Digital Disparities: the global battle for reproductive rights on social media

The Center for Countering Digital Hate, working with MSI Reproductive Choices, examined how Meta's platforms handle reproductive-health content across eight countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, drawing on interviews with local healthcare providers and review of platform enforcement decisions.

The 24-page report found that Meta frequently restricted or removed accurate reproductive-health information and imposed account bans on healthcare providers in these regions, often citing vague or unexplained policy violations, while advertisements containing anti-abortion misinformation — in some cases placed by groups located outside the targeted country — continued to run and accumulate views.

The report concludes that Meta applies its content policies inconsistently across regions, restricting legitimate health information while permitting misleading advertising, and calls on the company to correct this imbalance and improve accountability for its enforcement decisions in the Global South.