(CBS News) Even though social media sites are taking a strong stance against websites that promote eating disorders, the pages don't seem to be going anywhere. On one blog covered with pro-ana tags ...
Even with new rules by social media platforms to prevent pro-eating disorder sites, these “pro-ana” blogs keep popping up. “We just make new blogs, new posts and new tags,” one teen said. MARLBORO, ...
Spend time searching for thinspiration on social media and you'll start to feel like you're being watched. Typing in #thinspo on Tumblr brings up an automated message with information on counseling ...
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link TikTok said that it had banned six accounts for posting content promoting eating habits that are likely to lead to health problems in its latest ...
Volunteer with eating disorders and mental health services. Campaigner from lived experience. Volunteer with eating disorders and mental health services. Campaigner from lived experience. Even in the ...
Although back in March blog and image hosting services Tumblr and Pinterest did their best to dump Raid on the insidious pro-ana, pro-mia “thinspiration” community, individual domains like Skinny ...
In 2013, 17-year old Grainne Binns came forward to the Daily Mail with her story of having anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder defined by a distorted body image, and intense fear of being or becoming ...
I feel that the presence of pro-ana on the internet is stronger than ever but it is twisting itself into different forms. In recent years the internet has cracked down on pro-ana websites and many get ...