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Learn more about CIJ’s Algorithm Equality Campaign:
In 2022, Center for Intimacy Justice (CIJ) published an investigative report in The New York Times and 80 media outlets revealing that Meta systemically rejects women’s and people of diverse gender’s health advertisements (of the 60 companies CIJ studied, 100% faced ad rejections) – despite Meta allowing erectile dysfunction and other male-focused advertisements. Censorship of sexual health prevents access to critical information, and disproportionately effects the LGBTQIA+ community.
In response to CIJ’s findings, the US Senate HELP Committee publicly questioned Meta on this issue, Hillary Clinton called attention to the matter on Twitter, and recently a US Senator raised CIJ’s research in a hearing question on the Senate floor.
After CIJ’s report came out, Meta made wording additions to its Global Ads Policy that specifically wrote more examples of women’s and people with vulva’s sexual health ads that Meta states are allowed. However, Meta is not enforcing these additions; CIJ’s recent surveys show that sexual health advertisements for women and people with vulvas are being censored similarly to before.
Now, CIJ Is working to change in the actual algorithmic execution of Meta’s policies – while also taking on Google, TikTok, Amazon and others, for censoring sexual health information and products.
