Presenters：Jenny Lam and Ada Wong
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On Thursday's Backchat, we followed-up on the tragic blaze in Tai Po. Chief Executive John Lee earlier announced the establishment of an independent committee, led by a judge, to look into the cause of the Wang Fuk Court fire that has claimed at least 159 lives so far. We spoke to a lawmaker and former security minister on the role of this committee, and how it can help with the investigation.
We'll then turn our attention to space after Chinese scientists identified “iron rust” in lunar soil samples brought back by the Chang’e-6 mission last year. Experts say this may change the traditional understanding of the moon’s surface chemistry and offer new clues to better explain lunar magnetic anomalies.
After the break, we talked to an aviation expert after Airbus says it will inspect hundreds of A320 planes due to a "supplier quality issue" with metal panels.
To wrap it all up, a tech expert explained the challenges that Wikipedia faces in the rapid rise of artificial intelligence.
9:05am-9:17am: Establishment of an independent committee for Tai Po blaze
Speaker:
Lai Tung-kwok, Lawmaker and former Secretary for Security
9:18am-9:30am: Iron rust found in lunar soil samples
Speaker:
Quentin Parker, Director of the Laboratory for Space Research at the University of Hong Kong
9:32am-9:50am: Airbus A320 sowftware glitch
Speaker:
Peter Croagh, former Cathay Pacific captain
9:50am-10:00am: Will Wikipedia go extinct because of AI?
Speaker:
Raj Shroff, AI consultant
Presenters：Jenny Lam and Ada Wong
On today’s programme, we’re talking about the future of social media under incoming US President Donald Trump.
This comes as Tik Tok services in the US were briefly interrupted following a court ruling mandating its shutdown until it finds a new investors. The interruption — however — was rather short lived, as US users have reportedly regained access to the platform.
President-elect Donald Trump — who will be sworn in less than 24 hours — announced that he will give the app a 90-day reprieve until an agreement is settled on the platform’s future. But this is not the only major social media development happening in the run-up to the return of Trump.
Just last week, Meta announced that it would drop fact checkers in favour of community notes on Facebook and Instagram, in a move some see as a way to regain the hearts and minds of Trump supporters, who previously accused the platform of "censoring" conservative voices.
Some Trump critics — meanwhile — have called on the public to boycott X (formerly Twitter), with some activists accusing the platform — which is owned by Elon Musk — of turning into a conservative "mouthpiece". So are social media platforms at a turning point? We’ll find out.
After 9:50, we speak to a railway researcher on the relaunch of the "Station Rail Voyage" exhibition, featuring the now defunct KTT train which formerly ran from Hung Hom to Guangzhou.
9:05am-9:50am: Tik Tok ban and social media developments
9:05am-9:50am: Eugene Chan, Assistant Professor in Public Relations and International Events Management, Technological and Higher Institute of Hong Kong (also known as THEi)
9:05am-9:50am: Brian Yeung, Co-Founder of Brandstorm Communciation
9:30am-9:50am: Florin Serban, social media scholar and Lecturer at the Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
9:50am-10:00am: MTR cross-border train exhibition
9:50am-10:00am: Dennis Ho, Railway enthusiast and founder of railway interest group P.Nut Creations
