Understanding authority and trust
Leading, following, agreeing: news on authority, trust and consent in a relationship, with respect for the other person at the center.
About 20 people attended Brittany Newell’s Stanford talk, which a student paper condemned the day before
About 20 people heard novelist Brittany Newell at Stanford on October 8, 2026, a day after the Stanford Review attacked the invitation. Witnesses told the Stanford Daily that two students seemed to film the talk, and that a classmate asked the speaker if she was comfortable being filmed.
A blurred game scene cost J0nathan his 190,000-subscriber channel for days
French creator J0nathan lost his 190,000-subscriber YouTube channel over a Hellraiser: Revival video with the explicit scene blacked out, and reported it restored after a public appeal.
41% of British Employers Polled Did Not Know the Harassment Duty Tightens on October 30
A YouGov poll for Acas found 41% of 1,050 British employers unaware that the duty to prevent workplace harassment rises from "reasonable steps" to "all reasonable steps" on October 30, 2026.
In Melbourne, ten days for adults open on 8 October with six stated principles
From 8 to 18 October 2026, an Australian adult festival will take over several venues in Melbourne. Its organisers have set out six principles, including the need for explicit verbal consent, and make clear that consent can be withdrawn at any time.