https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/kondompanik-i-sociala-medier-internet-giganterna-drar-tillbaka-ungdomssidans-informationsvideohttps://www.thelocal.se/20181025/tech-giants-censor-swedish-sex-education-videoA campaign launched by a Swedish authority which provides information about sex, health and relationships to under-25-year-olds has been censored by social media platforms.
UMO is a government-run website that provides information on sex, health and relationships to young people in Sweden aged between 13 and 25.
It launched the 'Come prepared' campaign to raise awareness of the importance of contraception and educating young people about condom usage. As part of the campaign, the organization created videos demonstrating how to put on a condom (using a dildo as a model) and in order to reach its target audience of young people, shared them to its channels on social media in several languages.
But on Facebook, Instagram (owned by Facebook), and Snapchat, these information videos were completely blocked, as first reported by SVT Nyheter. On YouTube meanwhile, a lower age-limit of 18 years for viewers was introduced, meaning viewers were greeted with a message warning the content "may be inappropriate for some viewers", citing the site's community guidelines under which explicit sexual content is not allowed.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUC_6HBGSjIThe film is available in English, Swedish, Somalian, Tigrinyan, Arabian and Farsi.