I saw a few people post about this over the weekend, and then again today I spotted this warning: Police issue a warning about a child pornography video circulating on Facebook As the article points out, sharing that video of child abuse is a crime. Simply being in possession of that video is a crime….
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we think about scientific studies, and how they are covered by the media in this age of Twitter and Facebook. I’ve also been thinking too about much of what is covered in this article, because it spends a bit of time describing what help is available, and…
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in the survivor community recently, and finally decided to say something about it after a recent post on Facebook this past weekend. The trend is of spreading “news” from clearly fake news websites in order to spread awareness about child abuse. In this case, I’m sure many of you saw,…
I wrote about this video on my tech blog earlier this week because websites, social networks, and pretty much everything on the internet are in a constant battle for our attention. In the video, Tristan Harris talks about our intentions and how the web is designed to override that. Think about it: how many times have you…
I’ve mentioned this in the past, but in the last week, I’ve had another stark reminder that not everyone is in a place where they can simply share with their social networks the fact that they are a survivor of childhood abuse, or are dealing with mental health issues. If you’ll allow me to quote…
Over the weekend, I wrote a lengthy piece over on my professional site about how social media, and regular media, are designed to capture, and keep, your attention. In order to do that, they figure out what you like to see, and keep showing you more of it. The piece was inspired by this rather…
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