News Release 25-Feb-2026

Flagging claims about cancer treatment on social media as potentially false might help reduce spreading of misinformation, per online experiment with 1,051 US adults

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Credit: Lazard et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Flagging claims about cancer treatment on social media as potentially false might help reduce spreading of misinformation, per online experiment with 1,051 US adults

Article URL: https://plos.io/4cccZdV

Article title: Intervening and reducing sharing of false cancer treatments on social media: Online experiment

Author countries: U.S.

Funding: This work was supported by a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Developmental Award which is supported in part by P30 CA016086 Cancer Center Core Support Grant.

Journal

PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0341907

Article Title

Intervening and reducing sharing of false cancer treatments on social media: Online experiment

Article Publication Date

25-Feb-2026

COI Statement

The authors have no competing interest to declare.

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