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Speaker 1: Mike ps UK correspondents with US today.

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Speaker 2: I Mike, good morning.

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Speaker 1: How things yep, pretty good. How are you guys feeling

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Speaker 1: about ice hitting your way? Well?

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Speaker 2: Indeed, now, basically this story is that breaking news in

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Speaker 2: Europe this evening that it's been revealed that officers from

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Speaker 2: the same American agency involved in the fatal shooting of

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Speaker 2: Alex Petty at the weekend will be helping with security

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Speaker 2: at the Winter Olympics, which start next week in Italy.

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Speaker 2: It was confirmed that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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Speaker 2: ICE will play a role with security for American athletes,

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Speaker 2: but the news has caused lam and anger in Italy,

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Speaker 2: where the games will be held. The mayor of Milan said,

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Speaker 2: this is a militia that kills. Of course they're not

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Speaker 2: welcome in Milan. The Italian government has said in a statement,

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Speaker 2: it's not like the Nazi ss are coming. They say

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Speaker 2: all security operations at the Olympics are directed and many

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Speaker 2: exclusively by the Italian authorities. The American officers will not

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Speaker 2: have powers on the streets but in an advice reroll,

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Speaker 2: and it's claimed attending the major events like this is routine,

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Speaker 2: but the fact they're going at all is highly controversial

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Speaker 2: in Italy.

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Speaker 3: It seems an unusual thing, Mike. I mean, if you

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Speaker 3: were going to send, if you're sending security, even in

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Speaker 3: an advisory capacity for athletes to Italy, why are you

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Speaker 3: picking the immigration customs guys?

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Speaker 2: Well, I think the Americans are saying that basically it's

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Speaker 2: part of part of their wider security service. These officers

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Speaker 2: work not only exclusively for Ice and it's part of

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Speaker 2: what they do. They say they go to other major

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Speaker 2: events as well. But I tell you we need to

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Speaker 2: be particularly you know, where the Olympics are being held.

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Speaker 2: There is disquiet just because this story is so big

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Speaker 2: right across the world.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, quiet, and they just seem a little on the

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Speaker 1: trigger happy sides. Now you can sort of understand it

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Speaker 1: now on the phone ben and the social media bend.

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Speaker 1: This seems to be getting a bit attraction with you guys,

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Speaker 1: isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely? Indeed, so, the ban on young people using social

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Speaker 2: media is set to spread across much of Europe, I

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Speaker 2: can tell you. And the UK also says it will

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Speaker 2: ban mobile phones in all schools for students.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: France is to become the second country in Europe to

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Speaker 2: announce a ban, following the UK last week its ban

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Speaker 2: could be in place within months, impossibly three or four months. Italy, Greece,

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Speaker 2: Denmark and Norway just some of the others expected to follow. Australia,

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Speaker 2: of course, was first to bring in the ban for

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Speaker 2: under sixteen year old in December. France says it will

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Speaker 2: be for under fifteen year old. It says it believes

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Speaker 2: that is the right thing to do. Social media companies

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Speaker 2: will have to make sure of a person's age before

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Speaker 2: their services can be used. Meanwhile, here in the UK,

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Speaker 2: the government has told schools to ban mobile phones from students,

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Speaker 2: and it also says teachers should not be seen using

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Speaker 2: them by pupils as well.

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Speaker 1: Very interesting, okay, now what is Amelia?

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Speaker 2: Well, this is a really interesting one. Actually an avatar.

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Speaker 2: It's a type of cartoon character. If you don't actually

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Speaker 2: there what. An avatar is created by the UK government

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Speaker 2: to stop the spread of right wing extremist views, which

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Speaker 2: is I'm afraid being hijacked and turned into the exact opposite.

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Speaker 2: Artificial intelligence has been used to copy the character and

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Speaker 2: turn her into a popular social media figure with racist views.

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Speaker 2: Her name is Amelia, she's purple hair and is now

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Speaker 2: said to have a staggering one point four million view

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Speaker 2: views and followers, with around five hundred new ones every day.

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Speaker 2: Videos of Amelia typically feature her walking through London, declaring

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Speaker 2: her love for England nothing wrong with that, but warning

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Speaker 2: of the dangers of militant Muslims and third welld immigrants

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Speaker 2: and he raises. Campaigners say they're appalled and looking at

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Speaker 2: ways to concounter her. The impact of what's happening here.

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Speaker 2: It's not known if any specific group is behind it

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Speaker 2: because the social media accounts are anonymous. The authorities say

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Speaker 2: they're looking into it and if laws are breached they

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Speaker 2: will take action to close it down.

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Speaker 1: Very interesting, Mike, thanks very much, really appreciate it. Make

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Speaker 1: this Mike Pierce, UK correspondent.

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