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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barbara Ortutay

Abortion advocates raise alarm about social platforms removing posts in apparent overreach

Social Media Abortion - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Clinics, advocacy groups and individuals who share abortion-related content online say they are seeing informational posts being taken down even if the posts don't clearly violate the platforms' policies.

The groups, in Latin America and the United States, are denouncing what they see as censorship even in places where abortion is legal. Companies like Meta claim their policies have not changed, and experts attribute the takedowns to over-enforcement at a time when social media platforms are reducing spending on content moderation in favor of artificial intelligence systems that struggle with context, nuance and gray areas.

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