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TikTok Bans #SkinnyTok, But Experts Say More Is Needed

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For years, social networks have become a showcase where everyone can share their experiences, their lifestyle and their way of thinking. This constant exposure, however, carries a number of risks for those who follow them, as they can be influenced by unhealthy habits or disorders.In this sense, one of the issues that generates the most concern is linked to the proliferation of content that, susceptiblely, can promote eating disorders such as an…

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The controversial phenomenon “SkinnyTok” has been blocked globally by TikTok after thousands of videos promote extreme diets, drastic calorie control and suppression of hunger, seriously affecting the mental health of young people, mainly women. TikTok eliminates “SkinnyTok” after wave of criticism for promoting eating disorders European authorities, such as Belgium and France, pressured the platform to act, after linking this content with incre…

On 3 June 2025, TikTok officially banned the hashtag #SkinnyTok, under pressure from European authorities and collectives like Algos Victima, who denounce the proliferation of content glorifying extreme thinness and eating disorders.

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India Today broke the news in India on Monday, June 9, 2025.
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