A disturbing number of TikTok videos about autism include claims that are “patently false,” study finds::A recent study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders found that a significant majority (73%) of informational videos on TikTok tagged with “#Autism” contain inaccurate or overgeneralized information about autism. Despite the prevalence of misinformation, these videos have amassed billions of views, highlighting the potential for widespread misconceptions about autism on the platform. …
It’s disturbed me for the last decade or two to see people increasingly posting YouTube videos as sources for information. I don’t see how TikTok is any worse.
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Find me a better source of information on defense economics than Perun. He is considered the pinnacle unless you want to wade through multi-hundred long pages of heavily redacted DoD reports yourself.
The fact is, long-form YouTube content has the ability to be incredibly informative in a way that purely short-form TikToks cannot.