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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 ...
Weight gain is often the first symptom that women notice during perimenopause, and the first thing we try to “fix.” ...
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 ...
The social media platform TikTok recently banned a hashtag called #SkinnyTok after European regulators warned it was ...
The era of #SkinnyTok may be coming to an end, but the mental health impacts on young people and unhealthy body standards may continue.
Back then, Koziol was deep in the grips of an eating disorder that shattered her adolescence. Now, she’s suing the social ...
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 ...
Today’s social media landscape makes it all too easy for creators to repackage and disguise disordered eating as a “healthy” ...
TikTok is preventing users searching for "skinnytok" - a hashtag which critics say directs people towards content which ...
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 ...
On June 1, TikTok banned the #SkinnyTok trend and hashtag on the app worldwide after receiving pressure from European lawmakers, according to Euractiv. SkinnyTok glamorizes eating disorders and ...