The information spread quickly on the internet and the outrage increased when information came to light that Facebook handed over to the US Court messages that a mother sent to help her daughter have an abortion.
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Activists were already warning of this risk after the controversial move by the United States Supreme Court to revoke the national right to abortion at the end of June: large technology companies accumulate data on the location and behavior of users, and this could backfire on them. .
Meta, the company that controls Facebook, told AFP that it collaborates with government requests when “the law requires it”.
Nebraska's abortion restrictions were adopted years before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Wade. About 16 states have bans or outright limits on the first few weeks of pregnancy in their jurisdictions.
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Jessica Burgess, 41, was accused of helping her 17-year-old daughter terminate her pregnancy in the state of Nebraska.
She faces five charges, one of them under a 2010 law that only allows abortions up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The daughter faces three charges, including one of concealment and abandonment of a corpse.
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With AFP information.
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