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Facebook Gave Nebraska Cops A Teen's DMs So They Could Prosecute Her For Having An Abortion (archive.ph)

submitted 2 years ago by sexy_peach@feddit.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] obsolete29@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This is such a misleading headline. The girl was 28 weeks pregnant. No state had legal abortion at 28 weeks unless there was at threat to the mother's life. They buried the fetus in their yard. This investigation began before roe vs Wade was invalidated.

But yeah, the headline as written plays really well with audiences with a certain narrative.

Fuck Facebook. Don't use it. Delete your account.

Edit: I misremembered. She was 23 weeks not 28. My bad. Better take: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/teens-jailing-shows-exactly-how-facebook-will-help-anti-abortion-states/

[–] Catradora_Stalinism@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

dang, thank you for the info. Can I ask for the rest of the story, it seems gruesome.

[–] obsolete29@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Update she was 23 weeks not 28. I misremembered. Skip to the what happened section here https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/teens-jailing-shows-exactly-how-facebook-will-help-anti-abortion-states/

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks, sorry, my fault as well

[–] thervingi@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a typical LeopardsAteMyFace moment. Democrats spent years to kill online privacy and to get tech giants to act like online cops.

This abortion issue might finally convince the Democratic party about the value of privacy.

[–] Catradora_Stalinism@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

that would be hard, democrats don't have any values besides the dollar