Yelp Faces Republican Lawsuit Over Anti-Abortion Misinformation Battle

Yelp is facing a lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over a notice on its platform warning users that crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) do not offer abortions or referrals to abortion providers. Yelp has been actively working to prevent CPCs from using its platform to mislead users and has manually evaluated thousands of businesses to determine if they provide the services they claim to. In contrast, Google has been accepting ads from CPCs while refusing ads from organizations that connect women seeking abortions with abortion pill providers. Yelp's efforts to label misinformation have made it a target for partisan officials, but the company is standing its ground and has filed its own lawsuit against Paxton, asserting its First Amendment rights.