Over the past few months, many users with eating disorders have complained against Instagram, so the company had to apologize for the mistake of promoting content to lose weight, by searching for hashtags and keywords.
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Dissatisfaction in Instagram users
Various users of Instagram They expressed their dissatisfaction, since the App suggested concepts such as appetite suppressant or quickly. On the weight loss side, this increases the risk of a possible relapse, something they don’t want.
BBC contacted the social network, who, in the voice of a bearer, responded to the discontent in the users of Instagram, indicating that Those suggestions, as well as the search results themselves, are limited to general interests. Weight loss should not have been one of them and we have taken steps to prevent these terms from appearing here. We regret the confusion caused.
By not wanting to be in a problem of that kind and thus avoid eating disorders in young people, Instagram decided to modify its publication policy and thus restrict various content to dietary and cosmetic surgery products. In addition, it was indicated that those under 18 years of age cannot access such publications or stories (organic or paid).
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Emma Collins, Instagram’s public policy manager, seal a The Guardian, who want the application to be positive for all who use it: “This policy is part of our ongoing work to reduce the pressure that people can sometimes feel as a result of social media.s”.
Anyway, Instagram allow eating disorder testimonials to be helpful, not relapse-promoting content.
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