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TikTok just made a move aimed to help protect teen girls ’ mental health — but it feels like too little, too late. The social media app announced that they banned the hashtag “SkinnyTok” from being ...
TikTok has suspended search results for the hashtag #SkinnyTok worldwide following pressure from European regulators ...
TikTok recently banned search results for the popular weight-loss hashtag, citing a growing number of posts that violated ...
Diet culture is much like the mythological hydra; when you cut one head off of this beast, two more grow in its place.” ...
TikTok bans #SkinnyTok after backlash over eating disorder content, as France and EU regulators push back against toxic body image trends online.
TikTok has taken action to block searches for "skinnytok," a hashtag that critics argue promotes and "idolises extreme ...
TikTok is preventing users searching for "skinnytok" - a hashtag which critics say directs people towards content which ...
Officials in Europe worried that the app was glamorizing eating disorders. The ban is TikTok’s latest effort to counter ...
On Monday, the 2nd of June, social media platform TikTok announced that, following a thorough review by lawmakers in Brussels ...
Social media can push vulnerable young people toward developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake, ...
SkinnyTok is one of TikTok's most concerning trends, especially when it comes to the health of young people ... people use to discuss all manner of issues related to thinness.