Social Media

Interviews

• Tony Agnesi

• Father Daniel P Horan, OFM

• Father Larry Rice, CSP

Book Reviews

• Transforming Parish Communications: Growing the Church through New Media by Scott Landry Reviewed by Gordon Nary

Medical Journal Articles

• Surgeon General Urges Action to Improve Social Media Safety for Kids by Emily Harris JAMA June 7, 2023

General Articles/Commentaries

• IDF's conduct, ethics under scrutiny following soldiers' social media posts by Matt Gutman, Malka Abramof, Jon Schldsberg, and Ivan Pereira ABC News/Yahoo

• Evangelizing on Twitter: A tweeting priest’s experience by Zelda Caldwell Aleteia

• Social Media and Incidental Evangelization: Oops, You Just Converted Someone Again by Kristy Burmeister Patheos

• Papal document addresses challenges of evangelizing in the digital age by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/The Pilot

• Governor DeSantis passes highly restrictive social media protection law for minors by Catholic Vote

• Who have “blood on their hands? by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism

• Why I logged off social media for good by Ian Peoples, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Zuckerberg’s Apology Falls Flat: A Look at Social Media’s Damaging Impact by Alexandra Russel The Conservative Fix 

• ‘They were withdrawn and secretive' mum of two children groomed on Snapchat warns other parents by Fiona Audley The Irish Post

• Meta is failing to catch memes and innuendo promoting Holocaust denial, oversight panel concludes by Asaf Elia-Shalev  Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• What parents can do about TikTok by Mark Bauerlein The Catholic Standard /First Things

• Attorney General Rosenblum Announces $700 Million Settlement with Google over Play Store Misconduct by The Skanner

• Osama bin Laden’s antisemitic ‘Letter to America’ goes viral on TikTok by Ben Sales Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Nepal bans TikTok for being 'detrimental to society' by Ellie Abraham Indy100

• Police crackdown on dealers using social media messaging to sell drugs and firearms by Fiona Audley The Irish Post

• X is placing major ads on a heavily followed antisemitic account that endorses killing politicians and LGBTQ advocates by Media Matters

• At least 49 synagogues have been evacuated due to bomb threats in the last 2 months. Next up, the High Holidays. by Andrew Lapin The Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• French Assembly President, files complaint over antisemitic letter criticizing the Jews by Zvika Klein The Jerusalem Post

• What Teens Want You to Know About Social Media and Mental Health by Amanda Lenhart Pocket

• Paolo Ruffini: Social media has the power to build a better world by Vatican News

• Utah Man Kills Family and Announces it on Facebook by LatesLY

• Trump Gets Handed Social Media Muzzle in NYC Hush Money Case by Kaitlin Lewis Newsweek

• With 1.6M followers, TikTok influencer Miriam Ezagui teaches the masses about her Orthodox lifestyle by Elizabeth Karpen Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Major psychologists' group warns of social media's potential harm to kids by Michaeleen Doucleff NPR WBEZ Chicago

• Anti-Muslim Twitter feed in Spain: ‘A recipe for disaster’ by David Klepper The Associated Press/Religion News Service

• From the pews to the tweets: is Twitter a place for a priest? by Katie Prejean McGrad La Croix International

• NPR has chosen to no longer maintain its Twitter presence by David Folkenflik NPR WBEZ Chicago

• Top-secret Pentagon documents on Ukraine war appear on social media by Greg Myre and Sergio Olmos NPR WBEZ Chicago

• Church suspends 60-year-old pastor accused of abusing own children by NL Times

• A TikTok Ban Is the Only Way Forward by Mike Wacker Newsweek

• Asian Americans are anxious about hate crimes. TikTok ban rhetoric isn’t helping by Brian Fung, CNN

• Antisemitism on Twitter more than doubled since Musk takeover - study by The Jerusalem Post

• Twitter hit with one of the biggest outages since Elon Musk took over by Clare Duffy CNN

• Subversive art can enrich our understanding of Christ by John Christman U.S.Catholic

• It's time to rein in internet platforms by Father Shay Cullen UCA News

• Barricaded Siblings Turn to TikTok While Defying Court Order to Return to Father They Say Abused Them by Hannah Dreyfus Pro Publica

• Twitter sued over antisemitic posts left online by BBC News

• 19-year-old used Snapchat, Fortnite to lure and kidnap 3 Ohio kids, Lake County sheriff says by Ground News

• 3 men in South Africa charged for racist attack at swim pool by Mogomotsi Magone The Associated Press/ABC News

• Viral Greta Thunberg tweet slamming Andrew Tate quickly gains 2 million likes by Josh Marcus Independent

• Elon Musk ‘orders Twitter to remove suicide prevention feature’ by Reuters/The Guardian

• Kanye West suspended from Twitter after posting swastika inside Star of David by Dan Milmo The Guardian

• Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk by Robert Mackey and Micah Lee The Intercept

• Twitter Uncensored? Courts Reach Differing Conclusions by Wagenmaker and Oberly

• Cardinal Tagle to FABC: 'We are called to evangelize social media' by Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp Vatican News

• RNZ and TVNZ merger cause social justice concern by CathNews New Zealand

• Kanye West Locked Out of Twitter Following Antisemitic Tweet by Madison Bloom and Rob Arcand Pitchfork

• Twitter sues Elon Musk to force him to complete acquisition by Clare Duffy CNN

• René Girard and the Social Media Swamp by Bishop Robert Barron The Pilot

• Trump’s Truth Social Is Allegedly Banning People for Talking About the January 6 Hearings Because Of Course It Is by Bess Levin Vanity Fair

• Canadian Anti-Israel Detractor’s Original Account No Longer Exists On TikTok by Mike Fegelman HonestedReporting Canada

• Why Elon Musk’s Twitter might be (more) lethal by Susan Benesch Aljazeera

• Qatar’s Repressive Regime Will Help Fund Musk’s Twitter Deal by Noah Kirsch The Daily Beast

• TikTok emerges as venue to 'deconstruct' Catholic theology by Renée Roden National Catholic Reporter

• O’Malley says EWTN, social media give distorted image of US support for Pope by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Meta has a ‘moral obligation’ to make its mental health research transparent, scientists say by Nicole Wetsma The Verge

• Brazilian Church agencies condemn arrest of indigenous people by Eduardo Campos Lima Crux

• Report: Holocaust denial persists on Facebook one year after push to stanch it by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Facebook Let an Islamophobic Conspiracy Theory Flourish in India Despite Employees' Warnings by Billy Perrigo Time

• Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software by Rachel Metz CNN

• Patagonia calls on corporations to join Facebook boycott by Luke Gentile Washington Examiner/Microsoft News

• Time to scrutinize Facebook's algorithms — and what social media do to us by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter

• Facebook changes its company name to Meta by Samantha Murphy Kelly CNN

• Facebook whistleblower Haugen tells UK lawmakers the company refuses to take responsibility for its harms by Salvador Rodriguez CNBC/Microsoft News

• Facebook Staff Say Core Products Make Misinformation Worse by Daniel Zuidijk and Michael Rile Bloomberg/Microsoft News

• Not stopping 'Stop the Steal:' Facebook Papers paint damning picture of company's role in insurrection by Donie O'Sullivan, Tara Subramaniam and Clare Duffy CNN Business

• Facebook settles a federal lawsuit over allegations it favored foreign job applicants by The Associated Press/NPR

• Revealed: Facebook’s Secret Blacklist of “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations” by The Intercept

• Instagram and teens: How to keep your kids safe by Barbara Ortutay and Amanda Seitz The Associated Press

• Clubhouse of Antisemites. The ‘Clubhouse Rabbi’ explains how he got booted off the pioneering, invitation-only Apple (and now Android) social app, whose veneer of exclusivity can’t hide a growing hate speech problem by Shomo Litvin Tablet

• How Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg created history’s most dangerous golem by Dan Friedman The Forward

• Antisemitic content on TikTok increases by 912% - study by Jordan Pike The Jerusalem Post

• Trump sues Twitter, Facebook, Google and CEOs Dorsey, Zuckerberg, Pichai by Kevin Breuning CNBC

• Parents and the Internet for Good and Bad by Father Shay Cullen The Manila Times

• Facebook says Trump now suspended until at least January 2023 by Donie O'Sullivan CNN

• Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter by Erika Kinetz The Associated Press

• Unfriended no more: Facebook to lift Australia news ban by Rod McGuire The Associated Press

• In surprise move, Facebook blocks news access in Australia by Rod McGuirk The Associated Press

• Twitter, Truth and Transgenderism: Catholic outlet suspended for Biden nominee report by Catholic News AgencyThe Catholic World Report

• Facebook Blocks Brooklyn Parish From Livestreaming Masses by Currents News/NetTV

• The removal of Trump from Twitter was long overdue. A priest argues why truth must trump access to social media by Bill Dailey National Catholic Reporter

• Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of violent incitement by Tali Aebel The Associated Press

• Catholic Leaders Point to Dangers of Social Media After Capitol Violence by John Lavenburg The Tablet

• FTC, 48 attorneys general file antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. by Chris Mills and Rebecca Klar The Hill

• What the Facebook antitrust lawsuits might mean for hate speech by Molly Boigon The Forward

• How to fight Holocaust denial in social media – with the evidence of what really happened by Adam G. Klein The Conversation

• Hannah Arendt’s Critique of Social Media. How personal judgment—essential to a diverse democratic public sphere—gets subsumed by our clichéd attempts to join the crowd by Blake Smith Tablet

• Firestorm on Twitter in Spain after trending topic calls for burning priests by Inés San Martín Crux

• Vatican asks Instagram to investigate “Like” by Pope Francis’ account by Christine Rousselle CNA/The Catholic World Report

• How China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomats use and abuse Twitter by Jessica Brandt and Bret Schafer  Brookings

• Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib denounce Facebook as complicit in anti-Muslim violence/Their condemnation comes after a new report found that Facebook has played a role in anti-Muslim violence in Germany, by Alejandra Molina  Religion News Service

• A dispute resolution program for social media companies by Mark MacCarthy  Brookings

• Bishop Barron: Catholic Twitter could learn a lot from St. Thomas Aquinas by Sean Salai, S.J  America

• Social Media App ‘Clubhouse’ Had an Anti-Semitic Meltdown Over Yom Kippur by Waiir Rosenherg  Tablet

• Catholic 'influencers' are using TikTok for community and evangelization by Allyson Escobar  National Catholic Reporter

• The complicated reality of Catholic bishops on Twitter by Daniel P. HoranNational Catholic Reporter

• How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet by Jacob Gursky and Samuel Woolley  TechStream/Brookings

• Interfaith call to government: stop online abuse by Independent Catholic News

• 120-plus groups call on Facebook to put in place policy curbing anti-Semitism by Jewish News Syndicate

• The Filthy Hypocrisy of America’s “Clean” China-Free Internet by Sam Biddle  The Intercent

• Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by Nazis by Eric Tucker and Barbara Ortutay Associated Press

• How the Alleged Twitter Hackers Got Caught by Wired

• Surfing the Catholic Web by Mark Wilson Patheos

• Online sexual exploitation of children increased during pandemic by Chris Herlinger  National Catholic Reporter

• Spies, Lies, and Stonewalling: What It’s Like to Report on Facebook by Jacob Silverman,ColumbiaJournalism Review /Pocket

• Supporters denounce 'red-tagging' of prominent Philippine nun by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Global Sisters Report

• Why Facebook Censored an Anti-Trump Ad by  Steven Levy Wired

• There Can Be No Compromise In the Trump vs. Twitter Beef,  Having failed to curb the president's falsehoods, social platforms have reached a dispiriting impasse. by Noam Cohen  Wired

• Widower Asks Jack Dorsey to Remove Trump’s False Tweets. Twitter Says No. byThe New York Times

• This Is Why Social Media Isn’t Social and Can Harm Youth by John Horvat II  Return to Order

• Catholics Reflect on 10 Years of the Good, Bad and Ugly of Social Media by Peter Jesserer Smith  National Catholic Reporter

• Internet Safety for Teens, Kids, and Students by Dean Chester Best VPN News’

• David Duke and His Twitter Nazis Got Mad at Me. Twitter Took Their Side. by Jon Schwarz  The Intercept

• Meet the Twitter account promoting the Gospel, one tweet at a time by Jonathan Malesic America

• A priest is killed as ISIS revives in Syria, and deadly protests continue in Iraq by Kevin Clarke America

• What is Truth? Facebook and Twitter Can’t Decide by Brendan Gottschall, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Pope Francis calls on leaders and tech giants to protect children online by Junno Arocho Esteves  Catholic News Service/America

• Can social media connect us to God? Despite having a bad rap, social media can create a rich faith community and deeper spiritual life. by Molly Jo Rose U.S. Catholic

• Archbishop Lori on Social Media and Overcoming Division Online by Busted Halo

• Living an Interior Life in an Instagram World by Tina Mayeux Patheis

• Evangelizing on Twitter: A tweeting priest’s experience by Zelda Caldwell Aleteia

• Baltimore’s Archbishop Lori pushes back against Trump Twitter rant by Michael J. O’Loughlin America

• As more Africans join social media, Catholic bishops warm up to its potential by Tawanda Karombo National Catholic Reporter

• Vatican’s top diplomat warns of ‘dark side’ of the internet by Claire Giangravè Crux

• Can social media connect us to God? by Molly Jo Rose US Catholic

• Venezuelan priest uses Instagram fame to engage his people by J-P Mauro Aleteia

• Do Catholics need a new code of ethics for the digital age? by A U.S. Catholic interview US Catholic

• Diplomats, press ponder alternatives to ‘echo-chamber’ of social media by Elise Harris  Crux

• Sex abuse by clergy, what if media lead the debate? by Andrea Gagliarducci Catholic News Agency

• Mission Creep by Mark Shea  Patheos

• Twitter restricts Mother Teresa abortion quote; CEO can’t explain why by Jacob Comello Crux

• Bishop defends mom from Duterte; Facebook suspends his account by Charles Collins Crux

• Inside Lucetta Scaraffia’s resignation and Pope Francis’ election by Colleen Dulle America

• Founder, board of Vatican women’s magazine quit by Nichole  Winfield  Associated Press

• Wow: A Journalist Tells Bishops to Clean Up Their Act or ‘We Journalists Will Be Your Worst Enemies’ by Deacon Greg Kandra Patheos

• Pope Francis warns against ‘spirals of hatred’ on social media by Courtney Grogan ,CNA/EWTN News/Northwest Catholic

• Is Fake News Keeping Good Christians From Becoming Catholic? by K. Albert Little Patheos

• The Internet and Satan’s Game by Bishop Robert Barron The Catholic World Report

• Social Media and Incidental Evangelization: Oops, You Just Converted Someone Again by Kristy Burmeister Patheos

• Meet Atticus, the Instagram poet who never takes off his mask by Emma Winters America

• Pope Francis wants you to be holy online. Here’s how.  by Michael J. O’Loughlin America

• Facebook apologizes for blocking Steubenville's ad by CNA/EWTN News

• Catholics are sharing memes online. Is this the New Evangelization? by Angelo Jesus Canta America

• The (false) prophets of Facebook and Twitter are not exactly new by Terrance Klein    America

• Following Francis: The pope’s social media ministry takes off by Michael J. O’Loughlin America

• Pope Francis “There is no need to fall into the ‘sins of communications’: misinformation,.... which is sensational...They are very grave sins that damage the heart of the journalist.. by Catholic News World

• Pope Francis’ Social Media Guru: An Interview by The Jesuit Post

• Meet the man behind Pope Francis’ social media strategy by Bill McCormick, S.J.    America

• Chasing Likes:  Confessions of an Instagram addict by Ricky Staub    America

• What would Thomas Merton make of Trump, climate change and Twitter by Andrew Lenoir America

• Finding God in a Digital Age by Michael Rossmann, SJ   Jesuits Midwest

• 5 Catholic Social Networking Sites That You Should Know About by Dean Soto Productive Catholic

• Make way for the Gospel: Vatican ensures media give the message by Cindy Wooden CNS

• Pope Francis' Instagram success: a model for Catholic social media? by Andrea Gagliarducci CNA

• Top 6 Catholic hipsters on social media by Tommy Tighe Aleteia

• Top Ten Catholic Parish Website Providers by Joe Luedtke Catholic Tech Talk

• The Gospel and Social Media: 10 Tips for Spreading the Good Word on the Web by Sister Mary Ann Walsh The Huffington Post

• Engage Parishioners with Digital Displays by Jack Worachek Catholic Tech Talk

• 16 Social Media Insights for Catholics by Matthew Warner NCR

Documents

• Social Media Guidelines by USCCB

General Resources

• 81% of Hacking-Related Breaches Involve Compromised and Weak Passwords by Password Manager

Parent Resources

Interviews

• Sammy's Guide to Internet Safety.

Videos

Social Media in Franciscan Life with Fr. Daniel P. Horan, OFM

Encouraging Us To Go Deeper by Fr. Terry Keehan

Resources Awestruck