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by loeg 645 days ago
It's also not a huge change:

> YouTube said it will now limit repeated recommendations of videos that: Idealise particular fitness levels or weight groups; Compare and idealise certain physical features, or; Are socially aggressive, meaning they show intimidation or fighting.

> YouTube already restricts teenagers’ access to some content involving eating disorders and physical fights.

So they've expanded the ana/mia content recommendation filter to encompass fitspo and maybe are expanding the fighting filter in some way. I can't tell if that middle line item is thirst traps or incel face shape analysis.

Nothing seems especially egregious here. I don't think this will impact relatively normal health and athleticism focused channels.