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Anti Ana (Ban Pro Ana and Mia Websites)

Anti Ana (Ban Pro Ana and Mia Websites)

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 7 months ago
Pro ana websites promote the eating disorder anorexia nervosa as a 'lifestyle choice' rather than a deadly disease. Pro Mia websites promote bulimia. Anyone can access a these dangerous sites, including young children (some as young as seven years old), and vulnerable teenagers. Pro ana sites claim to support people who want to be skinny, by providing 'Thinspiration' in the form of mottos, reminders and pictures of skeletally thin women and girls. Viewers are meant to aspire to that look, by keeping themselves from eating. However, pro ana/mia sites do NOT support people with anorexia/bulimia, despite their claims. Instead, it locks them into their illness, and it can induce the illness in vulnerable or susceptible people. This petition asks that these websites be banned, or at least restricted only to adults. Our campaign is aimed toward the UK government, but signatures are wanted from other countries as well. This issue affects people all over the world! Specifically, we would like to ban "material that provokes a person to seek excessive thinness by encouraging prolonged restriction of nourishment". We are two fifteen year old girls, who are aware of the dangers of these sites, as they have had a negative effect in one of our lives.

Updates

January 31, 2013

We have reached one thousand signatures on this petition. I am currently drafting a formal letter to the UK Department of Digital Culture Media and Sport to outline our request for site restrictions. Expect an update regarding our next steps once we receive a response.

Reached 1,000 supporters

January 31, 2013

January 29, 2013

We are approaching the one thousand signature mark which is the threshold required for a formal government response. Please direct this petition to individuals who can confirm their official support today to ensure we cross this milestone immediately.

December 21, 2012

We have reached one hundred signatures which provides the necessary leverage to approach the Members of Parliament for our constituency. We are currently drafting a formal letter that outlines our specific legislative proposal regarding the restriction of this content. Official correspondence will be sent to the relevant department heads within the week.

Reached 100 supporters

December 20, 2012

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William King
9 years ago Featured

I am the Grandfather to a beautiful , brilliant, loving young woman who is fighting for her life because of this thing, and I say thing because it seems to be living inside of her controlling her thoughts & actions. A continuous battle. I will fight this with her as long as it takes. PLEASE SHUT DOWN THESE SITES I Love My Kaitie.....Please Help Me

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Mia
9 years ago Featured

I have used these websites and got me into using other dangerous behaviors other than restricting my food. In turn made my Anorexia worse. 6 years later I'm still struggling. Nobody should go through this. Especially small children who have complete access to these websites.

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Veronika
10 years ago Featured

Well, I have to say that pictures with girls looking like grim reapers are very, very dangerous...I know that because I suffered from bulimia as well, but luckily my mom noticed that something is wrong with me soon.

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Anonymous
10 years ago Featured

These websites irreversibly destroy brains. Parent Internet restrictions will only making the hard to access more desirable, they need tobe banned.

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Stan
12 years ago Featured

These pro Ana sites are dangerous and almost killed my daughter these sites must be taken down NOW!!!! We need to protect our children from these horrible people who can manipulate our beautiful children and cause them harm.

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Amy Rosanova
12 years ago Featured

I used to suffer with an ED and these sites can only aggravate the already severe mental abuse we get from our EDs.

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Anne-Marie Rees
9 years ago

These sites promote a deadly disease which is hitting our young people in epidemic proportions. I can't believe action to ban them hasn't been taken already .

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Kaitlin King
9 years ago

This site almost killed me. Or helped me almost kill myself at least. I would hate to see anyone else suffer from that.

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