There’s another unfortunate dimension to this whole saga that mimics the coercive effect of public marriage proposals: everyone innocently cheers on the romance because it tells a good story, but it places the woman in the invidious position of being the “bad guy” if she says no.
This is an interesting comparison using marriage proposals. It is unfortunate that she is considered the "bad guy" because she doesn't want to be involved. In reality it should ultimately be her choice.
What had been private is now uncontrollably crowdsourced. Your consent becomes a trifling detail in a story about you that suddenly belongs to everyone else. It doesn’t matter otherwise.
This is a powerful quote. It shows how powerful the consequences are when you share information online. It can greatly affect someone else.
Merriam-Webster defines “meme” (pronounced “meem”) as “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture,” originating in the same root as “imitation.”
This shows how memes are difficult to translate in fair use, because they are an imitation.
When you see a meme going around, give a thought to the subject of that meme image, whose life may forever be changed.
This is important to think about considering there are a lot of blurred lines when it comes to fair use laws. It's important to use your best judgement, and consider how it will affect others.
Over the course of the reorganization, the branch of I&A focused on domestic terrorism got eighty-sixed and its analysts were reassigned to new positions. The change happened last year, and has not been previously reported.
When exactly did this change happen? Why was it not previously reported? Did the I&A chief, David Glawe, give any reasoning as to why they reassigned analysts? There isn't any information in this article that can answer these questions. This inspires me to research more on this specific article and topic. As I read further into the article there is an update that Glawe acknowledged the assumptions about the I&A and deemed them to be "patently false and the exact opposite of what we have done."
Because it is these simple behaviors, applied as habits and enforced as norms, that have the power to change the web as we know it, to break our cycle of reaction and recognition, and ultimately to get even our deeper investigations off to a better start.
This is an incredibly interesting article. Caulfield does a great job explaining why the "Always check" approach to online literacy is important to avoid misinformation on the web. Instating how these small checks can change the web, and can help provide literal information.