Facebook U-turns on banning abortion page after claims it was stifling human rights

Facebook U-turns on banning abortion page after claims it was stifling human rights

by Cara McGoogan
12 May 2017

Facebook has reinstated the page of a pro-choice group that helps women access abortion pills hours after it was banned for breaking the site's rules.

The social network blocked the Amsterdam-based Women on Web group on Thursday for violating its policies against "promoting and encouraging drug use". But it soon backtracked, apologising to the group and saying it was blocked "in error".

Continued at source: The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/05/12/facebook-u-turns-abortion-pill-page-ban-claims-stifling-human/