The Wednesday Night Edition of NBC Nightly NewsJake Ward and Lester Holt (an anchor) falsely stated that government data could be used against women if they receive illegal abortions.
Holt began the fearmongering segment of his blog by saying that many women used their smartphones and computers to keep track of pregnancies. However, since then Roe V. WadeMany fear the information might be misused against them, after it was overturned.
While it may be true that women may fear that this could happen, Holt & Ward’s job should be to quell those irrational fears, not stoke them.
A law does not allow the government access to private data such as period tracking app information or the use of the information against women. NBC News does not work in factual reporting, but they do propagandist work for the Democrat Party.
Ward began his report interviewing a young girl who is concerned about her medical records being accessed by government agencies.
JAKE WARD – Steph Black started using period tracking applications in high school.
STEPH BLACK: I’m meticulously tracking what’s happening to me in my body.
WARD: Roe V. WadeSocial media was flooded with threats about women using social media, and they were warned.
Ward said that more than 1,300 women were detained and arrested in relation to their pregnancies since 2006. Phones are increasingly providing the evidence. Purvi Patel was accused of illegally taking abortion drugs in 2015. She used her texts in court.
He also claimed “prosecutors used Latice Fisher’s web searches for abortion pills to pursue charges against her after a late stillbirth in 2017. This case was eventually dropped. Privacy experts worry now about apps.
Cynthia Conti-Cook of the leftist Ford Foundation advised women to “secure their devices. Securing their communications is key.
Ward then touted an app called Euki which he claims “is built for the post-Roe world” because the “data never leaves the phone and it has features to prevent anyone from coercing a user into granting access.”
This isn’t necessarily the first time that NBC News has created a controversy about something that doesn’t even exist. After receiving bomb threats against a variety of media outlets in 2018, Holt frightened viewers with his advice on how to identify bombs in mail. Even though nobody was sending bombs into residential areas, this was all that Holt did.
Prevagen, Progressive made this fearmongering possible. These links link to their information.
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NBC Nightly News
June 6, 2022
Eastern: 7:15 p.m.LESTER HOLTS: Women use smartphones and computers to keep track of their pregnancies, and for sensitive information about their health. Since then, however Roe V. WadeMany fear the information might be used against them, as it was overturned. Jake Ward has this information.
JAKE WARD – Steph Black started using period tracking applications in high school.
STEPH BLACK: I’m meticulously tracking what’s happening to me in my body.
WARD: Roe V. WadeSocial media was flooded with threats about women using social media, and they were warned.
TICK TOK USE: I wouldn’t use a period tracker if I was in a place where the criminalization of abortion is active.
WARD: Since 2006, at least 1300 pregnant women have been detained or arrested. The evidence is increasingly provided by smartphones. Purvi Patel was charged with illegally using abortion pills in 2015. Her text messages were used by the court.
Prosecutors used Latice Fisher’s web searches for abortion pills to pursue charges against her after a late stillbirth in 2017. This case was eventually dropped. Privacy experts now worry about apps.
CYNTHIACONTI-COOK (FORD FUNDATION TECHNOLOGY FOELLOW): Everyone should protect their devices. Protect their communication and their browsing history.
WARD: Numerous free apps offer information on their users to data brokers. Many companies are shifting. The anonymous mode was announced by the creators of Flo who, in 2021, settled with FTC for allegedly sharing personal health information with marketers.
Steph Black claims that Euki is her preferred app. You can use it to track your periods, sexual encounters, and provide information about contraception and abortion. Euki was created by an Indonesian non-profit for women. Abortion has been long prohibited in Indonesia.
KELLYBLANCHARD (IBIS PRODUCTIVE HEALTH PRINCE): It’s even more crucial now, as we see increased restrictions regarding abortion access in America.
WARD: Euki has been designed to work in the post-Roe era. The phone’s data is never lost and there are features that prevent users from being coerced into giving access. The app can be broken by one command, it seems.
BLACK: The app can be closed by saying that it is crashing.
WARD: Personal data such as sexual partners and abortion medication, along with doctor visits, can all be erased by a simple tap.
BLACK: You don’t want to have this data on your phone.
WARD: Who would you trust with this?
BLACK: With this, I don’t believe anyone would trust me.
WARD, Jake Ward, NBC News Washington.
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