If you’ve noticed everyone’s talking about TikTok lately, you’re not alone. Today in The Conversation Canada, read about TikTok’s potential as a security threat, the hypocrisy of politicians using the platform while seeking to limit it and how to differentiate between useful health information and the barrage of pseudoscience posted by users.

Wellness influencers on TikTok and other social media platforms can provide useful content, but they can also spur alarming trends, some of which may be medically dangerous. Michelle Cohen of Queen’s University discusses three ways to discern the good from the grift.

But poor health advice isn’t the only issue with TikTok and its content. Robert Diab of Thompson Rivers University explains the reasons behind the investigations and proposed bans of the platform in Canada and the United States, and Aidan Moir of University of Windsor discusses the possible implications for Canadian users, and how and why politicians north and south of the border are piling onto the platform despite the security issues.

Also today:

• What the Boeing whistleblower’s death reveals about exposing corporate wrongdoing in North America
• Emissions impossible? How the transport sector can help make the 2050 net-zero goal a reality
• What does Québec want? Politicians should heed what voters have repeatedly told them
• Evangelical bestsellers reveal diverse — and sometimes dangerous — ideas about morality

All the best,