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'The Corpse Bride Diet': How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos
TikTok's algorithm can push teens down eating-disorder rabbit holes with an endless stream of extreme diets and body-shaming videos
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‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos
The app’s algorithm can send users down rabbit holes of narrow interest, resulting in potentially dangerous content such as emaciated images, purging techniques, hazardous diets and body shaming.
The app’s algorithm can send users down rabbit holes of narrow interest, resulting in potentially dangerous content such as emaciated images, purging techniques, hazardous diets and body shaming.
