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Texas Wants Access to Medical Records of Women
September 7, 2024 at 7:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 110 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/07/texas-wants-access-to-medical-records-of-women/
"SNIP...........
Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion where it is legal, the AP reports.
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newdeal2
(556 posts)getagrip_already
(16,908 posts)Its all about fear and intimidation and persecution.
Eliot Rosewater
(32,139 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,983 posts)has completely lost his mind. This man should be in jail for his own crimes.
orthoclad
(4,227 posts)They lost a class-action suit over the Meta pixel, a tracking device placed on medical websites that allows Facebook to track and record patient medical activity, like searches for reproductive care.
A slap on the wrist. 16 bucks to each member of the class.
Zuck is as evil as Mux.
applegrove
(121,537 posts)a woman for a blood clot because of anti-abortion laws.
orthoclad
(4,227 posts)applegrove
(121,537 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,716 posts)Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #12)
applegrove This message was self-deleted by its author.
orthoclad
(4,227 posts)from when everything was plain text and people used 300 baud modems. If I was too verbose I'd get scolded for wasting bandwidth
orthoclad
(4,227 posts)about Zuckbook and snooping. If I find the link I can post, no time now.
The tell: Zuckbook lost a class action suit and had to pay people who used hospital websites with the Meta pixel
orthoclad
(4,227 posts)since the 90-day rule trashed my history, but I do have some of the source material I used for research, such as
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/facebook-is-receiving-sensitive-medical-information-from-hospital-websites/
Web researchers used abortion-related medical inquiries to see if the Meta pixel was tracking this info and sending it back to Facebook.
On the website of University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, for example, clicking the Schedule Online button on a doctors page prompted the Meta Pixel to send Facebook the text of the button, the doctors name, and the search term we used to find her: pregnancy termination.
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The Markup also found the Meta Pixel installed inside the password-protected patient portals of seven health systems. On five of those systems pages, we documented the pixel sending Facebook data about real patients who volunteered to participate in the Pixel Hunt project, a collaboration between The Markup and Mozilla Rally.
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The 33 hospitals The Markup found sending patient appointment details to Facebook collectively reported more than 26 million patient admissions and outpatient visits in 2020, according to the most recent data available from the American Hospital Association. Our investigation was limited to just over 100 hospitals; the data sharing likely affects many more patients and institutions than we identified.
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When The Markup tested Houston Methodists website, clicking the Schedule Appointment button on a doctors page prompted the Meta Pixel to send Facebook the text of the button, the name of the doctor, and the search term we used to find the doctor: Home abortion.
In some respects, Facebook is far worse than xitter.
edited to add highplainsdem's post on Facebook's Threads app
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218067638
applegrove
(121,537 posts)would not think Zuck would stoop to the level. Very upsetting times though. Kind of hard to know what to think.
orthoclad
(4,227 posts)Zuck gave the 2016 election to Trump. Facebook illegally supplied private user data to Cambridge Analytica, who used the data to micro-target political ads in key locations, thus giving T the Electoral College despite losing the pop vote. FB and CA got a slap on the wrist fine for subverting the election.
Zuckerthing is one of the key players in our current dystopia.
applegrove
(121,537 posts)workers to make sure things worked smoothly everywhere. So much so the GOP threatened them not to do it again (because they are against free and fair elections).
orthoclad
(4,227 posts)Like the wingers on the Extreme Court taking turns sounding "reasonable" to avoid consequences?
applegrove
(121,537 posts)JohnSJ
(94,775 posts)Attilatheblond
(3,660 posts)No right to privacy
No right to proper health care
No right to free travel
No right to associate with others who might help them in times of need
Texas considers females to be property of the state.
Cut off all the federal dollars until Texas allows females to exercise their rights, ALL of THEM!
JohnSJ
(94,775 posts)orthoclad
(4,227 posts)The Covfeferacy shall rise agin! Screw those Yankee Feds.
JustAnotherGen
(33,016 posts)Demand them from Governor Murphy. Phil doesn't play. I could see him personally drive up to Liberty State Park, pull down their flag, use it to wipe his ass, then mail it to Abbott.
tinrobot
(11,341 posts)milestogo
(17,047 posts)When?
Where?
Alone or assisted?
Male partner, sex worker, girlfriend, or wife involved?
Porn assist?
Disposition of semen?
Every ejaculation must have a record uploaded to the national database within 30 minutes. We the people need to keep track of this stuff.
lindysalsagal
(21,842 posts)Chip away long enough, and people will surrender to authoritarian rule.
Freethinker65
(10,741 posts)Absolutely no reason to compel the disclosure of private medical records to the State.