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Excited to be in Montreal for the Till & McCulloch Meetings hosted by the Stem Cell Network. I'll be discussing the unfortunate & pervasive presence of exploitative ads for unproven autism treatments.

Fun day talking all things digital platforms and the commercial determinants of health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine annual CDOH short course. Many thanks to Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social Cécile Knai May van Schalkwyk and all the other great organizers, presenters, and attendees.

Gatsby and I getting ready to present at the “Together Against Misinformation” event with PHSA ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced'Abord

Terrible & dangerous news. Science communication is going to be more important than ever. politico.com/news/2024/11/1…

Is Amazon continuing to platform vaccine dis-and-misinformation across its book sections? Yes. The number one new best seller on Amazon related to vaccines? A book published by two (!) UBC profs in collaboration with RFK Jr's Children's Health Defense.

My research partner isn’t pulling his weight much today! Though I don’t think he cares.

How is this not a conflict of interest? 🧐 Canadians for Affordable Energy is a fossil fuel advocacy group appearing to fund a study attempting to discredit the carbon tax. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Making the move to Bluer skies since so many colleagues have left X (though, I will still be on X, too). It's sad to see what Twitter has become. I found it so helpful and met many of my now collaborators here. Here's to safer online spaces for everyone/researchers.

Harmful cancer misinformation circulates across all digital platforms. This study demonstrates how compelling, emotional narratives surrounding alternative care misleads users on TikTok. cc Timothy Caulfield @liz272 Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) jmir.org/2024/1/e60283/

Narcissism associated with misinformation susceptibility? Yes. jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp…

Spain to take action on fake news & disinformation. "These outlets and the platforms that host them must have a mechanism to facilitate citizens’ right to ask that false or inaccurate information that harms them be corrected publicly" theguardian.com/world/2024/dec…

"Deliberate disinformation campaigns are a public health risk" Power imbalances, conflicts of interests, and digital platform inaction compound the already gargantuan but growing problem confronting public health. theconversation.com/deliberate-dis…

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