Weekly News #1

I looked at the website 'The Week UK' and  found out apple may be facing a ban in Russia due to ' promoting homophobic relationships' in the form of emojis in their most recent update, this makes it obvious to us that the discrimination of gay people is still happening in todays world. A shocking 37% of Russians described homosexuality as a 'disease that needs to be cured' -according to the Moscow times, this immediately infers that many Russian people are not willing to adapt to a more modern way of life were in many countries people are allowed to be open about their sexuality and even marry in same sex relationships. It also may shock many people over the world that someone with a high end job like Vitaly Milonov could have such strong opinions on the subject, and put laws in place (the homosexual propaganda law) to stop the promotion of gay relationships in front of minors. The news also mentions how he tried to get Tim Cook (Apple CEO) banned from Russia after he came out as gay, and how he wanted face book to be blocked because of its 'rainbow tool', this gives us the impression Milonov could be a homophobic extremist as this news informs us how small things like the apple emoji displaying a gay or lesbian couple could trigger him to take action against one of the biggest technology company's in the world. I think Vitaly Milonov could be compared to someone like Hitler who prosecuted people due to their sexuality. Milonov may not be prosecuting gay people in Russia yet as he is only a politician but he clearly has a very strong opinion on the subject and his influence in Russian politics and the media  is evident and he could be persuading many Russian people that homosexuality is wrong, this could lead to many people acting differently towards people just because of their sexuality, just like how Hitler persuaded people from all over the world that Jewish people were responsible for the economic crisis resulting in the Holocaust. I personally think that an investigation over a emoji displaying a gay relationship is ridiculous as most people in today's world do not think this a violation as it is considered normal and accepted in many community's as it does not effect peoples lives in any way.