BeReal gives users two-minutes to take simultaneous photos with the front and back cameras on their phone and share it with friends - an experience seen as more ‘authentic’ than other social media.
Searching symptoms online has become so common there is a name for the condition of health anxiety induced by self-diagnosis on the internet: Cyberchondria.
A privacy researcher found a ‘code injection’ that allows Instagram and Facebook to collect sensitive user data, including passwords and credit card details.
Chief James Ramer of the Toronto Police Service speaks during a press conference.
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Studies of online echo chambers don’t paint the full picture of Americans’ political segregation. New research shows that the problem is more Fox News Channel and MSNBC than Facebook and Twitter.
When you dissociate, you become so absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time.
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Dissociation can be a healthy part of cognitive functioning, provided it doesn’t get in the way of your goals.
Most of us acquire our beliefs using a combination of research and social networks. Those social networks can provide false information.
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Parental controls and surveillance have their place but internal safeguards like empathy, resilience and values serve children throughout their lives, whether online or offline.
White nationalist Dylann Roof appears in court on June 19, 2015, after his arrest in the mass shootings at a Black church in South Carolina.
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Since 2017, the FBI has warned US Congress that the rise of white nationalism and the violence of extremist militia groups is a dangerous domestic terrorism threat.
Love Island winners Ekin-Su and Davide will leave the villa £50,000 richer.
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