The haunting interview-based documentary Screams Before Silence about the Oct. 7 Hamas attack will be shown Sunday evening, Oct. 6 in Overland Park. Produced by Sheryl Sandberg, former CEO of Facebook, it ...
Read More »Today’s News Briefs: A 6-second kiss study; Dennis Quaid movie; Canadian weapons in Russia
Today’s news briefs include a 6-second kiss study; Canada oks weapons use in Russia and Dennis Quaid on his movie “Reagan” being censored by social media. Canada gives green light to using ...
Read More »Local church responds after gun give-away doubles attendance
River Church of Kansas City, which meets in Lenexa, Kan., has seen a surge in attendance since raffling off a $1,200 AR-15 rifle for Father’s Day and a follow-up gun-giveway. Bot everyone ...
Read More »Missouri AG joins lawsuit over Facebook, Instagram
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, along with attorneys general of 32 other states, on Tuesday sued Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. The federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District ...
Read More »Social media a top concern for parents: Tips to protect children
As schools across the nation are back in session, a new poll finds parents are increasingly concerned about the social media habits of their children. The vast majority of parents say internet ...
Read More »Biden administration seeks to overturn laws that prohibit online censorship
The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to strike down laws that prevent Facebook and other social media from censoring political and religious speech. The laws, passed in Texas and Florida, ...
Read More »Surgeon General warns social media affects mental health of minors
Social media use among minors can severely damage mental health, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned this week. “The most common question parents ask me is, ‘is social media safe for my kids?’” he said. ...
Read More »Facebook threatens to pull news feeds over California bill
Facebook and Instagram may pull news feeds from both platforms of California users over if the state legislature passes the Journalism Preservation Act. Meta in a statement May 31 laid out its ...
Read More »Sen. Josh Hawley calls for age requirement for social media
Kids would not be able to go on to social media until age 16 under legislation proposed by Sen. Josh Hawley. The Missouri Republican is joining a chorus of others including doctors, ...
Read More »CDC used portal to censor dissenting social media posts: Twitter files
The United States government through the CDC used a secret Twitter portal to censor COVID-19 content that contradicted the government’s narrative. The startling revelation of direct infringement of First Amendment rights to ...
Read More »Daring new program disciples Afghan Christians
A new program aims to reach Afghan Christians who are forced to conceal their faith. In November SAT-7’s Persian-language channel launched a new social media initiative, Church4Afghanistan, comprised of a new brand ...
Read More »Communist China pays to influence American news: Report
China is waging a multi-billion dollar global campaign to influence major news outlets to shape public opinion. That’s according to a new report that lays out how American media is profiting from ...
Read More »Survey finds young people follow news, but
NEW YORK—Young people are following the news but aren’t too happy with what they’re seeing. They’re also abandoning Facebook as s source of news. That’s the conclusion of a study released Wednesday ...
Read More »Twitter, Facebook ban pro-Democracy accounts that criticize China
Twitter and Facebook have banned over 100 pro-democracy accounts that criticized China, Russia and Iran. The social media companies allege that the pages and groups were pro-American and “used deceptive tactics” to ...
Read More »Facebook reverses censorship of post that men can’t get pregnant
Facebook has reversed its decision to censor an independent think tank group that posted men can’t get pregnant. The social media giant claimed it was an “error” following public backlash despite initially ...
Read More »Tony Dow, who played Wally on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ has died
Tony Dow, one of television’s most iconic figures for his role in “Leave it to Beaver,” died Wednesday. The actor passed away while on hospice after it was announced his cancer had ...
Read More »These companies will pay employees for abortion expenses
America’s most liberal companies have made their stance on Roe clear this weekend as they’ve promised employees they’ll pay for abortions. Many of them were mocked by pro-lifers on social media who ...
Read More »How corporate takeovers threaten podcasting
At first glance, it may seem as though Big Tech can’t figure out how to make money off its foray into podcasting. In early May 2022, Meta announced that it was abruptly ending ...
Read More »Airbnb to drop all listings in Communist China
Airbnb is ending its listing in China as of July 30 the company announced Tuesday. It will cease all domestic rentals and remove all listings in part because of continuing Covid lockdowns. ...
Read More »Survey: Americans divided over role of faith in their lives
A new survey finds that Americans are divided over the role their faith should play in their day-to-day lives. The “Faith in America Survey,” conducted by The Marist College Poll, shows Americans ...
Read More »Social media loses popularity among younger generations
As concerns about the negative impact of social media on young people continue, the popularity of the apps is waning. Those born in the late 1990s and early 200s are turning their ...
Read More »Tech giants among companies on Dirty Dozen sexual exploitation list
Sexual exploitation through the use of the Internet remains a big problem in the wake of the pandemic. Several large tech companies – including Google, Facebook and Netflix – are included on ...
Read More »CDC quietly cuts 25% of deaths from official data on children
Nearly 25% of all deaths of children attributed to Covid have now been removed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new numbers for children were in addition to ...
Read More »Vaccine passport is not mark of the beast, says Franklin Graham
When it was reported that a vaccine passport microchip implant has been developed, some Christians questioned whether it could be the biblical mark of the beast. It is not, evangelist Franklin Graham ...
Read More »Facebook backtracks after banning publisher of conservative children’s books
A publisher of conservative children’s books once again can access and advertise on Facebook after a public outcry. Heroes of Liberty offers biographies of such American heroes as President Ronald Reagan and ...
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