Shadow banning 'limiting health advice for women', BBC podcast warns

Women seeking health advice online may be encountering an invisible barrier, a BBC podcast has warned. The Tech Life programme, presented by Shiona McCallum and produced by Tom Quinn, investigates the issue of shadow banning – the practice of quietly suppressing content without removing it entirely. The episode asks whether this is limiting access to health advice for women and affecting health education messages for women and young girls. The programme also explores nostalgia for video game discs and features an interview with the founder of the Global Gaming League. But the central concern is that automated moderation systems, designed to police harmful content, could be inadvertently sidelining vital health information. The podcast is available on BBC Sounds.