From CBC News.
Marketplace investigates 200 videos on TikTok and uncovers a troubling trend: misinformation is not only widespread, it’s thriving. We reveal how influencers are racking up views by pushing misleading or outright false health claims, often with no accountability.
#Marketplace #Investigation #Health
00:00 – TikTok’s health ‘hacks’
02:38 – Investigating autism claims
08:34 – Parent of autistic kids: ‘It makes me angry’
12:58 – Investigating cancer claims
19:52 – TikTok responds
20:15 – Will you still turn to TikTok for medical advice?
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INVESTIGATING DR TIK TOK
producer/director
MADELINE McNAIR
associate producer
DEXTER McMILLAN
reporter
ASHA TOMLINSON
editor
AARON TAYLOR
camera
JOHN LESAVAGE
NORMAN ARNOLD
MICHAEL COLE
OLIVER WALTERS
audio
IGAL PETEL
art director
DAVID ABRAHAMS
additional research
BOBBY HRISTOVA
additional footage
NBC
TIKTOK
social media producers
CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI
BRITT PURDY
colour correction
KYLE J. SMITH
sound mix
DANY TREMBLAY
resource coordinator
MARC CORMIER
news rollout
DEXTER McMILLAN
packaging editor
BENNY KOSHY
packaging producer
MARY-ANN VENDITTI
senior producer
HEATHER EVANS
executive producer
NELISHA VELLANI
first broadcast
OCTOBER 24, 2025
