Tips to Protect Your Posts About Reproductive Health From Being Removed

"Meta has been getting content moderation wrong for years, like most platforms that host user-generated content. Sometimes it's a result of deliberate design choices-privacy rollbacks, opaque policies, features that prioritize growth over safety-made even when the company knows that those choices could negatively impact users. Other times, it's simply the inevitable outcome of trying to govern billions of posts with a mix of algorithms and overstretched human reviewers."

"We analyzed the roughly one-hundred survey submissions we received from social media users in response to our Stop Censoring Abortion campaign . Their stories revealed some clear patterns: certain words, images, and phrases seemed to trigger takedowns, even when posts didn't come close to violating Meta's rules. For example, your post linking to information on how people are accessing abortion pills online clearly is not an offer to buy or sell pills,"

"That doesn't mean you're powerless. For years, people have used " "-creative spelling, euphemisms, or indirection-to sidestep platform filters. Abortion rights advocates are now forced into similar strategies, even when their speech is perfectly legal. It's not fair, but it might help you keep your content online. Here are some things we learned from our survey: Practical Tips to Reduce the Risk of Takedowns"

Meta's content moderation frequently misclassifies lawful user-generated content due to deliberate design choices and the inherent limits of scaling moderation across billions of posts. Privacy rollbacks, opaque policies, and growth-prioritizing features can increase harm. Algorithmic systems and overstretched human reviewers often flag factual health information, risking deletions and bans. Survey responses reveal recurring triggers: certain words, images, and phrases prompt takedowns even when policies are not violated. Posts linking to information about accessing abortion pills are sometimes mistaken for offers to sell restricted goods. As a result, advocates adopt creative spelling, euphemisms, and indirection to keep legal speech online. Practical tips can reduce takedown risk.

Read at Electronic Frontier Foundation