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Civil Rights Groups Intensify Calls to Stop Online Hate Speech

30 Oct 2018
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Kelly Frazier

Activists want to end the spread of hate online. The latest call was undertaken hours after it was revealed the suspect in the Tree of Life Synagogue slayings spread hate speech on the website Gab.com....

Angry Priest Fired For Smacking Baby During Baptism

25 Jun 2018
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Derek Welch

The 89-year-old trended online after he smacked a two-year-old in a French church. The priest was forced into retirement by church authorities soon after this incident. The video taken at Champeaux's...

Vatican Instructs Nuns To Drop Their Social Media Use

18 May 2018
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Corey Barnett

Rome Reacted After A Few Cloistered Nuns Took Strong Exception To A Court Case A legislative document released by the Vatican instructs nuns to restrict their time on Social Media. The Religious...

Megachurch Partners with Facebook to Expand Outreach

23 Apr 2018
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Derek Welch

The social media giant now wants to emulate the church model on building communities The church has partnered with the social media giant to better connect with their community and their congregation....

Why Did Facebook Block Catholic Content?

13 Apr 2018
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Corey Barnett

Zuckerberg Grilled About Facebook’s Official Policies Members of Congress questioned Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg about the social media giant's censorship of content during...

LDS Missionaries Using the Internet to Expand Teachings

17 Mar 2018
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Nathan Glover

Ten years ago, the Provo Missionary Training Center started on an experiment on social media. Since that time, their efforts have witnessed tremendous growth, as they now have a strong online community....

London Mayor Addresses Hate Speech during SXSW Talk

14 Mar 2018
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Corey Barnett

Sadiq Khan shows the need for curbing hate speech SXSW or South by Southwest Festival is mostly regarded by the general public as a music event, but in reality the festival has tracks for Interactive...

Jeff Bethke Gives Revealing Look at Using Social Media for God

19 Feb 2018
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WRN Editorial Staff

The Widely Popular Christian Thinker and Spoken Word Artist Speaks About How His Ideas and Success Jeff Bethke. A man who views on faith and spiritually became popularly known with his spoken word video...

Iranian Women Protest Against Mandatory Wearing of the Hijab

05 Feb 2018
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Derek Welch

There have been 29 arrests and 25 killed in Iranian protests. Tehran police confirmed that . As per Iranian law enforcement, the so-called “foreign forces” have deceived the protesters...