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Friday, February 6, 2026
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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Auditing digital censorship of access to abortion and reproductive rights
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This event is free.
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4TH SPACE
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
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Abortion access and sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) currently face multiple barriers in online ecosystems. Women on Web, an abortion non-profit, is plagued with increasing digital suppression and censorship online.
Concordia's Applied AI Institute and the Digital Intimacy, Gender, and Sexuality (DIGS) Lab have mapped how major information intermediaries — search engines, social media platforms and hosting services — restrict access to WoW’s website and services.
We invite you to a first-hand look at the results, and what they indicate for Women on Web and online abortion access. We will be joined by members of the organization to help us unpack the findings, followed by a panel discussion of the implications they have about platform moderation and censorship of global reproductive health.
How can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting, or watch live on YouTube.
Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca
| Schedule | |
|---|---|
| 10:00am - 10:15am | Welcoming and Networking |
| 10:15am - 10:25am | Women on Web (WoW) Introduction |
| 10:25am - 10:50am | Erin Hassard's Presentation |
| 10:50am - 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am - 11:40am | Roundtable Discussion |
| 11:40am - 12:00pm | Q&A |
Speakers
Description: A panel discussing how major information intermediaries (search engines, social media platforms) restrict access to abortion, sexual and reproductive health information, and what that iplies about global platform moderation, with Women on Web's censorship as a case study.
Organized by: Lindsay Rodgers, Applied AI Institute; Deborah Ahenkorah, Applied AI Institute; Erin Hassard, Women on Web
Participants:
Stefanie Duguay
Erin Hassard
Fenwick Mckelvey
Venny Ala-Siurua
Dmitri Vitaliev
With: Applied AI Institute, Concordia University; Digital Intimacy, Gender, and Sexuality (DIGS) Lab; Women on Web
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