Daystar is losing a number of its popular stars after months of ongoing scandal at the influential Christian television network involving alleged abuse cover-up, spiritual abuse and financial misconduct. At least six program hosts… have parted ways with the network, though most have not cited the scandal as reason for their departure. (Post, Religion News Service)
Read MoreIn a number of sweeping changes that will significantly alter the way that posts, videos and other content are moderated online, Meta will adjust its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram, getting rid of fact checkers and replacing them with user-generated “community notes,” similar to Elon Musk’s X, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday. (Duffy, CNN)
Read MoreMark 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)
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