Nebraska Abortion Probe and Search Warrants for Data: Explained

Meta Platforms Inc. is facing a backlash from reproductive rights advocates for giving law enforcement private Facebook messages between a mother and daughter now facing abortion-related criminal charges in Nebraska.

The tech giant has said that it received the warrants on June 7, before the US Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, and that the documents “didn’t reference abortion at all.” It also said the warrants were accompanied by non-disclosure orders, which have since been lifted.

The company hasn’t said whether its response would have differed had it known what the ...