Debra W. Soh

Dec 5, 2023 | washingtonexaminer.com | Debra W. Soh

Anywhere children go, predators are lurking. Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an investigation showing that Instagram’s Reels algorithm has the capacity to serve sexually inappropriate content involving minors to platform users, and particularly those who may have deviant interest in children. If you aren’t familiar with the Reels feature, it displays short videos in succession based on what the algorithm predicts the user wants to watch.

Nov 15, 2023 | washingtonexaminer.com | Debra W. Soh

In recent years, Finland has led the way in curtailing the widespread professional recommendation of gender transitioning in minors. In 2020, the Scandinavian nation announced it would be prioritizing psychological interventions instead of affirmation for gender dysphoric youth, particularly those presenting with a post-pubertal onset. Doing so acknowledged the worldwide increase in adolescent girls and young women suddenly wishing to transition.

Nov 7, 2023 | washingtonexaminer.com | Debra W. Soh

Science, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, published an article last week querying whether scientists should include "positionality statements" when publishing their research. The purpose of a "positionality statement" is to offer details about the author’s personal characteristics, such as their race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and geographic location, among others.

Oct 11, 2023 | washingtonexaminer.com | Stephanie Lundquist-Arora |Sean Durns |Debra W. Soh |Mike Gonzalez

GUATEMALA CITY — This weekend’s harrowing terrorist acts in Israel have made it all the clearer to Americans that President Joe Biden’s opening of our border has put the United States at grave risk. At least one Central American leader says he warned the administration years ago. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei cautions us that we are being invaded, perhaps by terrorists. He would know.

Oct 10, 2023 | washingtonexaminer.com | Stephanie Lundquist-Arora |Sean Durns |Debra W. Soh |Mark Judge

In an interesting essay in Harper’s magazine, writer Justin E. H. Smith explores what he describes as "an annihilation of almost everything that once oriented us." Smith is talking about Generation X, those born between the middle of the 1960s and 1980. According to Smith, the world he grew up in has become so unrecognizable he has to see a therapist to handle the dissonance. Everything is digital, and there is no critical integrity or guardrails anymore.