TikTok is quite good at providing its users with mental health resources; the company’s track record on keeping harmful health information off its platform, on the other hand, leaves much to be desired. Such is the case with advertisements that encourage self-diagnosis of psychiatric disorders like ADHD.
TikTok is actually playing right into its users’ penchant for viral videos about self-diagnosis by allowing ads about meds for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on the platform, a new investigation from Media Matters finds. Some of these ads could even violate TikTok’s medical misinformation policy.
