Church of England Report Says Danger of Social Media Making People ‘Stupid’

A Church of England report has described the “indiscriminate use of social media” as leaving people in danger of becoming “stupid.” The report, co-authored by Martin Seeley, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, is part of the church’s efforts to understand issues surrounding “trust and trustworthiness” in the Church of England. But it goes further and says social media has made society quicker to judge others and less discerning in the way it trusts reliable sources of information. The report, which will be presented to the General Synod next month, suggests people who consider themselves Christians imagine what they write on X is printed out in a document and then they are, “asked to sit down with Christ and read it.”...