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Mental health programs alone won’t fix psychological injury among public safety workers
Public safety workers face rising rates of psychological injury and suicide. Research suggests employers are focusing on the wrong solutions.
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Most Canadian teens have seen graphic violence online, and algorithms — not searches — are to blame
Eighty-five per cent of teens have seen gore online, but only seven per cent searched for it. Current content moderation and safety features aren’t fixing the problem.
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What Allegheny County’s new court-ordered mental health treatment program can and can’t do
Allegheny County can now order treatment for people with serious mental illness. But what’s driving results – the order itself or the services behind it?
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Fiji police arrest man over alleged social media threat to ‘burn Suva’
RNZ Pacific reporters Fiji police say a man in his 50s has been taken into custody after he “allegedly issued a threat on social media” to remove the country’s 2013 Constitution or “burn the nation’s capital”. In a statement on Monday, police added that investigations were continuing. “The suspect in his 50s was questioned by
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Stop policing AI in the classroom, start teaching it
Universities’ crackdown on the use of AI misses the point. They should instead teach it as a vital productivity tool, undepinned by ethics.
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Fiji joins global Israel allies network, security plan slammed as ‘shameful’
Asia Pacific Report Fiji has become the 65th country to establish an “Israel Allies” parliamentary caucus, joining a global network of lawmakers aimed at strengthening political and diplomatic ties with Israel, reports FBC News. The announcement was made by Israel Allies Foundation president Josh Reinstein, who said the newly launched Fiji-Israel Allies Caucus marked another
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Caitlin Johnstone: They’re launching a new COINTELPRO for the 21st century
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Trump administration has announced a renewed crusade against “far-left terrorism,” which sounds okay if you don’t know that the word “terrorism” only ever means “behavior which goes against the agendas of the Western empire.” The United States has for example placed sanctions on UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese for calling
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Ukraine’s defence shake-up exposes rift in Zelensky’s inner circle
Mykhailo Fedorov’s removal is a distraction from a defence effort that had finally seemed to put Ukraine on the front foot.
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Why the Hillsborough Law has finally been passed, 37 years on
Now 37 years on from the disaster, a bill has passed forcing public authorities to take accountability.
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Venezuela earthquakes create opening for military’s return to public life
The armed forces are at the heart of the disaster response on Venezuela’s coast, just like they were in 1999.
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NZ govt says it had no influence over $200,000 doco ahead of Fiji election
By Russell Palmer of RNZ The government says it had no influence over $200,000 in funding for a documentary ahead of Fiji’s election about a Fijian cabinet minister facing down a scandal. The Ministry of Pacific Peoples funded the film Algorithm of Shame: In the Village, Everybody Knows was released in May, and tackles the
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Neil the Seal can teach us plenty about seal behaviour. A marine biologist explains
He also offers valuable lessons about how humans can interact – safely and responsibly – with marine wildlife.