YouTube will remove posts and ads promoting unsafe abortion methods and false claims.- The social media platform said it would ban such content under its medical misinformation policies.
YouTube said on Thursday it will ramp up efforts to remove false claims about abortion safety as well as instructions on unsafe abortion methods from the platform following the fall of Roe v. Wade.
In a $4, the social media platform said it would ban such content under its medical misinformation policies.
"Like all of our policies on health/medical topics, we rely on published guidance from health authorities," YouTube said in the $4. "We prioritize connecting people to content from authoritative sources on health topics, and we continuously review our policies & products as real world events unfold."
Last month, $4 that granted women the constitutional right to an abortion, prompting people to turn to social media in search of online abortion resources in the wake of the decision.
Though YouTube has pledged to ban content on unsafe abortion methods, $4 and $4 found that Facebook and Instagram $4 after abortion rights were gutted last month.
Last year, Facebook and Google profited from such ads promoting a $4 after they were viewed 18.4 million times, according to a report by $4. But $4, found related ads and posts still being served on Facebook as recently as June.
$4 described the method as "not based on science and do not meet clinical standards."
"Despite this, in states across the country, politicians are advancing legislation to require physicians to recite a script that a medication abortion can be 'reversed' with doses of progesterone, to cause confusion and perpetuate stigma, and to steer women to this unproven medical approach," the organization said. "Unfounded legislative mandates like this one represent dangerous political interference and compromise patient care and safety."