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"Most of us have attended sex-ed classes in school. If we’re lucky, we’ll learn
about consent and how to roll a condom onto a banana. But the classroom rarely
goes into the specifics of sexual health and wellbeing – including what to do
when a condom breaks.
Where can you get the morning-after pill in your local area? What about
post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV? When do you need testing for sexually
transmitted infections (STIs)? And where to find support if the test comes back
positive?
Governments, community health organisations, peer-led health networks and
commercial services use social media to share essential sexual health
information with young people and adults alike. This includes up-to-date,
evidence-based information on HIV and STI testing and treatment, and the latest
on reproductive health care.
Online outreach of this kind has been widely recognised as a low-cost,
accessible means of providing sexual and reproductive health content to those
whose needs aren’t always met by traditional school-based education or legacy
media outlets.
Current online safety rules are focused on removing harmful content, not on
supporting health promotion. Unfortunately, sexual health content is often
flagged as “against community standards” and suppressed by platforms – a
practice known as shadowbanning.
But Australia’s promised new “digital duty of care” provides an opportunity to
remedy that, creating a safe and healthy online environment for all."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
