News & Views Click for clinicians: The rise of the doctorfluencer Health professionals are becoming social media superstars. Is this the antidote to medical misinformation – or risky business?
News & Views Kuwait’s women launch “I will not be silent” campaign Kuwait’s women launch “I will not be silent” campaign, sparked by a video posted by influencer Ascia Al Faraj
News & Views More women allege they received lewd images from AFL player Jonathon Patton on social media The separate allegations from the women come after it was reported on Saturday that the Hawks player was under internal investigation.
News & Views Social media is the new frontier for gendered abuse. It’s time to clean up our feeds Social media is the new frontier for gendered violence and the rapid escalation we’ve witnessed during the coronavirus pandemic is chilling.
News & Views Twitter, Facebook take action after Trump compares COVID-19 to seasonal flu Twitter and Facebook have taken action against US President Donald Trump, after he used the platforms to spread misleading information.
Girls & COVID Most girls have experienced abuse on social media, according to new landmark study while social media plays a crucial role in connecting us with loved ones, it’s also the culprit of thousands of women being abused.
News & Views We need to talk about social media and the disturbing potential it has to impact mental health We need to talk about social media, and the disturbing potential it has to impact people’s mental health, writes Sarah Liberty.
Business Vanessa Pappas appointed as TikTok’s interim chief executive Australia’s Vanessa Pappas will step into the top job at embattled social media company, TikTok amid growing diplomatic tensions between the U.S and China.
News & Views We owe our kids a thorough survey of the remote learning model Remote learning during the pandemic intensified our children’s reliance on technology, potentially amplifying gaming and social media addiction and dependence.
News & Views Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online. When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny? Research shows one in five Australian women experience degrading content online. This is not ‘harmless’ or ‘normal’, writes Louise Richardson-Self.
News & Views Egypt sentences female TikTok stars to 2 years in prison for “violating public morals” In Egypt, female social media influencers have been sentenced to jail for posting ‘indecent videos’ that according to the state, ‘violate public morals’.
News & Views What if you don’t want to participate in #ChallengeAccepted You may have noticed #ChallengeAccepted coming up in your Instagram feed this week. So what if you don’t want to participate?