Filipinos were particularly vulnerable to false or misleading health claims due to a shortage of doctors in the country and their heavy internet usage, said Eleanor Castillo, a public health expert at the University of the Philippines. | via philstarlife
The majority appear as free posts or paid advertisements on Facebook, the most popular social media site among the 76 million internet users in the Philippines.
Many of the products are promoted in videos that have been doctored to make it look like real medical professionals are endorsing them. AFP fact checkers have debunked dozens of claims, including a manipulated Philippine news report that appeared to promote a herbal supplement for diabetics as an alternative to insulin.
But the move backfired as promoters of spurious treatments used clips from those videos and inserted them into their own posts for credibility.In 2020, she began recording videos and posting them on TikTok, where she has more than 60,000 followers. Filipinos were particularly vulnerable to false or misleading health claims due to a shortage of doctors in the country and their heavy internet usage, said Eleanor Castillo, a public health expert at the University of the Philippines.
Ocampo said Facebook posts selling an unregistered eye drop brand that had used images of real doctors and the academy's name.Its statement issued in September 2022 notifying consumers about the false posts received 57 interactions—likes, shares and comments.
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