CENSORSHIP IS BULLYISM

This advertising and content inequity affects access to health for women and people of diverse genders, and it also affects economic access.

Often it’s the platforms’ AI and algorithms that are relied on to censor content, versus humans monitoring posts, which “makes it extremely difficult to speak to vaginal care. This would be a platform like TikTok, which removes content that uses the word ‘vagina’ or even slang. On Issuu Eve's Apple the Mag was removed and the ability to post or edit revoked for 6 weeks for using words like penis and vagina.

Platforms turn away ads spanning menopause, pelvic pain, pregnancy and postpartum care, menstrual health, fertility and sexual wellness content This advertising and content inequity affects access to health for women and people of diverse genders, and it also affects economic access. Women and nonbinary people are starting businesses in sexual health and wellness to meet meaningful, previously unaddressed needs. Facebook blocking their access to the key channel for growth–digital advertising–hurts their ability to help people, and stunts the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem for women’s health It limits investment in women’s health technology that would benefit us all

Sexual health is suppressed on social media. It's not because we are violating terms and conditions, it’s because of sloppy AI that is flagging it as sex or porn. Health information have been overlooked for a long time, but now there needs to be a fight as big tech companies completely ignore the right to information. "As a Black-owned information platform, we're finding that these are humans that are already being marginalized and limited to the access of information on the products that they have Our hope is that these companies understand that building AI is not just another task on your checklist It is a matter of people's health and their livelihood. Currently, they are furthering sexist and awful tropes that are continuing to damage the community."

Kanyisa Booi; Editor EAtM