It’s Kalley again. On Friday, my colleague Sylvia and I reported on ongoing challenges at Meta Platforms over how to limit content that’s risky to young people. A centerpiece of the debate over youth safety and well-being is what sort of content Meta should limit on Instagram, Facebook and its other apps, and what the company should recommend.
For at least two years, Meta’s employees proposed that the company stop recommending fitness content to teens, we reported. This content, which appears in Explore pages, search results and Reels, includes posts promoting diets and exercise routines. But it also includes those glamorizing eating disorders. Meta in January started addressing the problem but left the onus with the user, introducing a feature where Instagram users can say they are “not interested” in certain types of suggested content so the app will avoid showing such content in the future.
