When technology says: “Hold on a second…”
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 22, 2023
Just think: you can now instantly know someone's name. Cool, huh? Not so fast.
YouVersion Bible app hires former Facebook exec to fuel growth
By Bob Smietana — January 19, 2023
(RNS) — Now in its 15th year, the team behind the popular Bible app has big plans for the future.
For Father James Martin, ministry means going wherever the people are
By Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt — October 18, 2022
(RNS) — The popular Jesuit priest and author says he felt called to minister among the LGBTQ+ community following the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016, when few Catholic leaders were speaking out.
There is a lot of antisemitic hate speech on social media – and algorithms are partly to blame
By Sabine von Mering and Monika Hübscher — July 26, 2022
(The Conversation) — Antisemitism today does not always appear in the form of traditional hate speech. It manifests in GIFs, memes, vlogs, comments and reactions on social media platforms.
‘Lent’s Eat’ videos bring levity — and leaven — to solemn season
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 9, 2022
(RNS) — The Rev. Jennie Williams makes a recipe or two from congregants each week of Lent in her Facebook video series 'Lent’s Eat.'
How Silicon Valley’s ‘Techtopia’ turned work into religion
By Yonat Shimron — March 8, 2022
(RNS) — In her new book, 'Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley,' Carolyn Chen examines how high-skilled workers have disinvested from organized religion and are instead finding belonging, identity, purpose and transcendence at the office.
Faith in the metaverse: A VR quest for community, fellowship
By Luis Andres Henao — January 31, 2022
(AP) — Many Americans — some traditionally religious, some religiously unaffiliated — are increasingly communing spiritually through virtual reality, one of the many evolving spaces in the metaverse that have grown in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic.
I cannot see your face on Facebook
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 17, 2021
(RNS) — I am not having this argument. Except, if it is over a cup of coffee. Then, maybe.
Report: Holocaust denial persists on Facebook one year after push to stanch it
By Yonat Shimron — December 1, 2021
(RNS) — The ADL found that while dedicated Holocaust denial groups have been removed from the platform, public and private groups as well as personal profiles still contain links to such sources.
Native America has lessons for surviving an apocalypse, says Choctaw elder and Episcopal priest
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 24, 2021
(RNS) — The Rev. Steven Charleston talked to Religion News Service about his new book, 'Ladder to the Light,' and what Native America has to teach others about climbing out of darkness.
Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
By Sam McNeil and Victoria Milko — November 18, 2021
Three years ago, Facebook pledged to do better and developed several tools and policies to deal with hate speech. But the company still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in Myanmar.
We used to look to the church for truth. It’s no match for Donald Trump’s TRUTH.
By Phyllis Zagano — October 29, 2021
(RNS) — Religious organizations once cornered the market on the platforms where people discussed what mattered in their lives.
Celebrate Facebook’s outage? Many faith communities couldn’t talk at all.
By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — October 5, 2021
(RNS) — Facebook has been a catalyst for religious communities that aren’t defined geographically.
Some praise, some doubts as Facebook rolls out a prayer tool
By Holly Meyer and David Crary — August 9, 2021
(AP) — Facebook already asks for your thoughts. Now it wants your prayers.
Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper
By Caleb Elfenbein — May 25, 2021
(The Conversation) — A civil rights group is suing Facebook for its failure to stop the spread of anti-Muslim hate speech on the platform.
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