TikTok has started censoring searches for popular peptides
Summary
TikTok has begun blocking search terms related to specific peptides, resulting in empty pages for various substances. While certain searches yield no results, the platform still hosts content concerning these amino acid chains. The restriction affects both approved medications and unregulated products falling under the same category.
Trying to pull up information for certain peptides on TikTok is now returning a "no results found" page when searching for terms like semaglutide, BPC-157, retratutide, and others. That hasn't entirely erased visibility on TikTok for peptides, which are combinations of amino acids that include substances like insulin and GLP-1. The problem is peptides also include unregulated, unapproved substances that…
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