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Health
Duncan Murray

Tech giants slammed for censoring party-drug alerts

Surveys show the majority of Australians now support pill testing. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Warnings about potential harmful substances circulating as party drugs are being censored by social media giants Meta and TikTok, advocates say.

Automated moderation by the companies is to blame for failing to differentiate public health posts from those promoting drug use, according to pill-testing groups.

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