Last week, some major accounts Organizations that support Americans find drugs during pregnancy, making it difficult to censors, deleted, or finding Instagram posts.
Censorship of abortion -related content in social media is a long -term problem. A few days and weeks after the US Supreme Court overturned ROE V Wade in June 2022, some pregnancy abortion right groups were deleted and the accounts were suspended. , Instagram and Facebook have deleted the user's posts mentioned in abortion.
However, shortly after the return of Donald Trump to power, recent erasure and submerged abortion -related content may be more large among some abortion supporters on the horizon. I caused fear. The free formula may not be applied to all speeches.
“The story of this right and speech was the story of the freedom of speech, and I hope it applies to all formal speech,” he said. The person, Rebecca Davis, said.
Since last week, search for the word Instagram “Hey Jane” does not display an organization account. Instead, you can only find users when you enter the word “Hey Jane Health” (full name of your account). Davis said that it was a shadow ban.
“For those who are not following us but seeking care, there is no way to know that the only way to find us is to enter” Haygen Health “.” Davis said.
“While looking for this very timely and essential health care, the abilities of those who find accurate information are really limited.”
On Friday, Instagram deleted Hey Jane's post titled “5 Breakfast to Know in 2025” and “The post is to buy or sell or exchange drugs that require prescriptions from doctors or pharmacists. I can do it. ” Platform community guidelines. However, Hayegane has been verified by Legitscript and proves an online pharmacy. With meta, LEGITScript certified entities can execute prescription drugs.
New York Times, it Reported about the change Two organizations that help women and women only have recovered their accounts, in response to abortion -related content and accounts on Friday morning.
However, at least by Friday evening, the Woman had no women's account and was not restored until late on Monday, according to the screenshot that the Guardian saw.
Jessica Valenti, Author A Popular newsletter It tracks the development of abortion rights and restrictions, A flag was attached last week Several posts from the organization support access to mail the drug during pregnancy were blurred. As of Tuesday, at least two pin fastening posts were partially unclear on the account. The caption was available, but the image was blurred or completely deleted. Last week, the group stated that the account had been suspended for more than a week.
Meta's spokesman did not respond immediately to the list of questions from the Guardian, but told the Times that some of the incidents were the result of “over -execution.”
“It was more difficult to regain accounts and communicate with big high -tech for many years,” said Martha Dimitratou, a digital strategy of Group Plan C, a group plan C, which provides information about drugs during pregnancy. Medical experts highly agree that during the first pregnancy period of pregnancy, it is safe to use pills to “self -control” of their abortion.
Dimitratou estimated PLAN C's Instagram account has been deleted at least 6 or 7 times. “I have no institutional memory or understanding that this is what this is happening,” she said.
“Every time there is a new instance, we need to prove that we are a non -profit organization. We must go again from the square 1.”
Jane Eklund, the chief researcher of Repro Uncensored, who functions to protect access to information about pregnancy abortion, is often deleted when the procedure is in the headline. According to Ecland, the organization that posts content is a violation of platform regulations on selling or providing products online. Worked on 2024 Amnesty International Report About deleting online information related to abortion.
“There are so many tissues left in the dark, and if they know what they are, they will do what they need to avoid deleting content,” said Ekulund. I continued.
“They don't actually have the transparency from the platform.”
