YouTube still recommending eating disorder videos to teens, research finds
The site is continuing to recommend harmful videos despite new rules meant to better protect teenagers in the UK, a study finds.
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"most of the time it made it a lot worse"
— Jazmin Kaur , Activist
"one video is too many and we don't want any of this content to get through"
— Alexandra Johnson , Academic
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The site is continuing to recommend harmful videos despite new rules meant to better protect teenagers in the UK, a study finds.
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