe in innovation from everyone, then welcome to android. it sees itself as a benevolent giant that just wants to help us communicate. the eu has a different view. google has engaged in illegal practices to cement its dominant market position in internet search. google's android operating system runs on three quarters of europe's mobile phones. it is free for phone makers, but the eu says that google applies conditions which promote its own interests at the expense of rivals. there are three complaints — that phone makers must preinstall google search in cut if they want to use the app store. they are paid to promote google search by installing it and not other search engines. and that they are effectively banned from creating alternative versions of android. as a matter of principle we could ourselves look up another search engine, but only i% of us who has a android phone says, "oh, i do something else." 99%, if the search is on your phone, this is what you use.
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. now a look at some of the day's other stories. detectives investigating the grenfell tower fire that killed 72 people have carried out three interviews under caution, as they look into allegations of manslaughter and potential health and safety breaches. the metropolitan police say their inquiries will involve a "planned programme of interviews under caution". there have been no arrests. a new inquest has reaffirmed that private sean benton, who died at the deepcut army barracks in surrey 23 years ago, took his own life. he was the first of four young soldiers who died from gunshot wounds in unexplained circumstances between 1995 and 2002. inquests at the time recorded three open verdicts and one of suicide. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has been fined £200,000 after sending a mass email that identified possible victims. the information commisioner‘s 0ffice said the message, which was sent to 90 people, placed vulnerable people at risk by allowing recipients to see each other‘s email addresses. —— messag
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. now a look at some of the day's other stories. detectives investigating the grenfell tower fire that killed 72 people have carried out three interviews under caution, as they look into allegations of manslaughter and potential health and safety breaches. the metropolitan police say their inquiries will involve a "planned programme of interviews under caution". there have been no arrests. a new inquest has reaffirmed that private sean benton, who died at...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. at wimbledon the reigning champion roger federer has been knocked out in a thrilling quarter final lasting more than four hours. he was beaten by south africa's kevin anderson by three sets to two and by 13 games to 11 in the deciding final set. time for a look at the weather with ben rich. thank you and good evening, even the weather watchers getting into the world cup spirit, this is how it looked in shropshire earlier but let me take you to the stadium in moscow for a look at how the forecast is shaping up, there has been quite a lot of cloud, showers not far away but they should fade away, looks mostly dry through the match with temperatures around about 20 degrees. if you are watching at home most degrees. if you are watching at home m ost pla ces degrees. if you are watching at home most places are dry but across scotla nd most places are dry but across scotland we've had more client, the odd spot of rain which will continue to sink slowly south and east, cloud for northern irel
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. at wimbledon the reigning champion roger federer has been knocked out in a thrilling quarter final lasting more than four hours. he was beaten by south africa's kevin anderson by three sets to two and by 13 games to 11 in the deciding final set. time for a look at the weather with ben rich. thank you and good evening, even the weather watchers getting into the world cup spirit, this is how it looked in shropshire earlier but let me take you to the stadium in...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. for the second time, the bbc has revealed salary details of some of its presenters. but it said the figures do not yet fully reflect some pay changes, which won't filter through until next year's list. the match of the day presenter gary lineker has overtaken chris evans as the best—paid person on the list. the highest—earning woman is claudia winkleman. some prominent names are not on the list because they work for bbc studios, which has been classed as a commercial entity since last year, as our media editor amol rajan explains. equal pay for equal work! publication of last year's annual report by the bbc sparked an outcry over the issue of equal pay. when the salaries of bbc staff earning over £150,000 were disclosed, many women broadcasters were revealed to be on less than male counterparts. a year on, the bbc has made some progress, but critics argue it is not enough. while the balance between men and women is projected to improve from 75% male and 25% female to 60—40, the
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. for the second time, the bbc has revealed salary details of some of its presenters. but it said the figures do not yet fully reflect some pay changes, which won't filter through until next year's list. the match of the day presenter gary lineker has overtaken chris evans as the best—paid person on the list. the highest—earning woman is claudia winkleman. some prominent names are not on the list because they work for bbc studios, which has been classed as a...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. is much more to come for you on bbc news, including this column up, up and away. we were promised jet packs, you can buy your very own as long as you have deep. —— deep pockets. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today, a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today, hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysee for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been sta
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. is much more to come for you on bbc news, including this column up, up and away. we were promised jet packs, you can buy your very own as long as you have deep. —— deep pockets. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. the world cup now. russian football fans are celebrating after their team's victory over spain. it's the latest shock in a tournament which has been full of surprises. brazil, one of the favourites, face mexico this afternoon. england, meanwhile, are making final preparations for their crucial last 16 match against colombia tomorrow night. david ornstein is in repino with the england team. a week of big—name departures. brazil will not be taking anything for granted today. no. it has been a tournament of shocks. germany exiting at the group stage. cristiano ronaldo's orchard will going out. he is 33 years older may not get another crack at world football's give honour. lionel messi's argentina also losing to france. yesterday the biggest shock of all. 2010 champions losing to the hosts, russia. russia were expected to flop in this competition. they we re to flop in this competition. they were said to be the worst ever russian side that they are through to the quarterfinals for the first time in 48 yea
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. the world cup now. russian football fans are celebrating after their team's victory over spain. it's the latest shock in a tournament which has been full of surprises. brazil, one of the favourites, face mexico this afternoon. england, meanwhile, are making final preparations for their crucial last 16 match against colombia tomorrow night. david ornstein is in repino with the england team. a week of big—name departures. brazil will not be taking anything for...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. for the second time, the bbc has revealed salary details of some of its presenters, but it said the figures do not yet fully reflect some pay changes which will not filter through until next year's list. the match of the day presenter gary lineker has overtaken chris evans as the best—paid person on the list. the highest—earning woman is claudia winkleman. and some prominent names are not on the list because they work for bbc studios, which has been classed as a commercial entity since last year. 0ur media editor amol rajan explains. equal pay for equal work! publication of last year's annual report by the bbc sparked an outcry over the issue of equal pay. when the salaries of bbc staff earning over £150,000 were disclosed, many women broadcasters were revealed to be on less than male counterparts. a year on, the bbc has made some progress, but critics argue it is not enough. while the balance between men and women is projected to improve from 75% male and 25% female to 60/40, th
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. for the second time, the bbc has revealed salary details of some of its presenters, but it said the figures do not yet fully reflect some pay changes which will not filter through until next year's list. the match of the day presenter gary lineker has overtaken chris evans as the best—paid person on the list. the highest—earning woman is claudia winkleman. and some prominent names are not on the list because they work for bbc studios, which has been classed as...
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our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here. strong words from mps what is the background? this is a chunky report, it looks for instance at the affair of cambridge analytica and have a harvested the data of millions of people from facebook, did accept the eu referendum campaign and asks how the single biggest donor aaron banks got his money and where his data came from —— it looks at. and it looks at russian involvement in elections. it comes to be contention that we are in trouble and there is a democratic problem and something needs to be done. it comes up with a syriza recommendations for the government, it wants new rules on online campaign —— it comes up with a socceroos recommendations have a targeting, they say that is not transparent at the moment, and it runs a social media attacks, 11 on the social middle companies to help pay for a media literacy programme, to teach people especially in schools where is fake news. and it once biggerfines for the electoral commission, the watchdog, because it says the maximum
our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here. strong words from mps what is the background? this is a chunky report, it looks for instance at the affair of cambridge analytica and have a harvested the data of millions of people from facebook, did accept the eu referendum campaign and asks how the single biggest donor aaron banks got his money and where his data came from —— it looks at. and it looks at russian involvement in elections. it comes to be contention that we are in...
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our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has more on why facebook is taking action and how this case compares to its relationship with cambridge analytica. what it does have a problem with is surveillance. using the data and selling it to governments. the wall streetjournal reported it had contracts with the american government and with an organisation in russia some kremlin links. therefore, facebook suspended its access to the data, launched an investigation. the company hasn't said much, but its chief technology officer, chris bingham, wrote in a blog: "crimson hexagon only collects publicly available social media data that anyone can access." he also said yes, we do have government contracts but we impose strict limits on what they can do. "under no circumstances is surveillance a permitted use case." they are saying they have done nothing wrong. cambridge analytica was accused of collecting 87 million people's facebook details, a lot of their private data, without their consent. harvesting their data without consent and using it. there is no allegation so far here that this
our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has more on why facebook is taking action and how this case compares to its relationship with cambridge analytica. what it does have a problem with is surveillance. using the data and selling it to governments. the wall streetjournal reported it had contracts with the american government and with an organisation in russia some kremlin links. therefore, facebook suspended its access to the data, launched an investigation. the company hasn't said...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. a man has been convicted of plotting to attack number ten and murder the prime minister. a jury at the old bailey heard naa'imur rahman, who is 20, was arrested after a major undercover operation involving m15, the police and the fbi. he had planned to blow up the gates to downing street before attacking heavily armed police with pepper spray and a taser. let's take a look at today's other news. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has been fined £200,000 after sending a mass email that identified possible abuse victims. the inquiry says it has apologised and reviewed its data—handling. the dup's ian paisley could be forced to stand down as an mp, forcing a by—election, after being found to have breached parliamentary rules. the mp faces a 30 day suspension after he failed to declare the details of two family holidays in 2013 paid for by the sri lankan government. the labour mp margaret hodge faces action by the party after reportedly calling jeremy corbyn an anti—se
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. a man has been convicted of plotting to attack number ten and murder the prime minister. a jury at the old bailey heard naa'imur rahman, who is 20, was arrested after a major undercover operation involving m15, the police and the fbi. he had planned to blow up the gates to downing street before attacking heavily armed police with pepper spray and a taser. let's take a look at today's other news. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has been fined...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. many will welcome some cooler weather today but strong winds could cause travel disruption as temperatures drop across the uk. two months of sunshine and dry weather means that some parched trees are at risk of falling down when hit by anticipated gusts of a0 to 50 miles per hour. ben ando reports. from sunshine by the sea... ..to hailstones in the streets... ..and lightning overhead. man: whoa! it may have felt like four seasons in one day for parts of the uk as storms swept in to bring the heatwave to an end. cooler temperatures may have brought some relief to those feeling the heat of the last few weeks but for travellers, they have seen little respite with ongoing problems with air—conditioning equipment leading to long queues at the channel tunnel and bad weather creating hazardous conditions on the road. in york, storms caused signalling problems on the railways and caused the singer sir tom jones to cancel a comeback show at the city's racecourse. the organisers said: bad wea
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. many will welcome some cooler weather today but strong winds could cause travel disruption as temperatures drop across the uk. two months of sunshine and dry weather means that some parched trees are at risk of falling down when hit by anticipated gusts of a0 to 50 miles per hour. ben ando reports. from sunshine by the sea... ..to hailstones in the streets... ..and lightning overhead. man: whoa! it may have felt like four seasons in one day for parts of the uk as...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. for the next two weeks the eyes of the tennis world will be focused here on sw19 but what makes this tournament the one every player dreams of winning? simon mccoy met some of the people who make it happen. it's a big year for the all england lawn tennis club, celebrating 150 years since a local croquet club evolved into the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, the wimbledon championships. nearly half a million people come here, globally 1 billion see it on tv. but to make this grass tournament the best takes attention to every detail. we have a team of guys that go out and do thousands of measurement for hardness readings, chlorophyll plants, they will count grass blades to see how quickly they are wearing out. they count grass blades? yes, they count the baselines, to see how many plants are there and how quickly it's deteriorating. how many grass plants have you got here? for perennial rye grass, 700 seeds to a gram, 750 seeds to a gram, we sow 80 grams per square metre. cen
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. for the next two weeks the eyes of the tennis world will be focused here on sw19 but what makes this tournament the one every player dreams of winning? simon mccoy met some of the people who make it happen. it's a big year for the all england lawn tennis club, celebrating 150 years since a local croquet club evolved into the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, the wimbledon championships. nearly half a million people come here, globally 1 billion see it on...
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rory cellan-jones, bbc news. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, remembering nelson mandela when hundred -- 100 years after his birth. we look at why the south african leader's legacy is more complicated than you might think. the election in mexico was a landslide victory for left wing lopez obrador. there was a huge shift to the left. biggest casualty was the party that ran mexico for 17 years. t in the president' hometown. here is will grant. will: these are the faces of defeat, losing candidates in the worst election result in their party's history, still hanging over that headquarters. the memory of their crushing defeat at the polls cannot be right away so easily. for -- theyned here have governed here for years, and party ac avists smarting at the defeat. >>iv iualism was a big part of the problem. eh previous years everyone used to getd the candidate 100%. now it is about wha do i want, what can i get out of this, what is in it for me. >> this is president enrique pena nieto's pyeongchang. for many people,
rory cellan-jones, bbc news. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, remembering nelson mandela when hundred -- 100 years after his birth. we look at why the south african leader's legacy is more complicated than you might think. the election in mexico was a landslide victory for left wing lopez obrador. there was a huge shift to the left. biggest casualty was the party that ran mexico for 17 years. t in the president' hometown. here is...
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here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. this chest surgery, it's a typically busy monday morning with plenty of people wanting appointments. this practice already offers a lot of information and services online, but could a smartphone app make things more efficient? we have never had a nhs app that makes it accessible and easy. health secretary says the new app is part of a technology revolution that will transform the health service. the app, available to everyone in england from december, will allow you to put appointments with your gp, get descriptions and see your health files. i hope it will save a lot of time for gps so they have more time for their more complex patients who need longer than her minutes. at least at the beginning, the nhs app will be pretty unsophisticated and will be pretty unsophisticated and will be pretty unsophisticated and will be entering a crowded health app market, with some services that are app market, with some services that a re pretty app market, with some services that are pretty slick.
here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. this chest surgery, it's a typically busy monday morning with plenty of people wanting appointments. this practice already offers a lot of information and services online, but could a smartphone app make things more efficient? we have never had a nhs app that makes it accessible and easy. health secretary says the new app is part of a technology revolution that will transform the health service. the app, available to everyone in england...
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joining us now is our technology correspondent rory—cellan jones. he has been across this from the very beginning. so, this is the biggest fine the regulators could give out at that particular time and it could have been worse for facebook, couldn't it? it's the biggest fine under the old legislation and we just had the new legislation and we just had the new legislation coming in at the end of may which would have enabled them to find facebook up to 4% of global turnover which is obviously a lot more. we can get too hung up on the size of the fine. it properly wouldn't matter if it was 50 million or £500 million, the key thing that is embarrassing is that the scandal won't go away and this is the first major action by any regulator around the world to punish it directly for that and it is in the dock again and the use of data is questioned. that and it is in the dock again and the use of data is questionedm won't go away. how much damage do you think it has done to facebook? it's done a lot of damage to its reputation and and bounce back, but it f
joining us now is our technology correspondent rory—cellan jones. he has been across this from the very beginning. so, this is the biggest fine the regulators could give out at that particular time and it could have been worse for facebook, couldn't it? it's the biggest fine under the old legislation and we just had the new legislation and we just had the new legislation coming in at the end of may which would have enabled them to find facebook up to 4% of global turnover which is obviously a...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. earlier, the director of independent fact—checking charity full fact told us there needs to be greater transparency about how targeted advertising works. it shouldn't be possible for people to target adverts atjust one set of voters so that the other sets of voters can't see what's going on and can't react to what's being said in those adverts, because in a democracy, an election has to be a shared experience. so the level of targeting we're seeing on political advertising, and the fact that no—one is aware that that's going on during a campaign — is just not ok any more. many will welcome some cooler weather today, but strong winds could cause travel disruption as temperatures drop across the uk. two months of sunshine and dry weather means that some parched trees are at risk of falling down when hit by anticipated gusts of a0 to 50 miles per hour. ben ando reports. from sunshine by the sea... to hailstones in the streets... and lightning overhead. man: whoa! it may have felt l
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. earlier, the director of independent fact—checking charity full fact told us there needs to be greater transparency about how targeted advertising works. it shouldn't be possible for people to target adverts atjust one set of voters so that the other sets of voters can't see what's going on and can't react to what's being said in those adverts, because in a democracy, an election has to be a shared experience. so the level of targeting we're seeing on political...
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our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is with me. explain more about what they actually did. this is about the tight control google exerts over their android operating system which i’u ns their android operating system which runs on over three quarters of all phones in europe. they're accused of forcing phone makers to install google search if they want access to the app store, paying them to use google search, and preventing them from tinkering with their android operating system and this is said to be harming competition. google says it does this in the interest of consumers who are happy and have all sorts of at us and phones —— apps and phones. the leader of the neo—nazi group, national action, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for keeping the group going, after it was banned as a terrorist organisation in 2016. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. when the time comes, they'll be in the chambers. jack renshaw, the neo—nazi who plotted to kill his mp, speaking in blackpool
our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is with me. explain more about what they actually did. this is about the tight control google exerts over their android operating system which i’u ns their android operating system which runs on over three quarters of all phones in europe. they're accused of forcing phone makers to install google search if they want access to the app store, paying them to use google search, and preventing them from tinkering with their android operating system...
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with us is our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. what is the other side of the story. a lobbying battle going on. a lot of people from the tech firms, leading figures like the founder of wikipedia saying it will have all sorts of consequences. if you make every site that lets users share material, apply a filter to stop it going out. they say that risks censoring the internet and throwing a blanket over free expression and they think the technology will be expensive and there has been the argument which the european, the meps argument which the european, the meps have rejected that means where you mash up content, they will be banned. the technology figures say that will happen, because this technology will not discriminate between different formses of copy right material. are tech companies prepared for this? the funny thing is there has been a lot of talk from the record industry of youtube being in their sights. they don't have a good relationship with youtube. but youtube has this kind of technology already, at least once something is posted. they have quite an eff
with us is our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. what is the other side of the story. a lobbying battle going on. a lot of people from the tech firms, leading figures like the founder of wikipedia saying it will have all sorts of consequences. if you make every site that lets users share material, apply a filter to stop it going out. they say that risks censoring the internet and throwing a blanket over free expression and they think the technology will be expensive and there has...
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our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports. the report warns that our democracy is at risk and it calls for action to protect it. mps demand more rules to make online campaigning more transparent. they are also fiercely critical of the director of vote leave, who refused to appear before them. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, susana mendonca. she told me that the tone and content of this report is interesting. we have a group of mps calling it a democratic crisis. they make clear it is serious. they have been looking into the issue since last year, looking at became bit analytic scandal, where we saw people's personal data harvested —— cambridge analytica scandal. mps are concerned about what might have happened here in the uk during the eu referendum. they are also concerned about possible foreign interference in british politics. they talk about needing tougher regulations. the recommendations are far reaching. for example, more clarity about who has made these adverts. sometimes people are bombarded with things and do not know where it has come from. d
our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports. the report warns that our democracy is at risk and it calls for action to protect it. mps demand more rules to make online campaigning more transparent. they are also fiercely critical of the director of vote leave, who refused to appear before them. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, susana mendonca. she told me that the tone and content of this report is interesting. we have a group of mps calling it a democratic crisis....
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our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has more on why facebook is taking action and how this case compares to its relationship with cambridge analytica. it has a problem with surveillance. using the data and selling it to government. the wall streetjournal reported it had contracts with the american government and an organisation in russia some kremlin links. therefore, facebook suspended its access to the data, launched an investigation. the company hasn't said much of its chief technology officer chris ingham wrote in a blog... he also said yes, we do have government contracts but we impose strict limits on what we do —— what they do. they are saying they have done nothing wrong. cambridge analytica was accused of collect an 87 million people is the black people's private data —— people's. there is no allegation so far here that this company has done that. it is not how it collected the data. it is not how it collected the data. it is probably 0k. it is what was then done without that is being investigated by facebook. people across japan have been urged to take pre
our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has more on why facebook is taking action and how this case compares to its relationship with cambridge analytica. it has a problem with surveillance. using the data and selling it to government. the wall streetjournal reported it had contracts with the american government and an organisation in russia some kremlin links. therefore, facebook suspended its access to the data, launched an investigation. the company hasn't said much of its chief...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. let's catch up on all the weather details. good evening, another day and another sunset, this one containing quite a lot of cloud for oui’ containing quite a lot of cloud for our weather watcher in devon. some large areas of cloud around today but that cloud will continue to melt away as we go through the night. clear and starry skies overhead, one or two frost patches developing here and there. quite a range of temperatures, eight or nine degrees in scotland in the countryside, towns and cities holding up at 15 or 16 degrees. into tomorrow, any early mist pack is clearing quite quickly, then lots of fine weather. a small chance for a shower in eastern scotland, north—east england, and thicker cloud bringing outbreaks of rain to the far north west of scotla nd rain to the far north west of scotland by the very end of the day. temperatures up to around 21 degrees in aberdeen and edinburgh and all the way down to 29 in the south—east. thursday into friday this frontal system will move its way in from the north—west. a bi
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. let's catch up on all the weather details. good evening, another day and another sunset, this one containing quite a lot of cloud for oui’ containing quite a lot of cloud for our weather watcher in devon. some large areas of cloud around today but that cloud will continue to melt away as we go through the night. clear and starry skies overhead, one or two frost patches developing here and there. quite a range of temperatures, eight or nine degrees in scotland in...
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our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is with me now... what is the european commission's point7 what is the european commission's point? this is all about the control that google exercises over this android operating system and the european commission's view of how far it has gone from the original content. google originally touted android as completely open source, do what you want with it, it's free, we don't care. over the years, it has got more and more tied down. they want to impose limits, partly to make it safer and more usable, they say. but there are things like making a manufacturer having to use google search on the phone and you have to take a bunch of other google apps too. they also incentivise manufacturers to promote google search above other search engines by giving them money, giving them a cut of the profit. the central allegation is that it is incredibly dominant. android on phones around the world, and it is abusing that dominance for its own good. and how does google defend itself? google say that this works, frankly
our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is with me now... what is the european commission's point7 what is the european commission's point? this is all about the control that google exercises over this android operating system and the european commission's view of how far it has gone from the original content. google originally touted android as completely open source, do what you want with it, it's free, we don't care. over the years, it has got more and more tied down. they want to...
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rory cellan—jones is with me. what did this refund 7 cellan—jones is with me. what did this refund? a red maggot this inquiry has run for rind, from the facebook affair with cambridge analytica, harvesting data, to the behaviour of campaigners during the eu referendum campaign to questions foreign involvement in uk politics, the report aims to put all of that together but i think what will be most striking is some of the language used, the relentless targeting of hundreds of partisan views would play to the fears and prejudices of people, that is one line from the report. and a warning democracy is at risk and now is the time to protect our shared values and a call for action against tech companies to make them be more responsible, what they post online, and an update on all the rules surrounding how elections are conducted in the digital age. what about the manner of it being leaked today? leaked by the vote leave director, dominic cummings, the former director, who himself will come in for severe criticism in the report, for refusing repeatedly to appear in front of the mps and hi
rory cellan—jones is with me. what did this refund 7 cellan—jones is with me. what did this refund? a red maggot this inquiry has run for rind, from the facebook affair with cambridge analytica, harvesting data, to the behaviour of campaigners during the eu referendum campaign to questions foreign involvement in uk politics, the report aims to put all of that together but i think what will be most striking is some of the language used, the relentless targeting of hundreds of partisan views...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jonesjoins me now. a record fine for facebook, but it doesn't sound like much for facebook in the scheme of things. it is the most that could have been imposed under the old legislation, which has been around since 1998. new legislation in now since the end of may. if that apply, facebook could face a fine of 4% global turnover. but i don't think in coastal towns it is the size of the fine that matters. i think they will be deeply embarrassed about because the whole scandal of data abuse up in the headlights again. quite a problem for it. and a whole bunch of other companies collecting data and a p pa re ntly companies collecting data and apparently using them for political purposes which customers are probably not aware of. a lot of the information has been uncovered by the information commissioner offers full stop what else... there's a vast amount in this report. 11 separate actions. this is a halfway stage in the investigation. information commissioner told me that during the brexit campaign she bel
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jonesjoins me now. a record fine for facebook, but it doesn't sound like much for facebook in the scheme of things. it is the most that could have been imposed under the old legislation, which has been around since 1998. new legislation in now since the end of may. if that apply, facebook could face a fine of 4% global turnover. but i don't think in coastal towns it is the size of the fine that matters. i think they will...
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rory cellan—jones has more. the eu referendum campaign and both sides are using modern data analytics methods to try to reach voters. buddy of the nation commissioner has now spent a year investigating whether personal data was misused in this and other election campaigns —— but the information commissioner. that enquiry got a new focus as the scandal broke as to how the political consultancy... the watchdog has been looking into more than 30 data collecting organisations in an investigation which is continuing. now it's revealing some of the action it's taking. it intends to impose a record fine of £500,000 on facebook for failing to safeguard people's information. a level political parties are being told their data protection practices must be audited. and the canadian firm aggregate iq, which worked for vote leave, has been told to stop processing uk citizens' data. facebook, which now has a period to argue against the fine, says it will respond soon to the information commissioner's report but the data
rory cellan—jones has more. the eu referendum campaign and both sides are using modern data analytics methods to try to reach voters. buddy of the nation commissioner has now spent a year investigating whether personal data was misused in this and other election campaigns —— but the information commissioner. that enquiry got a new focus as the scandal broke as to how the political consultancy... the watchdog has been looking into more than 30 data collecting organisations in an...
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cellan—jones reports. personal data, a vital new election —— weapon in election campaigns. now the information commissioner is being misused and the social media giant is facing a record fine. the data of 87 million facebook users was harvested by the now defunct political consultancy cambridge analytica. the half £1 million fine for a line that to happen will hardly make a dent in the social media giant's profits. but the watchdog says the penalty is still significant. it sends a very strong message to facebook and other online platforms about what is expected of them and the regulator will step in with the sanctions. this report shows just how much of our data can potentially end up being used for political purposes. it's notjust a biker facebook details. every time you interact with a credit reference agency or even a mother and baby, you are data could be sold to a political party. the information commissioner is planning to find them apostate diary, a service for mums to be for passing that data
cellan—jones reports. personal data, a vital new election —— weapon in election campaigns. now the information commissioner is being misused and the social media giant is facing a record fine. the data of 87 million facebook users was harvested by the now defunct political consultancy cambridge analytica. the half £1 million fine for a line that to happen will hardly make a dent in the social media giant's profits. but the watchdog says the penalty is still significant. it sends a very...
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. and rory is here now. what does this fine tell us and about the data we are handing over to companies? people will say that half £1 million is nothing when facebook makes billions. i didn't they would be focused on any fine, and what this says is the first big action by a regulator around the world against a company, like facebook, over this issue. world against a company, like facebook, overthis issue. it world against a company, like facebook, over this issue. it raises theissue facebook, over this issue. it raises the issue again of how our data is being shared and it is a wide—ranging report talking notjust about facebook but other ways in which our data, we are handing over to mitic insurance companies, credit reference agencies, and in one case, something called emma' diary, which isa something called emma' diary, which is a service for women who have just given birth of that data is being used in many cases by political parties, something which the information it —— information commissioner i
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. and rory is here now. what does this fine tell us and about the data we are handing over to companies? people will say that half £1 million is nothing when facebook makes billions. i didn't they would be focused on any fine, and what this says is the first big action by a regulator around the world against a company, like facebook, over this issue. world against a company, like facebook, overthis issue. it world against a company, like facebook, over this issue....
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rory cellan—jones, bbc news. we're at half time in the football game. it is1-0, it is 1—0, still. and a big part of gareth southgate's job in the next 15 minutes will be to keep his young team focussed on the job at hand. how does he keep them calm? what would you be saying if you were gareth southgate? it is a game of two halves, you need to keep it tight. we are very pleased with how solid we have been at the back, keep it up and scores more goals. i think that will probably do it, get us through to the second half. olly foster, that is the football interview i have seen over the yea rs, interview i have seen over the years, how did i do? that was very like winston churchill, that would really pump them up at half—time extra measure of maybe i have a future in football management explanation keep playing how they are playing. croatia trying to get back into it but it is that beautiful kieran trippier three kick which sees england's leading a world cup semifinali—o at which sees england's leading a world cup semifinal 1—0 at half—time. they are 45 minutes away from world
rory cellan—jones, bbc news. we're at half time in the football game. it is1-0, it is 1—0, still. and a big part of gareth southgate's job in the next 15 minutes will be to keep his young team focussed on the job at hand. how does he keep them calm? what would you be saying if you were gareth southgate? it is a game of two halves, you need to keep it tight. we are very pleased with how solid we have been at the back, keep it up and scores more goals. i think that will probably do it, get us...
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here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. this report pulls together the story ofan enquiry this report pulls together the story of an enquiry which has roamed far and wide looking into the scandal over cambridge analytica's harvesting facebook data, examining the use of data that during the eu referendum can team, and the extent of foreign interference in uk politics. it is the language used which is most striking, talk of the relentless targeting of hyper partisan views which play to their fears and prejudices of people. it warns that our democracy is at risk and calls the action to protect it. among the measures the mps demand id rules to make online political campaigning or transparent and greater powers for the electoral commission. they are also fiercely critical of the former director of votes live, dominic cummings, who refused to appear before them. his decision to lick their report two days before they plans to publish it is unlikely to improve relations. strong winds could cause travel disruption today as temperatu
here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. this report pulls together the story ofan enquiry this report pulls together the story of an enquiry which has roamed far and wide looking into the scandal over cambridge analytica's harvesting facebook data, examining the use of data that during the eu referendum can team, and the extent of foreign interference in uk politics. it is the language used which is most striking, talk of the relentless targeting of hyper partisan views which...
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cellan—jones explains. personal data, a vital weapon in election campaigns now the commissioner has found that is being misused in the social media giant is facing a record fine. the data of 87 million facebook users was harvested by now the political consultancy, that half £1 million fine for allowing that to happen will hardly make a dent in the social media giant's profits, but the watchdog says that penalty is still significant. it sends a very strong message to facebook and other online platforms about what is expected of them and the regulator will step and with sanctions. this report shows just how much of our data can potentially be in—depth used for political purposes. it's notjust about your facebook details, every time you interact with a federal credit agency, read and mother and baby, your data could be sold to a political party. the information commissioner is planning to find her diary, a service, of passing the data of 1 diary, a service, of passing the data of1 million people to the labo
cellan—jones explains. personal data, a vital weapon in election campaigns now the commissioner has found that is being misused in the social media giant is facing a record fine. the data of 87 million facebook users was harvested by now the political consultancy, that half £1 million fine for allowing that to happen will hardly make a dent in the social media giant's profits, but the watchdog says that penalty is still significant. it sends a very strong message to facebook and other online...
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our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is with me. how ambitious is this, rory? how much of a difference will it make? it depends who you believe, jeremy huntand it depends who you believe, jeremy hunt and the department of health are pushing this is a big revolution, putting control in the hands of patients, every patient across england able to contact every gp surgery, get appointments, get repeat prescriptions, see health records, and so on. but since i've looked into this a lot of gps say that there is a lot of this out there already. the services online, a lot of people are able to go online to book appointments, and there are a number of apps, privately run once, but once that many gp surgeries years. the counter to that from the department of health is, this is one app and it will be official, people will be more trusting of one central app than this patchwork of apps. but the jury than this patchwork of apps. but the jury is still out on whether it will make doctors and surgeries more efficient. that scramble that jeremy hunt talks about is a nightmare if
our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is with me. how ambitious is this, rory? how much of a difference will it make? it depends who you believe, jeremy huntand it depends who you believe, jeremy hunt and the department of health are pushing this is a big revolution, putting control in the hands of patients, every patient across england able to contact every gp surgery, get appointments, get repeat prescriptions, see health records, and so on. but since i've looked into this a lot of...