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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

50% of younger people get their medical advice from Tiktok.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tiktok-health-advice-gen-z-b2580836.html

And 50% of psychological 'advice' on TikTok is bullshit.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/07067437221082854

EDIT: After a cursory search, it seems there are a good deal of papers indicating that around 50% of all medical advice of all kinds on TikTok contains serious and often dangerous falsehoods.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 19 points 2 months ago

EDIT: After a cursory search, it seems there are a good deal of papers indicating that around 50% of all medical advice of all kinds on TikTok contains serious and often dangerous falsehoods.

I'm surprised it is only 50% for a social media site.

[–] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago

I think that Facebook is a bit harder to do this kind of study on ... anyways, Im tired now, you do it lol.