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Sunscreen Misinformation Spreading on TikTok: Researchers

Summary by Toronto Sun
Study comes after a small number of videos on the platform spreading misinformation about sunscreen have been gaining traction.

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On TikTok, videos that wrongly claim that sunscreen is dangerous generate more commitment than those that recommend using it. A study published in PLOS Digital Health analyzed 971 videos that accumulated 8.7 billion views — and reveals an algorithm that promotes disinformation, at the exact moment when cancers of [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
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