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The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate has created TikTok accounts for fictional teens in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
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To see how TikTok would react, researchers who managed the accounts "liked" videos on self-harm and eating disorders.
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Within minutes, the platform's algorithms began suggesting content to teenage accounts.
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I am showing them videos on self-harm and losing weight, with images of models and idealized bodies, razor blades, and a discussion of suicide.
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TikTok has over 13.2 million views of content about eating disorders.
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TikTok suggested self-harm content and eating disorders to create new accounts for teens in minutes.
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Every 39 seconds, TikTok displayed teens' body images and mental health content.
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TikTok targeted teens at risk with more dangerous content.
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