huffingtonpost:

In the wake of the Huffington Post’s recent exposé on the rapidly growing teenage “thinspo” community on Tumblr, which promotes and glorifies anorexia and bulimia, the company issued a statement todayregarding self-harm blogs.

Until now, Tumblr’s policy did not specifically address blogs that promote the acceptability of self-harming practices such as eating disorders, self-mutilation, and suicide, but the new policy would place strict limits on this type of content.

Tumblr wrote in a post on its staff blog: “We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech, but we do draw some limits. As a company, we’ve decided that some specific kinds of content aren’t welcome on Tumblr.”

Tumblr Revises Policy On Self-Harm Blogs, Targets ‘Thinspo’ Community

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