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YouTube to restrict teenagers’ exposure to videos about weight and fitness

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Summary
Nutrition label

73% Informative

YouTube to stop recommending videos to teenagers that idealise fitness levels, body weights or physical features.

Platform will still allow 13- to 17-year-olds to view the videos, but its algorithms will not push young users down related content rabbit holes.

YouTube said repeated viewing of such videos could affect the wellbeing of some users.

VR Score

66

Informative language

61

Neutral language

58

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

70

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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