TikTok Slammed for ‘Doing Nothing’ Over Pro-Anorexia Content

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TikTok is failing to protect young users from dangerous content promoting eating disorders, according to a new report, despite being warned by researchers that the posts were receiving millions of views. ”Last month, the CCDH researchers reviewed the material and found that TikTok had only removed only seven of the 56 eating disorder hashtags, and that the majority of the dangerous content was still viewable by users as young as 13-years-old. “TikTok’s algorithm is the social media equivalent of crack cocaine,” says Ahmed, of the CCDH, “It’s refined, highly addictive and leaves a trail of damage in its wake that its producers do not appear to care about

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