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Every bottle and can, or the equivalent of every bottle and can, that we have sold. but can they deliver on their promises? ultimately, it comes down to shareholder value. - they want their pound of flesh. we visit some of the countries hit hardest by plastic pollution and find things are getting worse. coca—cola says they will collect one bottle for each bottle they sell in uganda, but they can never do that. is the world's largest soft drinks producer able to turn the tide on plastic waste? it used to be rare to see a coke bottle at the side of the road or washed up on a beach. in the 1950...

Social media platform reformable, is it redeemable? >> geoff, the answer is yes, but you have to have a radical transformation to the business model. the underlying problem is that facebook is a global network of about 3 billion people with no barriers on the inside. and they have a business model that rewards extremely emotional content. the result of which is that ideas from the fringe, things like white supremacy and anti-vaxx, covid denial and the like, get thrust into the mainstream and get rewarded, so they outcompete good information, honest facts. and that kind of stuff is a business t...

Capitol insurrection. it says, facebook was alerted on election night in early november and disabled it but in the months ahead facebook allowed new conspiracy theory groups to remain even as it recognized the groups were breaking its rules. this strikes me not so much as facebook being unable to control groups like this, it's a matter of them being unwilling to do it, roger. >> that's exactly correct, geoff. the economic incentives are to amplify hate speech and conspiracy theories because it maximizes engagement and drives revenues. there are essentially no rules for behavior and every ceo i...

Same size as the largest countries in the world, at that point the impact you have on society is so damaging that maximizing shareholder value is no longer acceptable. you have to take responsibility for your actions. and the thing is here, geoff, facebook has also broken some laws. there are some felony investigations that need to happen by the securities and exchange commission, department of justice, and states attorneys general, because real harm has been done and facebook and others need to be held to account. >> so in the minute that we have left, roger, you know mark zuckerberg, you ser...

TORRANCE, CA, Oct. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alpharidge Capital (“the custodian”), a Shareholders' rights activist, building Shareholders' Value...