Summary

Meta's automated content moderation repeatedly removed abortion-related posts that did not break its own rules, including factual information about medication abortion. EFF's Stop Censoring Abortion campaign documented nearly 100 such removals in 2025, and accounts of clinics and researchers were suspended, with appeals often unanswered.

Sources

1. Our Stop Censoring Abortion Campaign Uncovers a Social Media Censorship CrisisElectronic Frontier Foundation · Originating report
2. Abortion advocates raise alarm about social platforms removing posts in apparent overreach | AP NewsAP News
3. When Knowing Someone at Meta Is the Only Way to Break Out of “Content Jail”Electronic Frontier Foundation
4. Meta’s censoring of abortion information is nothing new | The VergeThe Verge
5. The New York Times — Abortion groups tech platforms (2024-06-11)The New York Times
6. The New York Times — Instagram facebook abortion pill providers (2025-01-23)The New York Times
7. Defending Access to Abortion Information Online: 2025 in ReviewElectronic Frontier Foundation
8. Platforms Have Failed Us on Abortion Content. Here's How They Can Fix It.Electronic Frontier Foundation
9. Stop Censoring Abortion: The Fight for Reproductive Rights in the Digital AgeElectronic Frontier Foundation
10. #StopCensoringAbortion: What We Learned and Where We Go From HereElectronic Frontier Foundation
11. The Abortion Hotline Meta Wants to Go DarkElectronic Frontier Foundation
12. Meta is Removing Abortion Advocates' Accounts Without WarningElectronic Frontier Foundation

Tags

• content moderation
• abortion censorship
• automated takedown
• reproductive rights
• platform policy enforcement
• meta facebook
• overremoval
• health information
• free speech

Record

First collected

2026-04-15

Last verified

2026-10-10

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