Instagram shows more ‘eating disorder adjacent’ content to vulnerable teens, internal Meta research shows

Instagram shows more ‘eating disorder adjacent’ content to vulnerable teens, internal Meta research shows

The Straits Times - Sports·2025-10-20 19:00

NEW YORK – Meta researchers found that teens who report that Instagram regularly made them feel bad about their bodies saw significantly more “eating disorder adjacent content” than those who did not, according to an internal document reviewed by Reuters.

The posts shown to those users featured “prominent display” of chest, buttocks, or thighs, “explicit judgement” about body types and “content related to disordered eating and/or negative body image”.

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