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Twitter censors pro-life organization's effort to gain feedback about new documentary about lawsuit filed in 1986 against its founder: Pro-life organization Pro-Life Action League was founded by Joseph M. Scheidler in 1980. In 1986, Scheidler was sued by the National Organization of Women (NOW) for "conspiring to deprive women of the right to abortion." The case was ultimately won by Scheidler in 2006 after three trips to the Supreme Court. A new documentary about the case titled "The Fight for Life" just premiered on the Eternal World Television Network (EWTN), and Pro-Life Action League is looking for feedback about it. The group tweeted a link to a feedback form on its web site, asking "Did you catch the world premiere of 'The Fight for Life: The Story of NOW vs. Scheidler' on EWTN? Let us know what you think!" Twitter placed a sensitive content filter over the link preview, forcing users to click through the interstitial filter in order to see the link preview and click through to the feedback form. Not only do such filters give the impression of inappropriate content, similar filters have been shown to reduce user interaction with content.

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