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On Sunday, former President Donald Trump launched his new social media app, Truth Social.

 “God Is a Freak,” a new song by Australian artist Peach PRC, was rushed into release early Thursday (Feb. 3) after ex-evangelicals embraced a leaked TikTok clip of the track as a rallying cry against purity culture and LGBTQ exclusion.

While social media has much good to offer us, too much of a good thing can become a bad thing. St. Paul said, “Let your moderation be known to all people. The Lord is at hand.” [Philippians 4:5] The wisest man who ever lived wrote, “Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.” [Proverbs 25:28] Nowhere is a lack of moderation more dangerous than social media gluttony.

In a recent interview, Grammy Award-winning singer Tori Kelly encouraged her listeners to turn to God for acceptance rather than social media.

On Wednesday, Former President Donald Trump announced his new social media platform named TRUTH Social. The project is being called a "big tent" project that will promote "open, free, and honest" conversation without discrimination against viewpoints.

According to a new poll, most Americans who use social media say “life was better” before Facebook and other platforms existed. About one-fourth of social media users also say they believe they are addicted to the platforms.

World leaders met in Sweden this week to discuss how social media is influencing anti-Semitism.

Frances Haugen, a former data scientist at Facebook, quit the company and became a whistleblower this year. She says the company knows some of its products are dangerous, but refuses to take action.

Singer and social media influencer Kelsey Grimm recently released a new book. In her book, she encourages Christian women to recognize that their identity and worth are found in Christ alone.

A new social media app that will only host Christian content is set to launch sometime in 2022.