Abstract

This paper explores the modern challenges hindering access to sexual health resources in the age of Big Tech and their impact on public health. Research data from sexual health organizations, Internet experts, and corporate financial documents shows instances of conflict between Big Tech’s business model and the sexual health organizations’ efforts to provide accurate information about sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy prevention to the youth. Results show that as younger generations turn to the internet for sexual health resources, they are met with misinformation and roadblocks, enabled by the dominant corporations in the market. Sexual pleasure, for instance, remains an overlooked dimension of these resources despite the fact that it is important to people. In conclusion, given the rise in popularity of tech platforms, and the youth’s reliance on them as basic information resources, Big Tech must be held accountable for its role and impact on public health, and collaborative closely and actively with sexual health experts to establish appropriate content moderation policies for sexual health content online.

 抽象的

本文探讨了大科技时代阻碍性健康资源获取的现代挑战及其对公共健康的影响。来自性健康组织、互联网专家和企业财务文件的研究数据显示，大型科技公司的商业模式与性健康组织向年轻人提供有关性传播疾病和意外怀孕预防的准确信息的努力之间存在冲突。结果表明，当年轻一代转向互联网获取性健康资源时，他们会遇到市场上占主导地位的公司带来的错误信息和障碍。例如，尽管性快感对人们很重要，但它仍然是这些资源中被忽视的一个方面。总之，鉴于科技平台的日益普及，以及年轻人对其作为基本信息资源的依赖，大型科技公司必须对其对公共健康的作用和影响负责，并与性健康专家密切、积极地合作，建立适当的在线性健康内容的内容审核政策。