Sri Lankan rights groups warned Monday that proposed jail terms for spreading misinformation on social media amounted to a wholesale effort to stifle criticism of the island nation’s beleaguered government. An “online safety bill” that mandates five-year prison sentences for any social media post government regulators consider to be “false” or causing offence is set Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’
Young Australian priest goes viral on social media
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
A young Australian priest has made a remarkable turnaround in the digital world, from ditching his social media accounts to attracting more than a million viewers monthly with viral videos about priesthood and the Catholic faith. Fr Sam French (pictured), 30, from the Diocese of Broken Bay, NSW embarked on this journey of online ministry Read more
Bishop Steve Lowe – social media faked
Monday, July 17th, 2023
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) warns that two social media accounts of Bishop Steve Lowe on Facebook have been faked. Lowe serves both as the Catholic Bishop of Auckland and President of the New Zealand Bishops’ Conference. The fake social media accounts impersonating Lowe have surfaced on Meta’s Facebook and Messenger platforms and, Read more
Towards a full neo-liberal presence
Thursday, June 15th, 2023
The Dicastery for Communication at the Vatican recently released Towards Full Presence, a pastoral reflection on engagement with social media. Although a Catholic can only appreciate the pastoral value of this document, its numerous insights, and biblical inputs, it is hard not to see its neo-liberal approach and question its partial way of addressing challenges raised Read more
First Social Media babies are growing up and they’re horrified
Monday, May 29th, 2023
My baby pictures and videos are the standard compendium of embarrassment. I was photographed waddling in nothing but a diaper, filmed smearing food all over my face instead of eating it. But I’m old enough that the kompromat is safe in the confines of physical photo albums and VHS tapes in my parents’ attic. Even Read more
Catholic bishops release Staying Safe on Social Media campaign
Thursday, March 16th, 2023
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops are supporting a campaign to help people stay safe on social media. The campaign was developed after diocesan communications and pastoral staff noticed an increase in suspicious activities on Church social media pages. The Staying Safe on Social Media campaign starts next Monday, 20 March. It features special posts each day Read more
TikTok faith
Monday, November 14th, 2022
The news is good, bad and ugly for Gen Z Catholics (born in the 1990s and early 2000s) in Australia, as spiritual openness leads young people towards the uncensored whirlwind of TikTok. Young Catholics are left with the two-edged sword of an exciting increase in the exploration of faith amongst peers, mixed with the risks Read more