Users say harmful content from accounts they do not follow appears even after requests to block it
Paige Rivers at her parents’ home in Birmingham. She was diagnosed with anorexia aged 10 but is now training to be a nurse.Paige Rivers at her parents’ home in Birmingham. She was diagnosed with anorexia aged 10 but is now training to be a nurse.in April when some unwelcome posts appeared on her feed. One showed a photo of someone who was visibly underweight asking whether they were thin enough. In another, a user wanted to compare how few calories they were eating each day.
Eating-disorder campaigners said the scale of harmful content demonstrates serious failings in moderation by X. Wera Hobhouse MP, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on eating disorders, said: “These findings are most concerning … X should be held accountable for allowing this harmful content to be promoted on its platform, which puts many lives at risk.”
Social media companies have come under increasing pressure in recent years to improve safeguarding after deaths linked to harmful content. Musk has also brought in changes to X that have resulted in users seeing more content from accounts they do not follow. The platform introduced the “For You” feed, making it the default timeline., the company said about 50% of the content that appears on this feed comes from accounts that users do not yet follow.groups. Since Musk took over, they have become more prominent. In May, X announced: “Recommendations for communities you may enjoy are now available on your timeline.
published last year by computer scientists and psychologists at the University of Southern California
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