The era of #SkinnyTok may be coming to an end, but the mental health impacts on young people and unhealthy body standards may ...

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

Simply taking away a TikTok hashtag doesn’t fix the real problem of pro-anorexia content. Change requires platform action, ...

TikTok has banned the hashtag #SkinnyTok after public outrage and warnings that it was promoting unrealistic body standards, eating disorders and extreme weight loss. It's not the first time ...

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

SkinnyTok influencers basically never talk in their videos about politics. They aren’t preaching about Donald Trump—let alone about issues such as abortion or immigration.

Banning #SkinnyTok won’t fix the problem of viral harm Hashtag bans are symbolic and have limited reach. We need to treat the systems, not the symptoms. Chew Han Ei ...

TikTok has banned the hashtag #SkinnyTok after public outrage and warnings that it was promoting unrealistic body standards, eating disorders and extreme weight loss. It's not the first time ...

SkinnyTok refers to a corner of the internet where creators openly document their weight loss journeys, post “what I eat in a day” videos featuring alarmingly low calorie counts, and share ...