Stabbed Sydney bishop is a TikTok star beloved by his community
Sydney, Australia Reuters Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel who was stabbed during a church service live streamed from Sydney on Monday is a social media star with followers around the world, but the bearded clergyman is also a divisive preacher. Dressed in dark robes, clutching a large cross and sporting a bushy grey beard under a […]
Sherwin Gardner: Caribbean musician’s viral hit song surpasses a billion TikTok views
“It’s like a prayer,” Gardner said of his hit song. “God already kind of answered that – within the first two weeks of the year.” ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports…
US receives thousands of reports of AI-generated child abuse content in growing risk
Reuters The US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said it had received 4,700 reports last year about content generated by artificial intelligence that depicted child sexual exploitation. The NCMEC told Reuters the figure reflected a nascent problem that is expected to grow as AI technology advances. Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok’s CEO Shou […]
“Not just about going viral”: Christians Against Christian Nationalism translates TikTok activism to local politics
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports on a TikTok account aims to counter the claims of Christian nationalism…
Helpdesk: TikTok bans – what the evidence says about security and privacy concerns
BENJAMIN DOWLING, a cyber security expert at the University of Sheffield in the UK, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at security concerns surrounding TikTok…
Postcards: Nigeria’s social media fact-checkers fight fake news as vote nears
BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how big tech companies are enlisting independent fact-checkers to tackle online disinformation ahead of the 25th February election…
StrangeSights: Raising hairball awareness; skinniest skyscraper; and, maths…on TikTok…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
“Information combat”: Inside the fight for Myanmar’s soul
FANNY POTKIN and WA LONE, of Reuters, report on the information war taking place on social media in Myanmar…
Faith online: Charismatic TikTok divided over praying in tongues
RENÉE RODEN, of Religion News Service, reports on how praying in tongues has made its way onto social media platforms and how not everyone agrees it’s the right place for the practice…
TikTok domestic worker shows the positives of life in Lebanon
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation There is almost nothing Raquel Barrion doesn’t know about the two Lebanese children she has looked after since they were babies. But one day, the Filipina domestic worker decided to find out how much they knew about her. Barrion, 39, was pleasantly surprised when – by means of a light-hearted quiz […]