Home
Search:
1146 feeds
357 categories
0 articles (<24 hours)
36 registered users

Use the Mobile version
Mobile

Follow our Twitter feed

View our Linkpartners
Links

Username:
Password:

Register | Retrieve

Science


RSS FeedsA new `university` for Instagram influencers aims to stop the spread of misinformation
(World News Science)

 
 

23 july 2019 10:45:08

 
A new `university` for Instagram influencers aims to stop the spread of misinformation
(World News Science)
 


It was Kim Kardashian’s morning sickness that triggered alarm bells. In 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration chided a Canadian pharma company who paid the reality TV star to shill an anti-nausea pill to her 74 million Instagram and Twitter followers without citing the risks of the prescription drug. Kardashian eventually deleted the post, but not before reaching 434,000 people who liked the photo. The Kardashian kerfuffle is perhaps the most well-known example of how Instagram-a platform with over 1 billion subscribers-has become a prominent platform for questionable health marketing. Several wellness fads, from celery juice to bogus diets, and dangerous misinformation trends,...


 
5 viewsCategory: Science
 
WhatsApp now available for all KaiOS-powered phones globally
(World News Science)
Interview: Big opportunity to develop agriculture technology in China, says industry expert
(World News Science)
 
 
blog comments powered by Disqus


Copyright © 2008 - 2024 Indigonet Services B.V.. Contact: Tim Hulsen. Read here our privacy notice.
Other websites of Indigonet Services B.V.: Nieuws Vacatures Science Tweets Nachrichten