{"id":3279,"date":"2021-10-16T05:56:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T03:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/16\/it-spreads-like-a-disease-how-pro-eating-disorder-videos-reach-teens-on-tiktok\/"},"modified":"2021-10-16T05:56:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T03:56:02","slug":"it-spreads-like-a-disease-how-pro-eating-disorder-videos-reach-teens-on-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/16\/it-spreads-like-a-disease-how-pro-eating-disorder-videos-reach-teens-on-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It spreads like a disease\u2019: how pro-eating-disorder videos reach teens on TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the platform bans content promoting dangerous weight loss, hashtags such as #skinnycheck can still be found<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Instagram has attracted a firestorm after whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed<\/a> internal research showing the platform downplayed proof of its toxic effects \u2013 including the rise of eating disorders \u2013 on children.<\/p>\n

But such issues are not limited to the Facebook-owned social media company. The Guardian has found a variety of harmful pro-anorexia hashtags remain searchable<\/a> on the popular video-sharing app TikTok, where corresponding videos have billions of views combined.<\/p>\n

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\nAlthough the platform bans content promoting dangerous weight loss, hashtags such as #skinnycheck can still be found<\/p>\n

Instagram has attracted a firestorm after whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed internal research showing the platform downplayed proof of its toxic effects \u2013 including the rise of eating disorders \u2013 on children.
\nBut such issues are not limited to the Facebook-owned social media company. The Guardian has found a variety of harmful pro-anorexia hashtags remain searchable on the popular video-sharing app TikTok, where corresponding videos have billions of views combined. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although the platform bans content promoting dangerous weight loss, hashtags such as #skinnycheck can still be found Instagram has attracted a firestorm after whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed internal research showing the platform downplayed proof of its toxic effects \u2013 including the rise of eating disorders \u2013 on children. But such issues are not limited to …<\/p>\n

\u2018It spreads like a disease\u2019: how pro-eating-disorder videos reach teens on TikTok<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}