The big social networks have banned pro-eating disorder content. But how well have they been enforcing the ban?
Graphic by Chris Ritter for BuzzFeed
In recent months, the heaviest-hitting social networks on the Internet have enacted new terms which prohibit or otherwise severely limit "thinspiration" and other pro-eating disorder imagery and ideology. Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and Tumblr, which are all extremely visual outlets, have made very public vows to create online spaces free from pro-ED content. How've they been doing?
A content advisory appears when a user searches the #ana tag.
Any account found encouraging or urging users to embrace anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders...will result in a disabled account without warning.
