Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Morning Browse: Youtube, a Mysterious Death, and Yes Means Yes

Youtube will be displaying information from Wikipedia next to videos promoting conspiracy theories. Fine, I suppose. Trouble is who gets to decide what counts as a conspiracy theory? Surely the onus is on the person consuming the information to evaluate it. Google is opening itself up to criticism down the line. If they don't put Wikipedia information up next to a video, should we consider that a tacit endorsement on their part? Of course not, but some people will take it that way.

Russia has announced that it has no intention of complying with the United Kingdom's request for further information. As if to make that point abundantly clear, a Russian exile has died in London in mysterious circumstances.

Some feminists have come up with a new slogan: Yes means Yes. Otherwise known as Enthusiastic Consent. If a woman doesn't enthusiastically consent to sex verbally, she hasn't given consent. 

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