Aggie Morning Word Podcast: Facebook is under fire for dead people and misinformation

The word of the day is "collywobbles," which means stomach pain or queasiness. 

Today is national spicy guacamole day and world diabetes day. 

No, that guy you met that one time at the party that you accidentally friended on Facebook hasn’t passed away. A glitch in the system has caused regular Facebook pages to briefly turn into memorials.  (YUP, that’s a thing!) The glitch even affected Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg’s account, this coming after he has received a lot of criticism over fake news stories popping up on people’s walls, including a story about the Pope supporting Trump! Zuckerberg has said the majority of news stories on Facebook are the real deal, but the company is also working on making it easier to flag and reduce fake news.  (Source:  theSkimm and nbcnews)

Emails obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune reveal that USU officials knew that Jason Relopez may have sexually abused multiple students. They appeared uncertain on how they would handle the allegations, even though the title IX law requires a university to launch an investigation if there is the possibility an individual has assaulted multiple students, even without a formal complaint. According to the emails, university officials talked with Relopez about consent, blocked him from a “greek” event, and warned him he was on their radar. It was only after Morgan Klinkowski, who claims that she was raped in 2014 by relopez, heard that he had allegedly raped another student did she file a report to the police. It was only after the police report and his arrest that the university suspended Relopez. 

In other news, USU students protested Wells Fargo on Friday on Main Street in Logan. Protesters say Wells Fargo has ties to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. (If built, that pipeline could infringe on native american land.) At the protest in Logan, Trump supporters showed up to protest the protesters. (protester-ception!!)

Police allege a USU student is attempting to film a woman at the Cache Valley Mall in a store called Bliss in August. Officials say the case may be related to another allegation of voyeurism on campus. Police say he’s 20-years-old, six-feet tall, and 180 pounds. If you know any information related to the case, contact the police.

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