Social media loses ground on abortion misinformation

Oct 18, 2022 View Original Article
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"TikTok includes medical misinformation about vaccines and abortion in its integrity policies."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Between the lines: Access to correct information in this era is even more important than before, given the rapidly-changing laws around abortion, the ISD researchers write, since inaccurate information can lead people to make dangerous decisions about their healthcare."
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-14% Liberal
"State of play: In addition to false or misleading narratives being circulated on platforms, accounts that link people to information about abortion pills or pro-choice candidates are being flagged and taken down."
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-20% Liberal
"Big Tech platforms are blocking abortion-pill distribution information and permitting false narratives about abortion to spread, more than 100 days after the Supreme Court's ruling overturning a constitutional right to abortion."
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-46% Liberal
"And when Congress passes it, I'll sign it in January, 50 years after Roe was first decided the law of the land, Biden added."
Positive
20% Conservative
"The court got Roe right nearly 50 years ago and I believe the Congress should codify Roe, once and for all, Biden said in a speech Tuesday afternoon."
Positive
6% Conservative
"In the meantime, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Monday about the efforts the Administration is making to protect abortion providers and patients until the right to choose can be protected in law."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Biden has consistently promised to protect the right to choose, but he's also determined that most of his leadership will be done through Congress, rather than executive orders."
Positive
0% Conservative
"President Joe Biden aounced Tuesday that when the new Congress is seated in January, his first act will be to call on them to protect abortion access, saying it will be much easier if more Democrats are elected in the midterms."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Democrats holding onto the House majority after the midterms is less likely, but not impossible, and if voters can just place a majority that are in support of the right to make one's own medical and life decisions, then legislation could make it through Congress -- and if it reaches Biden's desk, it's a done deal."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Biden has warned that if Republicans are given increased power, they will use it to rob women of rights, and that abortion will be only the begiing, followed by access to birth control and other hard-won freedoms."
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-18% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : TikTok includes medical misinformation about vaccines and abortion in its integrity policies.
43% : Between the lines: "Access to correct information in this era is even more important than before, given the rapidly-changing laws around abortion," the ISD researchers write, since inaccurate information can lead people "to make dangerous decisions about their healthcare."
40% : "State of play: In addition to false or misleading narratives being circulated on platforms, accounts that link people to information about abortion pills or pro-choice candidates are being flagged and taken down.
27% : Big Tech platforms are blocking abortion-pill distribution information and permitting false narratives about abortion to spread, more than 100 days after the Supreme Court's ruling overturning a constitutional right to abortion.

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