TikTok trend prompts concerns about harmful body standards 01:35. A growing trend on TikTok is drawing serious concerns about harmful body standards, according to a mental health professional and ...

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

A recent study highlights that social media majorly contributes to the rise in eating disorders. This comes around the time when TikTok banned #SkinnyTok.

TikTok has blocked search results for SkinnyTok, a popular hashtag linked to unhealthy weight loss, extreme thinness and weight shaming content.

TikTok has suspended search results for the hashtag #SkinnyTok, after facing pressure from European regulators, in the company’s latest effort to counter criticism that the app fuels body image ...

Behind the trendy filters and catchy sounds lies an extremely problematic reality – a community where thinness is idolised, extreme calorie deficits are glamorised, and the pursuit of a shrinking body ...

Despite TikTok’s implementation of warning messages and occasional content removal, the algorithm continues to promote videos that champion unhealthy body standards, raising questions about ...

TikTok has stopped allowing people to search for videos featuring the use of an artificial intelligence “chubby filter” after users criticized it as a form of body shaming. Participants in the ...

New research shows the potential health harms of TikTok skin care videos touting "lighter, brighter skin" marketed toward ...

TikTok is helping facilitate the spread of disinformation and enhancing cyber security threats throughout Europe. The EU ...

Researchers analyzed 180 popular eating videos on YouTube, TikTok, and Bilibili to assess their influence on body image and eating behaviors. They found frequent depictions of overeating by thin ...