More people are turning to chatbots to make sense of their mental health. A psychotherapist explains where healthy curiosity ends and real risk begins.
AI chatbots are increasingly used for psychological self-diagnosis.
Key risk: wrong conclusions that delay or replace real therapy.
AI-assisted information is useful as a first step, not a substitute for specialists.
On social media, posts about children killed in Ukraine or the drone strike in Galați collect laughing reactions alongside grief. A sign of detachment — not total indifference, but not innocent either.
Under images of victims in Ukraine and Galați, many Romanians click laughing emojis.
Social psychology points to defensive detachment, desensitisation through overexposure, and group pressure.
Algorithms amplify the phenomenon but did not create it — the problem is older and runs deeper.
Sociologist Remus Ștefureac argues that false narratives about the Constanța drone incident took hold before authorities managed to say anything coherent.
A Ukrainian drone diverted by Russian jamming exploded Friday in the Port of Constanța.
Disinformation filled the authorities' communication vacuum in the first hours.
Sociologist Remus Ștefureac calls for clear institutional crisis-communication protocols.
Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine are redefining their ties with Moscow. The Kremlin is losing gravitational pull, but remains a persistent source of instability.
Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine are all distancing themselves from Moscow after three years of war.
Russia is losing political influence but remains a disruptive force through indirect means.
Moldova is on track for EU accession; reunification with Romania remains a contingency option.