Hey, how's it going? Amelia here.
Let's see what's making news.
US President Donald Trump has hit back
after Twitter slapped one of his tweets with a fact check label.
He signed an executive order targeting social media companies.
Nat explains.
Fact check.
F-A-C-T. Fact check.
Alright, let me bring you up to speed.
At the start of the week,
US President Donald Trump tweeted out this tweet which basically said
he wasn't a fan of people voting by mail
because he reckons postal votes are easy to forge.
Twitter, for the first time ever,
added a fact check warning to the president's tweet,
saying that the information in his tweet might not be accurate.
They didn't actually change or take anything out of the tweet
but Donald Trump wasn't happy.
I think you all see it yourselves.
This censorship and bias is a threat to freedom itself.
Imagine if your phone company
silenced or edited your conversations.
That brings us to the executive order.
Basically the president says he now wants to remove some of the rules
that give legal protections to platforms like Facebook, Twitter
and YouTube.
He says they have too much power
because while they often can't be held responsible
for what their users say,
they also have the options to do things like add warnings
to his tweets.
And he doesn't think that's fair.
Twitter, Google and Facebook have all responded and they disagree.
There are big worries that
if these companies are held responsible for what people do
on their platforms
it could affect internet freedom
and lead to more censorship.
It's complicated,
but whether or not anything actually comes from all this
is a different story.
Fortnite streamer Ninja is hosting a brand-new tournament
and there's $600,000 up for grabs.
Ninja Battles Featuring Fortnite kicked off today.
Ninja's both hosting and playing in the comp
which runs for the next six weeks.
It features 60 top players,
including 2019 Fortnite World Cup champ Bugha.
You might have heard the NRL returned last night,
but did you hear it return with fake crowd sounds?
(CROWD CHEERING)
Yep, with no fans in the stands,
broadcasters have been trying to recreate the feeling of a crowd.
Watching the NRL with no crowd...
COMMENTATOR: Too strong!
..versus with added crowd noises.
(CROWD CHEERING) The grey goes to Sivo!
I don't know!
Has he got a jab or not?
What do you like better?
The NRL is hoping this version
because it's what fans heard last night
when the Eels dominated the Broncos 34-6.
When you couldn't see the empty stadium
you kind of believe the cheers were real,
and for many that made it seem a lot more like the NRL season
we've been missing.
I caught up with the guys behind it all.
Trying to create a crowd,
a real living, breathing kind of animal that is a crowd,
is a treacherously hard thing to do.
The whole point is to make it as real as possible.
And the way they did it was using some fancy tech
called an audio effects render engine.
To control the play external forces around the game
and external inputs as well as the operator.
So the crowd you hear is reacting to what's happening in the game.
When something exciting happens, we are there ready to go...
It's all emotional journey. It's all performance.
It's all, you know, the crowd's going there
to get the same sort of thing
that the people in the Opera House will get from an opera.
And these guys were pretty happy with how it all went.
It's game on, you know. It really is game on. So... Yep.
You guys have got a lot of games to go.
A lot of games to go. (LAUGHS)
And now it's time for BMX bandits, bewildering bugs
and big-hearted birds,
because this segment is brought to you by the letter B.
This Austrian pro rider clearly has too much time on his hands.
Fabio Wibmer pulled off this awesome trick at home,
giving a whole new meaning to taking out the trash.
Or wheeling the wheelie bin.
Or bin day.
I don't know.
Speaking of interesting things in your backyard,
people in North America have been finding a lot of these.
It's a rosy maple moth, also known as a strawberry banana milkshake moth,
or a Pokemon to some.
Me, really.
And speaking of yellow, fluffy things,
even Big Bird of Sesame Street fame has been getting around video calls.
Good morning, Big Bird. Hi there. How are you?
The very wise bird has been spreading messages of hope during COVID-19
and shared the love with ABC Breakfast presenters.
But you know, we're all in this together and we can lend a hand,
or a wing in my case.
And just help one another
and it can be as simple as sending somebody a virtual hug.
Have you ever tried that?
No. How does it go? Can you show us?
Oh, yeah. It's like this... (LAUGHS)
I want a virtual hug.
That's all the news for now. I'll be back with more next week.
Catch you then.