Starvation on the Web
A recent article from Time magazine exposes a terrible truth. Pro-anorexia web sites that share tips with young readers. I was scared at first when I tried accessing www.ceruleanbutterfly.com. It warns you about visiting it. But do not worry (first read the article) and you will encounter with testimonies and tips approving anorexia and explaining why it is great to be thin!! I could not believe it.
According to TIME there are approximateky 500 websites giving advices to lose weight and become anorexic. The creators are young people between 18 and 28 years old. The creator of the website that the article talks about is a 19 year old woman. In this websites you can find blogs, forums where people with eating disorders gather for support.
I know I might be out of topic, but I wanted to share this article with you all. This is one of the times when I ask myself how free does the Internet should be? I am not saying anything about censorship, but I just feel the Internet sometimes (as in this case) might be harming people. I just wanted to share this with you and read your comments.
2 Comments:
Thank you for your insight on this topic. I think people often forget that the internet can have very ugly sides to it. Though I am not one for regulations, it is web sites like the ones you posted about that make me second guess that standing. Are there any ways, besides regulation, that we can stop these web sites from influencing young minds?
1:32 PM
If you don't want to regulate it, then media figures with large audiences need to make an example out these pro-anorexia websites. They simply need to point out that they have confused, uninformed, morally negligent messages brought to you by selfish, egotistical, self-indulged fools.
8:50 AM
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