‘Skinnytok’: Tiktok’s new dangerous trend – when hunger becomes trendy

Pictures of very weak bodies, videos idealizing hunger and torture diet routines: “Skinnytok” has become one of Tiktok’s most worrying trends, promoting an aesthetic that is being “healthy” but in fact promoted eating disorders. Behind the hashtag were thousands of videos with extreme weak bodies, scarce meals and strict calorie count. “There is no more beautiful taste than the taste of being impossible” but also “what do you need the delicacy? Are you dog? If your stomach is purring, pretend to applaud you, “were some of the phrases that dominated this trend, by young girls who promoted bustling. As Mega reports, after reactions, Tiktok blocked the hashtag. Anyone who is now looking for it sees a message that refers to mental health services. Clara Chappaz, French minister responsible for artificial intelligence and digital technologies, celebrated the removal of the hashtag “Skinny Tok”. “This is a first collective victory. I welcome her. However, the […]
Source: News Beast

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