Social media is rife with skin-whitening products. But little is being done to regulate the market

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Skin-lightening products, from big brand names to homemade concoctions, have exploded in their availability on major social media platforms where there are few rules about how they are promoted or sold.

Mercury can have multiple negative health consequences, including neurological and cardiovascular damage.YouTube and TikTok said they did not violate their community guidelines, though TikTok did remove them when CNN followed up with further questions about US Food and Drug Administration regulations in place around mercury in cosmetics.

Benson explains that she has had patients come in saying they have been using"all-natural" bleaching creams but have the"tell-tale signs" of stretch marks associated with steroid use. Happy with the results, she began her own skincare brand, and social media platforms have been crucial to her own business."Ninety percent of my clients find me either through YouTube or Instagram, but mostly Instagram," she said, adding that she plans to branch out to TikTok as well.

CNN contacted multiple vendors across social media platforms for insights into their markets, but only Mwangi provided comment.Katie Paul, director of the Tech Transparency Project, which has tracked how harmful content has been circulated to young people on social media platforms, believes that many of the major tech companies are not adequately enforcing the policies they do have in place.

As a test, the Tech Transparency Project submitted an ad on Facebook that aimed to intentionally violate Meta's policies, scheduling it for a future time so that they could cancel it before it was served to any user. The ad for the fictional"Max White Lightening Gel" -- targeted toward 13- to 17-year-old girls -- showed a darker-skinned woman applying a cream with the tagline"Unlock your potential beauty!" Paul's ad was approved in less than an hour.

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