Tackling teen harms of social media health misinformation

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2023-12-12 03:00

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US researchers highlight the dangers of teens being exposed to misinformation about health on social media and suggest some measures that might help. Those include teaching teens at school to be more discerning about which information they trust and more careful about their social media use. They also suggest using social media to promote high-quality and inclusive health-related information, and improving the regulation of misinformation online through government policy, which could include restricting ads targeted at young people and requiring social media firms to provide fact-checking services and to remove misinformation quickly.