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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The case of a Nebraska woman charged with helping her teenage daughter end her pregnancy after investigators obtained Facebook messages between the two has raised fresh concerns about data privacy in the post-Roe world. World News | EXPLAINER: Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World.

The case of a Nebraska woman charged with helping her teenage daughter end her pregnancy after investigators obtained Facebook messages between the two has raised fresh concerns about data privacy in the post-Roe world.

With abortion now or soon to be illegal in more than a dozen US states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that vacuum up their users’ personal details are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance. One fear is that law enforcement or vigilantes could use those data troves against people seeking ways to end unwanted pregnancies. History has repeatedly demonstrated that whenever people’s personal data is tracked and stored, there is always a risk that it co...

With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen US states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that vacuum up personal details of their users are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance.

There is already precedent for women’s data being used against them in prosecutions surrounding abortion in the US.