Facebook and Google are two tech giants companies that provide online services such as social media and search engines, to millions of people worldwide. These companies collect vast amounts of data on their users.
It has been reported that these companies have provided user data to law enforcement agencies to help them investigate and prosecute people who have sought abortions.
The Nebraska case of Jessica Burgess and her daughter is raising concern worldwide. Burgess and her daughter have been facing charges for allegedly performing an illegal abortion with the aid of pills. Nevertheless, Meta has provided the police with critical evidence to support their case.
According to the report, nine online pharmacies that sell abortion medication —BestAbortionPill.com, Abortion Ease, PrivacyPillRX, PillsOnlineRX, AbortionRx, Secure Abortion Pills, Generic Abortion Pills, Abortion Privacy, and Online Abortion Pill Rx — were deliberately sharing users’ information including their web addresses, location, and search data with third-party sites including Google.
Following the case, the company responded to “valid legal warrants from local law enforcement” and this happened before a recent Supreme Court decision called Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which has changed the laws around abortion in the country and allowed some states to ban it.
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