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TikTok Myth of the Week: Borax Is Good to Drink
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Suggested Fediverse Communities
• RFK Jr. Watch @lemm.ee - Tackling misinformation being spread by antivaxxer politician, Robert F Kennedy Jr.
• DebunkThis @lemmy.world - an evidence-based community for debunking misinformation and dubious claims.
There’s soooo much misinformation on TikTok. Is the platform actually useful for anything?
Don’t know but you could say the same thing about face book or most of the internet. What scares me is how much this misinformation is weaponized successfully. It’s especially scary in cases like Tiktok where it’s used heavily by tweens.