North Korea Assassination, Cybersecurity, Anemia Treatment

NK Assassination, Israeli Court Shakeup, Cyprus Peace Talks Guest: Quinn Mecham, Professor of Political Science, BYU World Events is Top of Mind today as we welcome regular Top of Mind contributor Quinn Mecham back into the studio. He joins us monthly with a look at three international events worth closer consideration. Is Cybersecurity a Human Right? Guest: Scott Shackelford, PhD, JD, Assistant Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Back in 1948, the United Nations created a Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that “everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the security of person.” Pretty straightforward stuff, but since 1948, you could argue the definition of “person” has evolved a bit. Today, many of us feel like our lives extend to the internet. Our social media profiles, for example, or the purchase history that makes Amazon and Netflix so useful to us – they feel like an extension of ourselves. So, does the right to “security of person” extend to the cyber-persona? This is an area of active discussion in law and human rights circles. Is Your Doctor Being Paid to Tweet? Guest: Vinay Prasad MD, Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University Does your doctor Tweet? That’s maybe a strange question, but more and more doctors are using social media, including our next guest Vinay Prasad, who is a cancer doctor. A few years ago, he began to notice other cancer doctors tweeting about various drugs and clinical trials, and he started to wonder if they were being paid by drug companies to post that information. We’ve all seen celebrities, pro-athletes and popular bloggers promoting products from sponsors on their social media accounts. Has that kind of advertising taken root in medicine, now, too? Exploitation of Black Labor after Slavery Guest: Kathy Forde, Chair and Associate Professor in the Journalism Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Rooting out the racial disparity in America’s justice system is a major goal o