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Oh SNAP! Picking a Pope with Sex Abuse Solutions in Mind | The Revealer

Oh SNAP! Picking a Pope with Sex Abuse Solutions in Mind | The Revealer

Who's going to be the next pope? We know, more or less, who the cardinals are most likely to pick once the co…

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An Occupy Sandy photo faux pas

An Occupy Sandy photo faux pas

A storm relief image that went viral with incorrect context serves as a social media lesson A photo depicting…

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What Are Jesuits? What About Liberation Theology?

What Are Jesuits? What About Liberation Theology?

What's in store for Catholics under Pope Francis? As Michael B. Dougherty expertly explained yesterday, the C…

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Community Is Beginning to Consume Itself

Community Is Beginning to Consume Itself

As a fan of both and , "Conventions of Space and Time"should have been an easy sell. The very premise denoted…

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Mormon momentum | Rationalist Association

Mormon momentum | Rationalist Association

When Rick Santorum dropped out of the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, many conservat…

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In God They Trust | Rationalist Association

In God They Trust | Rationalist Association

An American businessman enters a town, and wants to establish himself as someone who can be trusted, someone …

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By Abby Ohlheiser, Micah Herskind, Tsach Saar
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Abby Ohlheiser Abby Ohlheiser is a technology reporter covering digital cultures, online influence, and trans issues. They have reported extensively on the Southern Baptist Convention as well as the conspiratorial turn within Evangelical churches. Additionally they hold a MA degree in religious studies focused on Evangelicalism. Micah Herskind Micah Herskind is an organizer and writer and has written for publications including New York Magazine, Vogue, Scalawag, Prism, Teen Vogue and Race & Class.
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Israel-Hamas war: Why people discussing Palestine on Instagram and TikTok believe they’re being shadowbanned Original

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By Abby Ohlheiser
| Vox Verified
“Algospeak” is an evasion tactic for automated moderation on social media, where users create new words to use in place of keywords that might get picked up by AI-powered filters. People might refer to dead as “unalive,” or sex as “seggs,” or porn as “corn” (or simply the corn emoji).
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A guide to the EU probe of Israel-Hamas disinformation on Elon Musk’s X

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By Abby Ohlheiser
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It’s no mystery that after buying Twitter, now known as X, Elon Musk has taken steps to weaken the platform’s defenses against unchecked amplification of misinformation. In early October, the Israel-Hamas war became the first real test for how X now handles major breaking news events. By many accounts, it’s not going well. It’s clearer than ever that X has changed more than just its name. Misinformation has circulated freely on X in the minutes, hours, and days following Hamas’s attack on Israel.
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