According to the French government, the content of Tiktok is particularly exposed to girls and young women to anorexia.
The French government has complained to the authorities and the EU of the content that is spreading extreme leanness, which is spreading extreme leanness. The British magazine reported on the matter The Guardian.
Tiktok’s tag #SKINNYTOK has at least more than half a million publications. In videos, girls and young women advise, among other things, to limit their eating.
The French complaint is based on the concern that the application algorithms of the application are subjected to lean advertising content to all the most vulnerable users and expose them to eating disorders such as anorexia.
In France, up to 40,000 people are estimated to have anorexia. 90 % of them are young. Anorexia is the most fatal mental illness in France.
Last month, the French Parliament approved the establishment of a parliamentary working group to look at what mental effects Tiktook has for children and adolescents.
Arcom, the French digital regulation authority, is currently collecting information on the extent of the problem and finding out how Tiktok is responsible for it. Arcom will present its findings to the team next month.
The EU digital service regulation obliges soma platforms to protect minors.
Tiktok says he has removed several publications that glitter extreme leanness. According to Tiktok, it also has strict rules against publications containing “dangerous, weight loss -related behaviors”.
Tiktok also says that it has added messages to publications that include information on access to eating disorders.