Health Program: Health SWAT Team
The Online Policy Group tracks incidents of online bias, defamation,
and discrimination against individuals and/or communities based
on their health status, as well as partnering with other
organizations who track and respond to such incidents. Please
help by
reporting such incidents and
responding to them, as well as reviewing
media coverage and links to
related organizations and publications.
Report Online Incidents of Health-Related Bias
Please report any incidents of health-related bias,
discrimination, or defamation that you discover online on the OPG
incident report form.
Respond to Online Incidents of Health-Related Bias
Please respond to the following action alerts regarding online
incidents of health-related bias, defamation, and discrimination.
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Media Coverage
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Studies Probe Web Link to HIV Surge
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Will Doherty, executive director of QueerNet/Online Policy Group, a nonprofit focused on providing wider Internet access, noted that online dates, or hookups, don't of themselves cause STD infection, Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network (July 29, 2003)
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U.S. Wants Court Out of Abortion Case
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The Bush administration urged the Supreme Court to reject a politically charged abortion case that seeks free-speech protection for protesters who used "wanted" posters to target doctors, Associated Press via Yahoo! News (June 2, 2003)
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An Orwellian Purge
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A May 31, 2002 internal memo from the Education Department, "Criterion and Process for Removing Old Content from www.ed.gov," the department's Web site, is strangely akin to what occurs in 1984, Baltimore Sun (April 28, 2003)
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Use of 'Gay' May Block AIDS Research
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Federal health officials have given undocumented warnings to scientists who study AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases to keep words like "gay" and "transgender" out of their grant applications if they wish to receive funds, the New York Times reported on Friday, PlanetOut (April 18, 2003)
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Certain Words Can Trip Up AIDS Grants, Scientists Say
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Scientists who study AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases say they have been warned by federal health officials that their research may come under unusual scrutiny by the Department of Health and Human Services or by members of Congress, because the topics are politically controversial, New York Times (free registration) (April 18, 2003)
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Organizations and Related Publications
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Posting of Abortion Doctor Data on Sites Constitutes Threat
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The operators of a website containing personal information about doctors and others involved in providing abortion services can be held liable for damages under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and anti-racketeering statutes, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Adobe pdf file) (May 16, 2002)
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