Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Meta META -1.95%decrease; red down pointing triangle Platforms will end fact-checking and remove speech restrictions across Facebook and Instagram shows how Donald Trump’s presidential election, and the U.S. political winds that swept him into a second term, have sharply accelerated a move by social-media giants away from refereeing what is said on their platforms. (Corse, Bobrowsky & Horwitz, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreCarter, who established a legacy as an advocate for justice and equality, also discussed the roots that shaped him in a Sept. 17, 1991, interview with Bill Sumners, then Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives director and archivist, published in the January 1997 edition of Baptist History and Heritage. (Chandler, Baptist Press)
Read MoreAnd across Western Europe, Christians report “discrimination and bullying” and in some instances “even loss of employment” for expressing faith-based opinions in their workplaces. Some have even faced repercussions for views expressed in “private conversations or posts on private social media accounts.” (Thompson, Christianity Today)
Read MorePope Francis on Monday appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to head the Vatican office that oversees religious orders for both men and women — including more than a quarter of the world’s priests — making her the first woman to reach the No. 1 position in an office in the Holy See. (Povoledo, The New York Times)
Read MoreWe asked an array of thinkers — futurists, scientists, foreign policy analysts and others — to lay out some of the possible “Black Swan” events that could await us in the new year: What are the unpredictable, unlikely episodes that aren’t yet on the radar but would completely upend American life as we know it? (Walsh, Politico)
Read MoreA new Pew Research Center report on the religious composition of the 119th session of Congress, convening today for the first time, reveals that the majority of its members are Christian. (André, Religion News Service)
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