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Half of girls were fed harmful online content including posts about self-harm, suicide and eating disorders on social media apps during a single week, a new study has found.
Teenagers were twice as likely to encounter “high risk” content on TikTok and X than other major platforms, with girls encountering significantly more harmful posts than boys, analysis of data from nearly 2,000 youngsters found.
Suicide prevention charity the Molly Rose Foundation, who conducted the research weeks before th
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