"Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products #harmed #users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms." #meta #facebook #bigtech

reuters.com/sustainability...

You’ve likely #met a #nonbinary or #transgender #person. All they ask is not to be #harmed or #hurt.

You may not know my #Nonbinary #teen personally and may think you don’t know anyone who is #trans — but the #facts are, you don’t have to in order to give them basic human #respect.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #TransKids #Parents #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.kansas.com/opinion/article295493684.html

Opinion: Senate hopeful's words may come back to bite him at ballot box

Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde, who is running for Senate against Democrat incumbent Tammy Baldwin, has harmed his campaign with careless comments

In advance of oral argument in March, hundreds of #pharmaceutical companies & former #FDA ofcls warned #SCOTUS not to second-guess #scientific #experts & said a ruling against FDA would destabilize the #regulatory system & jeopardize investments in #research & #innovation.

Most of the questions from the justices at argument centered on whether the #antiabortion challengers had a #legal right –or #standing – to file. Lawyers defending the drug said the plaintiffs were not directly #harmed.

#law

#Nebraska #Judge #Dismisses #Transgender #Graduate's #Lawsuit Over #Shutdown of #School #NewsPaper

The former student who brought the suit could not prove he was #harmed by the #school's #action, so lacked the legal standing to sue, because he had graduated and was no longer a student, the #judge #ruled.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Media #Courts #Education #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.advocate.com/law/school-newspaper-lawsuit-dismissed

Nebraska Judge Dismisses Transgender Student's Suit Over Shutdown of School Paper

The former student who brought the suit could not prove he was harmed by the school's action, the judge ruled.

Advocate.com

Montréal’s ‘mixed’ police squads don’t help the city’s unhoused people — they cause more harm.

https://theconversation.com/montreals-mixed-police-squads-dont-help-the-citys-unhoused-people-they-cause-more-harm-214312

"The perspectives of front-line workers couldn’t be clearer: far from being a form of support, mixed squads have further #harmed un-housed people."
#UnhousedPeople

Montréal's 'mixed' police squads don't help the city's unhoused people — they cause more harm

Front-line workers who support unhoused people say far from being a form of support, mixed police squads add a layer of surveillance and harassment.

The Conversation

The #DOJ filed suit in July, arguing that the barrier violated a #federal #law that prohibits structures in navigable waterways w/o federal approval.

It said the barrier, placed in a section of the river in the border city of #EaglePass, #Texas, endangered #migrants, hampered the operations of the #BorderPatrol & #harmed #diplomatic relations w/ #Mexico.

#Abbott #inhumane #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

#JenaGriswold, the #Colorado secy of state, said in a statement, “I look forward to the #Colorado #court’s substantive resolution of the issues, & am hopeful that this case will provide guidance to #election officials on Trump’s eligibility as a candidate for office.”

The #plaintiffs are #Republican & #unaffiliated voters who argue that #Trump is #ineligible & that they will be #harmed if he appears on primary #ballots.

PSA for all #PhD peers especially those in #PublicHealth and related areas.

Similarly #credentialed #peers calling you out for #HarmfulRhetoric #minimizing #Covid to people asking for #help online who don’t know any better—that critique is not harmful rhetoric. It might have #harmed your #feelings or your #ego but it is NOT the same as the actual #harm you are causing by using your credentials to encourage ppl to harm themselves bc you think they have #anxiety and can’t check your #ableism