Current Events > Facebook/Instagram removing posts about sending abortion pills, not guns

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https://apnews.com/article/abortion-technology-politics-health-016eb3efd65dafc2b568af1495f5bac5

The AP obtained a screenshot on Friday of one Instagram post from a woman who offered to purchase or forward abortion pills through the mail, minutes after the court ruled to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion.
DM me if you want to order abortion pills, but want them sent to my address instead of yours, the post on Instagram read.

On Monday, an AP reporter tested how the company would respond to a similar post on Facebook, writing: If you send me your address, I will mail you abortion pills.
The post was removed within one minute.
The Facebook account was immediately put on a warning status for the post, which Facebook said violated its standards on guns, animals and other regulated goods.
Yet, when the AP reporter made the same exact post but swapped out the words abortion pills for a gun, the post remained untouched. A post with the same exact offer to mail weed was also left up and not considered a violation.
Marijuana is illegal under federal law and it is illegal to send it through the mail.
Abortion pills, however, can legally be obtained through the mail after an online consultation from prescribers who have undergone certification and training.

Tech companies are not your friend.

Maybe the bot got confused and though they said "Quiet Pills".

Though popular in Lake City, Facebook doesnt like when you talk about them.

I dunno how I feel about that, but it would be pretty easy for someone to just send sugar pills this way so maybe it's preventing a scam?

Will_VIIII posted...

I dunno how I feel about that, but it would be pretty easy for someone to just send sugar pills this way so maybe it's preventing a scam?

Clearly more important than preventing the transmission of arms and illegal drugs.

Nah man. That's not why.

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Ah whoops. Ty

Nerevar791 posted...

Clearly more important than preventing the transmission of arms and illegal drugs.

Nah man. That's not why.

I mean, it's gonna be pretty hard to sell counterfeit guns and weed.

Whereas fake pills depending on what's in them could actually harm the recipients. I'm not trying to devil's advocate here.

Will_VIIII posted...

I mean, it's gonna be pretty hard to sell counterfeit guns and weed.

Whereas fake pills depending on what's in them could actually harm the recipients. I'm not trying to devil's advocate here.

Wouldn't selling counterfeit weed and other medication be easy though? And Facebook/Instagram hasn't stopped them..

I never knew it was a thing tbh until now so maybe some consistency would be nice on their part.