Bloomberg examines how the technology industry is navigating privacy and misinformation challenges amid a rollback in US reproductive rights

Google Maps Regularly Misleads People Searching for Abortion Clinics

By Davey Alba, Jack Gillum, Cedric Sam and Christopher Cannon

The search often leads US users to organizations with no medical license, which aim to convince people to keep their pregnancies going. 

Anti-Abortion Group’s Data Trove Represents ‘Serious Concern’ Post Roe

By Margi Murphy

Heartbeat International collects data from ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ that try to convince women not to get an abortion

Tech Giants Brace for Legal Mess of Abortion Data Subpoenas

By Dina Bass and Mark Bergen

Companies including Google and Microsoft would have evidence on users seeking abortions. Will they fight government demands for private information?

Deadly Abortion Misinformation Rings Alarm Bells for Doctors, TikTok

By Ella Ceron

Online posts touting toxic substances to end pregnancies are pushing social-media platforms and doctors to act. 

Anti-Abortion Centers Find Pregnant Teens Online, Then Save Their Data

By Margi Murphy

The so-called ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ are turning to social media, including Snap Maps, to lure young people

FTC Joins Push for Rules on Trade of Smartphone Location Data

By Jack Gillum and Brody Ford

Post-Roe, concerns that data broker services could be used to enforce anti-abortion laws have highlighted the lack of rules governing the industry.

Google Is Still Failing to Label Many Ads From Anti-Abortion Centers

By Julia Love, Davey Alba and Christopher Cannon