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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Hibaq Farah

TikTok videos on deadly bodybuilding drugs viewed 89m times by young people in UK

TikTok logo on a phone
The findings are part of a wider study on TikTok’s issue with the promotion of drugs targeted at teenage boys and young men. Photograph: Morgan Hancock/AAP

Young TikTok users in the UK have viewed videos that promote deadly and illegal bodybuilding drugs 89m times, a report has found.

The report, titled TikTok’s Toxic Trade, by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), looks into the promotion of bodybuilding drugs and a rise in toxic content aimed at young men.

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