Tag: social media
Checking the fact-checkers: Facebook’s fight against censorship
Mark Zuckerberg is changing the way Facebook, Threads, and Instagram moderate content on the platforms in what he says is a move to encourage free speech. The Meta CEO announced the sites will stop using the fact checkers they installed in 2016 and move to a community notes set up, much like the one seen on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Child safety or virtue signalling?
While I am happy to delay the use of Instagram and Snapchat amongst kids for as long as possible, I’m wary of a government ban when they are so willing to ignore other real and present dangers to the wellbeing of children, writes Monica Doumit.
We need a ceasefire from online culture wars, too
So many conflicts nowadays, both domestic and international, are started and then fuelled by information that is incorrect and, in some cases, deliberately incorrect. Peace also comes from examining our behaviour online, writes Dr Michael Walker
Monica Doumit: Evert talk urgently needed
One would think that a speaker who challenges the narrative that young women need to make themselves more sexually attractive to be worthy of love is exactly what is needed at a time when we are seeing the devastating mental health impacts of girls placing their value in the number of “likes” they receive for their selfies, writes Monica Doumit.
Screen-tied youth suffer from social media
Social media has become synonymous with the lives of young people, offering unparalleled access to social interaction and information. However, this digital connectivity comes with a significant downside: its highly addictive nature and the effects this addiction has on a person's mental health, writes Isaac Zammit
Important questions to ask about our social media pandemic
Jesus does not ask us to be on top of everything, but rather to love him with all our heart, mind and strength, and to love everyone.
Phone, Vapes and Kids
Mobile phones are wreaking havoc with the lives of children and young people, while retailers sell toxic vapes to kids. But parents are responding...
Parents’ alliance will help to reduce teenage distress
They have sensitive antennae to who likes or dislikes them and those around them. This is a positive trait in a small community - when our senses are attuned to potential conflict or disharmony, we can act to repair any ruptures in our social fabric.
Election Controversy: Two candidates and a double standard
Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has not responded to calls for a NSW Labor Senate candidate to be disendorsed after it emerged she had described Jesus as gay and written offensive comments about Pope Francis and the Catholic Church on her Twitter account.
Dr Kevin Donnelly: The PM and Christianity
Every decision made in politics and government is informed and influenced by a particular philosophy or belief system
As argued by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP,...
Simcha Fisher: Maybe you don’t have to do anything
Sometimes just nothing, or something simple, is best
Some of the best advice I've gotten in my life didn't sound like advice at all, at...
Creative Pro-lifers for the Digital Era
A culture of life will only be built when we all collectively do our part
