Facebook removed 65 of its own and 243 Instagram accounts for spreading misinformation about AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines, according to the social media giant’s July Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report.
The report found the misinformation network was tied to Fazze, a subsidiary of a U.K.-registered marketing firm, but operations were conducted in Russia. It targeted users in India, Latin...
Yesterday TikTok, Instagram and Pinterest each announced collaborations with the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) that are focused on highlighting body positivity and surfacing eating disorder support services to their users.
Timed with the start of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, all three social media networks described new systems in which users who either search for or...
ECG, eh? The Apple Watch Series 4’s ECG and irregular heart rhythm notification functions have received approval from Canada’s health product regulator, according to listings on Health Canada’s website that were recently spotted by iPhone in Canada. With these in hand, its likely that devices owners living in the Great White North will soon have access to features that have so far been activated...
Facebook has detailed its new strategy to curb the spread of vaccine misinformation on both its primary social media platform as well as Instagram. Broadly, these include efforts to reduce the prominence of (but not outright ban) certain flagged groups, pages and search results, as well as the adoption of a firm stance against advertising content including false statements about vaccination.
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri will meet UK health and social care secretary Matt Hancock this week amid increasing concerns over children and young people's exposure to content glorifying suicide and self-harm on social media platforms, according to the BBC.
Hancock warned social media firms last month that "more action is urgently needed" after the family of a teenager that took her own life...
Following in the footsteps of its parent company, Instagram is looking reduce its potential role in the ongoing opioid epidemic.
Whenever a user searches a drug or substance-related term on the platform, they will now be served a popup that includes a link to addiction and drug misuse resources. Should users click through the popup alert, Instagram redirects to a webpage asking users whether they...
Digital diabetes management company Omada Health has brought on federal policy veteran Lucia Savage as their new Chief Privacy and Regulatory Officer. Savage, who previously worked as Chief Privacy Officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for IT, will lead Omada’s legal and compliance team. In her new role, Savage will lead Omada’s regulatory strategy and ensure the privacy and security...
Leslie Saxon, executive director of the Center for Body Computing at the University of Southern California, says there's no better connected device on which to reach an audience than a mobile phone. And on that mobile phone, go to where the consumer is -- social media. At the Partners Healthcare Connected Health Symposium in Boston, Saxon highlighted four key ways that her team is reaching out...
At the mHealth Summit in December, when Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini announced a March 2013 launch of the mobile version of Aetna's CarePass platform, he also previewed a fitness app called Passage: A Virtual Journey. The free app is available to everyone, not just Aetna members.
"Instead of staring at a book while you're on your elliptical or stairclimber, what we have is an opportunity to turn your...
