Tag: social media

  • Woke Ideology and the Media

    Woke Ideology and the Media

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    by Cheryl Lacey, DGSJ, ©2026 (Aug. 25, 2026) — How often have you heard the term woke ideology? It’s been part of our life for so long now it seems there is no end in sight. Many would argue that schools are to blame. Others point to mainstream and social media. And it’s this finger…

  • The Scroll Toll: What Social Media Is Really Costing Teen Mental Health

    The Scroll Toll: What Social Media Is Really Costing Teen Mental Health

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    by Contributor (Apr. 16, 2026) — Every day, the average teenager spends around seven hours staring at a screen — and that’s not counting time spent on schoolwork. A big chunk of that is social media. Instagram. TikTok. Snapchat. The endless feed that never runs out, never stops, and never really satisfies. We talk a…

  • Is American Society Civilized?

    Is American Society Civilized?

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    by Tom Arnold, ©2025 (Nov. 22, 2025) — Forgive me for what you might think is the controversial and objectionable nature of this topic.  Also, before continuing I believe it would be appropriate to show you what one of the most common definitions of “civilized” is.  It is “polite and well-mannered.”   I admit that I…

  • The Conservative Dilemma: Protect the Kids or Protect Our Freedom?

    The Conservative Dilemma: Protect the Kids or Protect Our Freedom?

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    by Martin Mawyer, New American Prophet, ©2025 (Nov. 14, 2025) — Let’s just say something out loud that every parent in America already knows deep in their gut: Raising a child today is nothing like it was for anyone over 45.It’s not even close. It’s not in the same universe. We used to worry about our kids…

  • Facebook Censors Commentary on Russian Christianity

    Facebook Censors Commentary on Russian Christianity

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    by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 12, 2025) — On Tuesday, retired educator, historian, trusted art-seller, author, columnist and P&E reader Johannes Froebel-Parker informed us Facebook had prohibited him from posting a link to an article about a 19th-century Christian cathedral in Moscow destroyed by the Soviets in 1931. As readers may recall, late last year Froebel-Parker’s…

  • Section 230 Immunity, Defective Design and Trial Lawyers (Part II)

    Section 230 Immunity, Defective Design and Trial Lawyers (Part II)

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    by William L. Kovacs, ©2025 (Oct. 13, 2025) — The federal government has let the animal spirits of the social media industry run wild by giving it Section 230 immunity for the harm it causes to young children, i.e., anxiety, depression, addiction, sleep disruption, and cyberbullying. Refusing to enforce the ban on TikTok until the…

  • Taming the Harm Caused by Social Media

    Taming the Harm Caused by Social Media

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    by William L. Kovacs, ©2025 (Sep. 29, 2025) — This article is Part I of a two-part series on how to address the algorithms created by social media companies that are designed to keep our younger generation addicted to their phones and computer screens, ultimately generating significant profits for these corporations. Part I provides the…

  • The Predators Have Their Pick

    The Predators Have Their Pick

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    by Linda Goudsmit, blogging at Pundicity, ©2025 (Aug. 5, 2025) — Gen Z, loosely defined as Americans born between 1997 and 2012, is the first generation to grow up with full access to the Internet from pre-school onward. They are America’s digital natives and use the Internet constantly and consistently to interact socially. The seeming…

  • You Say Technology, I say Technical:

    You Say Technology, I say Technical:

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    by Cheryl Lacey, DSJ, Take The Lead On Education™, ©2024 (Sep. 9, 2024) — Today – September 10, 2024 Media outlets in Australia are reporting that the Prime Minister of Australia – Anthony Albanese – announced his government will impose a minimum age for social media use to protect children from its mental and physical…

  • Free Speech in the Cross Hairs

    Free Speech in the Cross Hairs

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    by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2024  (Sep. 1, 2024) — “Individuals – all individuals – must stand up and continue to use their rights to free speech and disempower those who would enslave all of our minds.” James Lyons-Weiler, PhD August 31, 2024 — Free speech faces unprecedented challenges in an increasingly digital world.…

  • “If All You Can Do is Point & Click…”

    “If All You Can Do is Point & Click…”

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    19 May 2024 Dear Editor, Regarding the effects of social media, etc. on today’s young… Some 20 years ago I was invited to be ‘Principal for a Day’ at a disadvantaged Melbourne northern suburbs secondary school (in a safe Labor electorate, then represented by a Labor Government minister). At the end of the day, I…

  • Censorship is Un-American; Free Speech is the Answer

    Censorship is Un-American; Free Speech is the Answer

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    by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2023 (Dec. 17, 2023) — Americans are blessed to have constitutional rights, especially the First Amendment right of free speech. As Benjamin Franklin once wrote, whoever “would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing the Freeness of Speech.” Free speech is central to liberty, and this belief underpins the…

  • Parents Are Growing More Concerned About This Type of Addiction

    Parents Are Growing More Concerned About This Type of Addiction

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    by Dr. Joseph Mercola, ©2023 (Nov. 30, 2023) — Internet addiction has surpassed drug use as a top concern for parents of teens, according to an eye-opening study published in JAMA Network Open.1 In a survey of 1,005 parents, twice as many cited concerns about internet addiction compared to substance addiction among their 9- to…

  • Samer Najia Explores How Technology Catalyzes Business Growth

    Samer Najia Explores How Technology Catalyzes Business Growth

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    by Contributor (Aug. 3, 2023) — Technology has irrevocably changed the business world and continues to do so increasingly rapidly. From advances in communication to the rise of Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things, technology provides businesses with the tools they need to grow and succeed in progress and profitability. Samer Najia highlights how…

  • Information, Misinformation, Ipse Dixit and Censorship

    Information, Misinformation, Ipse Dixit and Censorship

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    by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Apr. 22, 2023) — Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley recently posted an article pointing out the draconian censorship path upon which Great Britain is descending.  It is a short, but ominous read.  The censorship of free speech in England is plumbing new depths of lunacy and malevolence…, and yet Hillary (“BleachBit? …

  • New Christmas Eve “Twitter Files” Drop

    New Christmas Eve “Twitter Files” Drop

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    by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 24, 2022) — On Saturday, Matt Taibbi, one of the journalists selected by new Twitter CEO Elon Musk to release the “Twitter Files” revealing the company’s decisions to suspend and “shadowban” certain accounts which it found objectionable as well as to take direction from the FBI and CENTCOM, posted a new…

  • Why I’m Suing YouTube and Google

    Why I’m Suing YouTube and Google

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    by Dr. Joseph Mercola, ©2022 (Oct. 15, 2022) — September 29, 2021, Google deleted my YouTube account for “violating community guidelines” — guidelines they’d implemented that very same morning. September 28, 2022, I filed a lawsuit1 against Google, YouTube and Alphabet Inc. for breach of contract.2 As detailed in my complaint, YouTube unilaterally amended the…

  • A New Global Attack to Censor Dr. Mercola

    A New Global Attack to Censor Dr. Mercola

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    by Dr. Joseph Mercola, public domain (Feb. 7, 2022) — Well, that didn’t take long! Mere weeks after my announcement that I was reintroducing my deleted article archives and moving them to the Substack Library for paid subscribers, the mainstream press started calling on Substack to censor and cull vaccine critics from its platform. There…

  • AMA Strategized to Achieve “Widespread Vaccine Acceptance”

    AMA Strategized to Achieve “Widespread Vaccine Acceptance”

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    by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 13, 2021) — In a 12-page document time-stamped “Winter 2021,” the American Medical Association (AMA) not only strongly advocated for comprehensive COVID-19 vaccination, but also provided pointers to physicians on influencing those displaying “vaccine hesitancy,” effective social-media messaging and “dealing with reputation management.” The publication, termed a “COVID-19 vaccine guide” via…