La vague de censure aurait commencé il y a plusieurs semaines déjà. Selon un article du Guardian, Meta aurait supprimé ou restreint des dizaines de comptes d'organismes œuvrant pour l'accès à l'avortement ou de groupes LGBTQIA+.

On February 10, over 300,000 signatures were handed over to German lawmakers in Berlin, urging them to finally remove abortion from the criminal code. Dozens of advocacy groups, including major trade unions, stood alongside politicians from the Greens, SPD and Die Linke, calling for a vote before the end of the legislative period.