A study in China found that high school students who spend more time on short-form video platforms tend to have more severe ...

TikTok said it continued to restrict videos and blocked the search as it became linked to unhealthy weight loss content.

Experts are concerned about the proliferation of content that can encourage — and outright promote — disordered eating on ...

We can all celebrate a win when we see one—and TikTok's recent ban of the “SkinnyTok” hashtag is absolutely a move in the ...

TikTok blocked search results for 'Skinnytok' following a rising trend of dangerous content promoting eating disorders on the platform and concerns raised by European regulators ...

Weight gain is often the first symptom that women notice during perimenopause, and the first thing we try to “fix.” ...

The social media platform TikTok recently banned a hashtag called #SkinnyTok after European regulators warned it was ...

TikTok already had guidelines in place to ban pro-eating disorder content, but content about disordered ... place after a regular review of safety measures ‘to address evolving risks’. ‘[We] have ...

TikTok is preventing users searching for "skinnytok" - a hashtag which critics say directs people towards content which ...

Tom Quinn, a spokesman for eating disorder charity Beat, welcomed the ban of "skinnytok" but said TikTok and other social media platforms "must now take steps to ensure their platforms are free of ...

TikTok has banned a widely used term and blocked all its search results amid concerns that it promotes eating disorders. A hashtag and also a self-proclaimed online community, 'Skinntytok' has now ...

They might seem like harmless fun but in fact they can reinforce dangerous ideas about food, weight and body image.