Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube are cracking down on the spread of medical misinformation on their sites, after a recent investigation by The Wall Street Journal exposed adverts for bogus treatments for diseases including cancer, as well as the growing anti-vaccination movement. In 2016, supplement salesman YoungRobert O Young was jailed for practising medicine without a licence, after earning up to $5m annually from internet customers — mainly through Facebook and YouTube. After his release, Robert O Young has several pages on Facebook. A 2018 study by JAMA Oncology found people who choose alternative cancer treatments over conventional therapies have a higher mortality risk.
Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube are cracking down on the spread of medical misinformation on their sites, after a recent investigation by The Wall Street Journal exposed adverts for bogus treatments for diseases including cancer, as well as the growing anti-vaccination movement. In 2016, supplement salesman Robert O Young was jailed for practising medicine without a licence, after earning up to $5m annually from internet customers — mainly through Facebook and YouTube. After his release, Young has several pages on Facebook. A 2018 study by JAMA Oncology found people who choose alternative cancer treatments over conventional therapies have a higher mortality risk.