Industry-funded alcohol-reduction apps contain misinformation, study warns | LSHTM
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Alcohol industry-funded apps may use covert ‘misinformation strategies’, omit important public health information and could ‘nudge’ users towards drinking more alcohol, new research has found.The study, led by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), is the first to analyse digital tools funded by the alcohol industry, which claim to provide alcohol-reduction advice.
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Original Title: Industry-funded alcohol-reduction apps contain misinformation. Compared with non-industry funded tools approved by national governments or healthcare services, these ‘dark apps’ were three times less likely to inform users of the increased cancer risk associated with alcohol