Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13207517...
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
A leading psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram, repeatedly ignoring expert advice and prioritising profit over lives.
Pet DNA testing company in doghouse after identifying human as canine | Dogs | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Mushrooms swapped for tampons among bizarre UK supermarket substitutions (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu approves Rafah attack plans as aid ship reaches Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Germany’s foreign affairs minister, Annalena Baerbock, tweeted: “A large-scale offensive in #Rafah cannot be justified. Over a million refugees have sought protection there and have nowhere to go. A humanitarian truce is needed immediately so that more people don’t die and the hostages are finally released.”
‘I saw many people suffer’: former Del Monte Kenya guards speak of violence on pineapple farm (www.theguardian.com)
Fresh Del Monte, the Florida-based headquarters of the tropical fruit empire, is arguing that it should not be liable for a case in Kenya because it is domiciled in the Cayman Islands.
Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding (www.theguardian.com)
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakistan and Afghanistan...
China Nobel prize winner tarred as one of ‘three new evils’ amid rise in nationalist fervour (www.theguardian.com)
Mo Yan is widely celebrated in China but now faces a lawsuit accusing him of smearing the Communist party amid an increasingly febrile atmosphere online...
Stargazer’s paradise: Oregon area named world’s largest dark sky sanctuary (www.theguardian.com)
Certification awarded for 2.5m acres offering pristine views of night sky, with hopes for expansion to 11m acres...
‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump’s big lie in Arizona (www.theguardian.com)
The state Republican party is undaunted by electoral defeats for those claiming voting is rigged – and election officials are bearing the brunt of their fury...
US marriages back to pre-pandemic levels while divorce rate falls (www.theguardian.com)
2022 saw nearly 2.1m marriages, up slightly from 2019 – but still far below their height in 1946...
Mike Pence will not endorse Donald Trump’s presidential campaign (www.theguardian.com)
Former Indiana governor and candidate for Republican nomination tells Fox News decision ‘should come as no surprise’...
German, French and Polish leaders make joint show of unity over Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/11744219...
UK government seeks to limit low-traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for drivers’ (www.theguardian.com)
Mississippi police officer pleads guilty to forcing prisoner to drink his own urine (www.theguardian.com)
Michael Christian Green faces up to year in prison after pleading guilty over incident in town of Pearl in December...
Israeli forces kill 20 Palestinians waiting for aid, Gaza health ministry says (www.theguardian.com)
The latest incident came hours after eight people were killed in an airstrike on an aid distribution centre at al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, health officials said.
Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’ (www.theguardian.com)
Most US sandwich baggies contain toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, analysis says (www.theguardian.com)
Testing commissioned by Mamavation blog found high levels of a marker of PFAS in nine of 11 baggies tested
Mystery in Japan as dangerous streptococcal infections soar to record levels (www.theguardian.com)
Health officials racing to identify cause of rise in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which has a 30% fatality rate...
‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes (www.theguardian.com)
Carbon schemes are touted as a way to transfer billions in climate finance to the developing world – but people at the Kariba project in Zimbabwe say most of the profits never arrive...
Man who was almost sucked off plane among group suing Alaska and Boeing (www.theguardian.com)
Seven people who allegedly suffered injuries after a door-sized panel blew off mid-air file suit against airline and manufacturer...
Missouri law bars divorce during pregnancy – even in cases of violence (www.theguardian.com)
The statute, which can lead to reproductive coercion in a state that has banned abortion, has recently gained nationwide attention...
Israel broke international law with tank shelling that killed journalist, UN finds (www.theguardian.com)
Australia reinstates funding to UNRWA to provide aid in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Australia is reinstating funding to a key UN aid agency amid concerns about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, while calling on Israel to allow lifesaving supplies into the territory “now”....
