Research for last year’s report Sex is kind of broken now’: Children and pornography by the Children’s Commissioner found that social media and social networking sites such as X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Snapchat accounted for eight of the 10 most common ways children encountered porn. (Johnson, The Telegraph)
Read MoreAs a physician and the chief medical officer of Hospice Buffalo, Chris Kerr has seen his patients experience end-of-life dreams and visions for nearly 30 years. Since 2010, he has led a research team that studies the phenomenon and chronicles how the visions can provide solace, meaning and healing to both the dying and their loved ones. (Gibson, The Washington Post)
Read MoreArtificial-intelligence “nudify” tools are evolving and multiplying. Laws cracking down on them have lagged behind cases and aren’t always enforced. Schools don’t know how to handle them. Parents are left trying to help their children regain a sense of safety as they try to scrub the images from the internet. (Wells & Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreOver the years, the number of countries where religious groups have faced harassment has increased from 152 in 2007 to 192 in 2023. That’s out of 198 countries and territories around the world. (Majumdar & Jacobs, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreThough Disclosure Day appropriates New Testament motifs, it neither parodies nor dismisses the power of Christian faith. Maggie Fairchild gains the ability to speak in tongues she never studied and, Christ-like, reads others’ minds before granting them tailored, compassionate truths. She does not, however, set herself up as a replacement for Jesus. (Marchbanks, Christianity Today)
Read MoreA Pennsylvania independent pro baseball team canceled its Pride Night game Thursday, citing players’ refusal to wear uniforms with rainbow sleeves one week after three San Francisco Giants players altered their own team’s Pride-themed hats. (Moret, The New York Times)
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