Malnutrition may be unhealthy, but skinny is not. If anyone is unsure about this, I'd invite them to do some research on Calorie Restriction. Let's not forget that more years are lost to obesity-related causes than to anorexia. Banning pictures of skinny models would do much more harm than good.

... is the real key to this problem.

Think of some picture or fact you'd prefer went private and ask yourself this – it there was no reference to it on Google, Bing or FaceBook, how would anyone find it? For you to regain control, all it takes is for these corporations to apply some of their much-vaunted technological prowess and to hold themselves to some standards.

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