Social Media Dragon Addiction Is a Real Disease

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things - trout as well as eternal salvation - came by grace; and grace comes by art; and art does not come easy.
~A River Runs Through It (Naration)

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With Mueller report, the media begins its long look inward

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Via FAS: Special Counsel Investigations: History, Authority, Appointment and Removal, Updated March 13, 2019


“The Constitution vests Congress with the legislative power, which includes authority to establish federal agencies and conduct oversight of those entities. Criminal investigations and prosecutions, however, are generally regarded as core executive functions assigned to the executive branch. Because of the potential conflicts of interest that may arise when the executive branch investigates itself, there have often been calls for criminal investigations by prosecutors with independence from the executive branch.

Social Media Addiction Is a Real Disease, U.K. Lawmakers Say  

And Facebook and Google Must Be Taxed for It – Fortune: “For the last few years, some psychologists have been warning of the dangers of social media addiction—a phenomenon that whistleblowers from within tech industry say has been deliberately fostered by companies such asFacebook and Google. Now, lawmakers in the U.K. say social media addiction should be formally classified as a disease, and the companies behind the platforms should pay a 0.5% tax on their profits in order to help fix the problem. A cross-party group of parliamentarians on Monday published their report following an inquiry into “managing the impact of social media on young people’s mental health and wellbeing,” which ran from April 2018 to January this year. “Our Inquiry shows that there are aspects of social media which are positive—particularly for bringing together people with similar interests, reducing loneliness and helping communities stay in touch,” wrote Chris Elmore and William Wragg, the lawmakers who led the inquiry.

• #NewFilters to manage the impact of social media on young people’s mental health and wellbeing – Report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Inquiry: “Managing the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing”

Poynter’s Daniel Funke and the American Press Institute’s Susan Benkelman are out with the latest Factually newsletter. Big news this week: 19 news organizations in Europe are collaborating on a project to fact-check politicians ahead of the May parliamentary elections.

The Atlantic’s Taylor Lorenz calls out Instagram for being full of conspiracy theories and misinformation.