- The two social networks owned by Mark Zuckerberg have been accused of censoring posts about abortion.
- The Senate of the United States set a deadline of July 15 for representatives of each to offer an explanation.
- Just a few days ago Meta was also accused of collecting medical information from its users that should be private.
Social networks emerged to revolutionize the form of communication between people. There are more and more options, although in the end they all have the purpose of reducing physical distances. They also help to know in real time what is happening anywhere in the world. Although there is now a strong discussion because some would be responsible for censor posts made about abortion.
To begin with, with the heyday of the internet, this new form of communication has also become popular. Now all knowledge is just a click away. While more and more people subscribe to these types of services to interact with other individuals.
In this sense, to date there are two social networks that are among the most popular in the world. Is about Meta and Instagram and both belong to the group headed by Mark Zuckerberg. According to figures reported by Statista, between the two they manage to gather an amazing four billion active users.
While now both options are surrounded by strong controversy and it is all due to the current political climate in the United States. To put in context, a few weeks ago the Supreme Court of Justice of that nation eliminated the right of women to abortion.
Since then, a divided environment has been generated because some people accuse that it is a setback that puts them at risk. While others have applauded the measure by ensuring that life should never be attempted.
In the midst of this environment, now a group of senators from that nation has pointed out that both Meta and Instagram have censored posts about abortion in recent weeks. The news was published by the Techxplore and mentions that it was given as July 15 deadline for both companies to offer an explanation.
In this case, Democratic senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren They are the ones at the top of this request. The two point out that both platforms have eliminated publications that offered information on places to go to request this medical service in the event of an unwanted pregnancy.
Similarly, in other cases there have been publications that have been reported as containing “sensitive material” even though they are actually informative. When that happens, their impact is less than the rest and they can have a great reach.
With this in mind, the problems for Meta are mounting. Just a few days ago a joint investigation of Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and The Markup discovered that the powerful platform collects data on women who follow pro-choice health center profiles.
In fact, it was accused that since 2019 the social network created an automatic learning system to help detect health data that should be confidential. It also blocked data containing any of 70,000 health-related terms.