I just want social media to end already. The centralization of internet content into the hands of 3-4 gatekeepers has been terrible for quality and independent thought.
Blocking social media on my networks has made this so evident. There's SO much news and information silo'd off on just a handful of platforms it's insane.
I haven't blocked Reddit yet, but I feel that would basically set me back to the stone ages.
Its not "Abortion" itself being censored, rather gray market indian pharmaceutical companies. There is a huge market of third world pharma producers who create anything from modafinil to viagra and sell these prescription-only drugs on the open web. Their host countries do not prosecute, and the only reason the business works is that no country can check every single package that enters it. Anyone dedicated enough can find these marketplaces and order alot of useful medication, and in general i believe that drugs should be largely decriminalized and easily accessible, but that doesnt mean the potential customers themselves should be 'accessible' as well.
Speak for yourself, I routinely look at the cdc for health guidelines because it's orders of magnitude better than whatever SEO garbage normally shows up. Also the National Hurricane Center website for updates.
Nurses and the professionals who keep you healthy and safe rely on these websites. Just because you personably do not, does not mean you aren’t directly benefiting from their existence.
> there has been a sharp increase in reports of social media platforms removing or suppressing abortion-related content, even when no law requires platforms to do so
> Obstacles to Autonomy: Post-Roe Removal of Abortion Information Online (Amnesty International
There's also a reference to a site called Repro Uncensored [2]. Another click brought me to "Amnesty International USA x Plan C x WFD: How Abortion Information is Restricted Online" [3].
> Did you try skimming some of the references on the linked page?
I honestly missed them. So, it seems to be TikTok and Facebook (including Instagram) removing abortion-related things (not very precisely defined) after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Which seems on its face somewhat reasonable; if something is no longer universally legal in all states, it might be categorized in with other things not nationally legal, and treated the same.
Anything I see on social media requires a fact check on a "legitimate" site. I don't even trust the random historical facts that pop up which are inconsequential. It's a sad state that anyone is actually using important health information from these sources.