YouTube announces new policies on eating disorder content

San Francisco (IANS) | Google-owned YouTube has announced that it will update its approach to eating disorder-related content in the coming weeks to make room for community, recovery and resources while protecting viewers. “We have long had policies in place to remove content that promotes eating disorders,” YouTube said in a blogpost. “Going forward, we’re also updating our Community Guidelines to address such Content may also be restricted that depicts exemplary behavior, or behavior that we’ve worked with experts to determine could lead at-risk viewers to copycat.

The company has collaborated with NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) and other organizations as part of the development of its new policies to deepen understanding of exemplary behavior, its potential manifestations in content, and its impact on vulnerable audiences.

In addition, to ensure appropriate content is viewed, the Company has implemented ‘age restrictions’ on certain content discussing disordered eating behaviors in the context of recovery as they may not be appropriate for all ages.

“Some videos may not be available to viewers under the age of 18 if you are signed out or if the video is embedded on another website,” the company said.

In addition, YouTube has introduced the Eating Disorder Crisis Resource Panel under Videos, which is currently at the top of eating disorder-related search results in the US, UK, India, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, France and Germany, the company said. are available on

–IANS