This misogyny is hidden, by Anna Scott.
Amid an endless torrent of hateful words and harmful images on social media, we can rest easy; safe in the knowledge that the hashtag #VaginalCancer was banned from Instagram.
Gynaecological charity The Eve Appeal discovered the censorship in July 2023 while posting a patient’s story of this rare form of cancer on the platform.
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