The online dangers of eating disorder content: 'I watched a few of her videos and quickly thought: 'I don't trust myself with this''The number of people seeking help for disordered eating has risen in recent years, while experts warn social media algorithms can steer vulnerable users towards harmful body and diet materialFeeding the algorithm: How diet culture on social media is fuelling eating disordersKirsty Blake Knox Yesterday at 06:30‘At the start… it was toxic,” Ciara Regan (28) says of the online pro-anorexia community of which she was a member. ‘Let’s do this illness together’ and ‘Let’s be the best anorexic that you can be’ were examples of the type of encouragement member would give each other. “There are all these tips and tricks,” she says.
