Instagram has announced a change in its terms to fight or support content that promotes self-harm or eating disorders on users. The company has said they will not allow photos, labels or accounts that promote these practices. Instagram may close accounts that do not respect these new rules. Social networking is a space where users can interact with people with similar concerns. Service is based on the idea of communication in the ability to share content. Within these possibilities, these services can be used for purposes that run counter to the health of people, an attitude that usually condemn responsible companies.
The latest to announce a campaign in its service to try to avoid this type of use has been Instagram. The company explained on its official blog that they want their service is a space for sharing photos with friends, relatives or anyone else, but always in a "positive and healthy." To achieve this goal, Instagram want to eradicate their service contents that promote eating disorders or self-damaging activities to the health of people. According to the company, this kind of content does not help users and lead to behaviors that go against the depart. Therefore, Instagram want to limit the use of teaching these subjects to campaigns to fight against those problems precisely.
In Instagram have decided to ban the use of labels that allude to this practice. If users want to use words like this, the service displays a message that will be provided a link to a help page. In addition, Instagram, deleted pictures and accounts of users who have relations. The social network responsible for the automatic action may be taken against those responsible for this content, instantly closing the accounts involved. Alongside these actions, Instagram also reported the possibility of denouncing pictures. The service has sought the cooperation of users to report any photo that has passed the filter and is published in the service with these characteristics.
This initiative joins Instagram efforts of other social networking services like Facebook Tumbrl and who have taken action like this. On the opposite side, Twitter refused in September 2011 has similar action, understanding that the publication of such views did not involve a crime, so that they could not proceed with removal. In any case, the Instagram initiative is evidence of increased awareness of such services, which can be a useful tool to help people with problems.
