Covid-19: How are Facebook, TikTok and Reddit dealing with misinformation about ivermectin?


On TikTok, the hashtag #ivermectinworks has reached over 13,800 views. — AFP Relaxnews

It has been touted as a new miracle cure by some social network users. Ivermectin has gone viral on TikTok, Facebook and Reddit.

A surprising feat for an antiparasitic product anecdotally reported to have remarkable effects against Covid-19: fake news that community platforms are attempting to combat as well as they can.

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