In an investigation into Meta’s opaque account suspensions and allegations of political censorship, netzpolitik.org features Repro Uncensored’s legal action against Meta. Martha Dimitratou, Director of Repro Uncensored, calls for greater accountability, transparency, and the protection of fundamental rights online, highlighting the risks of social media reporting systems being weaponized for political censorship.

Is educational content about women’s reproductive and sexual health being removed or restricted on social media apps? Content moderation tools are meant to flag specific words and imagery that breach platform guidelines, like showing nudity or explicit content, but posts that use clinical terms like ‘vagina’ are getting blocked too. BBC reporter, Ashitha Nagesh has been speaking to charities, campaigners and businesses about this issue.

The Digital Duty of Care bill was introduced in the Federal Parliament on Thursday, with Communications Minister Anika Wells also addressing the National Press Club about the proposed laws. 

Up until Oct. 3, Los Angeles-based lingerie brand Cantiq had over 100,000 followers on Instagram. Designer and owner Chelsea Hughes told Mashable that Instagram was its number one source of traffic and revenue — the lifeblood of the gender- and size-inclusive brand.

Florence Pugh received a "sensitive-content" warning on her Cornell post; she doesn't appear to be the only one.

After three months of daily anti-government protests—dubbed the Flamingo Revolution—the sudden mass suspension of Instagram accounts has led to fears of brigading against demonstrators.

Dozens of Instagram accounts linked to Albanian activists, journalists and an opposition party leader have been closed or disabled amid ongoing protests over a luxury hotel development linked to U.S President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

In October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a professor of chemistry in Ethiopia’s northern town of Bahir Dar, was shot at close range and died outside his family home. This was in the middle of the country’s civil war.

HIV charity says it is being targeted by a loosely organised campaign of spurious complaints motivated by stigma

A South Dakota law banning ads for pro-choice websites. Bills in Texas, Iowa, and South Carolina outlawing internet service providers from hosting websites with abortion pill information. A Texas university canceling a speech by an abortion provider. A professor demoted over a pro-choice op-ed.

Over the past year, marginalised communities, including LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, have reported a growing wave of account suspensions, removals and restrictions from Meta’s moderation systems.

A South Dakota law banning ads for pro-choice websites. Bills in Texas, Iowa, and South Carolina outlawing internet service providers from hosting websites with abortion pill information. A Texas university canceling a speech by an abortion provider. A professor demoted over a pro-choice op-ed.

The NGO Repro Uncensored accuses Meta of censoring more than 100 European civil society actors on Instagram. Among them are nine Berlin party organizers and clubs. What they all have in common is that they publish progressive, queer, and gender-related content.

Sex workers' and queer collectives' accounts are disappearing. Meta is flattening social media, and the grief is growing.

Meta targets reproductive rights: Five pro-choice organizations disappear from Facebook in a week.

When ‘simply being seen becomes political’: Meta’s crackdown on Australian LGBTQ+ accounts

NO LONGER ONLINE: Queer Censorship and the Illusion of Platform Neutrality

The only thing consistent about the social media platform’s rules on showing naked body parts appears to be its inconsistency in enforcing them.

As the EU publishes its digital sovereignty plans, we've come up with a little techno-utopian package of our own. Our guest throughout is tech and solar-punk author Cory Doctorow: join us as we explore queer social media take-backs, French AIs, Finish super-computers, Croatian Wikipedia and all the reasons why this might just be the moment in which things start to change for the better.

Republicans in Washington often call the EU’s digital platform rules online censorship. For those working in adult industries, sex education and women’s health, the rules should be a tool to combat suppression of lawful speech online – but many say restrictions on their posts and accounts are only intensifying. Businesses, women’s health organizations, educators and […]