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Produced for @empowervmedia Edited & fact-checked by @jorgebscomm Modern smear campaigns: anonymous digital attacks, sensational media lies, and public slander erode reputations and trust.   (📷:empowervmedia) C haracter assassination is defined as the deliberate and systematic destruction of an individual’s reputation or credibility through strategic communicative attacks that target their private lives, values, and core identity. While the human impulse to discredit rivals is as old as the recorded history of the Pharaohs or the Roman Senate, the current decade has introduced a level of scale and precision that has transformed this ancient tactic into a ubiquitous feature of global discourse. In the period spanning 2024 and 2025, the world witnessed a profound convergence of technical capability and social fragmentation, creating a fertile environment for what scholars describe as "reputation politics" . This is not merely a byproduct of internet anonymity; it is a cal...

Digital dependence is a public health crisis accelerated by platform design exploiting our core personalities.   (📷:choosehelp) T he landscape of modern life is inextricably woven with online social networks, a phenomenon exemplified by the massive scale of global engagement. Today, approximately 4.8 billion people worldwide are actively utilising social media platforms , a figure that reflects the unparalleled success of platforms like Facebook in providing connection and information. Yet, embedded within this massive user base is a burgeoning crisis of digital dependency, known scientifically as Problematic Facebook Use (PFU) or Facebook Use Disorder (FUD). This is not merely frequent engagement but a pattern of functional impairment characterised by addiction-like symptoms: a manifest inability to control usage, the experience of withdrawal when disconnected, the neglect of important real-world activities in favour of screen time, and ultimately, facing significant negative con...