TikTok full of snake oil salespeople and medical misinfo

Wellness woo is also an established gateway to far-right conspiracism. Recall that Alex Jones and Goopy Gwyneth sold the same garbage supplements in different packaging. If one guest on Joe Rogan can convince a viewer that The Man doesn’t want them to know about their homeopathic cure for cancer, another guest can come on to sell the idea that The Man is controlling the weather with Khazar space lasers.

Irresponsible social media platforms have only turbocharged the problem, and TikTok in particular is bringing it to a new generation.

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