KCHD launches Webidemic to combat digital misinformation
KNOXVILLE — Online misinformation has become so widespread the World Economic Forum considers it one of the main threats to human society. Digital misinformation is a challenge not just for the world’s economies but also for health and medicine. Unfounded claims about infectious diseases, such as Zika or Ebola, fad diets, supposed cure-all products, unnecessary or ineffective “treatments,” and many other health myths are prolific on the Internet. In an effort to help shine a light on this issue and help the public see through often sophisticated misinformation efforts, the Knox County Health Department is launching a new public health campaign called Webidemic.
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