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Business Matters: Chicago Facebook 'Torture' Video: Should there be more safeguards?

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06/01/2017 GMT

Chicago Facebook 'Torture' Video: Should there be more safeguards?

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Chicago Facebook 'Torture' Video: Should there be more safeguards?

Are Facebook Lives free speech or a way of giving a vast audience to criminals?

Several disturbing incidents have been streamed on Facebook Live, including one of a mentally disabled man being severely assaulted. Business Matters asks, whether with other sites like Periscope too, live broadcasting is now open to all - so is this a welcome expansion of free speech or a risky way of giving a vast audience to extremists and criminals? Jon Fingas, associate editor at Engadget comments.

The farming community in Britain receive more than three and a half billion dollars a year from Brussels. But this will change when Britain leaves the European Union. Brexit is the theme for two farming conferences taking place at the moment. The BBC's Caz Graham got the views of some young farmers there about the uncertainty of what Brexit will mean for them.

Roger Hearing is joined by Jason Abbruzzese, a Business Reporter at Mashable in New York, and Rosie Blau, China correspondent for the Economist in Beijing for comment throughout the programme.

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