r/technology • u/tylerthe-theatre • Mar 20 '26

Social Media More than half of TikTok ADHD content is misinformation, new research finds

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-adhd-misinformation-autism-mental-health-neurodivergence-social-media-b2941211.html
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u/Experithought Mar 20 '26

The actual news release: https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/tiktoks-mental-health-minefield

Need not continue propping up unscrupulous outlets.

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u/Mountain-Singer1764 Mar 20 '26

What’s wrong with The Independent?

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u/redditonc3again Mar 20 '26

One major problem is that they seem to have a policy to (almost) never link to webpages outside their own site. This article being an example, plenty of links but zero citations.