Comparing targeted, "personalized" ads with the behavior of a high-functioning sociopath.

Perhaps there should be a law requiring all targeted advertising platforms and/or all their customers to publish every ad that they've run, along with the precise details of how it was targeted, so that people can see what other faces the organization is showing.

The article may be mistaken about trigger warnings. I've read that one of their purposes is to help people prepare for a disturbing experience. So don't assume that the Oxford students who see a trigger warning about Titus Andronicus in their literature class will avoid studying that play. It may instead help them to think about the play more calmly. [Fix the URL please]

With ever more states legalizing marijuana, the US government should bow to good sense and legalize it too.

The new government of New Zealand plans to go on with negotiations for the TPP, demanding only a narrow concession on one specific issue.

The article says nothing about the nastiest part of the TPP, the ISDR ("I Sue Democratic Republics") clause that allows businesses to sue countries over policies that hamper their dreams of profit, then it is not serving its country. I fear the absence of mention means that the new government intends to accept ISDR.

It might be possible for a public campaign in New Zealand to change this decision. I hope people there will launch such a campaign.

Russia uses Interpol against foreign political opponents by labeling them as criminals.

The UN Human Rights Council rebuked China for torturing human rights activists into false confessions.

The Chinese state will not heed this rebuke, but it may do something to weaken Chinese influence.