Liv Nervo told her story – but Meta took it down

When Good Law Project helped a woman who had been tricked into pregnancy by a wealthy businessman, Meta banned our video in the UK. And they didn’t tell us why.

Earlier this year, we shared a video where Liv Nervo explained how her ex-partner Matthew Pringle – who has been labelled a domestic abuser by a UK family court – built their relationship on deceit, and how she’s fighting back for every woman silenced by powerful men.

Liv’s video spread across social media like wildfire, with more than 69,000 people watching her story on TikTok and more than a million on Instagram. The post was also shared on Instagram over 1000 times, with many women saying that they have had a similar experience of reproductive coercion.

But now Meta has banned it in the UK – wiped it from view – along with a video where an academic discusses her case and posts from campaigners raising awareness. And they haven’t told us why.

We do know that as soon as we helped Liv tell her story, Pringle’s lawyers sent us a series of letters filled with legal threats. We looked at their arguments and stood firm. Pringle hasn’t followed through on his threats, but they were serious, and they were clearly designed to intimidate. 

Has he now threatened Meta? And have they folded? We know Pringle wants to silence this story. Who else would want the video removed? And the story is already out there, with reports in The Sun, the Daily Mail the National Business Review, and the New Zealand Herald.

But Meta’s actions in this case go far beyond one story. They raise serious questions about freedom of speech, and whether legal pressure can make platforms use obscure policies to restrict reporting that is clearly in the public interest. It may become a test case for how easily content can be limited or removed by digital titans like Meta.

If it really is Pringle behind all of this, it’s another example of a wider problem. How wealthy men can not only get to Meta, but are twisting laws that were meant to protect women into weapons to continue their abuse.

That should concern everyone. We can’t allow powerful men to use the law to shut down legitimate reporting or silence abused women and survivors who tell their stories.

We’re writing to Meta, demanding that they explain why they banned Liv’s story in the UK and immediately reverse the ban. And we’re writing to Pringle’s lawyers too.

We won’t stop asking questions. We’ll keep reporting. Because when big tech silences women, it puts us all at risk.