Betteridge's law of headlines

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Proper noun

Betteridge's law of headlines

1. Alternative form of Betteridge's law
   • 2014 February 6, James Temple, “Will Google Translate Let Us Talk to Aliens and Dolphins?: Google’s Peter Norvig Says, Umm, No”, in Recode‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 November 2018:

     Conforming to Betteridge’s law of headlines, the answer is no — or at least, not yet.

   • 2014 March 25, Jonathan Zittrain, “No, Barack Obama isn’t Handing Control of the Internet over to China: The Misguided Freakout over ICANN”, in The New Republic‎^[2], archived from the original on 30 March 2014:

     And from the National Journal: “When U.S. Steps Back, Will Russia and China Control the Internet?” As Betteridge’s Law of Headlines suggests, the answer is no.