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TikTok blocks searches for extreme thinness 'skinnytok' hashtag
The app acknowledged the viral hashtag had been become linked to "unhealthy weight loss content."
Tom Quinn, from the eating disorder charity, Beat, welcomed the move saying "skinnytok" and related content could have "devastating" impacts on "struggling" people. The trend has caused particular alarm in France, where experts have warned of how social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders. "The patients are completely indoctrinated -- and my 45-minute weekly consultation is no match for spending hours every day on TikTok," the nutritionist Carole Copti told the AFP news agency.
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