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fromIndependent
6 days ago
Mental health

The online dangers of eating disorder content: 'I watched a few of her videos and quickly thought: 'I don't trust myself with this''

Disordered eating cases are rising as social media algorithms expose vulnerable users to harmful body and diet content, with pro-anorexia communities actively promoting eating disorder behaviors.
fromIndependent
6 days ago
Mental health

The online dangers of eating disorder content: 'I watched a few of her videos and quickly thought: 'I don't trust myself with this''

Disordered eating cases are rising as social media algorithms expose vulnerable users to harmful body and diet content, with pro-anorexia communities actively promoting eating disorder behaviors.
Mental health
fromIndependent
6 days ago

The online dangers of eating disorder content: 'I watched a few of her videos and quickly thought: 'I don't trust myself with this''

Disordered eating cases are rising as social media algorithms expose vulnerable users to harmful body and diet content, with pro-anorexia communities actively promoting eating disorder behaviors.
Mental health
fromIndependent
6 days ago

The online dangers of eating disorder content: 'I watched a few of her videos and quickly thought: 'I don't trust myself with this''

Disordered eating cases are rising as social media algorithms expose vulnerable users to harmful body and diet content, with pro-anorexia communities actively promoting eating disorder behaviors.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Warning over school wars' social media trend inciting children to carry weapons

A dangerous social media trend divides schools into opposing teams and encourages children to fight with knives, prompting police and school alerts across the UK.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Schools in England warning of rise in misogyny towards teachers, says Phillips

I go into schools all the time, and what teachers have been saying to me for a number of years is that they are seeing growing concerns around the access to the pornography that their pupils see, and some of the attitudes that come from what they are seeing, misogynistic attitudes displayed towards teachers, Phillips told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
UK news
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

When Children Call Violence 'Unavoidable'

An 11-year-old girl described an experience online: "There's peer pressure to pretend it's funny. You feel uncomfortable on the inside, but pretend it's funny on the outside." Was she talking about a specific video? No. She was describing her relationship with violent content on social media. Content she encounters daily. Content the algorithms serve her whether she wants it or not.
Psychology
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