The digital landscape has become a double-edged sword for public health, particularly when it comes to sun safety. While social media platforms like TikTok serve as hubs for beauty tips and lifestyle trends, they have also become breeding grounds for dangerous medical misinformation. Science communicator Michelle Wong, a PhD chemist, has spent years observing this shift, noting that harmful claims—such as the unfounded assertion that sunscreen is “toxic” or linked to kidney disease—are gaining alarming traction. The core of the problem, according to researchers, is human psychology; we are biologically wired to respond more intensely to fear and contrarian “secrets”…

The situation in Libya currently stands at a perilous crossroads, where the promise of national unity is constantly undermined by the dangerous weaponization of information. Hanna Tetteh, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative, recently delivered an urgent appeal to the Security Council, highlighting how coordinated disinformation campaigns are poisoning the social fabric of the country. By spreading baseless, malicious rumors—most notably the false claim that the UN intends to permanently resettle migrants within Libyan borders—bad actors have successfully incited violence. This hostility has escalated beyond mere rhetoric, manifesting in physical attacks and vandalism against UN and humanitarian facilities in Tripoli. Tetteh’s…