Instagram moves against self-harm, pro-ana content

Instagram took steps to ward off self-harming content last week.  Specifically, this includes content celebrating cutting, suicide, and self-starving:

Going forward, we won’t allow accounts, images, or hashtags dedicated to glorifying, promoting, or encouraging self-harm...

[A]ny account found encouraging or urging users to embrace anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders; or to cut, harm themselves, or commit suicide will result in a disabled account without warning...hashtags that actively promote self-harm, such as “thinspiration,” “probulimia,” and “proanorexia,” are no longer searchable. 

They were careful to scope this out:

It is important to note that this guideline does not extend to accounts created to constructively discuss, or document personal experiences that show any form of self-harm where the intention is recovery or open discussion.

From the fearsome media perspective, we can view Instagram's move as an attempt to prevent accruing a reputation for supporting such often-scary materials.  Pinterest took similar steps last month.

(thanks to Steven Kaye)

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Or document personal experiences that show any form of self-harm where the intention is recovery or open discussion.