Posts about eating disorders written by Mike Masnick and Techdirt| Techdirt
Teen Vogue By Lexi Mcmenamin Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) are asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram head Adam Mosseri to account for what they call “the dangers of Instagram, especially for young people who suffer from eating disorders.” In light of last week’s congressional testimony from former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen, the senators sent a letter to the social media giants asking about Ins...| U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
Over the last four years, the social media platforms have done a lot to curb content that promotes self-injury. But they’ll never fully succeed. Is it worth trying?| BuzzFeed News
As lawmakers work to hold tech companies to a higher standard in protecting users, pro-eating disorder content is an important aspect of user safety that cannot be overlooked, Samantha Lai writes.| Brookings
As some people know, I’ve spent a fair bit of time studying economist Kenneth Arrow whose work on endogenous growth theory and information economics influenced a lot of my thinking on the eco…| Techdirt
Posts about content moderation written by Mike Masnick| Techdirt
Summary: In 2012, the Huffington Post did an expos? on eating disorder blogs, mainly on the site Tumblr. It discussed the world of ?thinspo? and ?thinspiration? blogs, that focused on building a co…| Techdirt