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Op-Ed | Birth Control Has a TikTok Problem

Social media platforms are allowing false information about contraceptives to proliferate in new and dangerous ways.
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Social media, particularly TikTok, has amplified misinformation about birth control on a previously unfathomable scale. (Shutterstock)

Myths about birth control are as old as the hills. But social media platforms, in particular TikTok and Instagram, are allowing false information to proliferate in new and dangerous ways.

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