Internet Promoting Eating Disorders

TikTok algorithms boost posts related to self-harm and eating disorders, which are shown to vulnerable teenagers, a new report claims. Researchers created TikTok accounts for fictional teen personas in the US, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, and liked videos about self-harm and eating disorders and saw that the algorithm recommended similar c...

A secretive social support group emerging on the web is promoting negative behaviour associated with eating disorders. It can be a helpless and heartbreaking situation for families as they try to confront a family member with anorexia -- an eating disorder. What they may not know is that there's a society on the net that is dedicated to thwarting a...

TikTok algorithms boost posts related to self-harm and eating disorders, which are shown to vulnerable teenagers, a new report claims. Researchers created TikTok accounts for fictional teen personas in the US, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, and liked videos about self-harm and eating disorders and saw that the algorithm recommended similar c...

A secretive social support group emerging on the web is promoting negative behaviour associated with eating disorders. It can be a helpless and heartbreaking situation for families as they try to confront a family member with anorexia -- an eating disorder. What they may not know is that there's a society on the net that is dedicated to thwarting a...