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posted by janrinok on Monday December 16 2019, @06:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the whatever-happened-to-truth dept.

Ads on Facebook are spreading misinformation about anti-HIV drugs

While many are focused on Facebook's unwillingness to curb false political ads, there appears to be another misinformation campaign going unchecked. The Guardian and GLAAD have noted that personal injury law firms continue to run Facebook ads making false claims about the risks of Truvada, a drug meant to reduce the likelihood of HIV transmission. Some float the specters of bone loss and kidney damage despite evidence that the risks of either are "not clinically significant," according to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

GLAAD said it contacted Facebook's public policy team and reached out to five fact-checking agencies, but the social network answered by pointing to a public ad policy page explaining why ads can be removed. In response, GLAAD posted an open letter asking Facebook to remove the ads, with support coming from 50 organizations, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Elizabeth Warren. The advocacy group is buying ads on Facebook to promote the letter among the LGBTQ+ community.

We've asked Facebook for comment.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday December 17 2019, @01:39AM (3 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday December 17 2019, @01:39AM (#933103)

    Quinine has some cardiac side effects - I forget the specifics, something about Q-T elongation I think, anyway... not usually a problem, but if you end up in front of a cardiologist for some complaint or another, do mention it to them.

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  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Tuesday December 17 2019, @05:06AM (2 children)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Tuesday December 17 2019, @05:06AM (#933165) Journal
    Have you seen the side effects of drugs for diabetic nerve pain? Way way worse.
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    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday December 17 2019, @03:35PM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday December 17 2019, @03:35PM (#933296)

      Oh, no doubt, and the concentrations allowed in tonic water are intentionally limited to (drastically) reduce the chance of significant Q-T elongation, but it can still be a problem in combination with any number of other factors.

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    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday December 17 2019, @03:47PM

      by Freeman (732) on Tuesday December 17 2019, @03:47PM (#933306) Journal

      Side effect of almost every medication advertised on TV in tiny print and said so fast, it's barely intelligible "death".

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