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October 11, 2022

Evaluating Platform Abortion-Related Speech Policies: Were Platforms Prepared for the Post-Dobbs Environment?

ISD-US

Public Health, Tech Accountability and Safety

Clara Martiny, Francesca Visser and Isabel Jones

In this multi-platform study, ISD evaluates the actions taken by four major social media platforms to protect their users from abortion care misinformation and the promotion of dangerous products on the platforms; explores the scale and reach of abortion-related misinformation – particularly leading up to Roe v. Wade being overturned; and identifies the strategies and platform features that allow platforms to monetize abortion-related misinformation.

 

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Reversal of Roe v. Wade sparks influx of abortion misinformation on social media

ISD Contributors

Clara Martiny

Clara Martiny
Digital Research Analyst