Abortion groups say tech companies suppress posts and accounts

Davis, the head of marketing for Hey Jane, a telemedicine abortion service whose account TikTok suspended four times without explanation, at her apartment in New York, June 7, 2024. Abortion groups and women’s health advocates say they are increasingly confused and frustrated by how major technology platforms moderate posts about abortion services. — The New York Times

TikTok has briefly suspended the account of Hey Jane, a prominent telemedicine abortion service, four times without explanation. Instagram has suspended Mayday Health, a nonprofit that provides information about abortion pill access, without explanation as well. And the search engine Bing has erroneously flagged the website for Aid Access, a major seller of abortion pills online, as unsafe.

The groups and women’s health advocates say these examples, all from recent months, show why they are increasingly confused and frustrated by how major technology platforms moderate posts about abortion services.