"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."

theguardian.com/global-developโ€ฆ

#PublicHealth #SocialMedia #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #lgbtq #queer #censorship #shadowban

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I recall arguments on Twitter about 10-15 years ago about "We should stop using FB", and the pushback was "but many depend on FB for their only way to access the internet. You are too privileged to demand people leave FB".
I thought it was BS. No water is better than poisoned water.
The #fediverse does not allow these accounts to be silenced.

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Here we go. USA setting policy in countries where itโ€™s laws do not apply.

โ€In this latest purge, it blocked abortion hotlines in countries where abortion is legal, banned queer and sex-positive accounts in Europe, and removed posts with even non-explicit, cartoon depictions of nudity.โ€

Europe should fine #Meta for this.
@EUCommission this is blatant #censorship.

Email your EU representatives
nx82858.your-storageshare.de/sโ€ฆ

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in reply to C.S.Strowbridge

@csstrowbridge
Section 230 has veered so far from its original intentions it is unrecognizable. Big tech hides behind its protections while lobbing toxicity at us for profit.

I am astonished by the stubborn refusal of otherwise thoughtful people to recognize its role in giving life to *so* much of what is wrong.

Even IF we were to accept that platforms meet the letter of the law, its use is so clearly contrary to the spirit.

in reply to Drew Crecente (they/them)

@crecente @csstrowbridge They use algorithms to determine what content is shown. Therefore, they should not be given the same protections as an ISP that simply provides a data connection.

This should be obvious to anybody. But then we get billions in lobbying and politicians are magically โ€œconfusedโ€ about it.

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RE: med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/11570โ€ฆ

@bicmay

What could possibly go wrong?

Asking for a friend.


"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."

theguardian.com/global-developโ€ฆ

#PublicHealth #SocialMedia #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #lgbtq #queer #censorship #shadowban

in reply to Bich Nguyen

"Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content."

What a surprise.

#boycottZuckerberg
#boycottFacebook
#boycottInstagram
#boycottMeta
#boycottWhatsapp

... although there are so many "friends", that aren't really friends as they support Zuckerberg = Trump.

in reply to Bich Nguyen

if you're still with one leg in mainstream social media, close your accounts after inviting your followers over.
the more effort you put into the fediverse, the quicker you build a following. and that following will likely have more moral integrity than your mainstream ones, which will become increasingly valuable during & post apocalypse.
extra bonus: you participate in the resistance & help undermine capitalism & billionaires in general.
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